2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 15, 2024 – December 2024
Number of teams	17
2025 NWSL Draft
Regular season
Season MVP	Offensive:; Midfielder:; Defensive:
Tournament
ACC women's soccer seasons
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season will be the 36th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference. This will be the first season where seventeen teams compete in the conference, after the additions of California, SMU, and Standford on July 1, 2024.^[1]

2024 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Boston College ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	–	0	1.000
No. 5 North Carolina ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	–	0	1.000
No. 2 Stanford ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	–	0	1.000
No. 7 Virginia ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	–	0	1.000
No. 1 Florida State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	–	0	1.000
Louisville ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	–	1	.875
Syracuse ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	–	1	.875
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	–	1	.875
No. 18 Wake Forest ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	–	1	.875
SMU ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	–	0	.750
Clemson ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	–	0	.667
No. 9 Notre Dame ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	–	0	.667
California ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	–	1	.625
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	–	1	.625
Duke ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	–	0	.500
No. 25 NC State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	–	1	.375
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.167


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion As of August 26, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

Florida State were the defending regular season and ACC tournament titlists. They finished 9–0–1 in ACC play and won both of their games in the ACC Tournament. Florida State would go on to win the national championship, and complete an undefeated season. They were the first team to finish undefeated since Stanford in 2011.^[2]^[3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Boston College Eagles	Newton Soccer Complex	1,800
California Golden Bears	Edwards Stadium	22,000
Clemson Tigers	Riggs Field	6,500
Duke Blue Devils	Koskinen Stadium	7,000
Florida State Seminoles	Seminole Soccer Complex	2,000
Louisville Cardinals	Lynn Stadium	5,300
Miami Hurricanes	Cobb Stadium	500
NC State	Dail Soccer Field	3,000

Team	Stadium	Capacity
North Carolina Tar Heels	Dorrance Field	4,200
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Alumni Stadium	2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers	Ambrose Urbanic Field	735
SMU Mustangs	Washburne Stadium	2,577
Stanford Cardinal	Cagan Stadium	2,000
Syracuse Orange	SU Soccer Stadium	1,500
Virginia Cavaliers	Klöckner Stadium	7,100
Virginia Tech Hokies	Thompson Field	2,500
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Spry Stadium	3,000

1. ^ Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Coaches

Head Coaching Changes

Two ACC teams entered the season with new coaches:

Boston College fired head coach Jason Lowe after five season with the team.^[4] Chris Watkins was hired as his replacement on December 14, 2023.^[5]

Miami fired head coach Sarah Barnes after six season with the program.^[6] Ken Masuhr was hired as the new head coach on December 5, 2023.^[7]

Head Coaching Records

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	ACC record
Boston College	Chris Watkins	1	79–33–16	0–0–0	0–0–0
California	Neil McGuire	18	222–174–47	178–105–41	0–0–0
Clemson	Eddie Radwanski	14	282–146–48	143–81–34	61–57–13
Duke	Robbie Church	24	381–196–77	293–147–66	112–70–39
Florida State	Brian Pensky	3	39–3–4	39–3–4	17–2–1
Louisville	Karen Ferguson-Dayes	23	204–192–46	204–192–46	36–50–13
Miami	Ken Masuhr	1	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0
North Carolina	Anson Dorrance	46	896–80–50	896–80–50	226–30–18
NC State	Tim Santoro	12	86–98–29	86–98–29	27–63–13
Notre Dame	Nate Norman	7	126–73–25	68–38–12	33–20–2
Pittsburgh	Randy Waldrum	7	461–153–37	62–45–8	27–38–5
SMU	Nicole Nelson	3	21–10–6	21–10–6	0–0–0
Stanford	Paul Ratcliffe	22	431–101–46	376–67–39	0–0–0
Syracuse	Nicky Adams	6	18–51–8	18–51–8	3–39–5
Virginia	Steve Swanson	24	475–171–73	371–108–62	147–51–29
Virginia Tech	Charles Adair	14	155–83–27	155–83–27	59–57–16
Wake Forest	Tony da Luz	27	348–237–60	303–196–58	103–118–28

Notes

Records shown are prior to the 2024 season
Years at school includes the 2024 season

Pre-season

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 15, 2024.^[8]

Player	Class	Position	School
Elise Evans	Junior	DF	Stanford
Jasmine Aikey	Junior	MF	Stanford
Taylor Huff	Senior	MF	Florida State
Jordynn Dudley	Sophomore	FW
Giana Riley	Junior	FW

Pre-season poll

The pre-season poll and pre-season all conference teams were voted on by the league's 17 head coaches. The results of the poll were released on August 8, one week prior to the season starting.

Pre-season Coaches Poll

Predicted finish	Team	Points (1st place)
1	Florida State	255 (15)
2	Stanford	235 (2)
3	Notre Dame	211
4	North Carolina	187
5	Clemson	186
6	Virginia	177
7	Duke	175
8	Pittsburgh	168
9	Wake Forest	160
10	Virginia Tech	116
11	California	111
12	NC State	85
13	Louisville	80
14	Boston College	50
14	SMU	50
16	Miami (FL)	44
17	Syracuse	22

Source:^[9]

Pre-season All-ACC Team

Position	Player	Class	School
Goalkeeper	Tegan Wy	Junior	California
Defender	Elise Evans		Stanford
Defender	Heather Gilchrist		Florida State
Midfielder	Jasmine Aikey		Stanford
	Deborah Abiodun	Sophomore	Pittsburgh
	Lia Godfrey	Senior	Virginia
	Taylor Huff	Senior	Florida State
	Leah Klenke	Junior	Notre Dame
Forward	Maggie Cagle	Junior	Virginia
	Jordynn Dudley	Sophomore	Florida State
	Kat Rader	Junior	Duke
	Sarah Schupanksy	Senior	Pittsburgh

Source:^[9]

Regular season

Conference Matrix

The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team plays ten matches. Each team does not play every other team.

	Boston College	California	Clemson	Duke	Florida State	Louisville	Miami	North Carolina	NC State	Notre Dame	Pittsburgh	SMU	Stanford	Syracuse	Virginia	Virginia Tech	Wake Forest
vs. Boston College	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. California	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Clemson	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Duke	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Florida State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Louisville	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Miami	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. North Carolina	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. NC State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Notre Dame	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Pittsburgh	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. SMU	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Stanford	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Syracuse	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Virginia	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0
vs. Virginia Tech	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0
vs. Wake Forest	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Total	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0	0–0–0

Rankings

United Soccer

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2
Boston College
California
Clemson	5	RV	RV
Duke	24		RV
Florida State	1 (8)	1 (8)	1 (8)
Louisville
Miami
NC State			25
North Carolina	8т	5	5
Notre Dame	15	14	9
Pittsburgh	7	7
SMU
Stanford	2	2	2
Syracuse
Virginia	RV	21т	7
Virginia Tech		21т	RV
Wake Forest	RV	RV	18

Top Drawer Soccer

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3
Boston College
California
Clemson	6	16	13
Duke
Florida State	1	1	1
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina	13	9	4
NC State
Notre Dame	12	20	17
Pittsburgh	3	6	19
SMU
Stanford	2	2	2
Syracuse
Virginia	23	22	5
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest			20

Players of the Week

Week	Offensive Player of the week	Defensive Player of the week	Reference
Week 1 – August 20	Taylor Huff – Florida State	Tatum Galvin – Virginia	^[10]
Week 2 – August 27	Olivia Thomas – North Carolina	Victoria Safradin – Virginia	^[11]
Week 2 – August 27	Maggie Cagle – Virginia	Victoria Safradin – Virginia	^[11]

Postseason

ACC Tournament

	Semifinals					Final

NCAA tournament

Seed	School	Region	1st Round	2nd Round	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship

W–L (%):			0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–) Total: 0–0–0 (–)

Awards and honors

ACC Awards

Award	Recipient(s)
2024 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards
Coach of the Year
Offensive Player of the Year
Midfielder of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Goalkeeper of the Year
Freshman of the Year

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	All-Freshman Team
2024 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams

All-Americans

First Team	Second Team	Third Team
2024 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans

2025 NWSL Draft

FW	Forward	MF	Midfielder	DF	Defender	GK	Goalkeeper

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position	School

References

^ "ACC votes to add Stanford, Cal, SMU: Conference presidents approve expansion to 18 schools". CBSSports.com. September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
^ "Florida State beats Stanford for its fourth women's soccer national championship — all since 2014". AP News. December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ Olorunfemi, Victor (December 5, 2023). "Florida State Caps off Legendary Season". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
^ "Boston College Announces Change in Women's Soccer Leadership". bceagles.com. Boston College Athletics. October 31, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
^ "Boston College Names Chris Watkins Head Women's Soccer Coach". bceagles.com. Boston College Athletics. December 14, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
^ "University of Miami Athletics Announces Change in Soccer Leadership". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. November 2, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
^ "University of Miami Athletics Hires Ken Masuhr as Head Soccer Coach". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
^ "2024 Women's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Florida State Selected 2024 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
^ "FSU's Huff, Virginia's Galvin Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
^ "ACC Announces Weekly Women's Soccer Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

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[2] "Florida State beats Stanford for its fourth women's soccer national championship — all since 2014". AP News. December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

[3] Olorunfemi, Victor (December 5, 2023). "Florida State Caps off Legendary Season". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

[4] "Boston College Announces Change in Women's Soccer Leadership". bceagles.com. Boston College Athletics. October 31, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

[5] "Boston College Names Chris Watkins Head Women's Soccer Coach". bceagles.com. Boston College Athletics. December 14, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

[6] "University of Miami Athletics Announces Change in Soccer Leadership". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. November 2, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

[7] "University of Miami Athletics Hires Ken Masuhr as Head Soccer Coach". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

[8] "2024 Women's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.

[prepoll-9] "Florida State Selected 2024 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.

[10] "FSU's Huff, Virginia's Galvin Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

[11] "ACC Announces Weekly Women's Soccer Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

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