2024 ACC women's soccer tournament


The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer tournament was the post season women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference, held from November 3 through November 10, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites for the quarterfinals and Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina for the semifinals and final. The higher seed hosted the campus site matches. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Florida State Seminoles were the four-time defending champions.[1] They successfully defended their crown, defeating North Carolina in the Final 3–2. This was Florida State's eleventh overall title, and fifth title in a row. It was head coach Brian Pensky's third consecutive title.[2] As tournament champions, Florida State earned the ACC's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

2024 ACC women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance6,925
Quarterfinals siteCampus Sites
Semifinals siteSahlen's Stadium
Cary, North Carolina
Finals siteSahlen's Stadium
Cary, North Carolina
ChampionsFlorida State (11 title)
Winning coachBrian Pensky (3 title)
MVPTaylor Huff (Florida State)
BroadcastACCN (Quarterfinals & Semifinals), ESPNU (Final)
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2024 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Duke  ‍‍‍y 9 0 1   .950 18 3 1   .841
No. 2 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 7 2 1   .750 16 4 4   .750
No. 13 Florida State  ‍‍y 7 2 1   .750 15 2 4   .810
No. 1 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 7 3 0   .700 22 5 0   .815
No. 7 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 6 2 2   .700 14 6 3   .674
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 5 1 4   .700 14 4 4   .727
California  ‍‍‍y 5 4 1   .550 13 6 2   .667
No. 4 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 5 4 1   .550 16 5 2   .739
Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 5 0   .500 13 5 1   .711
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 4 4 2   .500 12 5 2   .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 5 2   .400 9 6 3   .583
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 2 5 3   .350 7 6 5   .528
SMU  ‍‍‍ 2 6 2   .300 6 9 2   .412
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 2 7 1   .250 6 8 3   .441
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 1 6 3   .250 5 8 4   .412
NC State  ‍‍‍ 1 6 3   .250 4 10 4   .333
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0 9 1   .050 6 10 2   .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

Qualification

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The top six teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top two teams earned a bye to the semifinals.[3] The final seedings was determined after the final day of the regular season on October 31, 2024. A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seeds and determine which team received a first round bye as Florida State and Wake Forest both tied with 7–2–1 regular season records. Wake Forest earned the second seed and the bye, by virtue of their 4–1 victory over Florida State on October 3.[4]

Seed School Conference Record Points
1 Duke 9–0–1 28
2 Wake Forest 7–2–1 22
3 Florida State 7–2–1 22
4 North Carolina 7–3 21
5 Virginia Tech 6–2–2 20
6 Notre Dame 5–1–4 19

Bracket

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Source:[5]

First Round
November 3
ACCN
Semifinal
November 7
ACCN
Championship
November 10
ESPNU
1 Duke 1
4 North Carolina 2 4 North Carolina 2
5 Virginia Tech 0 4 North Carolina 2
3 Florida State 3
2 Wake Forest 1 (1)
3 Florida State 2 3 Florida State (pen.) 1 (3)
6 Notre Dame 1

Schedule

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First round

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November 3, 2024 #4 North Carolina 2–0#5 Virginia TechChapel Hill, NC
6:00 p.m. EST
Box Score
  •   46' Emma Pelkowski
  •   68' Kylie Marschall
  •   87' Allie George
Stadium: Dorrance Field
Attendance: 1,347
Referee: Corey Rockwell
Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner
Assistant referees: Aaron Riley
Fourth official: Brandon Mario
November 3, 2024 #3 Florida State 2–1#6 Notre DameTallahassee, FL
8:00 p.m. EST
  • Marianyela Jimenez   2'
  • Heather Gilchrist   39'
  • Addie Todd   62'
  • Sophia Nguyen   77'
  • Carissa Boeckmann   82'
  • Ran Iwai   83'
Box Score
  •   46' Team
  •   82' Izzy Engle
Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,166
Referee: Meghan Mullen
Assistant referees: Casie Anderson
Assistant referees: Patrick Hunter
Fourth official: Mina Pinzon

Semifinals

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November 7, 2024 #2 Wake Forest1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)
#3 Florida State Cary, North Carolina
5:30 p.m. EST
  • Dempsey Brown   54'
  • Emily Morris   83'
  • Laurel Ansbrow   107'
Box Score Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,065
Referee: Nicole Green
Assistant referees: Kayla Polonsky
Assistant referees: Erin Patterson
Fourth official: Jasmine Peralta
Penalties
  • Dempsey Brown  
  • Emily Morris  
  • Emily Colton  
  • Emily Murphy  
November 7, 2024 #1 Duke1–2 #4 North Carolina Cary, North Carolina
8:00 p.m. EST
  • Cameron Roller   29' (pen.)
  • Mia Minestrella   34'
  • Ella Hase   51'
  • Hannah Bebar   51'
Box Score
  •   50' Linda Ullmark
  •   52' Bella Gaetino
  •   58',   81' Trinity Armstrong
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,492
Referee: Katherine McCormick
Assistant referees: Krystin Pahia
Assistant referees: Tiffini Turpin
Fourth official: Jasmine Peralta

Final

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November 10, 2024 #3 North Carolina 2–3 #4 Florida State Cary, North Carolina
12:00 p.m. EST
Box Score
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,905
Referee: Ashley Cedro
Assistant referees: Katie Mitchell
Assistant referees: Audra Fullen
Fourth official: Katherine McCormick

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 15 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match (as of November 10, 2024).

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  •   Trinity Armstrong – North Carolina
  •   Izzy Engle – Notre Dame
  •   Wrianna Hudson – Florida State
  •   Marianyela Jimenez – Florida State
  •   Emily Morris – Wake Forest
  •   Sophia Nguyen – Florida State
  •   Cameron Roller – Duke
  •   Taylor Suarez – Florida State
  •   Linda Ullmark – North Carolina

All-Tournament team

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Player Team
Taylor Huff Florida State
Addie Todd
Solai Washington
Jordynn Dudley
Heather Gilchrist
Kate Faasse North Carolina
Trinity Armstrong
Maddie Dahlien
Linda Ullmark
Cameron Roller Duke
Emily Morris Wake Forest

MVP in bold
Source:[6]

References

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  1. ^ Nee, Chris (November 5, 2023). "ACC Champions: FSU Soccer defeats Clemson, 2-1, to earn the 2023 ACC Tournament Championship". 247sports.com. 247Sports. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Rooney, Liam (November 10, 2024). "FSU soccer wins fifth straight ACC tournament title in 3-2 comeback vs. North Carolina". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "WSOC_ChampTiebreakers" (PDF). theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship Bracket Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 31, 2024. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 ACC Women's Soccer Bracket" (PDF). theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  6. ^ "Florida State Wins 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.