# Tennessee Lady Volunteers soccer

The Tennessee Lady Volunteers soccer team represents the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, Tennessee in NCAA Division I women's soccer competition as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Along with all other UT women's sports teams, it used the nickname "Lady Volunteers" (or the short form "Lady Vols") until the 2015–16 school year, when the school dropped the "Lady" prefix from the nicknames of all women's teams except in basketball. In 2017 the university announced the return of the “Lady Volunteer” name.

## Overview

The University of Tennessee began sponsoring women's soccer in 1996 with Charlie MacCabe as head coach. Coach MacCabe was replaced by former North Carolina Tar Heel All-American Angela Kelly in 2000. Coach Kelly had taken the Lady Vols to four SEC Tournament championships and to the NCAA Tournament eight times. Following the 2011 season coach Kelly would leave the program to take over the head coaching job at Texas. Shortly after her departure Brian Pensky was named the third head coach for the Lady Vols soccer team. After winning the SEC conference tournament title in 2021, Pensky left in April 2022 to take the head coach position at Florida State University. Lady Vols Associate Head Coach Joe Kirt was hired to be the fourth head coach on Rocky Top in May 2022. In Kirt's first season as head coach, he led the Lady Vols to their 3rd consecutive SEC East Championship, earning the team a #6 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Tennessee was upset at home in the first round by Xavier 4–1 to end the year 11–6–2. In both his second and third season he led Tennessee to 9-7-4 records, and back to back NCAA Tournament appearances. Advancing to the second round in 2023, and falling in the first round in 2024

## Regal Stadium

Dedicated in 2007, Regal Soccer Stadium was built around the old Tennessee Soccer Complex. The new stadium seats 3,000 people and is named after Regal Entertainment Group, the main financial backer for its construction.

## Yearly record

| Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Charlie MacCabe (Southeastern Conference) (1996–1999) ||||||
| 1996 | Charlie MacCabe | 6–13–1 | 3–5 | 5th (East) | – |
| 1997 | Charlie MacCabe | 11–8 | 2–6 | 5th (East) | – |
| 1998 | Charlie MacCabe | 12–8 | 5–3 | 4th (East) | – |
| 1999 | Charlie MacCabe | 8–11–1 | 5–4 | 6th (East) | – |
| Charlie MacCabe: | Charlie MacCabe: | 37–40–2 | 15–18 | | |
| Angela Kelly (Southeastern Conference) (2000–2011) ||||||
| 2000 | Angela Kelly | 12–8 | 7–2 | 2nd (East) | – |
| 2001 | Angela Kelly | 11–6–1 | 7–2 | T-2nd East | NCAA First Round |
| 2002 | Angela Kelly | 18–6–1 | 6–2–1 | 1st (East) | NCAA Round of 16 |
| 2003 | Angela Kelly | 17–5–2 | 7–1–1 | 1st (East) | NCAA Round of 16 |
| 2004 | Angela Kelly | 17–5–2 | 10–1 | 1st (East) | NCAA Round of 16 |
| 2005 | Angela Kelly | 15–6–2 | 10–1 | 1st (East) | NCAA Second Round |
| 2006 | Angela Kelly | 12–7–4 | 6–3–2 | T-2nd (East) | NCAA Round of 16 |
| 2007 | Angela Kelly | 15–5–2 | 8–2–1 | 3rd (East) | NCAA Round of 16 |
| 2008 | Angela Kelly | 10–11–2 | 5–5–1 | 4th (East) | NCAA First Round |
| 2009 | Angela Kelly | 8–9–3 | 4–5–2 | 5th (East) | – |
| 2010 | Angela Kelly | 10–9–1 | 7–3–1 | 3rd (East) | – |
| 2011 | Angela Kelly | 15–7 | 7–4 | 2nd (East) | NCAA First Round |
| Angela Kelly: | Angela Kelly: | 160–84–20 | 84–31–15 | | |
| Brian Pensky (Southeastern Conference) (2012–2021) ||||||
| 2012 | Brian Pensky | 14–5–3 | 9–3–1 | 2nd (East) | NCAA First Round |
| 2013 | Brian Pensky | 8–7–4 | 3–5–3 | T-10th | – |
| 2014 | Brian Pensky | 10–10–2 | 4–6–1 | 10th | – |
| 2015 | Brian Pensky | 7–5–6 | 3–5–3 | T-9th | – |
| 2016 | Brian Pensky | 11–9–1 | 5–5–1 | T-6th | – |
| 2017 | Brian Pensky | 15–4–2 | 6–3–1 | T-6th | NCAA Second Round |
| 2018 | Brian Pensky | 16–3–3 | 7–2–1 | 2nd | NCAA Quarterfinals |
| 2019 | Brian Pensky | 9–6–3 | 3–5–2 | 3rd (East) | – |
| 2020 | Brian Pensky | 8–6–1 | 4–3–1 | 1st (East) | – |
| 2021 | Brian Pensky | 20–3 | 8–2 | 1st (East) | NCAA Round of 16 |
| Brian Pensky: | Brian Pensky: | 118–58–25 | 52–39–14 | | |
| Joe Kirt (Southeastern Conference) (2022–present) ||||||
| 2022 | Joe Kirt | 11–6–2 | 7–2–1 | T-1st (East) | NCAA First Round |
| 2023 | Joe Kirt | 9–7–4 | 3–4–3 | T-8th | NCAA Second Round |
| 2024 | Joe Kirt | 9–7–4 | 3–4–3 | 9th | NCAA First Round |
| Total: | Total: | 343–202–57 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

## NCAA Tournament Results

Source
| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Results |
| 2001 | | First Round | Duke | T 1-1 (L PK) |
| 2002 | | First Round | Furman | W 5-0 |
| 2002 | | Second Round | Cincinnati | W 2-1 |
| 2002 | | Round of 16 | #2 North Carolina | L 1-3 |
| 2003 | #14 | First Round | Oklahoma | W 1-0 |
| 2003 | #14 | Second Round | Georgia | W 1-0 |
| 2003 | #14 | Round of 16 | #3 Florida | L 0-1 |
| 2004 | #11 | First Round | Furman | W 2-0 |
| 2004 | #11 | Second Round | UAB | W 1-0 |
| 2004 | #11 | Round of 16 | #6 Ohio State | L 0-1 |
| 2005 | | First Round | Wake Forest | W 5-2 |
| 2005 | | Second Round | #2 Virginia | L 0-3 |
| 2006 | #4 | First Round | UAB | W 4-0 |
| 2006 | #4 | Second Round | Duke | T 0-0 (W PK) |
| 2006 | #4 | Round of 16 | #1 North Carolina | L 2-6 |
| 2007 | #3 | First Round | Furman | W 2-0 |
| 2007 | #3 | Second Round | Clemson | W 1-0 |
| 2007 | #3 | Round of 16 | #2 Portland | L 0-3 |
| 2008 | | First Round | Charlotte | L 0-2 |
| 2011 | #4 | First Round | Ohio State | L 0-3 |
| 2012 | | First Round | Miami (OH) | L 3-2 |
| 2017 | | First Round | Murray State | W 2-0 |
| 2017 | | Second Round | Washington State | T 2-2 (L PK) |
| 2018 | #2 | First Round | Louisville | W 2-1 |
| 2018 | #2 | Second Round | Arizona | W 3-2 |
| 2018 | #2 | Round of 16 | #3 Texas A&M | W 3-0 |
| 2018 | #2 | Quarterfinals | #1 Stanford | L 0-2 |
| 2021 | #3 | First Round | Lipscomb | W 3-0 |
| 2021 | #3 | Second Round | Washington State | W 2-0 |
| 2021 | #3 | Round of 16 | #2 Michigan | L 0-3 |
| 2022 | #6 | First Round | Xavier | L 1-4 |
| 2023 | | First Round | #4 Xavier | W 1-0 |
| 2023 | | Second Round | #5 Nebraska | L 1-2 |
| 2024 | | First Round | #7 Virginia Tech | L 1-2 |

## Individual honors
### All Americans

* Ali Christoph – 2005, 2006
* Keely Dowling – 2002, 2003, 2004
* Jaimel Johnson – 2007
* Kylee Rossi – 2007
* Hannah Wilkinson – 2012
* Jaida Thomas – 2021
* Wrenne French – 2021