2024 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team

2024 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Runner-Up
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 2
Record16–4–4 (7–2–1 ACC)
Head coach
  • Tony Da Luz (28th season)
Associate head coachBrittany Cameron (5th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Courtney Drummond (3rd season)
  • Taylor Culp (1st season)
Home stadiumSpry Stadium
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 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team represents Wake Forest University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Demon Deacons are led by head coach Tony Da Luz, in his twenty-eighth season. They play their home games at Spry Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This is the team's 30th season playing organized women's college soccer, all of which have been played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

Main article: 2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team

The Demon Deacons finished the season 10–2–5 overall and 4–2–4 in ACC ACC play to finish in sixth place. They qualified for the ACC Tournament as the sixth seed, and lost in the First Round to Clemson. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Madison Howard 00 GK 5'8" Senior Greensboro, North Carolina Graduated; transferred
to Northwestern[1]
Reese Kim 2 MF 5'5" Redshirt Junior Manhattan Beach, California Graduated
Kristi Vierra 8 MF 5'7" Senior Norwell, Massachusetts Graduated
Liv Stowell 11 FW 5'4" Senior Londonderry, New Hampshire Graduated
Carrie McIntire 14 FW 5'9" Senior Haymarket, Virginia Graduated; transferred
to Johns Hopkins
Baylor Goldthwaite 21 MF 5'5" Sophomore Durham, North Carolina Transferred to
Boston College
Sasha Schwartz 22 DF 5'6" Senior New York City, New York Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Paige Nurkin 0 GK 6'0" Graduate Student Charlotte, North Carolina Columbia
Emily Colton 3 MF 5'3" Senior Carlsbad, California North Carolina

Recruiting class

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Chloe Burst
FW
 United States New Orleans, Louisiana Challenge SC [2]
Amaya Dawkins
MF
 United States Wylie, Texas FC Dallas (ECNL) [3]
Josephine Noble
FW
 United States Wilmette, Illinois Eclipse Select (IL) [4]
Miri O'Donnell
FW
 United States San Ramon, California Mountain View Los Altos SC [5]
Lola Ressler
MF
 United States Winter Garden, Florida Orlando City SC (ECNL) [6]
Tahlia Zadeyan
DF
 United States La Jolla, California Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks [7]
Mariner Headrick
FW
 United States Madrid, Spain Atlético Madrid [8]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024 [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
0 GK United States USA Paige Nurkin
1 GK United States USA Valentina Amaral
2 MF United States USA Amaya Dawkins
3 MF United States USA Emily Colton
4 MF Canada CAN Nikayla Small
5 DF United States USA MJ Osborne
6 MF United States USA Dempsey Brown
7 DF Iceland ISL Kristin Johnson
8 FW United States USA Chloe Burst
9 MF United States USA Caiya Hanks
10 MF England ENG Malaika Meena
13 MF United States USA Emily Morris
14 MF United States USA Lola Ressler
15 DF United States USA Sammi Wiemann
16 FW United States USA Alex Wood
17 DF United States USA Tyla Ochoa
18 DF United States USA Kate Dobsch
19 FW United States USA Sierra Sythe
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW United States USA Hannah Johnson
22 MF United States USA Josie Nobel
23 DF United States USA Allie Schmidt
24 DF United States USA Zara Chavoshi
25 MF United States USA Sophie Faircloth
26 DF United States USA Taryn Chance
27 DF United States USA Nadia DeMarinis
28 MF United States USA Carly Wilson
29 DF United States USA Olivia DeMarinis
30 MF United States USA Anna Swanson
31 MF United States USA Olivia Duvall
32 MF United States USA Emily Silva
33 DF United States USA Abbie Colton
34 DF United States USA Laurel Ansbrow
35 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Emily Murphy
39 DF United States USA Laine DeNatale
88 GK United States USA Peyton Cahill

Team management

Position Staff
Head Coach Tony Da Luz
Associate Head Coach Brittany Cameron
Assistant Coach Courtney Drummond
Assistant Coach Taylor Culp

Source:[9]

Schedule

Source:[10][11]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Exhibition
August 7*
7:00 p.m. 		James Madison  None Reported  —
 Spry Stadium
Winston-Salem, NC
August 10*
7:00 p.m. 		at No. 21 South Carolina  None Reported[12]  —
 Stone Stadium
Columbia, SC
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 15*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Army W 1–0  1–0–0
 Clinton Field (300)
West Point, NY
August 18*
1:00 p.m., BTN+ 		at Rutgers T 1–1  1–0–1
 Yurcak Field (906)
Piscataway, NJ
August 22*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX 		Temple W 4–0  2–0–1
 Spry Stadium (2,237)
Winston-Salem, NC
August 25*
2:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 20 Mississippi State W 2–1  3–0–1
 Spry Stadium (933)
Winston-Salem, NC
August 29*
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 18 at Richmond  Cancelled[13]  3–0–1
 President's Field
Richmond, VA
September 1*
6:00 p.m., BTN+ 		No. 18 at Iowa L 0–2  3–1–1
 UI Soccer Complex (1,563)
Iowa City, IA
September 5*
4:00 p.m., FloFC 		at Villanova W 1–0  4–1–1
 Higgins Soccer Complex (397)
Villanova, PA
September 8*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX 		UNC Asheville W 5–0  5–1–1
 Spry Stadium (758)
Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Regular Season
September 12
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		at No. 10 North Carolina L 0–1  5–2–1
(0–1–0) 		Dorrance Field (2,942)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 15
12:00 p.m., ACCN 		at No. 2 Virginia W 3–0  6–2–1
(1–1–0) 		Klöckner Stadium (1,402)
Charlottesville, VA
September 19
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 13 No. 1 Stanford W 1–0  7–2–1
(2–1–0) 		Spry Stadium (1,229)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 22
12:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 13 California T 2–2  7–2–2
(2–1–1) 		Spry Stadium (855)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 29
1:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 5 at Syracuse W 3–0  8–2–2
(3–1–1) 		SU Soccer Stadium (944)
Syracuse, NY
October 3
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 4 No. 6 Florida State W 4–1  9–2–2
(4–1–1) 		Spry Stadium (1,621)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 19
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 2 at SMU W 2–1  10–2–2
(5–1–1) 		Washburne Stadium (933)
Dallas, TX
October 24
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 2 at Pittsburgh W 2–0  11–2–2
(6–1–1) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (759)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 27
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		No. 2 No. 1 Duke L 0–2  11–3–2
(6–2–1) 		Spry Stadium (3,761)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 31
7:00 p.m., ACCNX 		No. 3 NC State W 3–0  12–3–2
(7–2–1) 		Spry Stadium (894)
Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
November 7
5:30 p.m., ACCN 		(2) No. 3 vs. (3) No. 6 Florida State
Semifinals 		T 1–1 (1–3 PKs)  12–3–3
 WakeMed Soccer Park (1,065)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(2) No. 3 Morehead State
First Round 		W 4–0  13–3–3
 Spry Stadium (601)
Winston-Salem, NC
November 22
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(2) No. 3 Colorado
Second Round 		W 3–1  14–3–3
 Spry Stadium (612)
Winston-Salem, NC
November 24
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(2) No. 3 (3) No. 10 Ohio State
Round of 16 		W 1–0  15–3–3
 Spry Stadium (870)
Winston-Salem, NC
November 29
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(2) No. 3 at (1) No. 4 USC
Quarterfinals 		T 2–2 (4–3 PKs) 2OT 15–3–4
 Dignity Health Sports Park (1,208)
Carson, CA
December 6
5:00 p.m., ESPNU 		(2) No. 3 vs. (3) No. 14т Stanford
Semifinals 		W 1–0  16–3–4
 WakeMed Soccer Park (10,333)
Cary, NC
December 9
7:00 p.m., ESPNU 		(2) No. 3 (2) No. 8 North Carolina
Final 		L 0–1  16–4–4
 WakeMed Soccer Park (9,475)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Caiya Hanks ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 5 September 17 [14]
Emily Colton ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 6 September 24 [15]
Emily Murphy ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 8 October 7, 2024 [16]
Caiya Hanks All-ACC First Team November 6, 2024 [17]
Zara Chavoshi All-ACC Second Team
Emily Colton
Emily Murphy
Valentina Amaral All-ACC Third Team
Emily Morris All-ACC Tournament Team November 10, 2024 [18]

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
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer[19]RVRV18RVRV13543223Not released2
TopDrawer Soccer[20]——20202215432223333112

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  4. ^ "Josephine Noble". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
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