# 2019 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

The 2019 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 25th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by 15th year head coach Mark Krikorian and entered the season as the defending national champions.
The Seminoles finished the season 18–6–0, 8–2–0 in ACC play, to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Clemson in the first round before losing in overtime to Virginia in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated South Alabama, Brown, and USF, before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals.

## Squad
### Roster

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 | GK | USA | Caroline Jeffers |
| 2 | FW | USA | Jenna Nighswonger |
| 3 | MF | USA | Abbey Newton |
| 4 | MF | USA | Kristina Lynch |
| 6 | MF | USA | Jaelin Howell |
| 7 | DF | USA | Ali Kalayjian |
| 8 | FW | USA | Paige LeBerge |
| 9 | MF | USA | Kirsten Pavlisko |
| 10 | FW | VEN | Deyna Castellanos |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Heather Payne |
| 13 | FW | BER | LeiLanni Nesbeth |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | CAN | Gabby Carle |
| 17 | DF | USA | Malia Berkely |
| 20 | FW | USA | Kristen McFarland |
| 22 | DF | USA | Alyssa Conarton |
| 23 | DF | USA | Taylor Radecki |
| 24 | FW | USA | Makala Thomas |
| 25 | MF | USA | Emily Madril |
| 26 | DF | USA | Clara Robbins |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Yujie Zhao |
| 45 | GK | USA | Brooke Bollinger |

### Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic Director | David Coburn |
| Head Coach | Mark Krikorian |
| Assistant Coach | Mike Bristol |
| Assistant Coach | Morinao Imaizumi |
| Director of Operations | Nathan Minion |
Source:

## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| August 22, 2019* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX | No. 1 | TCU | W 2–0 | 1–0–0 | Seminole Soccer Complex (1,500) Tallahassee, FL |
| August 25, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 1 | No. 16 Wisconsin | W 1–0 $^{OT}$ | 2–0–0 | Seminole Soccer Complex (716) Tallahassee, FL |
| August 29, 2019* Pac-12 | No. 1 | at No. 4 UCLA Battle at the Banc | L 1–2 | 2–1–0 | Banc of California Stadium (0) Los Angeles, CA |
| September 1, 2019* Pac-12 | No. 1 | at No. 5 USC Battle at the Banc | L 2–3 | 2–2–0 | Banc of California Stadium (0) Los Angeles, CA |
| September 6, 2019* ACCNX | No. 6 | Florida Rivalry | W 2–1 | 3–2–0 | Seminole Soccer Complex (3,154) Tallahassee, FL |
| September 8, 2019* ACCNX | No. 6 | Samford | W 6–0 | 4–2–0 | Seminole Soccer Complex (385) Tallahassee, FL |
| September 12, 2019* ACCN | No. 6 | No. 24 Colorado | W 3–2 $^{OT}$ | 5–2–0 | Seminole Soccer Complex (2,210) Tallahassee, FL |
| September 15, 2019* | No. 6 | at Villanova | W 5–0 | 6–2–0 | Higgins Soccer Complex (837) Villanova, PA |
| ACC Regular season ||||||
| September 19, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 6 | Boston College | W 5–4 | 7–2–0 (1–0–0) | Seminole Soccer Complex (1,102) Tallahassee, FL |
| September 26, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 6 | at No. 9 Clemson | W 2–1 | 8–2–0 (2–0–0) | Riggs Field (1,052) Clemson, SC |
| September 29, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 6 | at Syracuse | W 1–0 | 9–2–0 (3–0–0) | SU Soccer Stadium (582) Syracuse, NY |
| October 5, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 6 | Pittsburgh | W 1–0 | 10–2–0 (4–0–0) | Seminole Soccer Complex (478) Tallahassee, FL |
| October 10, 2019 7:00 p.m., RSN | No. 5 | at No. 20 Virginia Tech | W 3–2 $^{2OT}$ | 11–2–0 (5–0–0) | Thompson Field (1,017) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 13, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 5 | No. 1 Virginia | L 0–1 $^{2OT}$ | 11–3–0 (5–1–0) | Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL |
| October 18, 2019 7:00 p.m., RSN | No. 6 | Miami (FL) Rivalry | W 3–0 | 12–3–0 (6–1–0) | Seminole Soccer Complex (670) Tallahassee, FL |
| October 24, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 5 | at No. 3 North Carolina | L 0–2 | 12–4–0 (6–2–0) | Dorrance Field (3,021) Chapel Hill, NC |
| October 27, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 5 | at Wake Forest | W 2–1 | 13–4–0 (7–2–0) | Spry Stadium (545) Winston-Salem, NC |
| October 31, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 5 | No. 9 Duke | W 1–0 | 14–4–0 (8–2–0) | Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| November 3, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN | (2) No. 5 | (7) No. 22 Clemson Quarterfinals | W 2–1 | 15–4–0 | Seminole Soccer Complex (991) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 8, 2019 2:30 p.m., ACCN | (2) No. 5 | (3) No. 1 Virginia Semifinals | L 1–2 $^{OT}$ | 15–5–0 | Sahlen's Stadium (1,875) Cary, NC |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 16, 2019 6:00 p.m. | (1) No. 6 | South Alabama First Round | W 2–0 | 16–5–0 | Seminole Soccer Complex (1,135) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 22, 2019 :00 p.m. | (1) No. 6 | No. 16 Brown Second Round | W 2–0 | 17–5–0 | Seminole Soccer Complex (232) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 24, 2019 5:00 p.m. | (1) No. 6 | No. 17 South Florida Round of 16 | W 2–1 | 18–5–0 | Seminole Soccer Complex (1,032) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 29, 2019 2:00 p.m. | (1) No. 6 | (2) No. 7 UCLA Quarterfinals | L 0–4 | 18–6–0 | Seminole Soccer Complex (2,079) Tallahassee, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## 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 | Wk 16 | Final |
| United Soccer | 1 (33) | 1 (26) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released | 7 |
| TopDrawer Soccer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |