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2022 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 18, 2022 – December 5, 2022
Number of teams14
2023 NWSL Draft
Top draft pickMichelle Cooper
Picked byKansas City Current, 2nd overall
Regular season
Season championsNorth Carolina
Florida State
Season MVPOffensive: Michelle Cooper
Midfielder: Korbin Albert
Defensive: Eva Gaetino
Top scorerMichelle Cooper (Duke)[1]
Tournament
ChampionsFlorida State
  Runners-upNorth Carolina
Finals MVPJenna Nighswonger (Florida State)
ACC women's soccer seasons
2022 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 8 – 2 – 0   .800 20 – 5 – 1   .788
No. 3 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍y 8 – 2 – 0   .800 17 – 3 – 3   .804
No. 5 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 7 – 2 – 1   .750 17 – 3 – 3   .804
No. 7 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 2   .700 16 – 4 – 3   .761
No. 6 Duke  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 2   .700 15 – 5 – 3   .717
No. 12 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍y 5 – 3 – 2   .600 14 – 5 – 3   .705
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 4 – 3 – 3   .550 8 – 5 – 5   .583
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 4 – 5 – 1   .450 10 – 7 – 2   .579
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 3 – 6 – 1   .350 9 – 7 – 3   .553
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7 – 0   .300 6 – 8 – 2   .438
NC State  ‍‍‍y 2 – 6 – 2   .300 7 – 7 – 6   .500
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 1   .250 5 – 8 – 3   .406
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 3   .250 8 – 7 – 3   .528
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 2   .200 5 – 8 – 5   .417
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2022 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Source: The ACC
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll

The 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 34th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

Virginia were the defending regular season champions. Florida State were the defending ACC tournament champions.[2] The Seminoles are also the defending national champions.[3]

North Carolina and Florida State were co-regular season champions with 8–2–0 records. Florida State won the ACC tournament over North Carolina, by a score of 2–1 in the final.

The ACC had ten teams selected to the NCAA tournament, which was the most of any conference. The conference finished with a 20–9–1 overall record in the tournament, with Florida State and North Carolina making it to the semifinals. North Carolina prevailed in the semifinals, but lost to UCLA in the final.

Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Team Stadium Capacity
Boston College Eagles Newton Soccer Complex 1,800
Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500
Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000
Florida State Seminoles Seminole Soccer Complex 2,000
Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300
Miami Hurricanes Cobb Stadium 500
NC State Dail Soccer Field 3,000
North Carolina Tar Heels Dorrance Field 4,200
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735
Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 1,500
Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 7,100
Virginia Tech Hokies Thompson Field 2,500
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Spry Stadium 3,000

1. ^ Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Coaches[edit]

Coaching Changes[edit]

Pre-Season

Head Coaching Records[edit]

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Jason Lowe 4 18–28–4 18–28–4 3–24–1
Clemson Eddie Radwanski 12 256–137–38 117–72–25 50–52–9
Duke Robbie Church 22 360–184–71 272–135–60 104–63–34
Florida State Brian Pensky 1 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
Louisville Karen Ferguson-Dayes 22 194–175–39 194–175–39 30–38–11
Miami Sarah Barnes 5 76–82–20 16–41–6 6–30–2
North Carolina Anson Dorrance 44 863–73–41 863–73–41 213–28–13
NC State Tim Santoro 10 76–82–17 76–82–17 23–52–8
Notre Dame Nate Norman 5 97–66–18 39–31–4 19–17–2
Pittsburgh Randy Waldrum 5 430–142–33 31–34–4 16–32–2
Syracuse Nicky Adams 4 8–30–3 8–30–3 2–24–1
Virginia Steve Swanson 22 451–164–64 347–101–53 138–46–23
Virginia Tech Charles Adair 12 138–68–22 138–68–22 51–46–15
Wake Forest Tony da Luz 25 329–227–52 284-186-50 96–110–23

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2022 season
  • Years at school includes the 2022 season

Pre-season[edit]

Hermann Trophy Watchlist[edit]

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 18, 2022. The ACC had eight players named to the sixty player watchlist.[6]

Player Class Position School
Maycee Bell Senior DF North Carolina
Megan Bornkamp Junior DF Clemson
Michelle Cooper Sophomore FW Duke
Eva Gaetino Junior DF Notre Dame
Lia Godfrey Junior MF Virginia
Jameese Joseph Junior FW NC State
Beata Olsson Junior FW Florida State
Kaitlyn Parks Junior GK Wake Forest

Pre-season poll[edit]

Pre-season Coaches Poll[edit]

Predicted finish Team Points (1st place)
1 Duke 156 (3)
2 Virginia 153 (4)
3 North Carolina 150 (4)
4 Florida State 143 (3)
5 Clemson 115
6 Notre Dame 108
7 NC State 90
Wake Forest
9 Virginia Tech 79
10 Pittsburgh 66
11 Louisville 47
12 Boston College 36
13 Miami 21
14 Syracuse 20

Source:[7]

Pre-season All-ACC Team[edit]

Position Player Class School
Goalkeeper Cristina Roque JR Florida State
Defender Maycee Bell SR North Carolina
Megan Bornkamp JR Clemson
Midfielder Korbin Albert SO Notre Dame
Lia Godfrey JR Virginia
Sophie Jones SR Duke
Sam Meza JR North Carolina
Jenna Nighswonger SR Florida State
Clara Robbins GR Florida State
Forward Michelle Cooper SO Duke
Jameese Joseph JR NC State
Alexa Spaanstra SR Virginia

Source:[7]

Regular season[edit]

Conference Matrix[edit]

The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team plays ten matches. Each team does not play every other team.

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College – 3–0 3–0 6–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 – 3–0 1–1 – 0–1 – 1–1
vs. Clemson 0–3 – 0–0 3–1 1–2 – – 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 – 1–2 4–1
vs. Duke 0–3 0–0 – 5–1 0–4 – – 0–6 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 – 1–2
vs. Florida State 0–6 1–3 1–5 – 1–5 0–1 2–1 – 4–0 0–1 – 0–1 1–4 –
vs. Louisville 0–1 2–1 4–0 5–1 – 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 – 2–0 – –
vs. Miami 0–1 – – 1–0 1–0 – 4–0 3–3 – 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 2–0
vs. North Carolina 0–3 – – 1–2 0–2 0–4 – 0–2 – 0–4 0–1 3–2 2–1 0–1
vs. NC State – 1–2 6–0 – 1–0 3–3 2–0 – 3–0 – 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–2
vs. Notre Dame 0–3 2–0 2–2 0–4 0–2 – – 0–3 – 3–1 – 0–1 0–1 0–3
vs. Pittsburgh 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 4–0 – 1–3 – 0–2 – 1–4 –
vs. Syracuse 1–0 1–1 1–0 – – 1–3 1–0 1–1 – 2–0 – 2–2 2–0 2–0
vs. Virginia – – 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–3 0–4 1–0 – 2–2 – 3–3 0–1
vs. Virginia Tech – 2–1 – 4–1 – 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 3–3 – 0–2
vs. Wake Forest 1–1 1–4 2–1 – – 0–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 – 0–2 1–0 2–0 –
Total 1–7–2 4–3–3 6–2–2 8–2–0 3–7–0 2–7–1 8–2–0 2–6–2 7–2–1 5–3–2 1–6–3 6–2–2 4–5–1 3–6–1

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

United Soccer[edit]

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre
Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Final
Boston College
Clemson 25 18 24 14 RV RV RV 25
Duke 2 (2) 5 2 3 3 5 4 7 12 10 11 8 6
Florida State 1 (5) 2 10 8 12т 7 7 3 4 4 5 5 3
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 10 1 (8) 1 (8) 2 2 3 3 5 2т 2 2 2 2
NC State RV RV 22
Notre Dame 16 RV 16 12 6 18 16 17 6 5 4 4 5
Pittsburgh 14 13 21 20 19 19 12
Syracuse
Virginia 4 (1) 8 5 5 7 2 2 2 13 8 8 11 7
Virginia Tech RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV
Wake Forest RV RV RV 24т RV

Top Drawer Soccer[edit]

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  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
Wk 14
Wk 15
Wk 16
Final
Boston College
Clemson 15 14 16 18 19 15 24
Duke 5 3 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 10 9 9 9 9 6 8 8
Florida State 1 2 9 8 7 6 2 2 3 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 4
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 8 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 2
NC State 23 21 17 19 20 19
Notre Dame 16 15 10 9 8 16 18 15 13 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
Pittsburgh 14 10 15 19 19 20 25 22 20 20 20
Syracuse
Virginia 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 7 12 11 7 6 6
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Players of the Week[edit]

Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive Player of the week Reference
Week 1 Amanda West, Pittsburgh Tori Hansen, North Carolina [8]
Week 2 Haley Hopkins, Virginia Leah Klenke, Notre Dame [9]
Week 3 Michelle Cooper, Duke Talia Staude, Virginia [10]
Olivia Wingate, Notre Dame
Week 4 Kiki Van Zanten, Notre Dame Sam Meza, North Carolina [11]
Week 5 Onyi Echegini, Florida State Harper White, Clemson [12]
Week 6 Michelle Cooper (2), Duke Victoria Haugen, Virginia Tech [13]
Week 7 Lia Godfrey, Virginia Cayla White, Virginia [14]
Tori Powell, Virginia Tech
Week 8 Olivia Wingate (2), Notre Dame Mackenzie Wood, Notre Dame [15]
Cristina Roque, Florida State
Week 9 Taylor Bryan, Virginia Tech Tori Hansen (2), North Carolina [16]
Haley Hopkins (2), Virginia
Week 10 Korbin Albert, Notre Dame Mackenzie Wood (2), Notre Dame [17]
Ally Sentnor, North Carolina
Week 11 Korbin Albert (2), Notre Dame Caitlyn Lazzarini, Pittsburgh [18]
Onyi Echegini (2), Florida State

Postseason[edit]

ACC Tournament[edit]

Main article: 2022 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 North Carolina (pen.) 0 (7)
5 Duke 0 (6)
1 North Carolina 1
2 Florida State 2
2 Florida State (pen.) 3 (4)
3 Notre Dame 3 (2)

NCAA tournament[edit]

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

The Atlantic Coast Conference had ten teams selected to the NCAA tournament, which was the most of any conference. Their two number one seeds was also the most of any conference. Eight of the ten selected teams were seeded, which gained those teams the right to host a first-round match.[19]

Seed School Region 1st Round 2nd Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Florida State Florida State W 3–0 vs. Florida Gulf Coast – (Tallahassee, FL) W 4–1 vs. LSU – (Tallahassee, FL) W 3–0 vs. No. 19 Pittsburgh – (Tallahassee, FL) W 1–0 vs. No. 9 Arkansas – (Tallahassee, FL) L 2–3 vs. No. 2 North Carolina – (Cary, NC)
1 Notre Dame Notre Dame W 5–0 vs. Omaha – (Notre Dame, IN) W 4–0 vs. No. 23 Santa Clara – (Notre Dame, IN) W 2–0 vs. No. 17 TCU – (Notre Dame, IN) L 0–2 vs. No. 2 North Carolina – (Notre Dame, IN)
2 North Carolina Notre Dame W 5–0 vs. Old Dominion – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 3–1 vs. Georgia – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 3–2 vs No. 15 BYU – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 2–0 vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Notre Dame, IN) W 3–2 vs. No. 5 Florida State – (Cary, NC) L 2–3 (2OT) vs. No. 1 UCLA – (Cary, NC)
2 Duke Alabama W 4–0 vs. Radford – (Durham, NC) W 1–0 vs. No. 16 Texas – (Durham, NC) W 2–1 vs. No. 13 South Carolina – (Durham, NC) L 2–3 (2OT) at No. 3 Alabama – (Tuscaloosa, AL)
3 Virginia UCLA W 4–0 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson – (Charlottesville, VA) W 3–1 vs. Xavier – (University Park, PA) W 3–2 (2OT) vs. No. 21 Penn State (University Park, PA) L 1–2 (2OT) vs. No. 1 UCLA – (Los Angeles, CA)
4 Pittsburgh Florida State W 1–0 vs. Buffalo – (Pittsburgh, PA) W 2–1 vs. No. 18 Georgetown – (Tallahassee, FL) L 0–3 vs. No. 5 Florida State – (Tallahassee, FL)
5 Clemson UCLA L 0–1 vs. Vanderbilt – (Clemson, SC)
8 NC State UCLA T 1–1 (2–4 PKs) vs. No. 20 UCF – (Raleigh, NC)
– Virginia Tech UCLA L 0–2 at West Virginia – (Morgantown, WV)
– Wake Forest Alabama L 0–2 at No. 13 South Carolina – (Columbia, SC)
W–L (%): 6–3–1 (.650) 6–0–0 (1.000) 5–1–0 (.833) 2–3–0 (.400) 1–1–0 (.500) 0–1–0 (.000) Total: 20–9–1 (.683)

Awards and honors[edit]

ACC Awards[edit]

2022 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards[20]
Award Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year Nate Norman – Notre Dame
Offensive Player of the Year Michelle Cooper – Duke
Midfielder of the Year Korbin Albert – Notre Dame
Defensive Player of the Year Eva Gaetino – Notre Dame
Goalkeeper of the Year Cristina Roque – Florida State
Freshman of the Year Kat Rader – Duke
2022 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams[20]
First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman Team

Michelle Cooper – Duke
Olivia Wingate – Notre Dame
Korbin Albert – Notre Dame
Jenna Nighswonger – Florida State
Lia Godfrey – Virginia
Jody Brown – Florida State
Sam Meza – North Carolina
Ally Sentnor – North Carolina
Cristina Roque – Florida State
Eva Gaetino – Notre Dame
Tori Hansen – North Carolina

Haley Hopkins – Virginia
Hal Hershfelt – Clemson
Clara Robbins – Florida State
Onyi Echegini – Florida State
Avery Patterson – North Carolina
Sophie Jones – Duke
LeiLanni Nesbeth – Florida State
Megan Bornkamp – Clemson
Kat Rader – Duke
Delaney Graham – Duke
Ruthie Jones – Duke

Maggie Cagle – Virginia
Jameese Joseph – NC State
Alexa Spaanstra – Virginia
Heather Payne – Florida State
Landy Mertz – Pittsburgh
Maddie Mercado – Notre Dame
Maliah Morris – Clemson
Taylor Price – Virginia Tech
Tesa Dellarose – North Carolina
Mackenzie Wood – Notre Dame
Beata Olsson – Florida State
Caroline Conti – Clemson

Kat Rader – Duke
Maggie Cagle – Virginia
Tessa Dellarose – North Carolina
Leah Klenke – Notre Dame
Taylor Price – Virginia Tech
Heather Gilchrist – Florida State
Maddie Dahlien – North Carolina
Caiya Hanks – Wake Forest
Jill Flammia – Virginia
Shea Vanderbosch – Syracuse
Katie Zailski – Pittsburgh

2023 NWSL Draft[edit]

Main article: 2023 NWSL Draft

The ACC had twelve players selected in the 2023 NWSL Draft. Seven of the twelve players were selected in the first round, which was more than half of all first round picks. Those seven and the twelve overall were the highest by any conference. This was the third straight year where an ACC player was selected as one of the top-five picks.[21]

FW Forward MF Midfielder DF Defender GK Goalkeeper
Player Team Round Pick # Position School
Michelle Cooper Kansas City Current 1 2 FW Duke
Emily Madril Orlando Pride 1 3 DF Florida State
Jenna Nighswonger NJ/NY Gotham FC 1 4 MF Florida State
Olivia Wingate North Carolina Courage 1 6 FW Notre Dame
Clara Robbins North Carolina Courage 1 9 MF Florida State
Alexa Spaanstra Kansas City Current 1 10 FW Virginia
Haley Hopkins North Carolina Courage 1 11 FW Virginia
Brianna Martinez Racing Louisville FC 2 17 DF Notre Dame
Tori Hansen Orlando Pride 3 25 DF North Carolina
Delaney Graham Washington Spirit 4 40 DF Duke
Sophie Jones Chicago Red Stars 4 43 MF Duke
Giovanna DeMarco San Diego Wave FC 4 45 MF Wake Forest

References[edit]

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