2024 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

The 2024 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team represented NC State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Tim Santoro, in his thirteenth season. They played their home games at Dail Soccer Field. This was the team's 41st season playing organized women's college soccer and their 38th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2024 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record4–10–4 (1–6–3 ACC)
Head coach
  • Tim Santoro (13th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Sebastian Vecchio (2nd season)
  • Maddy Haro (2nd season)
Home stadiumDail Soccer Field
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
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

The season started slowly with a draw against Appalachian State. They then lost to East Carolina and Campbell before defeating VCU. After the victory, the Wolfpack were ranked twenty-fifth in the national rankings. They defeated Charlotte before falling back out of the rankings. They lost their only non-conference match versus a Power 5 opponent, Rutgers. They followed that with a loss and a win to finish the non-conference season 3–4–1. They started the ACC season with two losses, including one to top-ranked Stanford. They managed a 1–1 draw with thirteenth-ranked Notre Dame before losing their next three games. They then drew Syracuse before defeating Clemson for their first ACC win of the season. They drew with nineteenth-ranked Virginia Tech before losing to third-ranked Wake Forest to end their ACC season 1–6–3. After the season, head coach Tim Santoro was fired.[1]

The Wolfpack finished 4–10–4 overall and 1–6–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fifteenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Previous season

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The Wolfpack finished 3–9–6 overall and 2–5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Offseason

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Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Mackenzie Smith 2 DF 5'7" Freshman Leicester, England Transferred to East Carolina
Leyah Hall-Robinson 4 FW 5'4" Senior Bowie, Maryland Graduated
Emika Kawagishi 7 MF 5'1" Junior Osaka, Japan Transferred to Kansas[2]
Mia Vaughn 14 FW 5'6" Senior Virginia Beach, Virginia Graduated
Jameese Joseph 15 FW 5'7" Senior Beltsville, Maryland Graduated, drafted 15th overall
in the 2024 NWSL Draft[3]
Brianna Holt 17 FW 5'5" Junior Wake Forest, North Carolina
Madison Reid 18 DF 5'8" Senior Cary, North Carolina Graduated
Maria Echezarreta 19 GK 5'8" Senior Aviles, Spain Graduated
Alexis Strickland 23 FW 5'4" Senior Raleigh, North Carolina Graduated
Sarah Arnold 25 MF 5'9" Junior Raleigh, North Carolina

Incoming transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Yuna Aoki 2 DF Sophomore Shizuoka, Japan Arizona Western
Abi Hugh 7 MF 5'4" Graduate Student Huntington, West Virginia Marshall
Alivia Kelly 15 DF 5'11" Graduate Student Pembroke, Massachusetts New Hampshire
Paige Tolentino 23 DF 5'5" Graduate Student Pinehurst, North Carolina North Carolina
Kennedy Dunnings 24 DF 5'2" Graduate Student Virginia Beach, Virginia Radford

Recruiting class

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Source:[4]

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Savannah Hutchins
FW
  Moorpark, California Slammers FC HB Koge      [5]
Antonella Mazziotto
FW
  Fray Bentos, Uruguay IMG Academy N/A
Madeline Miller
FW
  Falls Church, Virginia Virginia Development Academy      [6]
Mana Nakata
MF
  Osaka, Japan Cerezo Osaka N/A
Janet Okeke
DF
  Laval, Canada Quebec REX N/A
Sina Tölzel
GK
  Bamburg, Germany FC Nürnberg N/A

Squad

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Roster

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As of November 26, 2024 [7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Olivia Pratapas
2 DF   JPN Yuna Aoki
3 DF   USA Briana Weber
4 DF   USA Janet Okeke
5 DF   USA Alex Mohr
6 MF   JPN Mana Nakata
7 MF   USA Abi Hugh
8 MF   CAN Rosalie Olou
9 FW   USA Hannah Jibril
10 MF   GER Annika Wohner
11 DF   USA Fernanda Soto
12 MF   USA Jaiden Thomas
13 FW   USA Jade Bordeleau
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW   USA Madie Miller
15 DF   USA Alivia Kelly
18 GK   GER Sina Tölzel
19 FW   URU Antonella Mazziotto
20 DF   USA Brooklyn Holt
21 MF   USA Mary Frances Symmes
22 DF   USA Taylor Chism
23 DF   USA Paige Tolentino
24 DF   USA Kennedy Dunnings
25 FW   USA Savannah Hutchins
26 GK   USA Emily Earles
27 MF   USA Eliza Rich
28 MF   USA Sophia Hernandez

Team management

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Position Staff
Athletic Director Boo Corrigan
Head coach Tim Santoro
Associate head coach Sebastian Vecchio
Assistant Coach Maddy Haro
Director of Goalkeeping Justin Bryant
Director of Operations Kim Kern

Source:[7]

Schedule

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Source:[8][9]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 8*
10:30 a.m.
Carolina Ascent  None Reported 
Dail Soccer Field
Raleigh, NC
Non-Conference Regular season
August 15*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Appalachian State T 0–0  0–0–1
Dail Soccer Field (1,027)
Raleigh, NC
August 18*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
East Carolina L 0–1  0–1–1
Dail Soccer Field (2,189)
Raleigh, NC
August 22*
7:00 p.m., FloFC
at Campbell L 1–2  0–2–1
Eakes Athletics Complex (265)
Buies Creek, NC
August 25*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at VCU W 5–0  1–2–1
Sports Backers Stadium (354)
Richmond, VA
August 28*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 25 Charlotte W 3–1  2–2–1
Dail Soccer Field (1,895)
Raleigh, NC
September 1*
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 25 No. 22 Colorado  Canceled[10]  2–2–1
Dail Soccer Field
Raleigh, NC
September 8*
1:00 p.m., BTN+
at Rutgers L 0–2  2–3–1
Yurcak Field (972)
Piscataway, NJ
September 12*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
William & Mary L 0–1  2–4–1
Dail Soccer Field (430)
Raleigh, NC
September 15*
12:00 p.m., ACCNX
George Washington W 4–0  3–4–1
Dail Soccer Field (190)
Raleigh, NC
ACC Regular season
September 19
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
California L 1–3  3–5–1
(0–1–0)
Dail Soccer Field (407)
Raleigh, NC
September 22
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 Stanford L 0–2  3–6–1
(0–2–0)
Dail Soccer Field (786)
Raleigh, NC
September 26
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 13 Notre Dame T 1–1  3–6–2
(0–2–1)
Alumni Stadium (250)
Notre Dame, IN
September 29
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Louisville L 0–1  3–7–2
(0–3–1)
Lynn Stadium (250)
Louisville, KY
October 3
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Boston College L 1–2  3–8–2
(0–4–1)
Dail Soccer Field (1,013)
Raleigh, NC
October 10
7:00 p.m., ACCN
at No. 25 Virginia L 0–3  3–9–2
(0–5–1)
Klöckner Stadium (1,244)
Charlottesville, VA
October 17
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Syracuse T 1–1  3–9–3
(0–5–2)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,244)
Syracuse, NY
October 20
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Clemson W 1–0  4–9–3
(1–5–2)
Dail Soccer Field (593)
Raleigh, NC
October 24
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 19 Virginia Tech T 0–0  4–9–4
(1–5–3)
Dail Soccer Field (667)
Raleigh, NC
October 31
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 3 Wake Forest L 0–3  4–10–4
(1–6–3)
Spry Stadium (894)
Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.


Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
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TopDrawer Soccer[12]

References

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  1. ^ Trotter, Colby (November 8, 2024). "Santoro dismissed as NC State women's soccer head coach". Technician. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  2. ^ "4 Additions to Join Kansas Soccer's Fall Roster". kuathletics.com. University of Kansas Athletics. June 17, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Salazar, Emmanuel (2024-01-13). "Red Stars Select Five Players During 2024 NWSL Draft". Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  4. ^ "Wolfpack Announces 2024 Recruiting Class, Thomas Returns for Final Year". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. January 9, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "Savannah Hutchins". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "Madeline Miller". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "2024 Women's Soccer Roster". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  9. ^ "Wolfpack Releases 2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. June 19, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  10. ^ "#25 Women's Soccer Match Against #22 Colorado Canceled Due to Severe Weather". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. September 1, 2024. Retrieved September 2, 2024.
  11. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  12. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer. TopDrawer Soccer. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024.