# 2021 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

The 2021 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team represented NC State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Tim Santoro, in his tenth season. They played home games at Dail Soccer Field. This was the team's 38th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 35th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Wolfpack finished the season 9–9–2 overall and 4–6–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team in the Florida State Bracket they defeated South Florida in the First Round before losing to fourth seed Pepperdine 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 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.

## Squad
### Roster

    As of January 10, 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 |
| 0 | GK | USA | Eden Millan |
| 1 | GK | USA | Grace Spriggs |
| 2 | DF | GER | Nina Zimmer |
| 3 | DF | USA | Briana Weber |
| 4 | FW | USA | Leyah Hall-Robinson |
| 5 | DF | USA | Jenna Butler |
| 6 | DF | GER | Lulu Guttenberger |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Emika Kawagishi |
| 8 | FW | USA | Denae Antoine |
| 9 | MF | CZE | Toni Starova |
| 10 | MF | GER | Annika Wohner |
| 11 | DF | USA | Fernanda Soto |
| 12 | MF | USA | Jaiden Thomas |
| 13 | DF | USA | Margot Ridgeway |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | USA | Mia Vaughan |
| 15 | FW | USA | Jameese Joseph |
| 17 | FW | USA | Brianna Holt |
| 18 | DF | USA | Madison Reid |
| 19 | GK | ESP | María Echezarreta |
| 20 | DF | USA | Mia Thillet |
| 21 | MF | USA | Michaela Virgin |
| 22 | MF | USA | Sandra Geiselhart |
| 23 | DF | USA | Cara Elmendorf |
| 24 | MF | USA | Samantha Castro |
| 25 | MF | USA | Sarah Arnold |
| 26 | GK | USA | Nadia Stupec |
| 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 |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 7* 7:00 p.m. | Coastal Carolina | W 3–1 | – | Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC |
| August 12* 2:00 p.m. | vs. No. 12 West Virginia | T 1–1 | – | Thompson Field Blackburg, VA |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| August 19* 4:00 p.m., FloSports | at No. 9 Georgetown | T 2–2 $^{2OT}$ | 0–0–1 | Shaw Field (27) Washington, D.C. |
| August 22* 6:00 p.m., C-USA TV | at Old Dominion | W 2–1 | 1–0–1 | Old Dominion Soccer Complex (180) Norfolk, VA |
| August 26* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Campbell | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 1–0–2 | Eakes Athletics Complex (369) Buies Creek, NC |
| August 29* 1:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 10 South Carolina | L 1–2 | 1–1–2 | Dail Soccer Field (651) Raleigh, NC |
| September 2* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at UNC Greensboro | W 3–0 | 2–1–2 | UNCG Soccer Stadium (993) Greensboro, NC |
| September 5* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | Elon | W 1–0 | 3–1–2 | Dail Soccer Field (572) Raleigh, NC |
| September 9* 4:30 p.m., ACCNX | vs. Oklahoma | W 5–0 | 4–1–2 | Klöckner Stadium (612) Charlottesville, VA |
| September 12* 3:00 p.m., ACCNX | vs. No. 11 Penn State | L 0–1 | 4–2–2 | Klöckner Stadium (53) Charlottesville, VA |
| ACC Regular season ||||||
| September 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Virginia Tech | L 0–1 | 4–3–2 (0–1–0) | Thompson Field (1,364) Blackburg, VA |
| September 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 16 Clemson | L 1–2 | 4–4–2 (0–2–0) | Dail Soccer Field (647) Raleigh, NC |
| September 26 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 5 Virginia | L 1–2 | 4–5–2 (0–3–0) | Dail Soccer Field (264) Raleigh, NC |
| October 1 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 20 Notre Dame | L 1–2 | 4–6–2 (0–4–0) | Dail Soccer Field (626) Raleigh, NC |
| October 7 6:00 p.m., ACCN | at No. 4 Duke | W 2–1 $^{OT}$ | 5–6–2 (1–4–0) | Koskinen Stadium (626) Durham, NC |
| October 10 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Louisville | W 2–1 | 6–6–2 (2–4–0) | Lynn Stadium (483) Louisville, KY |
| October 16 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 3 North Carolina Rivalry | W 1–0 | 7–6–2 (3–4–0) | Dail Soccer Field (1,234) Raleigh, NC |
| October 21 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Wake Forest | L 0–1 | 7–7–2 (3–5–0) | Spry Stadium (722) Winston-Salem, NC |
| October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | Syracuse | W 3–0 | 8–7–2 (4–5–0) | Dail Soccer Field (296) Raleigh, NC |
| October 28 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Pittsburgh | L 0–2 | 8–8–2 (4–6–0) | Ambrose Urbanic Field (314) Pittsburgh, PA |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 14 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 22 South Florida First Round | W 2–0 | 9–8–2 | Corbett Stadium (797) Tampa, FL |
| November 19 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | (4) No. 7 Pepperdine Second Round | L 0–3 | 9–9–2 | Seminole Soccer Complex (258) Tallahassee, FL |
| *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 | — | — | — | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — |
| TopDrawer Soccer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |