2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 6
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 8
Record12–5–2 (5–3–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
  • Sydney Dawson
  • Renee Guion
  • Kimber Haley
Home stadiumRiggs Field
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍y 8 – 0 – 0   1.000 13 – 0 – 3   .906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 0 – 0   1.000 18 – 2 – 0   .900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 – 2 – 1   .688 14 – 4 – 3   .738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 – 3 – 0   .625 12 – 5 – 2   .684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍y 4 – 2 – 2   .625 12 – 5 – 4   .667
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 5 – 7 – 0   .417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 8 – 9 – 0   .471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 0   .500 6 – 7 – 0   .462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 3 – 4 – 1   .438 5 – 7 – 2   .429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 0   .375 11 – 5 – 0   .688
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 3 – 10 – 1   .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 0   .125 1 – 7 – 0   .125
Miami  ‍‍‍ 0 – 8 – 0   .000 1 – 11 – 1   .115
NC State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0 – 0   – 5 – 3 – 1   .611
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 18, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.

The 2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his tenth season. The Tigers home games were played at Riggs Field. This was the team's 27th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[1][2] The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.[3]

The Tigers finished the fall season 6–4–0, 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to Duke 1–0 in the Quarterfinals. The Tigers finished the spring season 6–0–0 and received an at-large bid as the fourteenth seed in the NCAA Tournament. They defeated Rutgers and UCLA on penalties before losing to Santa Clara in the Quarterfinals to end their season.

Previous season

Main article: 2019 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

The 2019 Clemson women's soccer team finished the season with a 11–7–2 overall record and a 5–5–0 ACC record. The Tigers qualified for the ACC Tournament as the seventh-seed. The Tigers lost to Florida State in the Quarterfinals. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, for the seventh season in a row. As an unseeded team in the Florida State Bracket, Clemson defeated Vanderbilt on penalties before losing to UCLA to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Sandy MacIver 1 GK 5'9" Senior Winsford, England Graduated
Mackenzie Smith 3 MF 5'10" Senior Bath, NY Graduated
Sarah Osborne 12 DF 5'5" Senior Chesapeake Beach, MD Graduated
Dani Antieau 13 DF 5'10" Senior Pembroke Pines, FL Graduated
Julie Mackin 16 FW 5'3" Senior Castle Rock, CO Graduated
Patrice DiPasquale 30 FW 5'7" Redshirt Senior Cincinnati, OH Graduated

Recruiting class

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS rating
Megan Bornkamp
MF
  USA Mooresville, NC Charlotte Soccer Academy [4]
Devi Dudley
MF
  USA American Fork, UT La Roca Premier [5]
Halle Mackiewicz
GK
  USA Broomfield, CO Real Colorado [6]
Makenna Morris
DF
  USA Germantown, MD Bathesda SC [7]
Madison Reid
DF
  USA Cary, NC NC Courage [8]

Squad

Roster

Updated September 11, 2020[9]

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
1 GK United States USA Halle Mackiewicz
2 DF United States USA Makenna Morris
4 DF United States USA Harper White
5 MF United States USA Grace Wagner
6 MF United States USA Devi Dudley
7 DF United States USA Sydney Dawson
8 MF United States USA Haley Schueppert
9 MF United States USA Audrey Viso
11 MF United States USA Kimber Haley
12 DF United States USA Madi Reid
14 DF United States USA Abigail Mitchell
15 MF United States USA Hal Hershfelt
17 FW Venezuela VEN Mariana Speckmaier
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF United States USA Renee Guion
20 FW United States USA Courtney Jones
21 FW United States USA Maliah Morris
22 FW United States USA Lauren Burns
23 FW United States USA Caroline Conti
24 MF United States USA Megan Bornkamp
25 DF United States USA Olivia Bonacorso
26 GK United States USA Hannah McLaughlin
28 DF United States USA Abby Hanks
29 FW United States USA Sami Meredith
38 DF United States USA Jackson Moehler
51 GK United States USA Hensley Hancuff

Prior to the season, Sydney Dawson, Renee Guion, and Kimber Haley were named co-captains of the team[10]

Team management

Position Staff
Athletic Director United States Dan Radakovich
Head coach United States Eddie Radwanski
Associate Head Coach United States Jeff Robbins
Assistant coach United States Siri Mullinix
Director of operations United States Julie Carson
Assistant Athletic Trainer United States Kelly Turney

Source:[11]

Schedule

Source:[12][13]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Fall Regular season
September 12, 2020*
6:30 p.m. 		vs. Miami (FL) W 4–0  1–0–0
 Patton Park (0)
Jacksonville, FL
September 17, 2020
7:00 p.m. 		Virginia Tech W 3–0  2–0–0
(1–0–0) 		Riggs Field (227)
Clemson, SC
September 20, 2020
5:00 p.m. 		No. 3 Virginia W 3–0  3–0–0
(2–0–0) 		Riggs Field (549)
Clemson, SC
October 1, 2020
4:00 p.m. 		No. 3 at No. 1 North Carolina L 0–2  3–1–0
(2–1–0) 		Dorrance Field (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 4, 2020
5:00 p.m. 		No. 3 at No. 11 Duke L 0–1  3–2–0
(2–2–0) 		Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
October 11, 2020
3:30 p.m. 		No. 6 Wake Forest W 2–0  4–2–0
(3–2–0) 		Riggs Field (345)
Clemson, SC
October 18, 2020
1:00 p.m. 		No. 4 at No. 14 Notre Dame W 2–1  5–2–0
(4–2–0) 		Alumni Stadium (98)
Notre Dame, IN
October 29, 2020
7:00 p.m. 		No. 3 Pittsburgh W 2–1 OT 6–2–0
(5–2–0) 		Riggs Field (467)
Clemson, SC
November 1, 2020
3:00 p.m. 		No. 3 at No. 2 Florida State L 0–2  6–3–0
(5–3–0) 		Seminole Soccer Complex (400)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 10, 2020
3:00 p.m. 		(4) No. 5 vs. (5) No. 6 Duke
Quarterfinals 		L 0–1  6–4–0
 Sahlen's Stadium (327)
Cary, NC
Spring Exhibition
February 20, 2021
2:00 p.m. 		Furman  Not Scored  –
 Riggs Field
Clemson, SC
Spring Regular season
February 25, 2021*
6:00 p.m. 		at College of Charleston W 4–1  7–4–0
 Patriots Point Soccer Complex (125)
Mount Pleasant, SC
February 28, 2021*
11:00 a.m. 		at College of Charleston W 4–1  8–4–0
 Patriots Point Soccer Complex (215)
Mount Pleasant, SC
March 6, 2021*
2:00 p.m. 		No. 9 Auburn W 1–0  9–4–0
 Riggs Field (384)
Clemson, SC
March 20, 2021*
2:00 p.m. 		No. 8 Georgia W 3–1  10–4–0
 Riggs Field (395)
Clemson, SC
April 3, 2021*
1:00 p.m. 		No. 8 Alabama W 1–0 OT 11–4–0
 Riggs Field (298)
Clemson, SC
April 10, 2021*
6:00 p.m. 		No. 8 at No. 11 South Carolina
Rivalry 		W 2–1  12–4–0
 Stone Stadium (675)
Columbia, SC
NCAA Tournament
April 30, 2021
7:00 p.m. 		(14) No. 6 vs. Rutgers
Second Round 		T 1–1 (5–3 PKs) 2OT 12–4–1
 Eakes Athletics Complex (250)
Buies Creek, NC
May 5, 2021
6:00 p.m. 		(14) No. 6 vs. (3) No. 3 UCLA
Third Round 		T 1–1 (6–5 PKs) 2OT 12–4–2
 WakeMed Soccer Park (103)
Cary, NC
May 9, 2021
5:00 p.m. 		(14) No. 6 vs. (11) No. 10 Santa Clara
Quarterfinals 		L 0–1  12–5–2
 WakeMed Soccer Park (118)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Goals Record

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
1 24 United States MF Megan Bornkamp 8 0 0 8
2 23 United States FW Caroline Conti 7 0 0 7
3 21 United States FW Maliah Morris 5 0 1 6
4 29 United States FW Sami Meredith 2 0 1 3
5 15 United States MF Hal Hershfelt 2 0 0 2
17 Venezuela FW Mariana Speckmaier 2 0 0 2
19 United States MF Renee Guion 2 0 0 2
8 20 United States FW Courtney Jones 1 0 0 1
Total 28 0 2 30

Disciplinary record

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 24 United States MF Megan Bornkamp 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
2 4 United States DF Harper White 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
3 11 United States MF Kimber Haley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
4 2 United States DF Makenna Morris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 Venezuela FW Mariana Speckmaier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 United States MF Renee Guion 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
20 United States FW Courtney Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 United States FW Maliah Morris 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
38 United States DF Jackson Moehler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 14 0 1

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Caroline Conti ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 22, 2020 [14][15]
Hensley Hancuff ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Makenna Morris All-ACC Second Team November 13, 2020 [16]
Mariana Speckmaier
Megan Bornkamp All-ACC Third Team
Hal Hershfelt
Courtney Jones
Megan Bornkamp All-ACC Freshman Team
Makenna Morris
Caroline Conti ACC Offensive Player of the Week March 3, 2021 [17]
Maliah Morris ACC Offensive Player of the Week March 23, 2021 [18]
Megan Bornkamp ACC Offensive Player of the Week April 13, 2021 [19]

Rankings

See also: 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Wk
1 		Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Final
United Soccer[20] 3 3 6 4 3 3 5 5 7 6

Spring 2021

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk
1 		Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Final
United Soccer[20] None Released 9 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 None Released 6
TopDrawer Soccer [21] 17 17 17 16 12 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 8 8 8

2021 NWSL draft

Main article: 2021 NWSL College Draft

The Tigers had one player drafted in the 2021 draft, Mariana Speckmaier, who taken as the 39th pick.[22]

Player Team Round Pick # Position
Venezuela Mariana Speckmaier Washington Spirit 4 39 FW

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