The 2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his eighth season. Home games were played at Riggs Field. This was the team's 25th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

The 2017 Clemson women's soccer team finished the season with a 10–5–3 overall record and a 3–4–3 ACC record. The Tigers failed to make the ACC Tournament, finishing 9th in the conference. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament for the fifth season in a row. As an unseeded team in the Duke Bracket, Clemson beat Alabama at home 2–1, but fell in the second round to 4th seeded Texas on penalties.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Shannon Horgan 7 MF 5'5" Senior Long Beach, NY Graduated Jenni Erickson 18 MF/DF 5'9" Senior Greenville Graduated Jenna Polonsky 19 MF/FW 5'6" Graduate Student Winston–Salem, NC Graduated

Recruiting class

Clemson announced its 2018 recruiting class of six players on February 9, 2018.

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating Middleton, MA FC Stars Akron, OH International SC Simpsonville, SC CESA Marietta, GA Tophat SC N/A Lexington, SC South Carolina United Cary, NC North Carolina Courage

Squad

Roster

Updated August 3, 2018

Prior to the season, Lauren Harkes, Kimber Haley, and Sam Staab were announced as team captains.

Team management Position Staff Athletic director Dan Radakovich Head coach Eddie Radwanski Associate head coach Jeff Robbins Assistant coach Siri Mullinix Director of Operations Julie Carson Assistant Athletic Trainer Alora Sullivan

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Schedule

!colspan=6 style=""| Exhibition

!colspan=6 style=""| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=6 style=""| Conference Regular season

!colspan=6 style=""| ACC tournament

!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA tournament

Goals Record

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total 1 17 FW Mariana Speckmaier 9 1 0 10 2 2 FW Miranda Westlake 8 0 1 9 3 11 MF Kimber Haley 3 0 0 3 4 10 FW Alana Hockenhull 2 0 0 2 13 DF Dani Antieau 2 0 0 2 20 FW Courtney Jones 2 0 0 2 6 3 FW Mackenzie Smith 1 0 0 1 15 DF Sam Staab 1 0 0 1 16 MF Julie Mackin 1 0 0 1 27 MF Brooke Power 1 0 0 1 33 DF Jackson Moehler 1 0 0 1Total 31 1 1 33

Disciplinary record

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total 1 15 DF Sam Staab 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 FW Mackenzie Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 DF Cyan Mercer 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 MF Audrey Viso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 MF Kimber Haley 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 MF Julie Mackin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 FW Olivia Bonacorso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Total 7003000001000

Awards and honors Sam Staab Pre-season All-ACC Team August 6, 2018 Mariana Speckmaier ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 25, 2018 Sandy MacIver ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 9, 2018 Mariana Speckmaier ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 30, 2018 Sam Staab ACC Defensive Player of the Year November 1, 2018 All-ACC First Team Mariana Speckmaier All-ACC Second Team Sandy McIver All-ACC Third Team Miranda Westlake

Rankings

+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. PollPre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Final United Soccer RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 25 None Released RV TopDrawer Soccer

2019 NWSL Draft

The Tigers had one player drafted in the 2019 draft, Sam Staab, was taken as the 4th pick. This is the highest any Clemson player has been picked in an NWSL draft.

Player Team Round Pick # Position Sam Staab Washington Spirit 1st 4 DF

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