# 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

The 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 34th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.
Virginia were the defending regular season champions. Florida State were the defending ACC tournament champions. The Seminoles are also the defending national champions.
North Carolina and Florida State were co-regular season champions with 8–2–0 records. Florida State won the ACC tournament over North Carolina, by a score of 2–1 in the final.
The ACC had ten teams selected to the NCAA tournament, which was the most of any conference. The conference finished with a 20–9–1 overall record in the tournament, with Florida State and North Carolina making it to the semifinals. North Carolina prevailed in the semifinals, but lost to UCLA in the final.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Boston College Eagles | Newton Soccer Complex | 1,800 |
| Clemson Tigers | Riggs Field | 6,500 |
| Duke Blue Devils | Koskinen Stadium | 7,000 |
| Florida State Seminoles | Seminole Soccer Complex | 2,000 |
| Louisville Cardinals | Lynn Stadium | 5,300 |
| Miami Hurricanes | Cobb Stadium | 500 |
| NC State | Dail Soccer Field | 3,000 |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | Dorrance Field | 4,200 |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Alumni Stadium | 2,500 |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | Ambrose Urbanic Field | 735 |
| Syracuse Orange | SU Soccer Stadium | 1,500 |
| Virginia Cavaliers | Klöckner Stadium | 7,100 |
| 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

* Mark Krikorian resigned as head coach of Florida State on March 29, 2022. Brian Pensky was hired as his replacement on April 25, 2022.

### Head Coaching Records

| Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | ACC record |
| Boston College | Jason Lowe | 4 | 18–28–4 | 18–28–4 | 3–24–1 |
| Clemson | Eddie Radwanski | 12 | 256–137–38 | 117–72–25 | 50–52–9 |
| Duke | Robbie Church | 22 | 360–184–71 | 272–135–60 | 104–63–34 |
| Florida State | Brian Pensky | 1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |
| Louisville | Karen Ferguson-Dayes | 22 | 194–175–39 | 194–175–39 | 30–38–11 |
| Miami | Sarah Barnes | 5 | 76–82–20 | 16–41–6 | 6–30–2 |
| North Carolina | Anson Dorrance | 44 | 863–73–41 | 863–73–41 | 213–28–13 |
| NC State | Tim Santoro | 10 | 76–82–17 | 76–82–17 | 23–52–8 |
| Notre Dame | Nate Norman | 5 | 97–66–18 | 39–31–4 | 19–17–2 |
| Pittsburgh | Randy Waldrum | 5 | 430–142–33 | 31–34–4 | 16–32–2 |
| Syracuse | Nicky Adams | 4 | 8–30–3 | 8–30–3 | 2–24–1 |
| Virginia | Steve Swanson | 22 | 451–164–64 | 347–101–53 | 138–46–23 |
| Virginia Tech | Charles Adair | 12 | 138–68–22 | 138–68–22 | 51–46–15 |
| Wake Forest | Tony da Luz | 25 | 329–227–52 | 284-186-50 | 96–110–23 |
Notes
* Records shown are prior to the 2022 season
* Years at school includes the 2022 season

## Pre-season
### Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 18, 2022. The ACC had eight players named to the sixty player watchlist.
| Player | Class | Position | School |
| Maycee Bell | Senior | DF | North Carolina |
| Megan Bornkamp | Junior | DF | Clemson |
| Michelle Cooper | Sophomore | FW | Duke |
| Eva Gaetino | Junior | DF | Notre Dame |
| Lia Godfrey | Junior | MF | Virginia |
| Jameese Joseph | Junior | FW | NC State |
| Beata Olsson | Junior | FW | Florida State |
| Kaitlyn Parks | Junior | GK | Wake Forest |

### Pre-season poll
#### Pre-season Coaches Poll

| Predicted finish | Team | Points (1st place) |
| 1 | Duke | 156 (3) |
| 2 | Virginia | 153 (4) |
| 3 | North Carolina | 150 (4) |
| 4 | Florida State | 143 (3) |
| 5 | Clemson | 115 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 108 |
| 7 | NC State | 90 |
| 7 | Wake Forest | 90 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 79 |
| 10 | Pittsburgh | 66 |
| 11 | Louisville | 47 |
| 12 | Boston College | 36 |
| 13 | Miami | 21 |
| 14 | Syracuse | 20 |
Source:

#### Pre-season All-ACC Team

| Position | Player | Class | School |
| Goalkeeper | Cristina Roque | JR | Florida State |
| Defender | Maycee Bell | SR | North Carolina |
| Defender | Megan Bornkamp | JR | Clemson |
| Midfielder | Korbin Albert | SO | Notre Dame |
| Midfielder | Lia Godfrey | JR | Virginia |
| Midfielder | Sophie Jones | SR | Duke |
| Midfielder | Sam Meza | JR | North Carolina |
| Midfielder | Jenna Nighswonger | SR | Florida State |
| Midfielder | Clara Robbins | GR | Florida State |
| Forward | Michelle Cooper | SO | Duke |
| Forward | Jameese Joseph | JR | NC State |
| Forward | Alexa Spaanstra | SR | Virginia |
Source:

## Regular season
### Conference Matrix

The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team plays ten 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 | – | 3–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | – | 3–0 | 1–1 | – | 0–1 | – | 1–1 |
| vs. Clemson | 0–3 | – | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | – | – | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | – | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| vs. Duke | 0–3 | 0–0 | – | 5–1 | 0–4 | – | – | 0–6 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | – | 1–2 |
| vs. Florida State | 0–6 | 1–3 | 1–5 | – | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | – | 4–0 | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | 1–4 | – |
| vs. Louisville | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | – | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | – | 2–0 | – | – |
| vs. Miami | 0–1 | – | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | – | 4–0 | 3–3 | – | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| vs. North Carolina | 0–3 | – | – | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | – | 0–2 | – | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. NC State | – | 1–2 | 6–0 | – | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | – | 3–0 | – | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| vs. Notre Dame | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | – | – | 0–3 | – | 3–1 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| vs. Pittsburgh | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | – | 1–3 | – | 0–2 | – | 1–4 | – |
| vs. Syracuse | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | – | – | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | – | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Virginia | – | – | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | – | 2–2 | – | 3–3 | 0–1 |
| vs. Virginia Tech | – | 2–1 | – | 4–1 | – | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | – | 0–2 |
| vs. Wake Forest | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | – | – | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | – |
| Total | 1–7–2 | 4–3–3 | 6–2–2 | 8–2–0 | 3–7–0 | 2–7–1 | 8–2–0 | 2–6–2 | 7–2–1 | 5–3–2 | 1–6–3 | 6–2–2 | 4–5–1 | 3–6–1 |

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

#### Top Drawer Soccer

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | 15 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Duke | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Florida State | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Louisville | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miami | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| NC State | 23 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Notre Dame | 16 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Pittsburgh | | | | | | | 14 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Syracuse | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Virginia Tech | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wake Forest | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Players of the Week

| Week | Offensive Player of the week | Defensive Player of the week |
| Week 1 | Amanda West, Pittsburgh | Tori Hansen, North Carolina |
| Week 2 | Haley Hopkins, Virginia | Leah Klenke, Notre Dame |
| Week 3 | Michelle Cooper, Duke | Talia Staude, Virginia |
| Week 3 | Olivia Wingate, Notre Dame | Talia Staude, Virginia |
| Week 4 | Kiki Van Zanten, Notre Dame | Sam Meza, North Carolina |
| Week 5 | Onyi Echegini, Florida State | Harper White, Clemson |
| Week 6 | Michelle Cooper (2), Duke | Victoria Haugen, Virginia Tech |
| Week 7 | Lia Godfrey, Virginia | Cayla White, Virginia |
| Week 7 | Tori Powell, Virginia Tech | Cayla White, Virginia |
| Week 8 | Olivia Wingate (2), Notre Dame | Mackenzie Wood, Notre Dame |
| Week 8 | Olivia Wingate (2), Notre Dame | Cristina Roque, Florida State |
| Week 9 | Taylor Bryan, Virginia Tech | Tori Hansen (2), North Carolina |
| Week 9 | Haley Hopkins (2), Virginia | Tori Hansen (2), North Carolina |
| Week 10 | Korbin Albert, Notre Dame | Mackenzie Wood (2), Notre Dame |
| Week 10 | Ally Sentnor, North Carolina | Mackenzie Wood (2), Notre Dame |
| Week 11 | Korbin Albert (2), Notre Dame | Caitlyn Lazzarini, Pittsburgh |
| Week 11 | Onyi Echegini (2), Florida State | Caitlyn Lazzarini, Pittsburgh |

## Postseason
### ACC Tournament

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | North Carolina (pen.) | 0 (7) | | | |
| 5 | Duke | 0 (6) | | | |
| 5 | Duke | 0 (6) | 1 | North Carolina | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Florida State | 2 |
| 2 | Florida State (pen.) | 3 (4) | 2 | Florida State | 2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 3 (2) | | | |

### NCAA tournament

The Atlantic Coast Conference had ten teams selected to the NCAA tournament, which was the most of any conference. Their two number one seeds was also the most of any conference. Eight of the ten selected teams were seeded, which gained those teams the right to host a first-round match.
| Seed | School | Region | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| 1 | Florida State | Florida State | W 3–0 vs. Florida Gulf Coast – (Tallahassee, FL) | W 4–1 vs. LSU – (Tallahassee, FL) | W 3–0 vs. No. 19 Pittsburgh – (Tallahassee, FL) | W 1–0 vs. No. 9 Arkansas – (Tallahassee, FL) | L 2–3 vs. No. 2 North Carolina – (Cary, NC) | |
| 1 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | W 5–0 vs. Omaha – (Notre Dame, IN) | W 4–0 vs. No. 23 Santa Clara – (Notre Dame, IN) | W 2–0 vs. No. 17 TCU – (Notre Dame, IN) | L 0–2 vs. No. 2 North Carolina – (Notre Dame, IN) | | |
| 2 | North Carolina | Notre Dame | W 5–0 vs. Old Dominion – (Chapel Hill, NC) | W 3–1 vs. Georgia – (Chapel Hill, NC) | W 3–2 vs No. 15 BYU – (Chapel Hill, NC) | W 2–0 vs. No. 4 Notre Dame – (Notre Dame, IN) | W 3–2 vs. No. 5 Florida State – (Cary, NC) | L 2–3 (2OT) vs. No. 1 UCLA – (Cary, NC) |
| 2 | Duke | Alabama | W 4–0 vs. Radford – (Durham, NC) | W 1–0 vs. No. 16 Texas – (Durham, NC) | W 2–1 vs. No. 13 South Carolina – (Durham, NC) | L 2–3 (2OT) at No. 3 Alabama – (Tuscaloosa, AL) | | |
| 3 | Virginia | UCLA | W 4–0 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson – (Charlottesville, VA) | W 3–1 vs. Xavier – (University Park, PA) | W 3–2 (2OT) vs. No. 21 Penn State (University Park, PA) | L 1–2 (2OT) vs. No. 1 UCLA – (Los Angeles, CA) | | |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | Florida State | W 1–0 vs. Buffalo – (Pittsburgh, PA) | W 2–1 vs. No. 18 Georgetown – (Tallahassee, FL) | L 0–3 vs. No. 5 Florida State – (Tallahassee, FL) | | | |
| 5 | Clemson | UCLA | L 0–1 vs. Vanderbilt – (Clemson, SC) | | | | | |
| 8 | NC State | UCLA | T 1–1 (2–4 PKs) vs. No. 20 UCF – (Raleigh, NC) | | | | | |
| – | Virginia Tech | UCLA | L 0–2 at West Virginia – (Morgantown, WV) | | | | | |
| – | Wake Forest | Alabama | L 0–2 at No. 13 South Carolina – (Columbia, SC) | | | | | |
| W–L (%): | W–L (%): | W–L (%): | 6–3–1 (.650) | 6–0–0 (1.000) | 5–1–0 (.833) | 2–3–0 (.400) | 1–1–0 (.500) | 0–1–0 (.000) Total: 20–9–1 (.683) |

## Awards and honors
### ACC Awards

2022 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Coach of the Year | Nate Norman – Notre Dame |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Michelle Cooper – Duke |
| Midfielder of the Year | Korbin Albert – Notre Dame |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Eva Gaetino – Notre Dame |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Cristina Roque – Florida State |
| Freshman of the Year | Kat Rader – Duke |
2022 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Third Team | All-Freshman Team |
| Michelle Cooper – Duke Olivia Wingate – Notre Dame Korbin Albert – Notre Dame Jenna Nighswonger – Florida State Lia Godfrey – Virginia Jody Brown – Florida State Sam Meza – North Carolina Ally Sentnor – North Carolina Cristina Roque – Florida State Eva Gaetino – Notre Dame Tori Hansen – North Carolina | Haley Hopkins – Virginia Hal Hershfelt – Clemson Clara Robbins – Florida State Onyi Echegini – Florida State Avery Patterson – North Carolina Sophie Jones – Duke LeiLanni Nesbeth – Florida State Megan Bornkamp – Clemson Kat Rader – Duke Delaney Graham – Duke Ruthie Jones – Duke | Maggie Cagle – Virginia Jameese Joseph – NC State Alexa Spaanstra – Virginia Heather Payne – Florida State Landy Mertz – Pittsburgh Maddie Mercado – Notre Dame Maliah Morris – Clemson Taylor Price – Virginia Tech Tessa Dellarose – North Carolina Mackenzie Wood – Notre Dame Beata Olsson – Florida State Caroline Conti – Clemson | Kat Rader – Duke Maggie Cagle – Virginia Tessa Dellarose – North Carolina Leah Klenke – Notre Dame Taylor Price – Virginia Tech Heather Gilchrist – Florida State Maddie Dahlien – North Carolina Caiya Hanks – Wake Forest Jill Flammia – Virginia Shea Vanderbosch – Syracuse Katie Zailski – Pittsburgh |

## 2023 NWSL Draft

The ACC had twelve players selected in the 2023 NWSL Draft. Seven of the twelve players were selected in the first round, which was more than half of all first round picks. Those seven and the twelve overall were the highest by any conference. This was the third straight year where an ACC player was selected as one of the top-five picks.
| FW | Forward | MF | Midfielder | DF | Defender | GK | Goalkeeper |
| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position | School |
| Michelle Cooper | Kansas City Current | 1 | 2 | FW | Duke |
| Emily Madril | Orlando Pride | 1 | 3 | DF | Florida State |
| Jenna Nighswonger | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 1 | 4 | MF | Florida State |
| Olivia Wingate | North Carolina Courage | 1 | 6 | FW | Notre Dame |
| Clara Robbins | North Carolina Courage | 1 | 9 | MF | Florida State |
| Alexa Spaanstra | Kansas City Current | 1 | 10 | FW | Virginia |
| Haley Hopkins | North Carolina Courage | 1 | 11 | FW | Virginia |
| Brianna Martinez | Racing Louisville FC | 2 | 17 | DF | Notre Dame |
| Tori Hansen | Orlando Pride | 3 | 25 | DF | North Carolina |
| Delaney Graham | Washington Spirit | 4 | 40 | DF | Duke |
| Sophie Jones | Chicago Red Stars | 4 | 43 | MF | Duke |
| Giovanna DeMarco | San Diego Wave FC | 4 | 45 | MF | Wake Forest |