The 2021 North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 45th season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by 45th year head coach Anson Dorrance and played their home games at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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NCAA Tournament, First Round | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 14 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 17 |
| Record | 12–3–3 (5–2–3 ACC) |
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| Home stadium | Dorrance Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Virginia †y | 8 | – | 0 | – | 2 | .900 | 18 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .826 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Florida State ‡y | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .800 | 21 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Duke y | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .750 | 16 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Notre Dame y | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 14 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson y | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .650 | 12 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 North Carolina y | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .650 | 12 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Wake Forest y | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | 16 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech y | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .400 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State y | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .400 | 9 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .350 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 1 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .000 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
They finished the season 12–3–3, 5–2–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. Only six teams qualified for the ACC Tournament and the Tar Heels lost the tiebreaker to Wake Forest and did not qualify for the tournament. This was the first time in program history that North Carolina missed out on the ACC Tournament.[1] They received an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament where they lost to South Carolina in the First Round. Their First Round exit was the earliest exit of any NCAA Tournament they had participated in.
Previous season edit
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[2][3] 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.[4]
The Tar Heels finished the fall season 11–1–0, 8–0–0 in ACC play to finish in first place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Virginia Tech, and Virginia, before losing to Florida State in the final. The Tar Heels finished the spring season 4–0 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the second seed in the tournament, they defeated Denver in the Second Round, Washington in the Third Round, and Texas A&M in the Quarterfinals before losing to Santa Clara in the Semifinals to end their season.
Squad edit
Roster edit
- As of September 8, 2021[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management edit
| Position | Staff |
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| Athletic Director | Bubba Cunningham |
| Head coach | Anson Dorrance |
| Associate head coach | Damon Nahas |
| Assistant Coach | Chris Ducar |
| Assistant Coach | Heather O'Reilly |
| Director of Operations | Tom Sander |
Source:[5]
Schedule edit
Source:[6]
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| August 9 5:00 p.m. |
No. 3 | UNCW | W 3–1 | – |
Dorrance Field (812) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| August 12 7:00 p.m. |
No. 3 | at High Point | W 6–1 | – |
Bryan Park Browns Summit, NC | ||||||
| Non-conference Regular season | |||||||||||
| August 19 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 3 | No. 19 Washington | W 4–1 | 1–0–0 |
Dorrance Field (2,186) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| August 22 1:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 3 | No. 13 Arkansas | W 1–0 | 2–0–0 |
Dorrance Field (1,532) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| August 26 9:00 p.m., BTN |
No. 2 | at Illinois | W 5–1 | 3–0–0 |
Demirjian Park (833) Urbana-Champaign, IL | ||||||
| August 29 1:30 p.m., BTN |
No. 2 | at Ohio State | W 2–0 | 4–0–0 |
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (1,320) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| September 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 2 | Northwestern | W 2–0 | 5–0–0 |
Dorrance Field (1,734) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| September 5 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 2 | No. 10 Stanford | W 2–1 OT | 6–0–0 |
Dorrance Field (2,756) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| September 9 7:00 p.m., SECN+ |
No. 2 | at Florida | W 7–1 | 7–0–0 |
James G. Pressly Stadium (493) Gainesville, FL | ||||||
| September 12 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 2 | at No. 17 UCF | Canceled due to weather | UCF Soccer and Track Stadium Orlando, FL | |||||||
| ACC Regular Season | |||||||||||
| September 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 2 | No. 4 Duke Rivalry |
L 0–1 | 7–1–0 (0–1–0) |
Dorrance Field (5,301) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| September 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 4 | Virginia Tech | T 2–2 2OT | 7–1–1 (0–1–1) |
Dorrance Field (2,157) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| September 26 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 4 | No. 22 Clemson | W 3–0 | 8–1–1 (1–1–1) |
Dorrance Field (1,885) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| October 3 1:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 5 | No. 2 Virginia | T 0–0 2OT | 8–1–2 (1–1–2) |
Dorrance Field (2,222) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| October 7 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 5 | at Pittsburgh | W 1–0 | 9–1–2 (2–1–2) |
Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,531) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
| October 10 1:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 5 | at Boston College | W 2–1 OT | 10–1–2 (3–1–2) |
Newton Campus Soccer Field (853) Chestnut Hill, MA | ||||||
| October 16 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 3 | at NC State Rivalry |
L 0–1 | 10–2–2 (3–2–2) |
Dail Soccer Field (1,234) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| October 21 8:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 7 | No. 1 Florida State | T 2–2 2OT | 10–2–3 (3–2–3) |
Dorrance Field (1,447) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| October 24 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 7 | No. 15 Notre Dame | W 1–2 2OT | 11–2–3 (4–2–3) |
Dorrance Field (2,248) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| October 28 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 7 | at Miami (FL) | W 4–0 | 12–2–3 (5–2–3) |
Cobb Stadium (706) Coral Gables, FL | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| November 13 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
(2) No. 10 | South Carolina First Round |
L 0–1 | 12–3–3 |
Dorrance Field (2,390) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. | |||||||||||
Awards and honors edit
| Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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| Maycee Bell | Preseason All-ACC Team | August 12 | [7] |
| Rachel Jones | |||
| Claudia Dickey | Preseason Hermann Trophy Watchlist | August 19 | [8] |
| Rachel Jones | |||
| Claudia Dickey | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | August 31 | [9] |
| Avery Patterson | ACC Co-defensive Player of the Week | October 5 | [10] |
| Maycee Bell | All-ACC First Team | November 4 | [11] |
| Sam Meza | All-ACC Second Team | ||
| Claudia Dickey | All-ACC Third Team | ||
| Emily Colton | ACC All-Freshman Team | ||
| Emily Murphy |
Rankings edit
| Week | |||||||||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| United Soccer[12] | 3 (3) | 2 (4) | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 2 (1) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | Not released | 14 | ||
| TopDrawer Soccer[13] | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
2022 NWSL Draft edit
| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
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| Claudia Dickey | OL Reign | 2 | 20 | GK |
Source:[14]
References edit
- ^ "UNC women's soccer team moves to postseason despite not qualifying for ACC playoffs". dailytarheel.com. The Daily Tar Heel. November 3, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "2021-22 Women's Soccer Roster". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Women's Soccer Schedule". goheels.com. University of North Carolina. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ "Florida State Tabbed 2021 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Women's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". machermanntrophy.org. Missouri Athletic Club. August 19, 2021. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "Boston College's Boama, North Carolina's Dickey Earn ACC Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "ACC Announces Women's Soccer Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "2021 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "Claudia Dickey Selected By OL Reign In NWSL Draft". goheels.com. University of North Carolina Athletics. December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.