The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 28th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.
2016 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Soccer |
Duration | August, 2016 – November, 2016 |
Number of teams | 14 |
2017 NWSL College Draft | |
Top draft pick | Christina Gibbons |
Picked by | Seattle Reign FC, 5th Overall |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Notre Dame Clemson |
Runners-up | Duke |
Tournament | |
Champions | Florida State |
Runners-up | North Carolina |
Finals MVP | Cassie Miller, Florida State Seminoles |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#21 Notre Dame †y | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .800 | 13 | – | 3 | – | 5 | .738 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Clemson †y | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .800 | 14 | – | 5 | – | 4 | .696 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Duke y | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .750 | 15 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#4 North Carolina y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 16 | – | 3 | – | 4 | .783 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Virginia y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 15 | – | 5 | – | 2 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Florida State ‡y | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .700 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 4 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .500 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 NC State y | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | .450 | 11 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech | 3 | – | 4 | – | 3 | .450 | 11 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .658 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 2 | – | 5 | – | 3 | .350 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 4 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .300 | 11 | – | 8 | – | 1 | .575 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .200 | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .200 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 3 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 2 | – | 15 | – | 1 | .139 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-7-2 Rankings from NSCAA |
The Virginia Cavaliers are the defending regular season champions. The Florida State Seminoles are the defending ACC tournament Champions.
Changes from 2015
editThere were no coaching changes from 2015 to 2016.
Teams
editStadiums and locations
editTeam | Stadium | Capacity |
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Boston College Eagles | Newton Soccer Complex | 2,500 |
Clemson Tigers | Riggs Field | 6,500 |
Duke Blue Devils | Koskinen Stadium | 7,000 |
Florida State Seminoles | Seminole Soccer Complex | 1,600 |
Louisville Cardinals | Lynn Stadium | 5,300 |
Miami Hurricanes | Cobb Stadium | 500 |
NC State Wolfpack | Method Road | 3,000 |
North Carolina Tar Heels | Fetzer Field | 5,025 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Alumni Stadium | 2,500 |
Pittsburgh Panthers | Ambrose Urbanic Field | 735 |
Syracuse Orange | SU Soccer Stadium | 5,000 |
Virginia Cavaliers | Klöckner Stadium | 8,000 |
Virginia Tech Hokies | Thompson Field | 2,500 |
Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Spry Stadium | 3,000 |
1. ^ Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer
Personnel
editTeam | Head coach | Captain |
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Boston College Eagles | Alison Foley [1] | Hayley Dowd & McKenzie Meehan[2] |
Clemson Tigers | Eddie Radwanski [3] | Emily Byorth, Gabby Byorth, Abby Jones, & Clarie Wagner[4] |
Duke Blue Devils | Robbie Church [5] | Christina Gibbons & Lizzy Raben [6] |
Florida State | Mark Krikorian [7] | Kirsten Crowley [8] |
Louisville Cardinals | Karen Ferguson-Dayes [9] | Caroline Kimble & Inger Katrine Bjerke [10] |
Miami Hurricanes | Mary-Frances Monroe [11] | Gianna Dal Pozzo [12] |
NC State Wolfpack | Tim Santoro [13] | Jackie Stengel & Hannah Keogh [14] |
North Carolina Tar Heels | Anson Dorrance [15] | Hanna Gardner [16] |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Theresa Romagnolo [17] | Sandra Yu [18] |
Pittsburgh Panthers | Greg Miller [19] | Siobhan McDonough & Emma Pozzulo [20] |
Syracuse Orange | Phil Wheddon [21] | Stephanie Skilton & Jackie Firenze |
Virginia Cavaiers | Steve Swanson [22] | - |
Virginia Tech Hokies | Charles Adair [23] | - |
Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Tony da Luz [24] | - |
Regular season
editRankings
editNSCAA
editIncrease in ranking | ||
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Not ranked previous week |
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Final | |
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Boston College | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||
Clemson | 14 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
Duke | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 |
Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 14 |
Louisville | ||||||||||||||
Miami | ||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
NC State | ||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 13 | 12 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
Pittsburgh | ||||||||||||||
Syracuse | ||||||||||||||
Virginia | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 11 |
Virginia Tech | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 19 | RV | RV | 24 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | |
Wake Forest |
Top Drawer Soccer
editIncrease in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week |
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Final | |
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Boston College | 25 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||
Clemson | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
Duke | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Florida State | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 19 |
Louisville | |||||||||||||||||
Miami | |||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
NC State | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | RV | 25 | 25 | RV | 21 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 22 | |||
Pittsburgh | |||||||||||||||||
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Virginia | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
Virginia Tech | 20 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 23 | RV | NR | RV | RV | RV | |||||
Wake Forest |
Postseason
editACC tournament
editSemifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Notre Dame | 1 | |||||||
4 | North Carolina | 2 | |||||||
4 | North Carolina | 0 (3) | |||||||
6 | Florida State | 0 (4) | |||||||
2 | Clemson | 0 | |||||||
6 | Florida State | 1 |
NCAA tournament
editSeed | Bracket | School | 1st round | 2nd round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Final Four | Championship |
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2 | South Carolina | North Carolina | W 3–0 vs. Liberty – (Chapel Hill, NC) | W 2–0 vs. Kansas – (Chapel Hill, NC) | W 1–0 vs. Clemson – (Chapel Hill, NC) | L 0–1 vs. South Carolina – (Columbia, SC) | ||
2 | West Virginia | Notre Dame | T 0–0 L, 4–5 PK vs. SIU Edwardsville – (Notre Dame, IN) | |||||
3 | Stanford | Virginia | W 4–1 vs. Monmouth – (Charlottesville, VA) | W 3–0 vs. Penn State – (Washington D.C.) | L 0–2 vs. Georgetown – (Washington, D.C.) | |||
3 | Stanford | Florida State | W 4–0 vs. Samford – (Tallahassee, FL) | L 1–2 vs. Utah – (Los Angeles, CA) | ||||
3 | South Carolina | Clemson | W 1–0 vs. Northeastern – (Clemson, SC) | T 0–0 W, 4–2 PK vs. Arkansas – (Chapel Hill, NC) | L 1–0 vs. North Carolina – (Chapel Hill, NC) | |||
3 | West Virginia | Duke | W 3–0 vs. Charlotte – (Durham, NC) | W 3–1 vs. Illinois State – (Durham, NC) | W 1–0 vs. Northwestern – (Durham, NC) | L 0–1 vs. West Virginia – (Morgantown, WV) | ||
- | Stanford | NC State | T 0–0 W, 4–2 PK vs. Minnesota – (St. Paul, Minnesota) | W 1–0 vs. Pepperdine – (Stanford, CA) | L 0–3 vs. Santa Clara – (Stanford, CA) |
All-ACC awards and teams
edit2016 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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Offensive Player of the Year | Alexis Shaffer, University of Virginia | |||||
Coach of the Year | Eddie Radwanski, Clemson University | |||||
Midfielder of the Year | Alexis Shaffer, University of Virginia | |||||
Defensive Player of the Year | Christina Gibbons, Duke University | |||||
Freshman of the Year | Bridgette Andrzejewski, University of North Carolina |
2016 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
First Team | Second Team | Third Team | All-Freshman Team | |||
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McKenzie Meehan, GS, F, Boston College |
Hayley Dowd, Sr., F, Boston College |
Claire Wagner, Sr., D, Clemson |
Ella Stevens, Fr., M, Duke |
Draft picks
editThe ACC had 10 total players selected in the 2017 NWSL College Draft. There was 1 player selected in the first round, 2 players selected in the second round, 3 players selected in the third round, and 4 players selected in the fourth round.
FW | Forward | MF | Midfielder | DF | Defender | GK | Goalkeeper |
Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position | School |
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Christina Gibbons | Seattle Reign FC | 1st | 5 | MF | Duke |
Toni Payne | FC Kansas City | 2nd | 13 | FW | Duke |
Claire Wagner | North Carolina Courage | 2nd | 20 | DF | Clemson |
Kailen Sheridan | Sky Blue FC | 3rd | 23 | GK | Clemson |
Alexis Schaffer | FC Kansas City | 3rd | 25 | MF | Virginia |
Catrina Atanda | Sky Blue FC | 3rd | 30 | MF | Clemson |
McKenzie Meehan | Sky Blue FC | 4th | 34 | FW | Boston College |
Cameron Castleberry | Washington Spirit | 4th | 36 | MF | North Carolina |
Kristen McNabb | Washington Spirit | 4th | 36 | MF | Virginia |
Hayley Dowd | Boston Breakers | 4th | 38 | FW | Boston College |
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- ^ "Hayley Dowd, McKenzie Meehan Named Co-Captains". Boston College Athletics. BCeagles.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ "Eddie Radwanski Bio". Clemson Tigers Athletics. clemsontigers.com. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
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- ^ "Robbie Church Bio". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. goduke.com. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "Christina Gibbons Bio". Duke Blue Devils Athletics. goduke.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ "Mark Krikorian Bio". Florida State Seminoles Athletics. seminoles.com. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "Kirsten Crowley Bio". Florida State Seminoles Athletics. seminoles.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ "Karen Ferguson-Dayes Bio". Louisville Cardinals Athletics. gocards.com. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "Kimble and Bjerke Named Women's Soccer Team Captains". Louisville Cardinals Athletics. gocards.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ "Mary-Frances Monroe Bio". Miami Hurricanes Athletics. hurricanesports.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
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- ^ "Tim Santoro Bio". North Carolina State Wolfpack Athletics. gopack.com. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ^ "Stengel and Keogh Named Team Captains for 2016". North Carolina State Wolfpack Athletics. gopack.com. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
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