2022 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

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. The Seminoles were also the defending national champions.

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 in the final.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

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

Coaching Changes

Pre-Season

Mark Krikorian resigned as head coach of Florida State on March 29, 2022. Brian Pensky was hired as his replacement on April 25, 2022.

Head coaching records

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 1 185–111–45 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 95–85–26 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

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

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

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

Pre-season Coaches Poll

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

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Pre-season All-ACC Team 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

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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 StateLouisvilleMiamiNorth CarolinaNC StateNotre DamePittsburghSyracuseVirginiaVirginia TechWake Forestvs. Boston College – 3–0 3–0 6–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 – 3–0 1–1 – 0–1 – 1–1vs. Clemson 0–3 – 0–0 3–1 1–2 – – 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 – 1–2 4–1vs. Duke 0–3 0–0 – 5–1 0–4 – – 0–6 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 – 1–2vs. 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 2–0vs. North Carolina 0–3 – – 1–2 0–2 0–4 – 0–2 – 0–4 0–1 3–2 2–1 0–1vs. NC State – 1–2 6–0 – 1–0 3–3 2–0 – 3–0 – 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–2vs. Notre Dame 0–3 2–0 2–2 0–4 0–2 – – 0–3 – 3–1 – 0–1 0–1 0–3vs. 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 2–0vs. Virginia – – 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–3 0–4 1–0 – 2–2 – 3–3 0–1vs. Virginia Tech – 2–1 – 4–1 – 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 0–2 3–3 – 0–2vs. 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

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 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 6Florida State 1 (5) 2 10 8 12т 7 7 3 4 4 5 5 3Louisville Miami North Carolina 10 1 (8) 1 (8) 2 2 3 3 5 2т 2 2 2 2NC 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 + 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 8Florida State 1 2 9 8 7 6 2 2 3 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 4Louisville Miami North Carolina 8 4 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 2NC 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 6Virginia Tech Wake Forest

Players of the Week

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

Postseason

ACC Tournament

NCAA 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.

Seed School Region 1st Round 2nd Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1 Florida State Florida State W 3–0 vs. – (Tallahassee, FL) W 4–1 vs. – (Tallahassee, FL) W 3–0 vs. No. 19 Pittsburgh – (Tallahassee, FL) W 1–0 vs. No. 9 – (Tallahassee, FL) L 2–3 vs. No. 2 North Carolina – (Cary, NC) 1 Notre Dame Notre Dame W 5–0 vs. – (Notre Dame, IN) W 4–0 vs. No. 23 – (Notre Dame, IN) W 2–0 vs. No. 17 – (Notre Dame, IN) L 0–2 vs. No. 2 North Carolina – (Notre Dame, IN) 2 North Carolina Notre Dame W 5–0 vs. – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 3–1 vs. – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 3–2 vs No. 15 BYU – (Chapel Hill, NC) W 2–0 at No. 4 Notre Dame – (Notre Dame, IN) W 3–2 vs. No. 5 Florida State – (Cary, NC) L 2–3 (2OT) vs. No. 1 – (Cary, NC) 2 Duke Alabama W 4–0 vs. – (Durham, NC) W 1–0 vs. No. 16 – (Durham, NC) W 2–1 vs. No. 13 – (Durham, NC) L 2–3 (2OT) at No. 3 – (Tuscaloosa, AL) 3 Virginia UCLA W 4–0 vs. – (Charlottesville, VA) W 3–1 vs. – (University Park, PA) W 3–2 (2OT) at No. 21 (University Park, PA) L 1–2 (2OT) at No. 1 – (Los Angeles, CA) 4 Pittsburgh Florida State W 1–0 vs. – (Pittsburgh, PA) W 2–1 vs. No. 18 – (Tallahassee, FL) L 0–3 at No. 5 Florida State – (Tallahassee, FL) 5 Clemson UCLA L 0–1 vs. – (Clemson, SC) 8 NC State UCLA T 1–1 (2–4 PKs) vs. No. 20 – (Raleigh, NC) – Virginia Tech UCLA L 0–2 at – (Morgantown, WV) – Wake Forest Alabama L 0–2 at No. 13 – (Columbia, SC) W–L (%): Total:

Awards and honors

ACC Awards

2022 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards 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 First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman TeamMichelle 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 CarolinaHaley 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 – DukeMaggie 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 Tessa Dellarose – North Carolina Mackenzie Wood – Notre Dame Beata Olsson – Florida State Caroline Conti – ClemsonKat 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

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.

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

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