2024 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team

2024 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer
2024 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 8
Record	14–6–3 (6–2–2 ACC)
Head coach	Charles Adair (14th season);
Associate head coach	Drew Kopp (13th season)
Assistant coach	Matt Gwilliam (10th season)
Home stadium	Thompson Field
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represents Virginia Tech during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It is the 32nd season of the university fielding a program and 21st competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies are led by fourteenth year head coach Charles Adair and play their home games at Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia.

2024 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	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

Previous season

The Hokies finished 7–8–3 overall and 4–6–0 in ACC play to finish in eighth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. Their seven wins were the lowest since 2017 and they finished with four conference wins for the fourth time in five seasons. The year broke a streak of two straight NCAA appearances.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Alia Skinner	1	GK	5'9"	Senior	Fleming Island, Florida	Graduated; signed professional contract with Brommapojkarna^[1]
Riley McCarthy	2	DF	5'4"	Senior	Clifton, Virginia	Graduated
Ayden Yates	8	FW	5'6"	Senior	Davidson, North Carolina	Graduated
Ellie Farrell	11	MF	5'6"	Freshman	Wilmington, North Carolina	Transferred to James Madison
Victoria Haugen	20	DF	5'7"	Senior	Bristow, Virginia	Graduated
Averi Visage	21	DF/FW	5'10"	Senior	Acworth, Georgia	Graduated
Taylor Bryan	22	FW	5'5"	Senior	Brooklyn, New York	Graduated
Kate Bonshak	23	FW	5'4"	Senior	Whitehall, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Ava Veith	27	DF	5'9"	Senior	Williamsburg, Virginia	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Mikki Easter	1	GK	5'9"	Graduate Student	Culpeper, Virginia	Marquette
Sarah Rosenbaum	37	FW	5'9"	Sophomore	Fredericksburg, Virginia	Wisconsin

Recruiting class

Name	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Lauren Carpenter DF	Warrenton, Virginia	Virginia Development Academy	^[2]
Gabrielle Ciocca MF	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	North Carolina Courage (ECNL)	^[3]
Amelie D'Agnillo DF	Silver Spring, Maryland	Arlington SA	^[4]
Annie DeHaan DF	Carlsbad, California	San Diego Surf SC	^[5]
Kathryn Grannis FW	West Lake Hills, Texas	Austin Sting	^[6]
Taylor Lewin FW	Lawrenceville, Georgia	NHT Nasa	^[7]
Viviana Pope FW	Ashburn, Virginia	TSJ FC Virginia	^[8]
Ashleigh Vizek DF	Leesburg, Virginia	TSJ FC Virginia	^[9]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024 ^[10]

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
00	GK	USA	Lauren Hargrove
0	GK	USA	Savannah Sabo
1	GK	USA	Mikki Easter
2	DF	USA	Annie DeHaan
3	FW	USA	Anna Weir
4	FW	USA	Emma Stanley
5	DF	FIN	Aino Vuorinen
6	DF	USA	Lauren Carpenter
7	MF	USA	Avery Tharrington
8	MF	USA	Emma Garrelts
9	MF	USA	Courtney Andersen
10	FW	USA	Viv Pope
11	DF	USA	Amelie D'Agnillo
12	DF	USA	Ashleigh Vizek
13	DF	USA	Victoria Moser
14	DF	USA	Allie Lewis
16	FW	USA	Allie George
17	MF	USA	Ella Bjorklund


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	USA	Lauren Gogal
19	FW	USA	Samantha DeGuzman
20	DF	USA	Kylie Marschall
21	FF	USA	Taylor Lewin
22	FW	USA	Sophie Maltese
23	FW	USA	Kate Grannis
24	FW	USA	Natalie Mitchell
25	FW	USA	Taylor Price
26	MF	USA	Emma Pelkowski
27	MF	USA	Gabby Ciocca
28	MF	ENG	Eden Skyers
29	MF	USA	Kendall DiMillio
30	GK	USA	Mallory Mizelle
31	DF	USA	Maysen Nelson
33	MF	USA	Ava Arengo
34	FW	USA	Ella Valente
37	FW	USA	Sarah Rosenbaum

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Charles Adair
Associate Head Coach	Drew Kopp
Assistant Coach	Matt Gwilliam
Director of Operations	Katie Flores

Source:^[10]

Schedule

Source:^[11]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 5* 3:00 p.m.		VCU	None Reported^[12]	—	Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
August 9* 6:00 p.m.		East Tennessee State	None Reported^[13]	—	Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 15* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Campbell	W 4–0	1–0–0	Thompson Field (858) Blacksburg, VA
August 18* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at James Madison	W 2–0	2–0–0	Sentara Park (787) Harrisonburg, VA
August 22* 7:00 p.m., FloFC	No. 21т	at Delaware	W 1–0	3–0–0	Grant Stadium (383) Newark, DE
August 25* 1:00 p.m., FloFC	No. 21т	at Monmouth	T 1–1	3–0–1	Hesse Field (817) West Long Branch, NJ
August 29* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Loyola (MD)	W 1–0	4–0–1	Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
September 1* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		High Point	W 2–0	5–0–1	Thompson Field (643) Blacksburg, VA
September 5* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX	No. 21	Liberty	L 1–2	5–1–1	Thompson Field (638) Blacksburg, VA
September 8* 2:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 21	at Northwestern	L 0–1	5–2–1	Martin Stadium (451) Evanston, IL
ACC Regular Season
September 12 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Clemson	W 2–1	6–2–1 (1–0–0)	Riggs Field (526) Clemson, SC
September 15 12:00 p.m., ACCN		Syracuse	W 2–1	7–2–1 (2–0–0)	Thompson Field (733) Blacksburg, VA
September 22 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Boston College	L 1–3	7–3–1 (2–1–0)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (425) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 26 7:00 p.m., ACCN		Louisville	W 5–1	8–3–1 (3–1–0)	Thompson Field (273) Blacksburg, VA
October 3 8:00 p.m., ACCN		at Miami (FL)	T 0–0	8–3–2 (3–1–1)	Cobb Stadium (315) Coral Gables, FL
October 6 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 6 Florida State	W 3–2	9–3–2 (4–1–1)	Thompson Field (1,056) Blacksburg, VA
October 10 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 21	SMU	W 1–0	10–3–2 (5–1–1)	Thompson Field (840) Blacksburg, VA
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 19	at NC State	T 0–0	10–3–3 (5–1–2)	Dail Soccer Field (667) Raleigh, NC
October 27 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 19	at No. 7 Notre Dame	W 2–0	11–3–3 (6–1–2)	Alumni Stadium (394) Notre Dame, IN
October 31 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 12	Virginia Rivalry	L 0–1	11–4–3 (6–2–2)	Thompson Field (1,056) Blacksburg, VA
ACC Tournament
November 3 6:00 p.m., ACCN	(5) No. 12	at (4) No. 8 North Carolina First Round	L 0–2	11–5–3	Dorrance Field (1,347) Chapel Hill, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(7) No. 12	Tennessee First Round	W 2–1	12–5–3	Thompson Field (1,200) Blacksburg, VA
November 22 10:00 p.m., ESPN+	(7) No. 12	at (2) No. 9 UCLA Second Round	W 2–1	13–5–3	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,418) Los Angeles, CA
November 24 9:00 p.m., ESPN+	(7) No. 12	vs. (3) No. 17т Iowa Round of 16	W 1–0	14–5–3	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (467) Los Angeles, CA
November 30 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(7) No. 12	at (1) No. 1 Duke Quarterfinals	L 0–1	14–6–3	Koskinen Stadium (1,581) Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Allie George	ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 3	September 3, 2024	^[14]
Lauren Hargrove	ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 5	September 17, 2024	^[15]
Lauren Hargrove	ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 11	October 26, 2024	^[16]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer^[17]	—	21т	RV	21	—	RV	—	—	21	18	19	12	Not released					7
TopDrawer Soccer^[18]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	24	24	22	8	8	8

References

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^ "Lauren Carpenter". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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^ "Ashleigh Vizek". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2024 Women's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
^ "2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
^ @HokiesWSoccer (August 5, 2024). "Preseason test No. 1 ✅ @CoachChugger speaks about the Hokies' first scrimmage of the season! #Hokies⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved August 6, 2024 – via Twitter.
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^ "Miami's Canali, Virginia Tech's George Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
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[1] "Alia Skinner signs professional contract with Brommapojkarna". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. May 17, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[2] "Lauren Carpenter". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[3] "Gabrielle Ciocca". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[4] "Amelie D'Agnillo". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[5] "Annie DeHaan". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[6] "Kathryn Grannis". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[7] "Taylor Lewin". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[8] "Viviana Pope". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[9] "Ashleigh Vizek". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[auto-10] "2024 Women's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2024.

[11] "2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved July 26, 2024.

[12] @HokiesWSoccer (August 5, 2024). "Preseason test No. 1 ✅ @CoachChugger speaks about the Hokies' first scrimmage of the season! #Hokies⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved August 6, 2024 – via Twitter.

[13] @HokiesWSoccer (August 9, 2024). "successful second scrimmage ✔️ @CoachChugger shares his thoughts on Tech's final preseason test! #Hokies⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Twitter.

[14] "Miami's Canali, Virginia Tech's George Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.

[15] "ACC Announces Women's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.

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