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.
2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Record | 8–9–0 (4–4–0 ACC) |
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Home stadium | Thompson Field |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Florida State †‡y | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 13 | – | 0 | – | 3 | .906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 North Carolina †y | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 18 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Virginia y | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .688 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .738 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Clemson y | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .625 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Duke y | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .625 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 8 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .500 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .438 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .375 | 11 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | 3 | – | 10 | – | 1 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .000 | 1 | – | 11 | – | 1 | .115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 18, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season. |
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[1][2] 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.[3]
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
editThe 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
editRoster
editUpdated: February 11, 2021[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
editPosition | Staff |
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Head coach | Charles Adair |
Associate Head Coach | Drew Kopp |
Assistant coach | Matt Gwilliam |
Source:[4]
Schedule
editDate Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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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
editFall 2020
editPoll | Wk 1 |
Wk 2 |
Wk 3 |
Wk 4 |
Wk 5 |
Wk 6 |
Wk 7 |
Wk 8 |
Wk 9 |
Final |
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United Soccer[7] |
Spring 2021
editPoll | Pre | Wk 1 |
Wk 2 |
Wk 3 |
Wk 4 |
Wk 5 |
Wk 6 |
Wk 7 |
Wk 8 |
Wk 9 |
Wk 10 |
Wk 11 |
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Final |
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United Soccer[7] | None Released | RV | RV | None Released | |||||||||||
TopDrawer Soccer [8] |
References
edit- ^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ "2020 Women's Soccer Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ "Spring slate announced for Women's Soccer". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ a b "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.