2024 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

2024 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
ACC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 13
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 17
Record15–2–4 (7–2–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bobby Shuttleworth (3rd season)
  • Jonathan Bornstein (1st season)
  • Micah Bledsoe (1st season)
Home stadiumSeminole Soccer Complex
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Duke  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 0 – 1   .950 18 – 3 – 1   .841
No. 2 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 7 – 2 – 1   .750 16 – 4 – 4   .750
No. 13 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y 7 – 2 – 1   .750 15 – 2 – 4   .810
No. 1 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 7 – 3 – 0   .700 22 – 5 – 0   .815
No. 7 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 2   .700 14 – 6 – 3   .674
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 5 – 1 – 4   .700 14 – 4 – 4   .727
California  ‍‍‍y 5 – 4 – 1   .550 13 – 6 – 2   .667
No. 4 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 5 – 4 – 1   .550 16 – 5 – 2   .739
Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 – 5 – 0   .500 13 – 5 – 1   .711
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 2   .500 12 – 5 – 2   .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 2   .400 9 – 6 – 3   .583
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5 – 3   .350 7 – 6 – 5   .528
SMU  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 2   .300 6 – 9 – 2   .412
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 1   .250 6 – 8 – 3   .441
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 3   .250 5 – 8 – 4   .412
NC State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 3   .250 4 – 10 – 4   .333
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0 – 9 – 1   .050 6 – 10 – 2   .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2024 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This was the 30th season of the university fielding a women's soccer program, during all of which they have been members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Seminoles were led by third-year head coach Brian Pensky, and played their home games at Seminole Soccer Complex. The Seminoles entered the season as defending ACC Regular Season, ACC Tournament, and NCAA Tournament champions.

The Seminoles won the ACC Tournament for the fifth consecutive season and were selected as a one-seed in the NCAA Tournament for the seventh consecutive time.[1]

Previous season

Main article: 2023 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

The Seminoles finished the season 22–0–1 and 9–0–1 in ACC play to finish in first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they received a bye into the Semifinals where they defeated Pittsburgh and Clemson to win their fourth consecutive ACC Tournament title.[2] As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the first seed in the Florida State Bracket and the top overall seed in the tournament. They defeated Morehead State in the First Round, Texas A&M in the Second Round, Texas in the Third Round, Pittsburgh again in the Quarterfinals, Clemson again in the Semifinals, and Stanford in the Final. Their 5–1 victory in the championship won the team their fourth overall title, all of which have come since 2014. Stanford's 36 game streak of allowing one or fewer goals was snapped and this was the first match where the Cardinal allowed five or more goals in a game since 1996. This was the first national championship match between two undefeated teams and Florida State became the first undefeated champion since Stanford in 2011.[3]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Olivia Garcia 0 FW 5'7" Sophomore Las Vegas, Nevada Signed professional contract
with HB Køge[4]
Cristina Roque 1 GK 5'7" Senior Winter Garden, Florida Graduated; drafted 33rd
overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Maggie Taitano 4 MF Freshman Carlsbad, California Transferred to South Carolina[5]
Onyi Echegini 6 MF 5'8" Senior Nijmegen, Netherlands Signed professional contract
with Paris Saint-Germain[6][7]
Lauren Flynn 8 DF 5'6" Senior Arlington, Virginia Graduated; drafted 16th
overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Beata Olsson 9 FW Senior Enköping, Sweden Graduated
Jody Brown 10 FW 5'3" Senior Saint Ann, Jamaica Graduated
Leilanni Nesbeth 13 FW 5'4" Senior St. David's, Bermuda Graduated; drafted 10th
overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Kaitlyn Zipay 15 MF Redshirt Junior Winter Springs, Florida Graduated
Maria Alagoa 18 MF Junior Viseu, Portugal Transferred to USC[8]
Leah Pais 30 FW 5'4" Senior Ontario, Canada Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Giana Riley 5 FW 5'8" Junior Manteca, California Gonzaga[9]
Mariangela Jimenez 8 MF Senior Puerto Cabello, Venezuela William Carey
Camille Ashe 13 DF 5'10" Graduate Student Arlington, Virginia Portland
Carissa Boeckmann 14 MF 5'5" Senior San Antonio, Texas Texas A&M[10]
Kameron Simmonds 19 FW 5'7" Junior Midlothian, Virginia Tennessee[10]
Maddie Smith 23 GK 5'8" Graduate Student Omaha, Nebraska Maryland

Recruiting class

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Jordyn Bugg
DF
 United States El Cajon, California San Diego Surf [11]
Lara Dantas
MF
 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil IMG Academy N/A
Wrianna Hudson
FW
 United States Rochester, New York WNY Flash [12]
Emma Kirlin
GK
 United States Greenville, South Carolina Carolina Elite Soccer Academy [13]
Peyton McGovern
MF
 United States Bristow, Virginia Virginia Development Academy [14]
Nina Norshie
DF
 Ghana Accra, Ghana Barton Community College N/A
Ashlyn Puerta
MF
 United States San Diego, California Albion SC San Diego [15]
Taylor Suarez
FW
 United States Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Soccer Academy [16]
Solai Washington
FW
 Jamaica Atlanta, GA Concorde Fire SC [17]

Note: Bugg originally committed to play for the Seminoles but later signed a professional contract with Seattle Reign FC.[18]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024[19]

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 Adelyn Todd
3 MF United States USA Taylor Huff
5 FW United States USA Giana Riley
6 MF Brazil BRA Lara Dantas
7 MF Japan JPN Ran Iwai
8 MF Venezuela VEN Mariangela Jimenez
9 FW United States USA Taylor Suarez
10 MF United States USA Peyton Nourse
11 FW United States USA Jordynn Dudley
12 DF Ghana GHA Nina Norshie
13 DF United States USA Camille Ashe
14 MF United States USA Carissa Boeckmann
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF United States USA Peyton McGovern
16 MF United States USA Sophia Nguyen
17 MF Jamaica JAM Mimi Van Zanten
18 GK United States USA Emma Kirlin
19 FW Jamaica JAM Kameron Simmonds
20 DF United States USA Heather Gilchrist
21 FW United States USA Olivia Lebdaoui
22 DF United States USA Claire Rain
23 GK United States USA Maddie Smith
28 FW Jamaica JAM Solai Washington
30 MF United States USA Ashlyn Puerta
42 FW United States USA Wrianna Hudson

Team management

Position Staff
Athletic Director Michael Alford
Head Coach Brian Pensky
Associate Head Coach[20] Bobby Shuttleworth
Assistant Coach Jonathan Bornstein
Assistant Coach Micah Bledsoe
Director of Operations Sara Brown
Athletic Trainer Alora Sullivan

Source:[19]

Schedule

Source:[21][22]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 9*
9:10 p.m. 		No. 1 TCU W 5–2[23]  —
 Seminole Soccer Complex
Tallahassee, FL
Non-conference Regular season
August 15*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 1 at South Florida W 5–0  1–0
 Corbett Stadium (1,234)
Tampa, Florida
August 18*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 1 North Florida W 10–0  2–0
 Seminole Soccer Complex (1,094)
Tallahassee, FL
August 22*
7:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 1 Rice W 3–0  3–0
 Seminole Soccer Complex (984)
Tallahassee, FL
August 29*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 1 No. 24 Georgia T 1–1  3–0–1
 Seminole Soccer Complex (1,684)
Tallahassee, FL
September 1*
12:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 1 Villanova W 2–0  4–0–1
 Seminole Soccer Complex (840)
Tallahassee, FL
September 8*
2:00 p.m., SECN 		No. 3 at Florida
Rivalry 		W 3–0  5–0–1
 Pressly Stadium (1,294)
Gainesville, FL
ACC Regular season
September 19
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 2 Syracuse W 5–1  6–0–1
(1–0) 		Seminole Soccer Complex (1,234)
Tallahassee, FL
September 22
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 2 at SMU T 1–1  6–0–2
(1–0–1) 		Washburne Stadium (710)
Dallas, TX
September 28[a]
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 6 Clemson W 3–0  7–0–2
(2–0–1) 		Seminole Soccer Complex (894)
Tallahassee, FL
October 3
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 6 at No. 4 Wake Forest L 1–4  7–1–2
(2–1–1) 		Spry Stadium (1,621)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 6
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 6 at Virginia Tech L 2–3  7–2–2
(2–2–1) 		Thompson Field (1,056)
Blacksburg, VA
October 12
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 22 at Boston College W 1–0  8–2–2
(3–2–1) 		Newton Campus Soccer Field (1,024)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 17
7:00 p.m., ESPNU 		No. 22 No. 23 Virginia W 4–0  9–2–2
(4–2–1) 		Seminole Soccer Complex (1,234)
Tallahassee, FL
October 20
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 22 Pittsburgh W 7–1  10–2–2
(5–2–1) 		Seminole Soccer Complex (854)
Tallahassee, FL
October 25
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 17 No. 4 North Carolina W 4–2  11–2–2
(6–2–1) 		Seminole Soccer Complex (1,684)
Tallahassee, FL
October 31
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 6 at Miami (FL)
Rivalry 		W 1–0  12–2–2
(7–2–1) 		Cobb Stadium (428)
Coral Gables, FL
ACC Tournament
November 3
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		(3) No. 6 (6) No. 13 Notre Dame
First Round 		W 2–1  13–2–2
 Seminole Soccer Complex (1,166)
Tallahassee, FL
November 7
5:30 p.m., ACCN 		(3) No. 6 vs. (2) No. 3 Wake Forest
Semifinal 		T 1–1 (3–1 PKs)  13–2–3
 WakeMed Soccer Park (1,065)
Cary, NC
November 10
12:00 p.m., ESPNU 		(3) No. 6 vs. (4) No. 8 North Carolina
Final 		W 3–2  14–2–3
 WakeMed Soccer Park (2,905)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(1) No. 6 Samford
First Round 		W 8–0  15–2–3
 Seminole Soccer Complex (1,668)
Tallahassee, FL
November 22
5:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(1) No. 6 (8) Vanderbilt
Second Round 		T 3–3 (3–4 PKs)  15–2–4
 Seminole Soccer Complex (2,128)
Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Jordynn Dudley Pre-season All-ACC Team August 8, 2024 [24]
Heather Gilchrist
Taylor Huff
Jordynn Dudley Herman Trophy watchlist August 17, 2024 [25]
Taylor Huff
Giana Riley
Taylor Huff ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 1 August 20, 2024 [26]
Jordynn Dudley ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 11 October 29, 2024 [27]
Taylor Huff All-ACC First Team November 6, 2024 [28]
Jordynn Dudley
Heather Gilchrist All-ACC Third Team
Mimi Van Zanten
Wrianna Hudson ACC All-Freshman Team
Solai Washington
Taylor Huff ACC Tournament MVP November 10, 2024 [29]
Taylor Huff All-ACC Tournament Team November 10, 2024
Addie Todd
Solai Washington
Jordynn Dudley
Heather Gilchrist
Taylor Huff Herman Trophy semifinalist December 4, 2024 [30]
Jordynn Dudley
Taylor Huff United Soccer Coaches All-American First Team December 8, 2024 [31]
Jordynn Dudley United Soccer Coaches All-American Second Team
Heather Gilchrist United Soccer Coaches All-American Fourth Team
Taylor Huff Honda Sports Award finalist December 13, 2024 [32]

Rankings

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer[33]1 (8)1 (8)1 (8)3 (2)32662222176Not released13
TopDrawer Soccer[34]1114337412764411171717

Notes

  1. ^ delayed from originally scheduled date of September 26 due to the effects of Hurricane Helene

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