2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team


The 2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 28th season of the university fielding a program and 17th competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies were led by 10th year head coach Charles Adair and played their home games at Thompson Field.

2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–9–0 (4–4–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Drew Kopp (9th season)
  • Matt Gwilliam (6th season)
Home stadiumThompson Field
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍y 8 0 0   1.000 13 0 3   .906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 8 0 0   1.000 18 2 0   .900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 2 1   .688 14 4 3   .738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 3 0   .625 12 5 2   .684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍y 4 2 2   .625 12 5 4   .667
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 5 7 0   .417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 8 9 0   .471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 6 7 0   .462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 3 4 1   .438 5 7 2   .429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 5 0   .375 11 5 0   .688
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 3 10 1   .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 1 7 0   .125
Miami  ‍‍‍ 0 8 0   .000 1 11 1   .115
NC State  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   5 3 1   .611
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 18, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[1][2] The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.[3]

The Hokies finished the fall season 5–8–0, 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the seventh seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to North Carolina in the Quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 3–1–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Previous season

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The Hokies finished the season 12–5–2, 4–4–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eight place. They were not invited to the ACC Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost to Xavier in the First Round.

Squad

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Roster

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Updated: February 11, 2021[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 MF   USA Kiersten Hening
1 GK   USA Alia Skinner
2 MF   USA Riley McCarthy
3 FW   USA Kendal Feighan
4 MF   USA Emily Gray
5 FW   USA Ayden Yates
9 FW   USA Emma Steigerwald
10 FW   UKR Nicole Kozlova
11 MF   USA Grace Sklopan
12 FW   USA Tori Powell
13 FW   USA Karlie Johnson
16 MF   USA Erin Carleton
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   USA Holly Rose Webber
20 DF   USA Victoria Haugen
21 DF   USA Averi Visage
22 FW   USA Taylor Bryan
23 FW   USA Kate Bonshak
24 FW   USA Emmalee McCarter
25 FW   USA Calista Heister
26 FW   USA Molly Feighan
27 DF   USA Ava Veith
28 MF   USA Makenzie Graham
30 GK   USA S.A. Phillips

Team management

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Position Staff
Head coach Charles Adair
Associate Head Coach Drew Kopp
Assistant coach Matt Gwilliam

Source:[4]

Schedule

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Source:[5][6]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Fall Regular season
September 12, 2020*
6:00 p.m.
Virginia L 1–3  0–1–0
Klöckner Stadium (243)
Charlottesville, VA
September 17, 2020
7:00 p.m.
at No. 3 Clemson L 0–3  0–2–0
(0–1–0)
Riggs Field (227)
Clemson, SC
September 20, 2020
11:00 a.m.
at No. 1 North Carolina L 0–1  0–3–0
(0–2–0)
Dorrance Field (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 25*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11 Virginia L 0–1 OT 0–4–0
Thompson Field (122)
Blackburg, VA
October 1
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 Florida State L 0–4  0–5–0
(0–3–0)
Thompson Field (124)
Blacksburg, VA
October 4, 2020
3:00 p.m.
No. 14 Pittsburgh W 2–0  1–5–0
(1–3–0)
Thompson Field (137)
Blacksburg, VA
October 9, 2020*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 7 Duke L 0–2  1–6–0
Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
October 15, 2020
7:00 p.m.
Miami (FL) W 8–2  2–6–0
(2–3–0)
Thompson Field (150)
Blacksburg, VA
October 18, 2020
2:00 p.m., FS Go
No. 13 Louisville L 0–1  2–7–0
(2–4–0)
Thompson Field (161)
Blacksburg, VA
October 24, 2020*
4:00 p.m.
Navy W 2–1  3–7–0
Thompson Field (229)
Blacksburg, VA
October 29, 2020
7:00 p.m.
at Wake Forest W 4–3  4–7–0
(3–4–0)
Spry Stadium (100)
Winston-Salem, NC
November 1, 2020
1:00 p.m.
at Boston College W 3–0  5–7–0
(4–4–0)
Newton Campus Soccer Field (0)
Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Tournament
November 10, 2020
5:30 p.m., ACCN
(7) vs. (2) No. 1 North Carolina
Quarterfinals
L 0–1  5–8–0
Sahlen's Stadium (251)
Cary, NC
Spring Regular season
March 7, 2021*
5:00 p.m.
at Charlotte W 2–1  6–8–0
Transamerica Field (299)
Charlotte, NC
March 20, 2021*
5:00 p.m.
William & Mary W 3–0  7–8–0
Thompson Field (600)
Blacksburg, VA
April 1, 2021*
7:00 p.m.
at Liberty W 5–3  8–8–0
Osborne Stadium (70)
Lynchburg, VA
April 17, 2021*
2:30 p.m.
vs. Auburn L 1–4  8–9–0
Van Taylor Stadium (0)
Greenwood, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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Fall 2020

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Ranking movement
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Spring 2021

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TopDrawer Soccer [8]

References

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  1. ^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "2020 Women's Soccer Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Spring slate announced for Women's Soccer". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  8. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.