2019 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team


The 2019 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his eighth season. Home games were played at Riggs Field. This was the team's 26th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

2019 Clemson Tigers women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 18
Record11–7–2 (5–5–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumRiggs Field
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍y 9 0 1   .950 24 1 2   .926
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 8 2 0   .800 18 6 0   .750
No. 9 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 6 0 3   .833 17 2 3   .841
No. 25 Louisville  ‍‍‍y 5 3 2   .600 13 5 2   .700
No. 17 NC State  ‍‍‍y 4 2 4   .600 12 7 4   .609
No. 18 Duke  ‍‍‍y 3 1 6   .600 9 4 7   .625
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 5 0   .500 11 7 2   .600
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 4 4 2   .500 11 8 2   .571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 4 4 2   .500 12 5 2   .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 2 6 2   .300 5 10 3   .361
Miami  ‍‍‍ 2 7 1   .250 5 9 2   .375
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 1 6 3   .250 6 8 4   .444
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 1   .167 3 11 2   .250
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 8 1   .150 8 8 2   .500
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

Previous season edit

The 2018 Clemson women's soccer team finished the season with a 12–9–0 overall record and a 6–4–0 ACC record. The Tigers qualified for the ACC Tournament as the fifth-seed. The Tigers overcame Boston College in the Quarterfinals, but fell 0–1 to North Carolina in the Semifinals. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament for the sixth season in a row. As an unseeded team in the Stanford Bracket, Clemson lost to Ole Miss at home 1–2 to end their season.

Offseason edit

Departures edit

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Miranda Weslake 2 FW 5'6"   Senior Beaufort, SC Graduated
Alana Hockenhull 10 MF/FW 5'8" Senior Vero Beach, FL Graduated
Sam Staab 15 DF 5'7" Senior San Diego, CA Graduated, Drafted 4th overall by Washington Spirit in 2019 NWSL College Draft
Ellen Colborn 22 FW 5'5" Senior Colleyville, TX Graduated

Recruiting Class edit

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Lauren Bruns
MF
  USA Richmond, VA Richmond United      [2]
Caroline Conti
FW
  USA Greenville, SC Carolina Elite Soccer Academy      [3]
Abigail Hanks
DF
  USA Ellicott City, MD Bethesda SC      [4]
  USA Atlanta, GA Concorde Fire SC      [5]
Hannah McLaughlin
GK
  USA Glen Allen, VA Richmond United      [6]
Maliah Morris
FW
  USA Germantown, MD Bethesda SC      [7]
Harper White
DF
  USA Franklin, TN Tennessee SC      [8]

Squad edit

Roster edit

Updated November 26, 2019[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ENG Sandy MacIver
3 FW   USA Mackenzie Smith
4 DF   USA Harper White
5 MF   USA Grace Wagner
7 DF   USA Sydney Dawson
8 MF   USA Haley Schueppert
9 MF   USA Audrey Viso
11 MF   USA Kimber Haley
12 DF   USA Sarah Osborne
13 DF   USA Dani Antieau
14 DF   USA Abigail Mitchell
15 MF   USA Hal Hershfelt
16 MF   USA Julie Mackin
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   VEN Mariana Speckmaier
19 MF   USA Renee Guion
20 FW   USA Courtney Jones
21 FW   USA Maliah Morris
22 FW   USA Lauren Burns
23 FW   USA Caroline Conti
24 GK   USA Maddie Weber
25 FW   USA Olivia Bonacorso
26 GK   USA Hannah McLaughlin
28 DF   USA Abby Hanks
30 FW   USA Patrice DiPasquale
38 DF   USA Jackson Moehler

Team management edit

Position Staff
Athletic Director   Dan Radakovich
Head coach   Eddie Radwanski
Associate Head Coach   Jeff Robbins
Assistant coach   Siri Mullinix
Director of operations   Julie Carson
Assistant Athletic Trainer   Kelly Turney

Source:[10]

Schedule edit

Source:[11]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Exhibition
August 13*
7:00 p.m.
at Furman T 1–1 (4–1 PK) 
Stone Stadium (–)
Greenville, SC
August 17*
6:00 p.m.
at Liberty  Completed[12] 
Liberty Soccer Stadium
Lynchburg, VA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 22*
7:00 p.m.
Utah W 2–0  1–0–0
Riggs Field (0)
Clemson, SC
August 25*
6:00 p.m.
Coastal Carolina W 6–0  2–0–0
Riggs Field (1,562)
Clemson, SC
August 30*
8:05 p.m.
at Nebraska W 2–1  3–0–0
Barbara Hibner Soccer Stadium (1,130)
Lincoln, NE
September 1*
1:00 p.m.
at Creighton W 1–0  4–0–0
Morrison Stadium (803)
Omaha, NE
September 6*
5:00 p.m.
No. 19 Oregon T 1–1 2OT 4–0–1
Riggs Field (1,523)
Clemson, SC
September 8*
6:00 p.m.
No. 19 Georgia W 2–1  5–0–1
Riggs Field (852)
Clemson, SC
September 15*
6:00 p.m.
No. 20 No. 7 South Carolina
Rivalry
W 1–0  6–0–1
Riggs Field (1,625)
Clemson, SC
Conference Regular season
September 20
5:00 p.m.
No. 10 Notre Dame W 1–0  7–0–1
(1–0–0)
Riggs Field (1,184)
Clemson, SC
September 26
7:00 p.m.
No. 9 No. 6 Florida State L 1–2  7–1–1
(1–1–0)
Riggs Field (1,052)
Clemson, SC
September 29
1:00 p.m.
No. 6 No. 16 Virginia Tech W 3–1  8–1–1
(2–1–0)
Riggs Field (753)
Clemson, SC
October 5
5:00 p.m.
No. 8 at No. 3 North Carolina L 0–1  8–2–1
(2–2–0)
Dorrance Field (2,783)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 10
7:00 p.m.
No. 9 at No. 16 Louisville L 0–1  8–3–1
(2–3–0)
Lynn Stadium (652)
Louisville, KY
October 13
1:00 p.m.
No. 9 at No. 10 Duke L 1–4  8–4–1
(2–4–0)
Koskinen Stadium (313)
Durham, NC
October 19
7:00 p.m.
No. 17 Syracuse W 4–1  9–4–1
(3–4–0)
Riggs Field (293)
Clemson, SC
October 24
7:00 p.m.
No. 15 at Miami L 2–3 2OT 9–5–1
(3–5–0)
Cobb Stadium (500)
Coral Gables, FL
October 27
1:00 p.m.
No. 15 Pittsburgh W 3–2 OT 10–5–1
(4–5–0)
Riggs Field (912)
Clemson, SC
October 31
7:00 p.m.
No. 22 at Boston College W 2–1  11–5–1
(5–5–0)
Newton Soccer Complex (111)
Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Tournament
November 3
1:00 p.m.
(7) No. 22 at (2) No. 5 Florida State
Quarterfinals
L 1–2  11–6–1
Seminole Soccer Complex (991)
Tallahassee, FL
NCAA Tournament
November 15
5:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt
First Round
T 0–0 (5–4 PKs)  11–6–2
Riggs Field (324)
Clemson, SC
November 22
11:00 p.m.
at No. 7 UCLA
Second Round
L 0–5  11–7–2
Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,332)
Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Goals Record edit

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
1 17   FW Mariana Speckmaier 6 0 0 6
2 13   DF Dani Antieau 4 0 0 4
21   FW Maliah Morris 4 0 0 4
4 3   MF Mackenzie Smith 3 0 0 3
15   MF Hal Hershfelt 3 0 0 3
16   MF Julie Mackin 3 0 0 3
7 11   MF Kimber Haley 2 0 0 2
23   FW Caroline Conti 2 0 0 2
9 4   DF Harpert White 1 0 0 1
19   MF Renee Guion 1 0 0 1
22   FW Lauren Bruns 0 1 0 1
28   DF Abby Hanks 1 0 0 1
30   FW Patrice DiPasquale 1 0 0 1
38   DF Jackson Moehler 1 0 0 1
Total 32 1 0 33

Disciplinary record edit

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
                               
1 11   Kimber Haley MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
2 7   Sydney Dawson DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
3 3   Mackenzie Smith DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
13   Dani Antieau DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
16   Julie Mackin MF 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 4   Harpert White DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15   Hal Hershfelt MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20   Courtney Jones FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
25   Olivia Bonacorso FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
38   Jackson Moehler DF 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 12 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 16 0 1

Awards and honors edit

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Sandy MacIver Hermann Trophy Watchlist August 1, 2019 [13]
Mariana Speckmaier Pre-season All-ACC Team August 8, 2019 [14]
Hannah McLaughlin ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 3, 2019 [15]
Maliah Morris ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 17, 2019 [16]
Hal Hershfelt ACC All-Freshman Team November 7, 2019 [17]
Maliah Morris

Rankings edit

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References edit

  1. ^ "Women's Soccer Announces 2019 Schedule". clemsontigers.com. Clemson Tigers. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Lauren Bruns". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  3. ^ "Caroline Conti". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "Abigail Hanks". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Katherine Hershfelt". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "KHannah McLaughlin". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  7. ^ "Maliah Morris". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  8. ^ "Harper White". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  9. ^ "2019-20 Women's Soccer Roster". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  10. ^ "Women's Soccer Staff Directory". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  11. ^ "2019-20 Women's Soccer Schedule". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  12. ^ @clemsonwsoccer (August 18, 2019). "Thank you @LibertyWSoccer for a truly glorified experience and being great hosts for our second exhibition game!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "MacIver Named to MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  14. ^ "North Carolina Selected 2019 ACC Preseason Women's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  15. ^ "Virginia's Ordonez, Clemson's McLaughlin Earn ACC Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  16. ^ "Clemson's Morris, Louisville's Ekic and Virginia Tech's McGlynn Earn ACC Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  17. ^ "2019 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  18. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  19. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.

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