2019 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

2019 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 5
Record18–6–0 (8–2–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Bristol (11th season)
  • Morinao Imaizumi (7th season)
Home stadiumSeminole Soccer Complex
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍y 9 0 1   .950 24 1 2   .926
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 8 2 0   .800 18 6 0   .750
No. 9 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 6 0 3   .833 17 2 3   .841
No. 25 Louisville  ‍‍‍y 5 3 2   .600 13 5 2   .700
No. 17 NC State  ‍‍‍y 4 2 4   .600 12 7 4   .609
No. 18 Duke  ‍‍‍y 3 1 6   .600 9 4 7   .625
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 5 0   .500 11 7 2   .600
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 4 4 2   .500 11 8 2   .571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 4 4 2   .500 12 5 2   .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 2 6 2   .300 5 10 3   .361
Miami  ‍‍‍ 2 7 1   .250 5 9 2   .375
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 1 6 3   .250 6 8 4   .444
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 1   .167 3 11 2   .250
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 8 1   .150 8 8 2   .500
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2019 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 25th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by 15th year head coach Mark Krikorian and entered the season as the defending national champions.

The Seminoles finished the season 18–6–0, 8–2–0 in ACC play, to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Clemson in the first round before losing in overtime to Virginia in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated South Alabama, Brown, and USF, before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals.

Squad

Roster

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Caroline Jeffers
2 FW United States USA Jenna Nighswonger
3 MF United States USA Abbey Newton
4 MF United States USA Kristina Lynch
6 MF United States USA Jaelin Howell
7 DF United States USA Ali Kalayjian
8 FW United States USA Paige LeBerge
9 MF United States USA Kirsten Pavlisko
10 FW Venezuela VEN Deyna Castellanos
12 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Heather Payne
13 FW Bermuda BER LeiLanni Nesbeth
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Canada CAN Gabby Carle
17 DF United States USA Malia Berkely
20 FW United States USA Kristen McFarland
22 DF United States USA Alyssa Conarton
23 DF United States USA Taylor Radecki
24 FW United States USA Makala Thomas
25 MF United States USA Emily Madril
26 DF United States USA Clara Robbins
33 MF China CHN Yujie Zhao
45 GK United States USA Brooke Bollinger

Team management

Position Staff
Athletic Director David Coburn
Head Coach Mark Krikorian
Assistant Coach Mike Bristol
Assistant Coach Morinao Imaizumi
Director of Operations Nathan Minion

Source:[2]

Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-Conference Regular season
August 22, 2019*
11:00 a.m., ACCNX
No. 1 TCU W 2–0  1–0–0
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,500)
Tallahassee, FL
August 25, 2019*
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 1 No. 16 Wisconsin W 1–0 OT 2–0–0
Seminole Soccer Complex (716)
Tallahassee, FL
August 29, 2019*
 Pac-12
No. 1 at No. 4 UCLA
Battle at the Banc
L 1–2  2–1–0
Banc of California Stadium (0)
Los Angeles, CA
September 1, 2019*
 Pac-12
No. 1 at No. 5 USC
Battle at the Banc
L 2–3  2–2–0
Banc of California Stadium (0)
Los Angeles, CA
September 6, 2019*
 ACCNX
No. 6 Florida
Rivalry
W 2–1  3–2–0
Seminole Soccer Complex (3,154)
Tallahassee, FL
September 8, 2019*
 ACCNX
No. 6 Samford W 6–0  4–2–0
Seminole Soccer Complex (385)
Tallahassee, FL
September 12, 2019*
 ACCN
No. 6 No. 24 Colorado W 3–2 OT 5–2–0
Seminole Soccer Complex (2,210)
Tallahassee, FL
September 15, 2019*
No. 6 at Villanova W 5–0  6–2–0
Higgins Soccer Complex (837)
Villanova, PA
ACC Regular season
September 19, 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 6 Boston College W 5–4  7–2–0
(1–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,102)
Tallahassee, FL
September 26, 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 6 at No. 9 Clemson W 2–1  8–2–0
(2–0–0)
Riggs Field (1,052)
Clemson, SC
September 29, 2019
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 6 at Syracuse W 1–0  9–2–0
(3–0–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (582)
Syracuse, NY
October 5, 2019
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 6 Pittsburgh W 1–0  10–2–0
(4–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (478)
Tallahassee, FL
October 10, 2019
7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 5 at No. 20 Virginia Tech W 3–2 2OT 11–2–0
(5–0–0)
Thompson Field (1,017)
Blacksburg, VA
October 13, 2019
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5 No. 1 Virginia L 0–1 2OT 11–3–0
(5–1–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex
Tallahassee, FL
October 18, 2019
7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 6 Miami (FL)
Rivalry
W 3–0  12–3–0
(6–1–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (670)
Tallahassee, FL
October 24, 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5 at No. 3 North Carolina L 0–2  12–4–0
(6–2–0)
Dorrance Field (3,021)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 27, 2019
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5 at Wake Forest W 2–1  13–4–0
(7–2–0)
Spry Stadium (545)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 31, 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5 No. 9 Duke W 1–0  14–4–0
(8–2–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 3, 2019
1:00 p.m., ACCN
(2) No. 5 (7) No. 22 Clemson
Quarterfinals
W 2–1  15–4–0
Seminole Soccer Complex (991)
Tallahassee, FL
November 8, 2019
2:30 p.m., ACCN
(2) No. 5 (3) No. 1 Virginia
Semifinals
L 1–2 OT 15–5–0
Sahlen's Stadium (1,875)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 16, 2019
6:00 p.m.
(1) No. 6 South Alabama
First Round
W 2–0  16–5–0
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,135)
Tallahassee, FL
November 22, 2019
:00 p.m.
(1) No. 6 No. 16 Brown
Second Round
W 2–0  17–5–0
Seminole Soccer Complex (232)
Tallahassee, FL
November 24, 2019
5:00 p.m.
(1) No. 6 No. 17 South Florida
Round of 16
W 2–1  18–5–0
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,032)
Tallahassee, FL
November 29, 2019
2:00 p.m.
(1) No. 6 (2) No. 7 UCLA
Quarterfinals
L 0–4  18–6–0
Seminole Soccer Complex (2,079)
Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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TopDrawer Soccer[5] 1 1 1 7 7 6 6 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 4 5 5

References

  1. ^ "2019-20 Soccer roster". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Soccer Staff Directory". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.