# 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team

The 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 29th season of the university fielding a program and 18th competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies were led by 11th year head coach Charles Adair and played their home games at Thompson Field.
The Hokies finished the season 12–6–2, 5–3–2 in ACC play to finish in eight place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament as only six teams were invited. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Ohio State in the first round before losing to Arkansas in the second round to end their season.

## Previous season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021. The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.
The Hokies finished the fall season 5–8–0, 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the seventh seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to North Carolina in the quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 3–1–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

## Squad
### Roster

    As of January 12, 2022
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 |
| 00 | GK | USA | Lauren Hargrove |
| 0 | GK | USA | Dare Burnett |
| 1 | GK | USA | Alia Skinner |
| 2 | MF | USA | Riley McCarthy |
| 3 | FW | USA | Kendal Feighan |
| 4 | MF | USA | Emily Gray |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Aino Vuorinen |
| 6 | MF | USA | Makenzie Graham |
| 7 | MF | USA | Avery Tharrington |
| 8 | FW | USA | Ayden Yates |
| 9 | FW | USA | Emma Steigerwald |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Nicole Kozlova |
| 11 | MF | USA | Gabby Johnson |
| 12 | FW | USA | Tori Powell |
| 13 | FW | USA | Karlie Johnson |
| 14 | DF | USA | Allie Lewis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | USA | Sophie Maltese |
| 16 | MF | USA | Erin Carleton |
| 18 | MF | USA | Lauren Gogal |
| 19 | MF | USA | Holly Webber |
| 20 | DF | USA | Victoria Haugen |
| 21 | DF | USA | Averi Visage |
| 22 | FW | USA | Taylor Bryan |
| 23 | FW | USA | Kate Bonshak |
| 24 | FW | USA | Emmalee McCarter |
| 25 | FW | USA | Calista Heister |
| 26 | MF | USA | Emma Pelkowski |
| 27 | DF | USA | Ava Veith |
| 28 | DF | USA | Victoria Moser |
| 30 | GK | USA | S.A. Phillips |
| 32 | FW | USA | Allie George |

## Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Charles Adair |
| Associate head coach | Drew Kopp |
| Assistant Coach | Matt Gwilliam |
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## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 8* 11:00 a.m. | | Loyola (MD) | W 2–0 | – | Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA |
| August 12* 5:40 p.m. | | Richmond | W 2–0 | – | Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| August 19* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Liberty | W 3–0 | 1–0–0 | Thompson Field (505) Blacksburg, VA |
| August 22* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Williams & Mary | W 1–0 | 2–0–0 | Thompson Field (1,228) Blacksburg, VA |
| August 26* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Elon | W 7–1 | 3–0–0 | Thompson Field (663) Blacksburg, VA |
| August 29* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cincinnati | L 1–2 | 3–1–0 | Gettler Stadium (523) Cincinnati, OH |
| September 2* 5:00 p.m. | | at James Madison Marriott Invitational | W 3–2 | 4–1–0 | Sentara Park (303) Harrisonburg, VA |
| September 5* 11:00 a.m. | | vs. No. 9 Santa Clara Marriott Invitational | L 0–2 | 4–2–0 | Sentara Park (119) Harrisonburg, VA |
| September 9* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Villanova | W 5–1 | 5–2–0 | Thompson Field (332) Blacksburg, VA |
| September 12* 5:00 p.m., SECN | | at No. 12 South Carolina | W 1–0 | 6–2–0 | Stone Stadium (1,415) Columbia, SC |
| ACC Regular Season ||||||
| September 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | NC State | W 1–0 | 7–2–0 (1–0–0) | Thompson Field (1,364) Blacksburg, VA |
| September 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 4 North Carolina | T 2–2 $^{2OT}$ | 7–2–1 (1–0–1) | Dorrance Field (2,157) Chapel Hill, NC |
| September 26 5:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 2 Duke | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 7–2–2 (1–0–2) | Thompson Field (923) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 19 | at Pittsburgh | W 2–1 | 8–2–2 (2–0–2) | Ambrose Urbanic Field (732) Pittsburgh, PA |
| October 7 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 17 | at Clemson | L 0–1 | 8–3–2 (2–1–2) | Riggs Field (152) Clemson, SC |
| October 10 5:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 17 | at Wake Forest | L 3–4 | 8–4–2 (2–2–2) | Spry Stadium (601) Winston-Salem, NC |
| October 15 5:00 p.m., ACCRSN | | No. 1 Florida State | L 0–2 | 8–5–2 (2–3–2) | Thompson Field (1,072) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 21 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Miami (FL) | W 5–0 | 9–5–2 (3–3–2) | Thompson Field (520) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 24 Noon, RSN | | Boston College | W 1–0 | 10–5–2 (4–3–2) | Thompson Field (619) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 28 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Syracuse | W 2–1 | 11–5–2 (5–3–2) | SU Soccer Stadium (59) Syracuse, NY |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 12* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Ohio State First Round | W 3–1 | 12–5–2 | Thompson Field (797) Blacksburg, VA |
| November 19* 7:30 p.m., SECN+ | | at (2) No. 7 Arkansas Second Round | L 0–3 | 12–6–2 | Razorback Field (1,505) Fayetteville, AR |
| *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 RV = Received votes :
| | 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 | — | RV | — | — | RV | RV | 19 | 17 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | RV |
| TopDrawer Soccer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## 2022 NWSL Draft

| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| Emily Gray | North Carolina Courage | 1 | 3 | MF |
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