The 2022 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 28th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by first-year head coach Brian Pensky, who was hired prior to the season to replace long time coach Mark Krikorian.
Florida State finished the season 17–3–3 and 8–2–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they received a bye into the Semifinals where they hosted Notre Dame. The match ended in a 3–3 draw and Florida State won the ensuing penalty shoot-out 4–2 to advance to the Final. In the Final, they defeated North Carolina to successfully defend their ACC Tournament title. As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the first seed in the Florida State Bracket. They defeated in the First Round, eight-seed in the Second Round, and four-seed Pittsburgh in the Round of 16. They hosted third-seed in the Quarterfinals and won 1–0. This set up a rematch with North Carolina in the Semifinals. This time, North Carolina came out on top 3–2 to end the Seminoles' season.
Previous season
The Seminoles finished the season 21–1–3 and 7–1–2 in ACC play to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Wake Forest and Virginia to win the tournament. The win was the program's eighth ACC Tournament title. The Seminoles received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded a number one seed. The Seminoles defeated South Alabama, SMU, Pepperdine, Michigan, and Rutgers on their way to the tournament final. In the final, they defeated BYU in a penalty shoot-out to be crowned National Champions. Following the season, Krikorian resigned as head coach.
Offseason
Departures
Departures Alyssa Stadeker 3 DF 5'5" Freshman Smyrna, Georgia Transferred to Georgia Kristina Lynch 4 FW/MF 5'7" Senior Granger, Indiana Graduated, Transferred to Notre Dame Jaelin Howell 6 MF 5'8" Senior Lone Tree, Colorado Graduated, Drafted 2nd overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft Taya Hjorth 9 DF 5'8" Freshman Commerce Township, Michigan Transferred to Kentucky Kirsten Pavlisko 11 MF/DF 5'6" Senior Middleburg, Florida Graduated Gabby Carle 16 DF/MF 5'6" Senior Quebec, Canada Graduated Gianna Mitchell 21 DF 5'10" Senior Springfield, Massachusetts Graduated Megan Morgan 22 FW 5'4" Freshman Weston, Florida Transferred to Miami (FL) Emily Madril 25 MF/DF 5'7" Senior Navarre, Florida Graduated Yujie Zhao 33 MF 5'6" Senior Shanghai, China Graduated
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers Onyi Echegini 6 MF 5'9" Senior London, England Mississippi State
Recruiting class
Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating Union, Michigan Nationals Las Vegas, Nevada Utah Royals FC Boulder, Colorado Colorado Rapids Panama City Beach, Florida Concorde Fire SC Pensacola, Florida Orlando City SC
Squad
Roster
Team management Athletic Director David Coburn Head coach Brian Pensky Assistant Coach Bobby Shuttleworth Assistant Coach Aaron Brunner Director of Operations Sarah Buckley Volunteer Assistant Coach Andrew Hudson
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Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=""| Non-conference Regular season
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!colspan=6 style=""| ACC tournament
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Awards and honors Cristina Roque Pre-season All-ACC Team August 11 Jenna Nighswonger Clara Robbins Beata Olsson Pre-season Hermann Trophy Watchlist August 18 Onyi Echegini ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 20 Cristina Roque ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week October 11 Onyi Echegini ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week November 1 Cristina Roque ACC Goalkeeper of the Year November 2 Jenna Nighswonger All ACC-First Team Jody Brown Cristina Roque Clara Robbins All ACC-Second Team Onyi Echegini LeiLanni Nesbeth Heather Payne All ACC-Third Team Beata Olsson Heather Gilchrist ACC All-Freshman Team Jenna Nighswonger ACC Tournament MVP November 6 Jody Brown All-ACC Tournament Team Onyi Echegini Beata Olsson Jenna Nighswonger First Team All-Region November 29 Cristina Roque Jody Brown Clara Robbins Second Team All-Region Jenna Nighswonger United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American December 2 Cristina Roque United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American Jody Brown Jenna Nighswonger Hermann Trophy finalist December 8 Jenna Nighswonger Honda Award finalist December 14
Rankings
NWSL Draft
Emily Madril Orlando Pride 1 3 MF Jenna Nighswonger Gotham FC 1 4 FW Clara Robbins North Carolina Courage 1 9 DF
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