2017 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

2017 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust, 2017 – November, 2017
Number of teams14
2018 NWSL College Draft
Top draft pickQuinn[a]
Picked byWashington Spirit, 3rd overall
Regular season
Season championsDuke
  Runners-upNorth Carolina
Top scorerDeyna Castellanos, Florida State Seminoles[1]
Tournament
ChampionsNorth Carolina
  Runners-upDuke
Finals MVPAlessia Russo, North Carolina Tar Heels
ACC women's soccer seasons
2017 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Duke  ‍†‍‍y 10 – 0 – 0   1.000 23 – 2 – 1   .904
#8 North Carolina ‡y  ‍‍‍ 8 – 0 – 2   .900 17 – 3 – 2   .818
No. 21 NC State  ‍‍‍y 6 – 3 – 1   .650 15 – 5 – 2   .727
No. 9 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 – 2 – 3   .650 13 – 7 – 4   .625
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 5 – 3 – 2   .600 11 – 7 – 4   .591
No. 18 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 5 – 3 – 2   .600 9 – 8 – 5   .523
No. 15 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 5 – 4 – 1   .550 13 – 7 – 1   .643
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 4 – 5 – 1   .450 10 – 9 – 1   .525
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 3 – 4 – 3   .450 10 – 5 – 4   .632
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 2   .400 9 – 7 – 2   .556
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 1   .278 7 – 8 – 2   .471
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 1 – 5 – 3   .278 7 – 6 – 5   .528
Miami  ‍‍‍ 1 – 9 – 0   .100 5 – 11 – 0   .313
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 0 – 9 – 1   .050 3 – 12 – 3   .250
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 7, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC


The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 29th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Clemson Tigers the defending regular season champions. The Florida State Seminoles are the defending ACC tournament Champions.

Changes from 2016

There were no coaching changes from 2016 to 2017.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Boston College Eagles Newton Soccer Complex 2,500
Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500
Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000
Florida State Seminoles Seminole Soccer Complex 1,600
Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300
Miami Hurricanes Cobb Stadium 500
NC State Wolfpack Dail Soccer Stadium 3,000
North Carolina Tar Heels Fetzer Field 5,025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735
Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 5,000
Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies Thompson Field 2,500
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Spry Stadium 3,000

1. ^ Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Personnel

Team Head coach Captain
Boston College Eagles United States Alison Foley [2] Allyson Swaby
Lauren Berman [3]
Clemson Tigers United States Eddie Radwanski [4] None Announced
Duke Blue Devils United States Robbie Church [5] None Announced
Florida State Seminoles United States Mark Krikorian [6] Natalia Kuikka [7]
Louisville Cardinals United States Karen Ferguson-Dayes [8] None Announced
Miami Hurricanes United States Mary-Frances Monroe [9] Dejah Cason[10]
NC State Wolfpack United States Tim Santoro [11] None Announced
North Carolina Tar Heels India Anson Dorrance [12] Annie Kingman
Joanna Boyles
Julia Ashley
Megan Buckingham [13]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish United States Theresa Romagnolo [14] Monica Flores
Ginny McGowan
Sandra Yu [15]
Pittsburgh Panthers United States Greg Miller [16] Taylor Price
Ashley Moreira
Emma Pozzulo [17]
Syracuse Orange England Phil Wheddon [18] Eva Gordon
Alana O'Neill
Courtney Brosnan[19]
Virginia Cavaiers United States Steve Swanson [20] Veronica Latsko
Megan Reid
Brianna Westrup
Virginia Tech Hokies United States Charles Adair [21] None Announced
Wake Forest Demon Deacons United States Tony da Luz [22] Maddie Huster [23]

Pre-season

Pre-season poll

The ACC women's soccer pre-season poll was determined by a vote of all 14 ACC women's soccer head coaches. The poll was voted on as teams began their pre-season training during the first week of August. The coaches also voted on a pre-season all-ACC team.[24]

Pre-season coaches poll

  1. Florida State – 186 points (8 First-Place Votes)
  2. North Carolina – 172 (2)
  3. Duke – 170 (1)
  4. Virginia – 160 (2)
  5. Notre Dame – 145 (1)
  6. Clemson – 120
  7. NC State – 104
  8. Virginia Tech – 91
  9. Wake Forest – 72
  10. Boston College – 71
  11. Miami – 65
  12. Louisville – 63
  13. Syracuse – 33
  14. Pittsburgh – 18

Pre-Season All-ACC Team

Position Player Class School
Goalkeeper Cassie Miller Senior Redshirt Florida State
Defender Sam Staab Junior Clemson
Quinn[a] Senior Duke
Natalia Kuikka Junior Florida State
Midfielder Megan Connolly Junior Florida State
Sandra Yu Senior Notre Dame
Forward Deyna Castellanos Sophomore Florida State
Jessie Scarpa Junior North Carolina
Bridgette Andrzejewski Sophomore North Carolina
Jennifer Westendorf Sophomore Notre Dame
Veronica Latsko Senior Virginia

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The ACC had 4 women named to the Hermann Trophy watchlist prior to the season.[25]

Regular season

Rankings

United Soccer

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
  Pre
Aug. 4 		Wk 1
Aug. 22 		Wk 2
Aug. 29 		Wk 3
Sept. 5 		Wk 4
Sept. 11 		Wk 5
Sept. 19 		Wk 6
Sept. 26 		Wk 7
Oct. 3 		Wk 8
Oct. 10 		Wk 9
Oct. 17 		Wk 10
Oct. 24 		Wk 11
Oct. 31 		Wk 12
Nov. 7 		Final
Dec. 5
Boston College
Clemson 13 13 8 4 11 19 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
Duke 12 12 13 11 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 3
Florida State 15 6 15 13 16 23 21 16 16 18 23 RV RV 15
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 6 4 9 6 10 8 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 8
NC State 25 20 RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV 24 21 21
Notre Dame 18 24 RV RV NR RV 22 RV RV RV 24 RV RV 18
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia 11 10 3 8 5 11 15 13 14 12 10 10 12 8
Virginia Tech RV RV RV
Wake Forest 18 17 23 18 20 15 22 15 21 25 24 RV

Top Drawer Soccer

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre
Aug. 1 		Wk 1
Aug. 17 		Wk 2
Aug. 21 		Wk 3
Aug. 28 		Wk 4
Sept. 4 		Wk 5
Sept. 11 		Wk 6
Sept. 18 		Wk 7
Sept. 25 		Wk 8
Oct. 2 		Wk 9
Oct. 9 		Wk 10
Oct. 16 		Wk 11
Oct. 23 		Wk 12
Oct. 30 		Wk 13
Nov. 6 		Wk 14
Nov. 13 		Wk 15
Nov. 20 		Wk 16
Nov. 27 		Final
Dec. 4
Boston College
Clemson 21 21 18 12 11 12 20
Duke 5 5 9 9 6 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 5 5 3 3 3
Florida State 4 4 4 8 5 5 6 6 6 14 14 23 23 24 24 24
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 9 9 8 13 12 14 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 2 11 11 11
NC State 22 22 21 18 23 22 21 RV 25 17 15 16 16 16
Notre Dame 14 14 15 15 20 RV 19 16 RV RV RV
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia 19 19 17 4 8 9 14 18 18 17 13 14 11 14 12 9 9 9
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest 23 17 18 18 RV 16 19 10 17 18 19 18 19 19 19

Statistics

Overall season statistics can be found on the ACC's website.

Players of the Week

Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive of the week
August 22, 2017[26] Joanna Boyles, North Carolina Katelyn McEachern, Pittsburgh
August 29, 2017[27] Taylor Ziemer, Virginia Laurel Ivory, Virginia
Maddie Huster, Wake Forest
September 5, 2017[28] Emina Ekic, Louisville Julia Ashley, North Carolina
September 12, 2017[29] Tziarra King, NC State EJ Proctor, Duke
September 19, 2017[30] Natalie Jacobs, Notre Dame Sydney Wooten, NC State
September 26, 2017[31] Dorian Bailey, North Carolina Taylor Otto, North Carolina
October 3, 2017[32] Veronica Latsko, Virginia Mandy McGlynn, Virginia Tech
October 10, 2017[33] Alessia Russo, North Carolina Schuyler DeBree, Duke
Julia Ashley (2), North Carolina
October 17, 2017[34] Bayley Feist, Wake Forest Sandy MacIver, Clemson
October 24, 2017[35] Jennifer Westendorf, Notre Dame Gabby Kouzelos, Louisville
October 31, 2017[36] Tziarra King (2), NC State Chelsea Burns, Duke

Postseason

ACC tournament

Main article: 2017 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 Duke 1
4 Virginia 0
1 Duke 0
2 North Carolina 1
2 North Carolina 1
3 NC State 0

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

The ACC had a total of 8 teams selected to the NCAA tournament. This was the second most number of teams from any conference in the tournament, behind the SEC (9). All teams were selected to host a first round match, and two teams were selected as number one seeds.

Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Durham Duke W 1–0 vs. UNC Greensboro – (Durham, NC) W 7–0 vs. Oklahoma State – (Durham, NC) W 3–0 vs. Texas – (Durham, NC) W 4–0 vs. Baylor – (Durham, NC) T 0–0 L, 3–4 PKvs. UCLA – (Orlando, FL)
1 Chapel Hill North Carolina W 3–0 vs. High Point – (Cary, NC) W 1–0 vs. Colorado – (Cary, NC) L 1–2 (OT) vs.Princeton – (Cary, NC)
3 Chapel Hill Virginia W 2–0 vs. St. Francis – (Charlottesville, VA) W 3–0 vs. Pepperdine – (Los Angeles, CA) L 1–2 vs. UCLA – (Los Angeles, CA)
4 Stanford Florida State W 5–0 vs. Ole Miss – (Tallahassee, FL) W 2–0 vs. Arizona – Stanford, CA) L 0–1 vs. Stanford – Stanford, CA)
Durham Clemson W 2–1 vs. Alabama – (Clemson, SC) T 1–1 L, 5–6 PK vs. Texas – (Durham, NC)
Chapel Hill NC State W 4–1 vs. Arkansas – (Raleigh, NC) T 1–1 L, 4–5 PK vs. Princeton – (Cary, NC)
Durham Notre Dame W 5–0 vs. IUPUI – (Notre Dame, IN) T 2–2 W, 4–1 PK vs. Texas A&M – (College Station, TX) L 2–3 (OT) vs. Baylor – (College Station, TX)
Stanford Wake Forest T 0–0 W, 2–1 PK vs. Georgetown – (Winston-Salem, NC) L 0–2 vs. Penn State – (Morgantown, WV)
W–L (%): 7–0–1 (.938) 4–1–3 (.688) 1–4 (.200) 1–0 (1.000) 0–0–1 (.500) 0–0 (–) Total: 13–5–5 (.674)

Awards and honors

United Soccer Coaches All-Americans

Six total players from the ACC were named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America teams. Two players were named to each the first, second and third team.[37]

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

ACC Awards

[38]

2017 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Imani Dorsey – Duke
Coach of the Year Robbie Church – Duke
Defensive Player of the Year Schuyler DeBree – Duke
Midfielder of the Year Quinn[a] – Duke
Freshman of the Year Emina Ekic – Louisville
Alessia Russo – North Carolina
2017 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman Team

Imani Dorsey, Sr., F, Duke
Quinn,[a] Sr., M, Duke
Kayla McCoy, Jr., F, Duke
Schuyler DeBree, Sr., D, Duke
EJ Proctor, Sr., GK, Duke
Deyna Castellanos, So., F, Florida State
Natalia Kuikka, Jr., D, Florida State
Alessia Russo, Fr., F, North Carolina
Tziarra King, So., M, NC State
Sandra Yu, GS, M, Notre Dame
Veronica Latsko, Sr., F, Virginia

Sam Staab, Jr., D, Clemson
Ella Stevens, So., F, Duke
Taylor Racioppi, Jr., F, Duke
Emina Ekic, Fr., M, Louisville
Joanna Boyles, Sr., M, North Carolina
Dorian Bailey, Jr., M, North Carolina
Julia Ashley, Jr., D, North Carolina
Natalie Jacobs, So., F, Notre Dame
Megan Reid, Sr., D, Virginia
Maddie Huster, Sr., M, Wake Forest
Lindsay Preston, Sr., GK, Wake Forest

Sam Coffey, Fr., M, Boston College
Ashton Miller, Sr., M, Duke
Gloriana Villalobos, Fr., M, Florida State
Jennifer Westendorf, So., F, Notre Dame
Ricci Walking, So., M, NC State
Bridgett Andrzejewski, So., M, North Carolina
Emily Fox, Fr., M, North Carolina
Taylor Otto, R-Fr., D, North Carolina
Courtney Brosnan, Sr., GK, Syracuse
Taryn Torres, Fr., M, Virginia
Phoebe McClernon, So., D, Virginia
Bayley Feist, Jr., M, Wake Forest

Sam Coffey, Fr., M, Boston College
Mariana Speckmaier, Fr., F, Clemson
Taylor Mitchell, Fr., D, Duke
Gloriana Villalobos, Fr., M, Florida State
Emina Ekic, Fr., M, Louisville
Alessia Russo, Fr., F, North Carolina
Emily Fox, Fr., M, North Carolina
Lulu Guttenberger, Fr., D, NC State
Sammi Fisher, Fr., M, Notre Dame
Taryn Torres, Fr., M, Virginia
Vicky Krug, Fr., D, Wake Forest

Draft picks

Main article: 2018 NWSL College Draft

The ACC had 12 total players selected in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. There were 3 players selected in the first round, 1 player selected in the second round, 5 players selected in the third round, and 3 players selected in the fourth round. Duke lead the way with 6 players selected, Wake Forest and North Carolina had 2 players selected each, and Virginia and Notre Dame each had 1 player selected.

FW Forward MF Midfielder DF Defender GK Goalkeeper
Player Team Round Pick # Position School
Canada Quinn[a] Washington Spirit 1st 3 MF Duke
United States Imani Dorsey Sky Blue FC 1st 5 FW Duke
United States Sandra Yu Portland Thorns FC 1st 8 MF Notre Dame
United States Schuyler DeBree Washington Spirit 2nd 12 DF Duke
United States Ashton Miller Boston Breakers 3rd 22 MF Duke
United States Megan Buckingham Chicago Red Stars 3rd 24 MF North Carolina
United States Allyson Haran Seattle Reign FC 3rd 25 DF Wake Forest
United States Maddie Huster Washington Spirit 3rd 26 MF Wake Forest
United States Veronica Latsko Houston Dash 3rd 28 FW Virginia
United States Abby Elinsky Houston Dash 3rd 30 MF North Carolina
United States Joanna Boyles Boston Breakers 4th 32 MF North Carolina
United States Emma Jane Proctor Utah Royals FC 4th 34 GK Duke
United States Morgan Reid North Carolina Courage 4th 39 DF Duke

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Then known as Rebecca Quinn

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