# 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

The 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 31st season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.
The North Carolina Tar Heels were the defending regular season champions. The Florida State Seminoles were the defending ACC tournament champions.

## 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 Wolfpack | 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
### Coaching changes
#### Pre-Season

* Boston College's coach Allison Foley resigned on December 12, 2018, citing the desire to pursue other opportunities. Jason Lowe was named as her replacement on January 9, 2019.
* Syracuse coach Phil Wheddon resigned on October 26, 2018, citing the desire to pursue other opportunities. Nicky Adams was hired as his replacement on February 25, 2019.

### Head coaching records

| Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | ACC record |
| Boston College | Jason Lowe | 1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Clemson | Eddie Radwanski | 9 | 221–119–34 | 82–54–21 | 34–41–8 |
| Duke | Robbie Church | 19 | 322–171–59 | 235–122–48 | 90–58–25 |
| Florida State | Mark Krikorian | 15 | 258–60–30 | 258–60–30 | 95–30–18 |
| Louisville | Karen Ferguson-Dayes | 19 | 169–156–35 | 169–156–35 | 18–24–8 |
| Miami | Sarah Barnes | 2 | 66–50–17 | 6–9–3 | 3–6–1 |
| North Carolina | Anson Dorrance | 41 | 809–67–36 | 809–67–36 | 191–26–9 |
| NC State | Tim Santoro | 7 | 50–63–10 | 50–63–10 | 15–44–4 |
| Notre Dame | Nate Norman | 2 | 66–45–14 | 8–10–0 | 4–6–0 |
| Pittsburgh | Randy Waldrum | 2 | 403–120–30 | 4–12–1 | 7–15–1 |
| Syracuse | Nicky Adams | 1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Virginia | Steve Swanson | 19 | 402–155–56 | 298–92–45 | 119–44–17 |
| Virginia Tech | Charles Adair | 9 | 106–48–18 | 106–48–18 | 37–35–11 |
| Wake Forest | Tony da Luz | 22 | 302–206–46 | 257-165-44 | 86–96–19 |
Notes
* Records shown are prior to the 2019 season
* Years at school includes the 2019 season

## Pre-season
### Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The ACC had 12 players named to the MAC Hermann Trophy preseason watch list.
| Player | Class | Position | School |
| Malia Berkely | Junior | MF | Florida State |
| Deyna Castellanos | Senior | FW | Florida State |
| Emina Ekic | Junior | MF | Louisville |
| Jaelin Howell | Sophomore | MF | Florida State |
| Laurel Ivory | Junior | GK | Virginia |
| Sandy MacIver | Senior | GK | Clemson |
| Phoebe McClernon | Senior | DF | Virginia |
| Taylor Otto | Junior | FW | North Carolina |
| Brianna Pinto | Sophomore | MF | North Carolina |
| Alessia Russo | Junior | FW | North Carolina |
| Alexa Spaanstra | Sophomore | FW | Virginia |
| Yujie Zhao | Sophomore | MF | Florida State |

### Pre-season poll

The 2019 ACC Preseason Poll was announced on August 8, 2019. The defending regular season champions, North Carolina were voted to repeat their regular season crown. Florida State was voted in second place, even though they received two more first place votes than North Carolina. The league's 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

| Predicted finish | Team | Points (1st place) |
| 1 | North Carolina | 188 (6) |
| 2 | Florida State | 185 (8) |
| 3 | Virginia | 163 |
| 4 | Duke | 155 |
| 5 | Clemson | 121 |
| 6 | NC State | 109 |
| 7 | Wake Forest | 106 |
| 8 | Louisville | 99 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 88 |
| 10 | Boston College | 87 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 85 |
| 12 | Miami | 39 |
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 29 |
| 14 | Syracuse | 16 |
Source:

#### Pre-season All-ACC Team

| Position | Player | Class | School |
| Goalkeeper | Mandy McGlynn | Senior | Florida State |
| Defender | Malia Berkely | Junior | Florida State |
| Defender | Emily Fox | Junior | North Carolina |
| Midfielder | Jaelin Howell | Sophomore | Florida State |
| Midfielder | Yujie Zhao | Sophomore | Florida State |
| Midfielder | Emina Ekic | Junior | Louisville |
| Midfielder | Brianna Pinto | Sophomore | North Carolina |
| Forward | Mariana Speckmaier | Junior | Clemson |
| Forward | Deyna Castellanos | Senior | Florida State |
| Forward | Tziarra King | Senior | NC State |
| Forward | Alessia Russo | Junior | North Carolina |
Source:

## Regular season
### Conference matrix

The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team plays 10 matches. Each team does not play every other team.
| | Boston College | Clemson | Duke | Florida State | Louisville | Miami | North Carolina | NC State | Notre Dame | Pittsburgh | Syracuse | Virginia | Virginia Tech | Wake Forest |
| vs. Boston College | – | 2–1 | – | 5–4 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | – | 2–1 | – | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 (2OT) |
| vs. Clemson | 1–2 | – | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 (2OT) | 1–0 | – | 0–1 | 2–3 (OT) | 1–4 | – | 1–3 | – |
| vs. Duke | – | 1–4 | – | 1–0 | 1–1 (2OT) | – | 0–0 (2OT) | 1–1 (2OT) | 1–1 (2OT) | – | 1–4 | 0–0 (2OT) | 0–0 (2OT) | 2–3 |
| vs. Florida State | 4–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | – | – | 0–3 | 2–0 | – | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| vs. Louisville | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 (2OT) | – | – | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 (2OT) | – | 0–3 | 3–0 | – | 1–2 |
| vs. Miami | 4–0 | 2–3 (2OT) | – | 3–0 | 1–0 | – | 2–3 | – | 3–0 | 3–3 (2OT) | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | – |
| vs. North Carolina | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 (2OT) | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | – | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | – | – | 0–2 | – |
| vs. NC State | 0–2 | – | 1–1 (2OT) | – | 0–1 | – | 1–0 | – | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 (OT) | 0–0 (2OT) | 1–1 (2OT) | 1–1 (2OT) |
| vs. Notre Dame | – | 1–0 | 1–1 (2OT) | – | 0–0 (2OT) | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | – | 0–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 | – | 2–3 (2OT) |
| vs. Pittsburgh | 1–2 | 3–2 (OT) | – | 1–0 | – | 3–3 (2OT) | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | – | 1–1 (2OT) | – | 1–0 | 3–2 (2OT) |
| vs. Syracuse | – | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | – | 3–2 (OT) | 3–0 | 1–1 (2OT) | – | – | – | 1–2 |
| vs. Virginia | 1–6 | – | 0–0 (2OT) | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | – | 0–0 (2OT) | 0–3 | – | – | – | 0–2 | 1–1 (2OT) |
| vs. Virginia Tech | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 (2OT) | 3–2 | – | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 (2OT) | – | 0–1 | – | 2–0 | – | 0–1 |
| vs. Wake Forest | 3–3 (2OT) | – | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | – | – | 1–1 (2OT) | 3–2 (2OT) | 2–3 (2OT) | 2–1 | 1–1 (2OT) | 1–0 | – |
| Total | 1–8–1 | 5–5–0 | 3–1–6 | 8–2–0 | 5–3–2 | 2–7–1 | 9–0–1 | 4–2–4 | 4–4–2 | 2–6–2 | 1–7–1 | 6–0–3 | 4–4–2 | 1–6–3 |

### 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 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | RV | RV | 19 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 25 | RV | RV |
| Duke | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 18 |
| Florida State | 1 (33) | 1 (26) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Louisville | RV | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 25 |
| Miami | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1 (24) | 1 (29) | 4 | 4 | 3 (2) | 3 (3) | 3 (1) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 (8) | 2 (1) |
| NC State | 21 | 17 | 14 | RV | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | 17 |
| Notre Dame | | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 (21) | 1 (28) | 1 (22) | 1 (22) | 1 (19) | 1 (24) | 1 (26) | 1 (27) | 3 | 9 |
| Virginia Tech | 25 | RV | 23 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 20 | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | |
| Wake Forest | 23 | RV | 25 | RV | | RV | RV | | | | | | | |

#### Top Drawer 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 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Final |
| Boston College | | | | 21 | 18 | 19 | 23 | RV | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | RV | RV | RV | 22 | RV | 23 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Duke | 17 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Louisville | | | | | | 25 | RV | 16 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Miami | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| NC State | 21 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 23 | | | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Notre Dame | | | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Virginia Tech | RV | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 22 | | | | |
| Wake Forest | RV | RV | 25 | 20 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Players of the Week

| Week | Offensive Player of the week | Defensive of the week |
| Week 1 – Aug. 27 | Amanda West, Pittsburgh | Maycee Bell, North Carolina |
| Week 2 – Sep. 3 | Diana Ordoñez, Virginia | Hannah McLaughlin, Clemson |
| Week 3 – Sep. 10 | Nicole Kozlova, Virginia Tech | Laurel Ivory, Virginia |
| Week 4 – Sep. 17 | Emina Ekic, Louisville | Mandy McGlynn, Virginia Tech |
| Week 4 – Sep. 17 | Maliah Morris, Clemson | Mandy McGlynn, Virginia Tech |
| Week 5 – Sep. 24 | Tziarra King, NC State | Maycee Bell (2), North Carolina |
| Week 6 – Oct. 1 | Deyna Castellanos, Florida State | Laurel Ivory (2), Virginia |
| Week 7 – Oct. 8 | Bridgette Andrzejewski, North Carolina | Mandy McGlynn (2), Virginia Tech |
| Week 8 – Oct. 15 | Mackenzie Pluck, Duke | Laurel Ivory (3), Virginia |
| Week 9 – Oct. 22 | Meghan McCool, Virginia | Amaia Peña, Pittsburgh |
| Week 10 – Oct. 29 | Meghan McCool (2), Virginia | Emily Fox, North Carolina |
| Week 11 – Nov. 5 | Deyna Castellanos (2), Florida State | Lulu Guttenberger, NC State |

## Postseason
### ACC tournament

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | North Carolina | 3 | | | |
| 5 | NC State | 0 | | | |
| 5 | NC State | 0 | 1 | North Carolina | 2$^{(2OT)}$ |
| | | | 3 | Virginia | 1 |
| 2 | Florida State | 1 | 3 | Virginia | 1 |
| 3 | Virginia | 2$^{(OT)}$ | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| 1 | Florida State | Florida State | W 2–0 vs. Lamar – (Tallahassee, FL) | W 2–0 vs. Brown – (Tallahassee, FL) | W 2–1 vs. South Florida – (Tallahassee, FL) | L 0–4 vs. UCLA – (Tallahassee, FL) | | |
| 1 | North Carolina | North Carolina | W 5–0 vs. Belmont – (Chapel Hill, NC) | W 1–0 vs. Colorado – (Chapel Hill, NC) | W 4–0 vs. Michigan – (Chapel Hill, NC) | W 3–2 vs. USC – (Chapel Hill, NC) | W 2–1 vs. Washington State – (San Diego, CA) | T 0–0 (4–5 PKs) vs. Stanford – (San Diego, CA) |
| 1 | Virginia | Virginia | W 3–0 vs. Radford – (Charlottesville, VA) | L 2–3 vs. Washington State – (Charlottesville, VA) | | | | |
| | Florida State | Clemson | T 0–0 (5–4 PKs) vs. Vanderbilt – (Clemson, SC) | L 0–5 vs. UCLA – (Los Angeles, CA) | | | | |
| | Florida State | Duke | W 4–0 vs. Utah – (Durham, NC) | L 0–1 vs. Wisconsin – (Los Angeles, CA) | | | | |
| | Stanford | Louisville | W 1–0 vs. Lipscomb – (Louisville, KY) | L 0–4 vs. BYU – (Provo, UT) | | | | |
| | Stanford | NC State | W 3–0 vs. Navy – (Raleigh, NC) | W 2–1 vs. Arkansas – (Provo, UT) | L 0–3 vs. BYU – (Provo, UT) | | | |
| | Virginia | Notre Dame | W 1–0 vs. Saint Louis – (Notre Dame, IN) | L 0–1 vs. South Carolina - (Columbia, SC) | | | | |
| | Virginia | Virginia Tech | L 0–1 vs. Xavier – (Blacksburg, VA) | | | | | |
| | | W–L (%): | 7–1–1 (.833) | 3–5–0 (.375) | 2–1–0 (.667) | 1–1–0 (.500) | 1–0–0 (1.000) | 0–0–1 (.500) Total: 14–8–2 (.625) |

## Awards and honors
### All-Americans

2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans :
| First Team | Second Team | Third Team |
| Malia Berkely, DF, Florida State Emily Fox, DF, North Carolina Brianna Pinto, MF, North Carolina Alessia Russo, FW, North Carolina | Mandy McGlynn, GK, Virginia Tech Deyna Castellanos, MF, Florida State Emina Ekic, MF, Louisville | Maycee Bell, DF, North Carolina Tziarra King, MF, NC State Meghan McCool, FW, Virginia |

### ACC Awards

Source:
2019 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Deyna Castellanos – Florida State |
| Coach of the Year | Anson Dorrance – North Carolina |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Malia Berkely – Florida State |
| Midfielder of the Year | Deyna Castellanos – Florida State |
| Freshman of the Year | Maycee Bell – North Carolina |
2019 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Third Team | All-Freshman Team |
| Malia Berkely, Jr., D, Florida State Deyna Castellanos, Sr., M, Florida State Jaelin Howell, So., M, Florida State Yujie Zhao, So., M, Florida State Emina Ekic, Jr., M, Louisville Emily Fox, Jr., D, North Carolina Brianna Pinto, So., M, North Carolina Alessia Russo, Jr., F, North Carolina Tziarra King, Sr., M, NC State Meghan McCool, Sr., F, Virginia Mandy McGlynn, Sr., GK, Virginia Tech | Delaney Graham, So., D, Duke Ella Stevens, Sr., M, Duke Gabrielle Kouzelos, Jr., GK, Louisville Maycee Bell, Fr., D, North Carolina Lotte Wubben-Moy, Jr., D, North Carolina Phoebe McClernon, Sr., D, Virginia Diana Ordóñez, Fr., F, Virginia Courtney Petersen, R-Sr., D, Virginia Alexa Spaanstra, So., M, Virginia Taryn Torres, Jr., M, Virginia Madison Hammond, Sr., D, Wake Forest | Olivia Vaughn, Sr., F, Boston College Brooklynn Rivers, Sr., F, Louisville Lulu Guttenberger, R-So., D, NC State Krissi Schuster, Sr., D, NC State Ricci Walkling, Sr., M, NC State Taylor Otto, R-Jr., M, North Carolina Sammi Fisher, Jr., M, Notre Dame Eva Hurm, Jr., F, Notre Dame Amanda West, Fr., F, Pittsburgh Laurel Ivory, Jr., GK, Virginia Kelsey Irwin, R-Sr., D, Virginia Tech | Sam Smith, Fr., F, Boston College Hal Hershfelt, Fr., M, Clemson Maliah Morris, Fr., F, Clemson Sophie Jones, Fr., M, Duke Heather Payne, Fr., D, Florida State Jenna Nighswonger, Fr., F, Florida State Jameese Joseph, Fr., F, NC State Maycee Bell, Fr., D, North Carolina Isabel Cox, Fr., F, North Carolina Amanda West, Fr., F, Pittsburgh Diana Ordóñez, Fr., F, Virginia |

## 2020 NWSL Draft

| FW | Forward | MF | Midfielder | DF | Defender | GK | Goalkeeper |
| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position | School |
| Courtney Petersen | Orlando Pride | 1 | 7 | DF | Virginia |
| Tziarra King | Utah Royals | 1 | 8 | FW | NC State |
| Phoebe McClernon | Orlando Pride | 2 | 14 | DF | Virginia |
| Bridgette Andrzejewski | Houston Dash | 2 | 18 | FW | North Carolina |
| Zoe Morse | Chicago Red Stars | 3 | 19 | MF | Virginia |
| Mandy McGlynn | Sky Blue | 3 | 20 | GK | Virginia Tech |
| Ella Stevens | Chicago Red Stars | 3 | 24 | FW | Duke |