# 2020 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

The 2020 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team represented NC State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Tim Santoro, in his ninth season. They played home games at Dail Soccer Field. This was the team's 37th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 34th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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 Wolfpack did not play in the fall season. However, they did resume play for the spring non-conference season.
The Wolfpack finished the spring season 5–3–1 and did not receive an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament. Their non-invitation broke a four-year streak of being invited to the tournament.

## Previous season

The Wolfpack finished the season 12–7–4, 4–2–4 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Louisville in the Quarterfinals before falling to eventual champions North Carolina in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Navy and Arkansas before losing to BYU in the Round of 16.

## Squad
### Roster

Updated March 12, 2021
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 |
| 0 | GK | USA | Eden Millan |
| 1 | GK | USA | Jessica Beriln |
| 3 | DF | USA | Brianna Weber |
| 4 | FW | USA | Leyah Hall-Robinson |
| 5 | DF | USA | Jenna Butler |
| 6 | DF | GER | Lulu Guttenberger |
| 8 | FW | USA | Denae Antoine |
| 9 | MF | CZE | Toni Starova |
| 12 | MF | USA | Jaiden Thomas |
| 13 | DF | USA | Margot Ridgeway |
| 14 | FW | USA | Mia Vaughan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | USA | Jameese Joseph |
| 17 | MF | USA | Mikhail Johnson |
| 18 | DF | USA | Mackenzie Crittenberger |
| 19 | GK | ESP | Maira Echezarreta |
| 20 | DF | USA | Mia Thillet |
| 22 | MF | USA | Sandra Geiselhart |
| 23 | DF | USA | Cara Elmendorf |
| 25 | MF | USA | Sarah Arnold |
| 27 | MF | USA | Naomi Powell |
| 28 | DF | USA | Kayla Siddiqi |

### Team Management

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic Director | Boo Corrigan |
| Head coach | Tim Santoro |
| Associate head coach | Glen Tourville |
| Assistant Coach | Steve McKenna |
| Director of Operations | Kim Kern |
Source:

## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Spring Regular season ||||||
| February 7, 2021* 3:00 p.m., ACCNX | Old Dominion | W 2–0 | 1–0–0 | Dail Soccer Field (56) Raleigh, NC |
| February 10, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | UNC Wilmington | W 2–1 $^{OT}$ | 2–0–0 | Dail Soccer Field (65) Raleigh, NC |
| February 16, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | Campbell | W 1–0 | 3–0–0 | Dail Soccer Field (51) Raleigh, NC |
| February 24, 2021* 7:00 p.m. | UNC Greensboro | T 0–0 $^{2OT}$ | 3–0–1 | Dail Soccer Field (0) Raleigh, NC |
| February 28, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at VCU | W 2–1 | 4–0–1 | Sports Backers Stadium (126) Richmond, VA |
| March 20, 2021* 1:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | L 0–1 $^{2OT}$ | 4–1–1 | Dail Soccer Field (112) Raleigh, NC |
| April 2, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 7 Duke | L 0–1 | 4–2–1 | Dail Soccer Field (100) Raleigh, NC |
| April 11, 2021* 2:00 p.m. | vs. Georgia | L 0–1 | 4–3–1 | CSA OrthoCarolina Sportsplex (100) Pineville, NC |
| April 17, 2021* 1:00 p.m. | vs. Boston College | W 3–1 | 5–3–1 | WakeMed Soccer Park (84) Cary, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Rankings
### Fall 2020

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. :
| Poll | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Final |
| United Soccer | | | | | | | | | | |

### Spring 2021

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. :
| Poll | 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 | Final |
| United Soccer | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released | | | | | | | | | None Released | None Released | |
| TopDrawer Soccer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |