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 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 28th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Virginia Cavaliers are the defending regular season champions. The Florida State Seminoles are the defending ACC tournament Champions.
There were no coaching changes from 2015 to 2016.
Team | 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
Team | Head coach | Captain |
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Boston College Eagles | ![]() | Hayley Dowd & McKenzie Meehan [2] |
Clemson Tigers | ![]() | Emily Byorth, Gabby Byorth, Abby Jones, & Clarie Wagner [4] |
Duke Blue Devils | ![]() | Christina Gibbons & Lizzy Raben [6] |
Florida State | ![]() | Kirsten Crowley [8] |
Louisville Cardinals | ![]() | Caroline Kimble & Inger Katrine Bjerke [10] |
Miami Hurricanes | ![]() | Gianna Dal Pozzo [12] |
NC State Wolfpack | ![]() | Jackie Stengel & Hannah Keogh [14] |
North Carolina Tar Heels | ![]() | Hanna Gardner [16] |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ![]() | Sandra Yu [18] |
Pittsburgh Panthers | ![]() | Siobhan McDonough & Emma Pozzulo [20] |
Syracuse Orange | ![]() | Stephanie Skilton & Jackie Firenze |
Virginia Cavaiers | ![]() | - |
Virginia Tech Hokies | ![]() | - |
Wake Forest Demon Deacons | ![]() | - |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week |
Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | 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 |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week |
Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | |||||||||||||||||
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 |
Semifinals | 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 |
Seed | 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) |
2016 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 |
The 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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![]() | Seattle Reign FC | 1st | 5 | MF | Duke |
![]() | FC Kansas City | 2nd | 13 | FW | Duke |
![]() | North Carolina Courage | 2nd | 20 | DF | Clemson |
![]() | Sky Blue FC | 3rd | 23 | GK | Clemson |
![]() | FC Kansas City | 3rd | 25 | MF | Virginia |
![]() | Sky Blue FC | 3rd | 30 | MF | Clemson |
![]() | Sky Blue FC | 4th | 34 | FW | Boston College |
![]() | Washington Spirit | 4th | 36 | MF | North Carolina |
![]() | Washington Spirit | 4th | 36 | MF | Virginia |
![]() | Boston Breakers | 4th | 38 | FW | Boston College |