The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 33rd season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

Florida State and North Carolina are the defending regular season champions. The Seminoles were the defending ACC tournament champions.

The regular season champions were the Virginia Cavaliers. The Florida State Seminoles won the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Stadium Capacity Boston College Eagles Newton Soccer Complex 2,500 Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500 Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000 Florida State Seminoles Seminole Soccer Complex 1,600 Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300 Miami Hurricanes Cobb Stadium 500 NC State Dail Soccer Field 3,000 North Carolina Tar Heels Dorrance Field 5,025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500 Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735 Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 5,000 Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 8,000 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

Head coaching records

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record Boston College Jason Lowe 3 11–18–3 11–18–3 2–15–1 Clemson Eddie Radwanski 11 244–130–37 105–65–24 44–49–8 Duke Robbie Church 21 344–180–70 256–131–59 97–61–33 Florida State Mark Krikorian 17 364–96–36 289–66–33 111–32–25 Louisville Karen Ferguson-Dayes 21 187–168–37 187–168–37 27–32–10 Miami Sarah Barnes 4 72–70–20 12–29–6 5–21–2 North Carolina Anson Dorrance 43 851–70–38 851–70–38 208–26–10 NC State Tim Santoro 9 67–73–15 67–73–15 19–46–8 Notre Dame Nate Norman 4 83–60–16 25–25–2 12–14–2 Pittsburgh Randy Waldrum 4 419–135–33 20–27–4 12–26–2 Syracuse Nicky Adams 3 91–73–25 4–18–2 2–14–1 Virginia Steve Swanson 21 433–161–62 329–98–51 130–46–21 Virginia Tech Charles Adair 11 126–62–20 126–62–20 46–43–13 Wake Forest Tony da Luz 24 313–221–52 268-180-50 90–106–23

Notes Records shown are prior to the 2021 season Years at school includes the 2021 season

Pre-season

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The Hermann Trophy Watchlist was released on August 19, 2021

Player Class Position School Megan Bornkamp Sophomore DF Clemson Sophie Jones Junior MF Duke Jaelin Howell Senior MF Florida State Emily Madril Senior DF Florida State Yujie Zhao Senior MF Florida State Claudia Dickey Senior GK North Carolina Rachel Jones Senior FW North Carolina Lia Godfrey Sophomore MF Virginia Haley Hopkins Graduate Student MF Virginia Alexa Spaanstra Senior FW Virginia

Pre-season poll The 2020 ACC Preseason Poll was announced on September 8, 2021. The defending regular season champions, Florida State and North Carolina were voted in first and second place, respectively. The leagues 14 head coaches also voted on a preseason All-ACC team. Full results for the coaches poll and preseason team are shown below.

Pre-season Coaches Poll

1 Florida State 167 (11) 2 North Carolina 155 (2) 3 Virginia 148 (1) 4 Duke 129 5 Clemson 124 6 Notre Dame 104 7 Virginia Tech 85 8 Louisville 77 9 Wake Forest 72 10 NC State 71 11 Pittsburgh 57 12 Boston College 45 13 Syracuse 24 14 Miami 16

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Pre-season All-ACC Team Position Player Class School Goalkeeper Hensley Hancuff Senior Clemson Defender Maycee Bell Junior North Carolina Delaney Graham Senior Duke Midfielder Megan Bornkamp Sophomore Clemson Sophie Jones Junior Duke Jaelin Howell Senior Florida State Yujie Zhao Senior Florida State Lia Godfrey Sophomore Virginia Forward Rachel Jones Senior North Carolina Amanda West Sophomore Pittsburgh Alexa Spaanstra Senior Virginia

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Regular season

Conference Matrix

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 CollegeClemsonDukeFlorida StateLouisvilleMiamiNC StateNorth CarolinaNotre DamePittsburghSyracuseVirginiaVirginia TechWake Forestvs. Boston College – 4–1 – 4–1 1–2 1–0 – 2–1 (OT) 4–1 3–0 – 3–0 1–0 1–0vs. Clemson 1–4 – – 4–1 1–1 (2OT) 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 (2OT) 0–2 0–8 – 0–1 –vs. Duke – – – 0–1 0–1 – 2–1 (2OT) 0–1 1–0 (OT) 0–5 0–2 1–0 1–1 (2OT) 0–2vs. Florida State 1–4 1–4 1–0 – 0–3 1–4 – 2–2 (2OT) – 0–5 0–5 1–1 (2OT) 0–2 –vs. Louisville 2–1 1–1 (2OT) 1–0 3–0 – 2–3 (2OT) 2–1 – 3–0 – 1–2 4–1 – 1–2 (OT)vs. Miami 0–1 1–0 – 4–1 3–2 (2OT) – – 4–0 5–0 2–0 – 6–1 5–0 2–1 (2OT)vs. NC State – 1–2 1–2 (2OT) – 1–2 – – 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–0vs. North Carolina 1–2 (OT) 0–3 1–0 2–2 (2OT) – 0–4 1–0 – 1–2 (2OT) 0–1 – 0–0 (2OT) 2–2 (2OT) –vs. Notre Dame 1–4 1–2 (2OT) 0–1 (OT) – 0–3 0–5 1–2 2–1 (2OT) – – 0–4 2–1 – 0–2vs. Pittsburgh 0–3 2–0 5–0 5–0 – 0–2 0–2 1–0 – – 2–4 – 2–1 2–1vs. Syracuse – 8–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 – 3–0 – 4–0 4–2 – 5–0 2–1 2–0vs. Virginia 0–3 – 0–1 1–1 (2OT) 1–4 1–6 1–2 0–0 (2OT) 1–2 – 0–5 – – 0–1vs. Virginia Tech 0–1 1–0 1–1 (2OT) 2–0 – 0–5 0–1 2–2 (2OT) – 1–2 1–2 – – 4–3vs. Wake Forest 0–1 – 2–0 – 2–1 (OT) 1–2 (2OT) 0–1 – 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–4 –Total 1–9–0 6–3–1 7–2–1 7–1–2 3–6–1 1–9–0 4–6–0 5–2–3 7–3–0 4–6–0 0–10–0 8–0–2 5–3–2 6–4–0

Rankings

United Soccer + 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 Wk 12 Final Boston College RV Clemson 7 9 15 RV RV 22 RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RVDuke 6 5 5 5 4 2 4 4 (1) 8 6 2 (2) 6 4 5Florida State 1 (11) 1 (26) 1 (32) 1 (29) 1 (32) 1 (33) 1 (33) 1 (29) 1 (31) 1 (31) 3 (5) 2 (2) 1 (29) 1 (25)Louisville Miami North Carolina 3 (3) 2 (4) 2 (1) 2 (2) 2 (1) 4 5 5 3 7 7 7 10 14NC State RV Notre Dame RV RV RV RV RV 24 17 15 22 RV RV 16 Pittsburgh RV 20 20 19 RV Syracuse Virginia 4 (1) 3 (1) 3 3 (1) 7 7 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 (2) 1 (26) 1 (28) 2 (3) 8 Virginia Tech RV RV RV 19 17 RV RV RV RV RV RV Wake Forest RV RV RV 25 RV 25

Top Drawer Soccer + 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 8 7 10 23 21 16 18 Duke 7 6 6 5 4 3 6 6 12 10 8 11 12 9 4 6 6Florida State 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1Louisville Miami North Carolina 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 3 6 5 4 4 14 16 16 17NC State Notre Dame 24 22 20 15 13 14 17 25 23 20 22 22 15 Pittsburgh 23 21 22 20 Syracuse Virginia 3 3 2 2 7 5 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 9 9 9Virginia Tech 25 Wake Forest 23

Players of the Week

Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive Player of the week Reference Week 1 – August 24 Amanda West, Pittsburgh Jaelin Howell, Florida State Week 2 – August 31 Linda Boama, Boston College Claudia Dickey, North Carolina Week 3 – September 7 Shayla Smart, Wake Forest Claire Constant, Virginia Week 4 – September 14 Megan Bornkamp, Clemson Emily Madril, Florida State Week 5 – September 21 Tess Boade, Duke Ruthie Jones, Duke Week 6 – September 28 Sammi Fisher, Notre Dame Emily Madril, Florida State (2) Diana Ordoñez, Virginia Alia Skinner, Virginia Tech Week 7 – October 5 Beata Olsson, Florida State Melissa Dagenais, Miami (FL) Emily Gray, Virginia Tech Avery Patterson, North Carolina Week 8 – October 12 Jameese Joseph, NC State Eva Gaetino, Notre Dame Week 9 – October 19 Jameese Joseph, NC State Maria Echezarreta, NC State Alexa Spaanstra, Virginia Week 10 – October 26 Tess Boade, Duke (2) Emily Royson, Duke Diana Ordoñez, Virginia (2) Week 11 – November 2 Caroline Conti, Clemson Ashley Naylor, Notre Dame

Postseason

ACC Tournament

NCAA tournament

Seed School Region 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1 Florida State Florida State W 3–0 vs. South Alabama – (Tallahassee, FL) W 5–1 vs. No. 25 SMU – (Tallahassee, FL) W 1–0 vs. No. 19 Pepperdine – (Tallahassee, FL) W 1–0 (OT) vs. No. 9 Michigan – (Tallahassee, FL) W 1–0 vs. No. 5 Rutgers – (Santa Clara, CA) T 0–0 (4–3 PKs) vs. No. 13 BYU – (Santa Clara, CA) 1 Duke Duke W 1–0 vs. Old Dominion – (Durham, NC) W 1–0 vs. No. 18 Memphis – (Durham, NC) W 7–1 vs. St. John's – (Durham, NC) L 1–2 vs. No. 12 Santa Clara – (Durham, NC) 1 Virginia Virginia W 6–0 vs. High Point – (Charlottesville, VA) W 2–0 vs. Milwaukee – (Charlottesville, VA) L 0–1 vs. No. 13 BYU – (Charlottesville, VA) 2 North Carolina Virginia L 0–1 vs. South Carolina – (Chapel Hill, NC) 3 Notre Dame Rutgers W 3–0 vs. SIU Edwardsville – (Notre Dame, IN) T 0–0 (4–3 PKs) at No. 24 Purdue – (Fayetteville, AR) L 2–3 at No. 7 Arkansas – (Fayetteville, AR) Clemson Virginia L 0–1 vs. Alabama – (Clemson, SC) NC State Florida State W 2–0 at South Florida – (Tampa, FL) L 0–3 vs. No. 19 Pepperdine – (Tallahassee, FL) Virginia Tech Rutgers W 3–0 vs. Ohio State – (Blacksburg, VA) L 0–3 at No. 7 Arkansas – (Fayetteville, AR) Wake Forest Florida State W 3–0 vs. Harvard – (Winston-Salem, NC) L 0–2 vs. No. 9 Michigan – (Ann Arbor, MI) W–L (%): Total:

Awards and honors

ACC Awards

2021 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s) Offensive Player of the Year Diana Ordoñez – Virginia Coach of the Year Steve Swanson – Virginia Defensive Player of the Year Emily Madril – Florida State Midfielder of the Year Jaelin Howell – Florida State Freshman of the Year Michelle Cooper – Duke

2021 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman TeamMegan Bornkamp – Clemson Michelle Cooper – Duke Tess Boade – Duke Ruthie Jones – Duke Jaelin Howell – Florida State Emily Madril – Florida State Yujie Zhao – Florida State Maycee Bell – North Carolina Sammi Fisher – Notre Dame Lia Godfrey – Virginia Diana Ordoñez – VirginiaHal Hershfelt – Clemson Sophie Jones – Duke Gabby Carle – Florida State Beata Olsson – Florida State Clara Robbins – Florida State Sam Meza – North Carolina Jameese Joseph – NC State Samar Guidry – Virginia Laurel Ivory – Virginia Alexa Spaanstra – Virginia Emily Gray – Virginia TechRenée Guion – Clemson Hensley Hancuff – Clemson Makenna Morris – Clemson Jody Brown – Florida State Claudia Dickey – North Carolina Lulu Guttenberger – NC State Korbin Albert – Notre Dame Olivia Wingate – Notre Dame Amanda West – Pittsburgh Haley Hopkins – Virginia Taryn Torres – Virginia Shayla Smart – Wake ForestRenee Lyles – Clemson Michelle Cooper – Duke Maria Alagoa – Florida State Mia Justus – Florida State Nina Nicosia – Louisville Emily Colton – North Carolina Emily Murphy – North Carolina Emika Kawagishi – NC State Annika Wohner – NC State Korbin Albert – Notre Dame Nikayla Small – Wake Forest

2022 NWSL Draft

FW Forward MF Midfielder DF Defender GK Goalkeeper Player Team Round Pick # Position School Jaelin Howell Racing Louisville FC 1 2 MF Florida State Emily Gray North Carolina Courage 1 3 MF Virginia Tech Diana Ordoñez North Carolina Courage 1 6 FW Virginia Caitlin Cosme Orlando Pride 1 10 DF Duke Sammi Fisher Chicago Red Stars 2 19 MF Notre Dame Claudia Dickey OL Reign 2 20 GK North Carolina Ryanne Brown OL Reign 2 21 DF Wake Forest Jenna Menta Racing Louisville FC 3 30 FW Wake Forest Hensley Hancuff NJ/NY Gotham FC 3 34 GK Clemson Lily Nabet Angel City FC 3 36 MF Duke

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