# 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 29th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Clemson Tigers the defending regular season champions. The Florida State Seminoles are the defending ACC tournament Champions.

## Changes from 2016

There were no coaching changes from 2016 to 2017.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| Boston College Eagles | Newton Soccer Complex | 2,500 |
| Clemson Tigers | Riggs Field | 6,500 |
| Duke Blue Devils | Koskinen Stadium | 7,000 |
| Florida State Seminoles | Seminole Soccer Complex | 1,600 |
| Louisville Cardinals | Lynn Stadium | 5,300 |
| Miami Hurricanes | Cobb Stadium | 500 |
| NC State Wolfpack | Dail Soccer Stadium | 3,000 |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | Fetzer Field | 5,025 |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Alumni Stadium | 2,500 |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | Ambrose Urbanic Field | 735 |
| Syracuse Orange | SU Soccer Stadium | 5,000 |
| Virginia Cavaliers | Klöckner Stadium | 8,000 |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | Thompson Field | 2,500 |
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Spry Stadium | 3,000 |
1. ^ Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

### Personnel

| Team | Head coach | Captain |
| Boston College Eagles | Alison Foley | Allyson Swaby Lauren Berman |
| Clemson Tigers | Eddie Radwanski | None Announced |
| Duke Blue Devils | Robbie Church | None Announced |
| Florida State Seminoles | Mark Krikorian | Natalia Kuikka |
| Louisville Cardinals | Karen Ferguson-Dayes | None Announced |
| Miami Hurricanes | Mary-Frances Monroe | Dejah Cason |
| NC State Wolfpack | Tim Santoro | None Announced |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | Anson Dorrance | Annie Kingman Joanna Boyles Julia Ashley Megan Buckingham |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Theresa Romagnolo | Monica Flores Ginny McGowan Sandra Yu |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | Greg Miller | Taylor Price Ashley Moreira Emma Pozzulo |
| Syracuse Orange | Phil Wheddon | Eva Gordon Alana O'Neill Courtney Brosnan |
| Virginia Cavaiers | Steve Swanson | Veronica Latsko Megan Reid Brianna Westrup |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | Charles Adair | None Announced |
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Tony da Luz | Maddie Huster |

## Pre-season
### Pre-season poll

The ACC women's soccer pre-season poll was determined by a vote of all 14 ACC women's soccer head coaches. The poll was voted on as teams began their pre-season training during the first week of August. The coaches also voted on a pre-season all-ACC team.

#### Pre-season coaches poll

* Florida State – 186 points (8 First-Place Votes)
* North Carolina – 172 (2)
* Duke – 170 (1)
* Virginia – 160 (2)
* Notre Dame – 145 (1)
* Clemson – 120
* NC State – 104
* Virginia Tech – 91
* Wake Forest – 72
* Boston College – 71
* Miami – 65
* Louisville – 63
* Syracuse – 33
* Pittsburgh – 18

### Pre-Season All-ACC Team

| Position | Player | Class | School |
| Goalkeeper | Cassie Miller | Senior | Florida State |
| Defender | Sam Staab | Junior | Clemson |
| Defender | Quinn | Senior | Duke |
| Defender | Natalia Kuikka | Junior | Florida State |
| Midfielder | Megan Connolly | Junior | Florida State |
| Midfielder | Sandra Yu | Senior | Notre Dame |
| Forward | Deyna Castellanos | Sophomore | Florida State |
| Forward | Jessie Scarpa | Junior | North Carolina |
| Forward | Bridgette Andrzejewski | Sophomore | North Carolina |
| Forward | Jennifer Westendorf | Sophomore | Notre Dame |
| Forward | Veronica Latsko | Senior | Virginia |

### Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The ACC had 4 women named to the Hermann Trophy watchlist prior to the season.
* Deyna Castellanos – Florida State
* Natalia Kuikka – Florida State
* Cassie Miller – Florida State
* Bridgette Andrzejewski – North Carolina

## Regular season
### Rankings
#### United Soccer

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | Pre Aug. 4 | Wk 1 Aug. 22 | Wk 2 Aug. 29 | Wk 3 Sept. 5 | Wk 4 Sept. 11 | Wk 5 Sept. 19 | Wk 6 Sept. 26 | Wk 7 Oct. 3 | Wk 8 Oct. 10 | Wk 9 Oct. 17 | Wk 10 Oct. 24 | Wk 11 Oct. 31 | Wk 12 Nov. 7 | Final Dec. 5 |
| Boston College | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Duke | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Florida State | 15 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 23 | RV | RV | 15 |
| Louisville | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miami | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | 6 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| NC State | | 25 | 20 | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | | RV | 24 | 21 | 21 |
| Notre Dame | 18 | 24 | RV | RV | NR | RV | 22 | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | 18 |
| Pittsburgh | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia | 11 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
| Virginia Tech | | | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | |
| Wake Forest | | | 18 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 24 | RV |

#### Top Drawer Soccer

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | Pre Aug. 1 | Wk 1 Aug. 17 | Wk 2 Aug. 21 | Wk 3 Aug. 28 | Wk 4 Sept. 4 | Wk 5 Sept. 11 | Wk 6 Sept. 18 | Wk 7 Sept. 25 | Wk 8 Oct. 2 | Wk 9 Oct. 9 | Wk 10 Oct. 16 | Wk 11 Oct. 23 | Wk 12 Oct. 30 | Wk 13 Nov. 6 | Wk 14 Nov. 13 | Wk 15 Nov. 20 | Wk 16 Nov. 27 | Final Dec. 4 |
| Boston College | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | 21 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Duke | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Florida State | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 23 | | | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Louisville | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miami | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| NC State | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 21 | RV | | | | | 25 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Notre Dame | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 20 | RV | 19 | 16 | RV | RV | | RV | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Syracuse | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Virginia | 19 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Virginia Tech | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wake Forest | | | | 23 | 17 | 18 | 18 | RV | 16 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

### Statistics

Overall season statistics can be found on the ACC's website.

### Players of the Week

| Week | Offensive Player of the week | Defensive of the week |
| August 22, 2017 | Joanna Boyles, North Carolina | Katelyn McEachern, Pittsburgh |
| August 29, 2017 | Taylor Ziemer, Virginia | Laurel Ivory, Virginia |
| August 29, 2017 | Maddie Huster, Wake Forest | Laurel Ivory, Virginia |
| September 5, 2017 | Emina Ekic, Louisville | Julia Ashley, North Carolina |
| September 12, 2017 | Tziarra King, NC State | EJ Proctor, Duke |
| September 19, 2017 | Natalie Jacobs, Notre Dame | Sydney Wooten, NC State |
| September 26, 2017 | Dorian Bailey, North Carolina | Taylor Otto, North Carolina |
| October 3, 2017 | Veronica Latsko, Virginia | Mandy McGlynn, Virginia Tech |
| October 10, 2017 | Alessia Russo, North Carolina | Schuyler DeBree, Duke |
| October 10, 2017 | Alessia Russo, North Carolina | Julia Ashley (2), North Carolina |
| October 17, 2017 | Bayley Feist, Wake Forest | Sandy MacIver, Clemson |
| October 24, 2017 | Jennifer Westendorf, Notre Dame | Gabby Kouzelos, Louisville |
| October 31, 2017 | Tziarra King (2), NC State | Chelsea Burns, Duke |

## Postseason
### ACC tournament

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Duke | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Virginia | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Virginia | 0 | 1 | Duke | 0 |
| | | | 2 | North Carolina | 1 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 1 | 2 | North Carolina | 1 |
| 3 | NC State | 0 | | | |

### NCAA tournament

The ACC had a total of 8 teams selected to the NCAA tournament. This was the second most number of teams from any conference in the tournament, behind the SEC (9). All teams were selected to host a first round match, and two teams were selected as number one seeds.
| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| 1 | Durham | Duke | W 1–0 vs. UNC Greensboro – (Durham, NC) | W 7–0 vs. Oklahoma State – (Durham, NC) | W 3–0 vs. Texas – (Durham, NC) | W 4–0 vs. Baylor – (Durham, NC) | T 0–0 $^{L,3–4PK}$vs. UCLA – (Orlando, FL) | |
| 1 | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | W 3–0 vs. High Point – (Cary, NC) | W 1–0 vs. Colorado – (Cary, NC) | L 1–2 (OT) vs.Princeton – (Cary, NC) | | | |
| 3 | Chapel Hill | Virginia | W 2–0 vs. St. Francis – (Charlottesville, VA) | W 3–0 vs. Pepperdine – (Los Angeles, CA) | L 1–2 vs. UCLA – (Los Angeles, CA) | | | |
| 4 | Stanford | Florida State | W 5–0 vs. Ole Miss – (Tallahassee, FL) | W 2–0 vs. Arizona – Stanford, CA) | L 0–1 vs. Stanford – Stanford, CA) | | | |
| | Durham | Clemson | W 2–1 vs. Alabama – (Clemson, SC) | T 1–1 $^{L,5–6PK}$ vs. Texas – (Durham, NC) | | | | |
| | Chapel Hill | NC State | W 4–1 vs. Arkansas – (Raleigh, NC) | T 1–1 $^{L,4–5PK}$ vs. Princeton – (Cary, NC) | | | | |
| | Durham | Notre Dame | W 5–0 vs. IUPUI – (Notre Dame, IN) | T 2–2 $^{W,4–1PK}$ vs. Texas A&M – (College Station, TX) | L 2–3 (OT) vs. Baylor – (College Station, TX) | | | |
| | Stanford | Wake Forest | T 0–0 $^{W,2–1PK}$ vs. Georgetown – (Winston-Salem, NC) | L 0–2 vs. Penn State – (Morgantown, WV) | | | | |
| | | W–L (%): | 7–0–1 (.938) | 4–1–3 (.688) | 1–4 (.200) | 1–0 (1.000) | 0–0–1 (.500) | 0–0 (–) Total: 13–5–5 (.674) |

## Awards and honors
### United Soccer Coaches All-Americans

Six total players from the ACC were named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America teams. Two players were named to each the first, second and third team.
First Team
* Imani Dorsey, Duke
* Quinn, Duke
Second Team
* Deyna Castellanos, Florida State
* Alessia Russo, North Carolina
Third Team
* Schuyler DeBree, Duke
* Sandra Yu, Notre Dame

### ACC Awards

2017 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Imani Dorsey – Duke |
| Coach of the Year | Robbie Church – Duke |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Schuyler DeBree – Duke |
| Midfielder of the Year | Quinn – Duke |
| Freshman of the Year | Emina Ekic – Louisville Alessia Russo – North Carolina |
2017 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Third Team | All-Freshman Team |
| Imani Dorsey, Sr., F, Duke Quinn, Sr., M, Duke Kayla McCoy, Jr., F, Duke Schuyler DeBree, Sr., D, Duke EJ Proctor, Sr., GK, Duke Deyna Castellanos, So., F, Florida State Natalia Kuikka, Jr., D, Florida State Alessia Russo, Fr., F, North Carolina Tziarra King, So., M, NC State Sandra Yu, GS, M, Notre Dame Veronica Latsko, Sr., F, Virginia | Sam Staab, Jr., D, Clemson Ella Stevens, So., F, Duke Taylor Racioppi, Jr., F, Duke Emina Ekic, Fr., M, Louisville Joanna Boyles, Sr., M, North Carolina Dorian Bailey, Jr., M, North Carolina Julia Ashley, Jr., D, North Carolina Natalie Jacobs, So., F, Notre Dame Megan Reid, Sr., D, Virginia Maddie Huster, Sr., M, Wake Forest Lindsay Preston, Sr., GK, Wake Forest | Sam Coffey, Fr., M, Boston College Ashton Miller, Sr., M, Duke Gloriana Villalobos, Fr., M, Florida State Jennifer Westendorf, So., F, Notre Dame Ricci Walking, So., M, NC State Bridgett Andrzejewski, So., M, North Carolina Emily Fox, Fr., M, North Carolina Taylor Otto, R-Fr., D, North Carolina Courtney Brosnan, Sr., GK, Syracuse Taryn Torres, Fr., M, Virginia Phoebe McClernon, So., D, Virginia Bayley Feist, Jr., M, Wake Forest | Sam Coffey, Fr., M, Boston College Mariana Speckmaier, Fr., F, Clemson Taylor Mitchell, Fr., D, Duke Gloriana Villalobos, Fr., M, Florida State Emina Ekic, Fr., M, Louisville Alessia Russo, Fr., F, North Carolina Emily Fox, Fr., M, North Carolina Lulu Guttenberger, Fr., D, NC State Sammi Fisher, Fr., M, Notre Dame Taryn Torres, Fr., M, Virginia Vicky Krug, Fr., D, Wake Forest |

## Draft picks

The ACC had 12 total players selected in the 2018 NWSL College Draft. There were 3 players selected in the first round, 1 player selected in the second round, 5 players selected in the third round, and 3 players selected in the fourth round. Duke lead the way with 6 players selected, Wake Forest and North Carolina had 2 players selected each, and Virginia and Notre Dame each had 1 player selected.
| FW | Forward | MF | Midfielder | DF | Defender | GK | Goalkeeper |
| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position | School |
| Quinn | Washington Spirit | 1st | 3 | MF | Duke |
| Imani Dorsey | Sky Blue FC | 1st | 5 | FW | Duke |
| Sandra Yu | Portland Thorns FC | 1st | 8 | MF | Notre Dame |
| Schuyler DeBree | Washington Spirit | 2nd | 12 | DF | Duke |
| Ashton Miller | Boston Breakers | 3rd | 22 | MF | Duke |
| Megan Buckingham | Chicago Red Stars | 3rd | 24 | MF | North Carolina |
| Allyson Haran | Seattle Reign FC | 3rd | 25 | DF | Wake Forest |
| Maddie Huster | Washington Spirit | 3rd | 26 | MF | Wake Forest |
| Veronica Latsko | Houston Dash | 3rd | 28 | FW | Virginia |
| Abby Elinsky | Houston Dash | 3rd | 30 | MF | North Carolina |
| Joanna Boyles | Boston Breakers | 4th | 32 | MF | North Carolina |
| Emma Jane Proctor | Utah Royals FC | 4th | 34 | GK | Duke |
| Morgan Reid | North Carolina Courage | 4th | 39 | DF | Duke |