# 2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

The 2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his eighth season. Home games were played at Riggs Field. This was the team's 25th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

## Previous season

The 2017 Clemson women's soccer team finished the season with a 10–5–3 overall record and a 3–4–3 ACC record. The Tigers failed to make the ACC Tournament, finishing 9th in the conference. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament for the fifth season in a row. As an unseeded team in the Duke Bracket, Clemson beat Alabama at home 2–1, but fell in the second round to 4th seeded Texas on penalties.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Shannon Horgan | 7 | MF | 5'5" | Senior | Long Beach, NY | Graduated |
| Jenni Erickson | 18 | MF/DF | 5'9" | Senior | Greenville | Graduated |
| Jenna Polonsky | 19 | MF/FW | 5'6" | Graduate Student | Winston–Salem, NC | Graduated |

### Recruiting Class

Clemson announced its 2018 recruiting class of six players on February 9, 2018.
| Name | Nationality | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating |
| Olivia Bonacorso FW/MF | USA | Middleton, MA | FC Stars | |
| Sydney Dawson MF/DF | USA | Akron, OH | International SC | |
| Renee Guion MF/DF | USA | Simpsonville, SC | CESA | |
| Jackson Moehler DF | USA | Marietta, GA | Tophat SC | N/A |
| Brooke Power MF/FW | USA | Lexington, SC | South Carolina United | |
| Grace Wagner MF | USA | Cary, NC | North Carolina Courage | |

## Squad
### Roster

Updated August 3, 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Sandy MacIver |
| 2 | FW | USA | Miranda Weslake |
| 3 | FW | USA | Mackenzie Smith |
| 5 | DF | USA | Cyan Mercer |
| 6 | MF | USA | Lauren Harkes (captain) |
| 7 | DF | USA | Sydney Dawson |
| 8 | MF | USA | Haley Schueppert |
| 9 | MF | USA | Audrey Viso |
| 10 | FW | USA | Alana Hockenhull |
| 11 | MF | USA | Kimber Haley (captain) |
| 12 | DF | USA | Sarah Osborne |
| 13 | DF | USA | Dani Antieau |
| 14 | DF | USA | Abigail Mitchell |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | USA | Sam Staab (captain) |
| 16 | MF | USA | Julie Mackin |
| 17 | FW | VEN | Mariana Speckmaier |
| 18 | MF | USA | Grace Wagner |
| 19 | MF | USA | Renee Guion |
| 20 | FW | USA | Courtney Jones |
| 22 | MF | USA | Ellen Colborn |
| 24 | GK | USA | Maddie Weber |
| 25 | FW | USA | Olivia Bonacorso |
| 27 | MF | USA | Brooke Power |
| 30 | FW | USA | Patrice DiPasquale |
| 33 | DF | USA | Jackson Moehler |
Prior to the season, Lauren Harkes, Kimber Haley, and Sam Staab were announced as team captains.

## Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic director | Dan Radakovich |
| Head coach | Eddie Radwanski |
| Associate head coach | Jeff Robbins |
| Assistant coach | Siri Mullinix |
| Director of Operations | Julie Carson |
| Assistant Athletic Trainer | Alora Sullivan |
Source:

## Schedule

| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 8* 6:00 pm | | Auburn | T 2–2 | – (–) | Riggs Field Clemson, SC |
| August 11* 7:00 pm | | Furman | T 0–0 | – (–) | Riggs Field Clemson, SC |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| August 17* 10:00 pm | | at Oregon State | W 1–0 | 1–0–0 (0–0–0) | Paul Lorenz Field at Patrick Wayne Valley Stadium (304) Corvallis, OR |
| August 19 9:00 pm | | at Oregon | L 0–1 | 1–1–0 (0–0–0) | Pape Field (494) Eugene, OR |
| August 23* 7:00 pm | | at No. 10 South Carolina Rivalry | L 0–1 | 1–2–0 (0–0–0) | Stone Stadium (6,354) Columbia, SC |
| August 26* 1:00 pm | | Indiana | W 4–2 | 2–2–0 (0–0–0) | Riggs Field (603) Clemson, SC |
| August 31* 7:00 pm | | Villanova | W 1–0 | 3–2–0 (0–0–0) | Riggs Field (3,118) Clemson, SC |
| September 2* 6:00 pm | | at Wofford | W 3–0 | 4–2–0 (0–0–0) | Snyder Field (556) Spartanburg, SC |
| September 7* 7:00 pm | | West Virginia | L 1–2 | 4–3–0 (0–0–0) | Riggs Field (675) Clemson, SC |
| September 9* 2:00 pm | | Liberty | W 5–0 | 5–3–0 (0–0–0) | Riggs Field (342) Clemson, SC |
| Conference Regular season ||||||
| September 14 12:00 pm | | Miami | W 2–1 $^{OT}$ | 6–3–0 (1–0–0) | Riggs Field (302) Clemson, SC |
| September 20 7:00 pm | | No. 4 Virginia | W 1–0 $^{2OT}$ | 7–3–0 (2–0–0) | Riggs Field (1,021) Clemson, SC |
| September 23 1:00 pm | | No. 5 North Carolina | L 0–1 | 7–4–0 (2–1–0) | Riggs Field (571) Clemson, SC |
| September 30 1:00 pm | | No. 11 Boston College | L 1–2 | 7–5–0 (2–2–0) | Riggs Field (375) Clemson, SC |
| October 4 7:00 pm | | at No. 10 Florida State | W 1–0 | 8–5–0 (3–2–0) | Seminole Soccer Complex (1,971) Tallahassee, FL |
| October 7 1:00 pm | | at Pittsburgh | W 2–0 | 9–5–0 (4–2–0) | Ambrose Urbanic Field (398) Pittsburgh, PA |
| October 13 5:00 pm | | No. 11 Duke | L 2–3 | 9–6–0 (4–3–0) | Riggs Field (621) Clemson, SC |
| October 18 7:00 pm | | at Wake Forest | L 1–2 | 9–7–0 (4–4–0) | Spry Stadium (813) Winston-Salem, NC |
| October 21 1:00 pm | | at Virginia Tech | W 3–1 | 10–7–0 (5–4–0) | Thompson Field (327) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 25 7:00 pm | | at Syracuse | W 3–0 | 11–7–0 (6–4–0) | SU Soccer Stadium (202) Syracuse, NY |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| October 28 1:00 pm | (5) | at (4) No. 19 Boston College Quarterfinals | W 1–0 | 12–7–0 | Newton Soccer Complex (431) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| November 2 8:00 pm | (5) No. 23 | at (1) No. 3 North Carolina Semifinals | L 0–1 | 12–8–0 | Sahlen's Stadium (2,092) Cary, NC |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 10 6:00 pm | No. 25 | Ole Miss First Round | L 1–2 | 12–9–0 | Riggs Field (431) Clemson, SC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Goals Record

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Regular Season | ACC Tournament | NCAA Tournament | Total |
| 1 | 17 | | FW | Mariana Speckmaier | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | | FW | Miranda Westlake | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 11 | | MF | Kimber Haley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 10 | | FW | Alana Hockenhull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 13 | | DF | Dani Antieau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 20 | | FW | Courtney Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | | FW | Mackenzie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 15 | | DF | Sam Staab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 16 | | MF | Julie Mackin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 27 | | MF | Brooke Power | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 33 | | DF | Jackson Moehler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 1 | 1 | 33 |

## Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | ACC Tournament | ACC Tournament | ACC Tournament | NCAA Tournament | NCAA Tournament | NCAA Tournament | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 15 | | DF | Sam Staab | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | | FW | Mackenzie Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | | DF | Cyan Mercer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | | MF | Audrey Viso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 11 | | MF | Kimber Haley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 16 | | MF | Julie Mackin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 25 | | FW | Olivia Bonacorso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date |
| Sam Staab | Pre-season All-ACC Team | August 6, 2018 |
| Mariana Speckmaier | ACC Offensive Player of the Week | September 25, 2018 |
| Sandy MacIver | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | October 9, 2018 |
| Mariana Speckmaier | ACC Offensive Player of the Week | October 30, 2018 |
| Sam Staab | ACC Defensive Player of the Year | November 1, 2018 |
| Sam Staab | All-ACC First Team | November 1, 2018 |
| Mariana Speckmaier | All-ACC Second Team | November 1, 2018 |
| Sandy McIver | All-ACC Third Team | November 1, 2018 |
| Miranda Westlake | All-ACC Third Team | November 1, 2018 |

## Rankings

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 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Final |
| United Soccer | RV | RV | | RV | | | RV | | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 25 | None Released | None Released | None Released | RV |
| TopDrawer Soccer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## 2019 NWSL Draft

The Tigers had one player drafted in the 2019 draft, Sam Staab, was taken as the 4th pick. This is the highest any Clemson player has been picked in an NWSL draft.
| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| Sam Staab | Washington Spirit | 1st | 4 | DF |