# 2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team

The 2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 28th season of the university fielding a program and 17th competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies were led by 10th year head coach Charles Adair and played their home games at Thompson Field.
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.

## Previous season

The Hokies finished the season 12–5–2, 4–4–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eight place. They were not invited to the ACC Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost to Xavier in the First Round.

## Squad
### Roster

Updated: February 11, 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | MF | USA | Kiersten Hening |
| 1 | GK | USA | Alia Skinner |
| 2 | MF | USA | Riley McCarthy |
| 3 | FW | USA | Kendal Feighan |
| 4 | MF | USA | Emily Gray |
| 5 | FW | USA | Ayden Yates |
| 9 | FW | USA | Emma Steigerwald |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Nicole Kozlova |
| 11 | MF | USA | Grace Sklopan |
| 12 | FW | USA | Tori Powell |
| 13 | FW | USA | Karlie Johnson |
| 16 | MF | USA | Erin Carleton |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | USA | Holly Rose 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 | FW | USA | Molly Feighan |
| 27 | DF | USA | Ava Veith |
| 28 | MF | USA | Makenzie Graham |
| 30 | GK | USA | S.A. Phillips |

## Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Charles Adair |
| Associate Head Coach | Drew Kopp |
| Assistant coach | Matt Gwilliam |
Source:

## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Fall Regular season ||||||
| September 12, 2020* 6:00 p.m. | | Virginia | L 1–3 | 0–1–0 | Klöckner Stadium (243) Charlottesville, VA |
| September 17, 2020 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 3 Clemson | L 0–3 | 0–2–0 (0–1–0) | Riggs Field (227) Clemson, SC |
| September 20, 2020 11:00 a.m. | | at No. 1 North Carolina | L 0–1 | 0–3–0 (0–2–0) | Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC |
| September 25* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 11 Virginia | L 0–1 $^{OT}$ | 0–4–0 | Thompson Field (122) Blackburg, VA |
| October 1 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 2 Florida State | L 0–4 | 0–5–0 (0–3–0) | Thompson Field (124) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 4, 2020 3:00 p.m. | | No. 14 Pittsburgh | W 2–0 | 1–5–0 (1–3–0) | Thompson Field (137) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 9, 2020* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 7 Duke | L 0–2 | 1–6–0 | Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC |
| October 15, 2020 7:00 p.m. | | Miami (FL) | W 8–2 | 2–6–0 (2–3–0) | Thompson Field (150) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 18, 2020 2:00 p.m., FS Go | | No. 13 Louisville | L 0–1 | 2–7–0 (2–4–0) | Thompson Field (161) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 24, 2020* 4:00 p.m. | | Navy | W 2–1 | 3–7–0 | Thompson Field (229) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 29, 2020 7:00 p.m. | | at Wake Forest | W 4–3 | 4–7–0 (3–4–0) | Spry Stadium (100) Winston-Salem, NC |
| November 1, 2020 1:00 p.m. | | at Boston College | W 3–0 | 5–7–0 (4–4–0) | Newton Campus Soccer Field (0) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| November 10, 2020 5:30 p.m., ACCN | (7) | vs. (2) No. 1 North Carolina Quarterfinals | L 0–1 | 5–8–0 | Sahlen's Stadium (251) Cary, NC |
| Spring Regular season ||||||
| March 7, 2021* 5:00 p.m. | | at Charlotte | W 2–1 | 6–8–0 | Transamerica Field (299) Charlotte, NC |
| March 20, 2021* 5:00 p.m. | | William & Mary | W 3–0 | 7–8–0 | Thompson Field (600) Blacksburg, VA |
| April 1, 2021* 7:00 p.m. | | at Liberty | W 5–3 | 8–8–0 | Osborne Stadium (70) Lynchburg, VA |
| April 17, 2021* 2:30 p.m. | | vs. Auburn | L 1–4 | 8–9–0 | Van Taylor Stadium (0) Greenwood, SC |
| *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 |
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### 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 | RV | RV | | | | | | | None Released | None Released | |
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