2024 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team

2024 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 8
Record14–6–3 (6–2–2 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachDrew Kopp (13th season)
Assistant coachMatt Gwilliam (10th season)
Home stadiumThompson Field
Seasons
← 2023
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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 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represents Virginia Tech during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It is the 32nd season of the university fielding a program and 21st competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies are led by fourteenth year head coach Charles Adair and play their home games at Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Previous season

Main article: 2023 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team

The Hokies finished 7–8–3 overall and 4–6–0 in ACC play to finish in eighth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. Their seven wins were the lowest since 2017 and they finished with four conference wins for the fourth time in five seasons. The year broke a streak of two straight NCAA appearances.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Alia Skinner 1 GK 5'9" Senior Fleming Island, Florida Graduated; signed professional
contract with Brommapojkarna[1]
Riley McCarthy 2 DF 5'4" Senior Clifton, Virginia Graduated
Ayden Yates 8 FW 5'6" Senior Davidson, North Carolina Graduated
Ellie Farrell 11 MF 5'6" Freshman Wilmington, North Carolina Transferred to James Madison
Victoria Haugen 20 DF 5'7" Senior Bristow, Virginia Graduated
Averi Visage 21 DF/FW 5'10" Senior Acworth, Georgia Graduated
Taylor Bryan 22 FW 5'5" Senior Brooklyn, New York Graduated
Kate Bonshak 23 FW 5'4" Senior Whitehall, Pennsylvania Graduated
Ava Veith 27 DF 5'9" Senior Williamsburg, Virginia Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Mikki Easter 1 GK 5'9" Graduate Student Culpeper, Virginia Marquette
Sarah Rosenbaum 37 FW 5'9" Sophomore Fredericksburg, Virginia Wisconsin

Recruiting class

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Lauren Carpenter
DF
 United States Warrenton, Virginia Virginia Development Academy [2]
Gabrielle Ciocca
MF
 United States Chapel Hill, North Carolina North Carolina Courage (ECNL) [3]
Amelie D'Agnillo
DF
 United States Silver Spring, Maryland Arlington SA [4]
Annie DeHaan
DF
 United States Carlsbad, California San Diego Surf SC [5]
Kathryn Grannis
FW
 United States West Lake Hills, Texas Austin Sting [6]
Taylor Lewin
FW
 United States Lawrenceville, Georgia NHT Nasa [7]
Viviana Pope
FW
 United States Ashburn, Virginia TSJ FC Virginia [8]
Ashleigh Vizek
DF
 United States Leesburg, Virginia TSJ FC Virginia [9]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024 [10]

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
00 GK United States USA Lauren Hargrove
0 GK United States USA Savannah Sabo
1 GK United States USA Mikki Easter
2 DF United States USA Annie DeHaan
3 FW United States USA Anna Weir
4 FW United States USA Emma Stanley
5 DF Finland FIN Aino Vuorinen
6 DF United States USA Lauren Carpenter
7 MF United States USA Avery Tharrington
8 MF United States USA Emma Garrelts
9 MF United States USA Courtney Andersen
10 FW United States USA Viv Pope
11 DF United States USA Amelie D'Agnillo
12 DF United States USA Ashleigh Vizek
13 DF United States USA Victoria Moser
14 DF United States USA Allie Lewis
16 FW United States USA Allie George
17 MF United States USA Ella Bjorklund
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF United States USA Lauren Gogal
19 FW United States USA Samantha DeGuzman
20 DF United States USA Kylie Marschall
21 FF United States USA Taylor Lewin
22 FW United States USA Sophie Maltese
23 FW United States USA Kate Grannis
24 FW United States USA Natalie Mitchell
25 FW United States USA Taylor Price
26 MF United States USA Emma Pelkowski
27 MF United States USA Gabby Ciocca
28 MF England ENG Eden Skyers
29 MF United States USA Kendall DiMillio
30 GK United States USA Mallory Mizelle
31 DF United States USA Maysen Nelson
33 MF United States USA Ava Arengo
34 FW United States USA Ella Valente
37 FW United States USA Sarah Rosenbaum

Team management

Position Staff
Head Coach Charles Adair
Associate Head Coach Drew Kopp
Assistant Coach Matt Gwilliam
Director of Operations Katie Flores

Source:[10]

Schedule

Source:[11]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 5*
3:00 p.m. 		VCU  None Reported[12]  —
 Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
August 9*
6:00 p.m. 		East Tennessee State  None Reported[13]  —
 Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 15*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Campbell W 4–0  1–0–0
 Thompson Field (858)
Blacksburg, VA
August 18*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at James Madison W 2–0  2–0–0
 Sentara Park (787)
Harrisonburg, VA
August 22*
7:00 p.m., FloFC 		No. 21т at Delaware W 1–0  3–0–0
 Grant Stadium (383)
Newark, DE
August 25*
1:00 p.m., FloFC 		No. 21т at Monmouth T 1–1  3–0–1
 Hesse Field (817)
West Long Branch, NJ
August 29*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Loyola (MD) W 1–0  4–0–1
 Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
September 1*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX 		High Point W 2–0  5–0–1
 Thompson Field (643)
Blacksburg, VA
September 5*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 21 Liberty L 1–2  5–1–1
 Thompson Field (638)
Blacksburg, VA
September 8*
2:00 p.m., BTN+ 		No. 21 at Northwestern L 0–1  5–2–1
 Martin Stadium (451)
Evanston, IL
ACC Regular Season
September 12
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Clemson W 2–1  6–2–1
(1–0–0) 		Riggs Field (526)
Clemson, SC
September 15
12:00 p.m., ACCN 		Syracuse W 2–1  7–2–1
(2–0–0) 		Thompson Field (733)
Blacksburg, VA
September 22
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at Boston College L 1–3  7–3–1
(2–1–0) 		Newton Campus Soccer Field (425)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 26
7:00 p.m., ACCN 		Louisville W 5–1  8–3–1
(3–1–0) 		Thompson Field (273)
Blacksburg, VA
October 3
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		at Miami (FL) T 0–0  8–3–2
(3–1–1) 		Cobb Stadium (315)
Coral Gables, FL
October 6
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 6 Florida State W 3–2  9–3–2
(4–1–1) 		Thompson Field (1,056)
Blacksburg, VA
October 10
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 21 SMU W 1–0  10–3–2
(5–1–1) 		Thompson Field (840)
Blacksburg, VA
October 24
7:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 19 at NC State T 0–0  10–3–3
(5–1–2) 		Dail Soccer Field (667)
Raleigh, NC
October 27
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 19 at No. 7 Notre Dame W 2–0  11–3–3
(6–1–2) 		Alumni Stadium (394)
Notre Dame, IN
October 31
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 12 Virginia
Rivalry 		L 0–1  11–4–3
(6–2–2) 		Thompson Field (1,056)
Blacksburg, VA
ACC Tournament
November 3
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		(5) No. 12 at (4) No. 8 North Carolina
First Round 		L 0–2  11–5–3
 Dorrance Field (1,347)
Chapel Hill, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(7) No. 12 Tennessee
First Round 		W 2–1  12–5–3
 Thompson Field (1,200)
Blacksburg, VA
November 22
10:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(7) No. 12 at (2) No. 9 UCLA
Second Round 		W 2–1  13–5–3
 Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,418)
Los Angeles, CA
November 24
9:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(7) No. 12 vs. (3) No. 17т Iowa
Round of 16 		W 1–0  14–5–3
 Wallis Annenberg Stadium (467)
Los Angeles, CA
November 30
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(7) No. 12 at (1) No. 1 Duke
Quarterfinals 		L 0–1  14–6–3
 Koskinen Stadium (1,581)
Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Allie George ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 3 September 3, 2024 [14]
Lauren Hargrove ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 5 September 17, 2024 [15]
ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 11 October 26, 2024 [16]

Rankings

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer[17]—21тRV21—RV——21181912Not released7
TopDrawer Soccer[18]———————————20242422888

References

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  2. ^ "Lauren Carpenter". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "Gabrielle Ciocca". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  4. ^ "Amelie D'Agnillo". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  5. ^ "Annie DeHaan". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  6. ^ "Kathryn Grannis". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  7. ^ "Taylor Lewin". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  8. ^ "Viviana Pope". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  9. ^ "Ashleigh Vizek". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "2024 Women's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  11. ^ "2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  12. ^ @HokiesWSoccer (August 5, 2024). "Preseason test No. 1 ✅ @CoachChugger speaks about the Hokies' first scrimmage of the season! #Hokies⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved August 6, 2024 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ @HokiesWSoccer (August 9, 2024). "successful second scrimmage ✔️ @CoachChugger shares his thoughts on Tech's final preseason test! #Hokies⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Twitter.
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