The 2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his tenth season. The Tigers home games were played at Riggs Field. This was the team's 27th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021. The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.
The Tigers finished the fall season 6–4–0, 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to Duke 1–0 in the Quarterfinals. The Tigers finished the spring season 6–0–0 and received an at-large bid as the fourteenth seed in the NCAA Tournament. They defeated Rutgers and UCLA on penalties before losing to Santa Clara in the Quarterfinals to end their season.
Previous season
The 2019 Clemson women's soccer team finished the season with a 11–7–2 overall record and a 5–5–0 ACC record. The Tigers qualified for the ACC Tournament as the seventh-seed. The Tigers lost to Florida State in the Quarterfinals. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, for the seventh season in a row. As an unseeded team in the Florida State Bracket, Clemson defeated Vanderbilt on penalties before losing to UCLA to end their season.
Offseason
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Sandy MacIver 1 GK 5'9" Senior Winsford, England Graduated Mackenzie Smith 3 MF 5'10" Senior Bath, NY Graduated Sarah Osborne 12 DF 5'5" Senior Chesapeake Beach, MD Graduated Dani Antieau 13 DF 5'10" Senior Pembroke Pines, FL Graduated Julie Mackin 16 FW 5'3" Senior Castle Rock, CO Graduated Patrice DiPasquale 30 FW 5'7" Senior Cincinnati, OH Graduated
Recruiting class
Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS rating Mooresville, NC Charlotte Soccer Academy American Fork, UT La Roca Premier Broomfield, CO Real Colorado Germantown, MD Bathesda SC Cary, NC NC Courage
Squad
Roster
Updated September 11, 2020
Prior to the season, Sydney Dawson, Renee Guion, and Kimber Haley were named co-captains of the team
Team management 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 Kelly Turney
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Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=""| Fall Regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament
!colspan=6 style=""| Spring Exhibition
!colspan=6 style=""| Spring Regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Goals Record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total 1 24 MF Megan Bornkamp 8 0 0 8 2 23 FW Caroline Conti 7 0 0 7 3 21 FW Maliah Morris 5 0 1 6 4 29 FW Sami Meredith 2 0 1 3 5 15 MF Hal Hershfelt 2 0 0 2 17 FW Mariana Speckmaier 2 0 0 2 19 MF Renee Guion 2 0 0 2 8 20 FW Courtney Jones 1 0 0 1Total 28 0 2 30
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total 1 24 MF Megan Bornkamp 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 DF Harper White 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11 MF Kimber Haley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 DF Makenna Morris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 FW Mariana Speckmaier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 MF Renee Guion 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 FW Courtney Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 FW Maliah Morris 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 38 DF Jackson Moehler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Total 10000014001401
Awards and honors Caroline Conti ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 22, 2020 Hensley Hancuff ACC Defensive Player of the Week Makenna Morris All-ACC Second Team November 13, 2020 Mariana Speckmaier Megan Bornkamp All-ACC Third Team Hal Hershfelt Courtney Jones Megan Bornkamp All-ACC Freshman Team Makenna Morris Caroline Conti ACC Offensive Player of the Week March 3, 2021 Maliah Morris ACC Offensive Player of the Week March 23, 2021 Megan Bornkamp ACC Offensive Player of the Week April 13, 2021
Rankings
Fall 2020
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. Poll Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Final United Soccer 3 3 6 4 3 3 5 5 7 6
Spring 2021
+ 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 Final United Soccer None Released 9 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 None Released 6 TopDrawer Soccer 17 17 17 16 12 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 8 8 8
2021 NWSL draft
The Tigers had one player drafted in the 2021 draft, Mariana Speckmaier, who taken as the 39th pick.
Mariana Speckmaier Washington Spirit 4 39 FW
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