# 2024 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

The 2024 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team represented NC State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Tim Santoro, in his thirteenth season. They played their home games at Dail Soccer Field. This was the team's 41st season playing organized women's college soccer and their 38th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The season started slowly with a draw against Appalachian State. They then lost to East Carolina and Campbell before defeating VCU. After the victory, the Wolfpack were ranked twenty-fifth in the national rankings. They defeated Charlotte before falling back out of the rankings. They lost their only non-conference match versus a Power 5 opponent, Rutgers. They followed that with a loss and a win to finish the non-conference season 3–4–1. They started the ACC season with two losses, including one to top-ranked Stanford. They managed a 1–1 draw with thirteenth-ranked Notre Dame before losing their next three games. They then drew Syracuse before defeating Clemson for their first ACC win of the season. They drew with nineteenth-ranked Virginia Tech before losing to third-ranked Wake Forest to end their ACC season 1–6–3. After the season, head coach Tim Santoro was fired.
The Wolfpack finished 4–10–4 overall and 1–6–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fifteenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

## Previous season

The Wolfpack finished 3–9–6 overall and 2–5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

## Offseason
### Departures

Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Mackenzie Smith | 2 | DF | 5'7" | Freshman | Leicester, England | Transferred to East Carolina |
| Leyah Hall-Robinson | 4 | FW | 5'4" | Senior | Bowie, Maryland | Graduated |
| Emika Kawagishi | 7 | MF | 5'1" | Junior | Osaka, Japan | Transferred to Kansas |
| Mia Vaughn | 14 | FW | 5'6" | Senior | Virginia Beach, Virginia | Graduated |
| Jameese Joseph | 15 | FW | 5'7" | Senior | Beltsville, Maryland | Graduated, drafted 15th overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft |
| Brianna Holt | 17 | FW | 5'5" | Junior | Wake Forest, North Carolina | — |
| Madison Reid | 18 | DF | 5'8" | Senior | Cary, North Carolina | Graduated |
| Maria Echezarreta | 19 | GK | 5'8" | Senior | Aviles, Spain | Graduated |
| Alexis Strickland | 23 | FW | 5'4" | Senior | Raleigh, North Carolina | Graduated |
| Sarah Arnold | 25 | MF | 5'9" | Junior | Raleigh, North Carolina | — |

### Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Yuna Aoki | 2 | DF | | Sophomore | Shizuoka, Japan | Arizona Western |
| Abi Hugh | 7 | MF | 5'4" | Graduate Student | Huntington, West Virginia | Marshall |
| Alivia Kelly | 15 | DF | 5'11" | Graduate Student | Pembroke, Massachusetts | New Hampshire |
| Paige Tolentino | 23 | DF | 5'5" | Graduate Student | Pinehurst, North Carolina | North Carolina |
| Kennedy Dunnings | 24 | DF | 5'2" | Graduate Student | Virginia Beach, Virginia | Radford |

### Recruiting class

Source:
| Name | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating |
| Savannah Hutchins FW | Moorpark, California | Slammers FC HB Koge | |
| Antonella Mazziotto FW | Fray Bentos, Uruguay | IMG Academy | N/A |
| Madeline Miller FW | Falls Church, Virginia | Virginia Development Academy | |
| Mana Nakata MF | Osaka, Japan | Cerezo Osaka | N/A |
| Janet Okeke DF | Laval, Canada | Quebec REX | N/A |
| Sina Tölzel GK | Bamberg, Germany | FC Nürnberg | N/A |

## Squad
### Roster

    As of November 26, 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Olivia Pratapas |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yuna Aoki |
| 3 | DF | USA | Briana Weber |
| 4 | DF | USA | Janet Okeke |
| 5 | DF | USA | Alex Mohr |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Mana Nakata |
| 7 | MF | USA | Abi Hugh |
| 8 | MF | CAN | Rosalie Olou |
| 9 | FW | USA | Hannah Jibril |
| 10 | MF | GER | Annika Wohner |
| 11 | DF | USA | Fernanda Soto |
| 12 | MF | USA | Jaiden Thomas |
| 13 | FW | USA | Jade Bordeleau |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | USA | Madie Miller |
| 15 | DF | USA | Alivia Kelly |
| 18 | GK | GER | Sina Tölzel |
| 19 | FW | URU | Antonella Mazziotto |
| 20 | DF | USA | Brooklyn Holt |
| 21 | MF | USA | Mary Frances Symmes |
| 22 | DF | USA | Taylor Chism |
| 23 | DF | USA | Paige Tolentino |
| 24 | DF | USA | Kennedy Dunnings |
| 25 | FW | USA | Savannah Hutchins |
| 26 | GK | USA | Emily Earles |
| 27 | MF | USA | Eliza Rich |
| 28 | MF | USA | Sophia Hernandez |

### Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic Director | Boo Corrigan |
| Head coach | Tim Santoro |
| Associate head coach | Sebastian Vecchio |
| Assistant Coach | Maddy Haro |
| Director of Goalkeeping | Justin Bryant |
| Director of Operations | Kim Kern |
Source:

## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 8* 10:30 a.m. | | Carolina Ascent | None Reported | – | Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| August 15* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Appalachian State | T 0–0 | 0–0–1 | Dail Soccer Field (1,027) Raleigh, NC |
| August 18* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | East Carolina | L 0–1 | 0–1–1 | Dail Soccer Field (2,189) Raleigh, NC |
| August 22* 7:00 p.m., FloFC | | at Campbell | L 1–2 | 0–2–1 | Eakes Athletics Complex (265) Buies Creek, NC |
| August 25* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at VCU | W 5–0 | 1–2–1 | Sports Backers Stadium (354) Richmond, VA |
| August 28* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 25 | Charlotte | W 3–1 | 2–2–1 | Dail Soccer Field (1,895) Raleigh, NC |
| September 1* 7:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 25 | No. 22 Colorado | Canceled | 2–2–1 | Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC |
| September 8* 1:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Rutgers | L 0–2 | 2–3–1 | Yurcak Field (972) Piscataway, NJ |
| September 12* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | William & Mary | L 0–1 | 2–4–1 | Dail Soccer Field (430) Raleigh, NC |
| September 15* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX | | George Washington | W 4–0 | 3–4–1 | Dail Soccer Field (190) Raleigh, NC |
| ACC Regular season ||||||
| September 19 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | California | L 1–3 | 3–5–1 (0–1–0) | Dail Soccer Field (407) Raleigh, NC |
| September 22 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 1 Stanford | L 0–2 | 3–6–1 (0–2–0) | Dail Soccer Field (786) Raleigh, NC |
| September 26 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 13 Notre Dame | T 1–1 | 3–6–2 (0–2–1) | Alumni Stadium (250) Notre Dame, IN |
| September 29 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Louisville | L 0–1 | 3–7–2 (0–3–1) | Lynn Stadium (250) Louisville, KY |
| October 3 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Boston College | L 1–2 | 3–8–2 (0–4–1) | Dail Soccer Field (1,013) Raleigh, NC |
| October 10 7:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 25 Virginia | L 0–3 | 3–9–2 (0–5–1) | Klöckner Stadium (1,244) Charlottesville, VA |
| October 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Syracuse | T 1–1 | 3–9–3 (0–5–2) | SU Soccer Stadium (1,244) Syracuse, NY |
| October 20 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Clemson | W 1–0 | 4–9–3 (1–5–2) | Dail Soccer Field (593) Raleigh, NC |
| October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 19 Virginia Tech | T 0–0 | 4–9–4 (1–5–3) | Dail Soccer Field (667) Raleigh, NC |
| October 31 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 3 Wake Forest | L 0–3 | 4–10–4 (1–6–3) | Spry Stadium (894) Winston-Salem, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| United Soccer | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — |
| TopDrawer Soccer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |