2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 6
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 8
Record	12–5–2 (5–3–0 ACC)
Head coach	Eddie Radwanski (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Robbins (10th season) Siri Mullinix (10th season)
Captains	Sydney Dawson Renee Guion Kimber Haley
Home stadium	Riggs Field
Seasons ←  2019 2021  →

2020 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	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.

The 2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represents Clemson University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers are led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his tenth season. The Tigers home games are played at Riggs Field. This is the team's 27th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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 Tigers finished the fall season 6–4–0, 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to Duke 1–0 in the Quarterfinals. The Tigers finished the spring season 6–0–0 and received an at-large bid as the fourteenth seed in the NCAA Tournament. They defeated Rutgers and UCLA on penalties before losing to Santa Clara in the Quarterfinals to end their season.

Previous season

Main article: 2019 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

The 2019 Clemson women's soccer team finished the season with a 11–7–2 overall record and a 5–5–0 ACC record. The Tigers qualified for the ACC Tournament as the seventh-seed. The Tigers lost to Florida State in the Quarterfinals. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, for the seventh season in a row. As an unseeded team in the Florida State Bracket, Clemson defeated Vanderbilt on penalties before losing to UCLA to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Sandy MacIver	1	GK	5'9"	Senior	Winsford, England	Graduated
Mackenzie Smith	3	MF	5'10"	Senior	Bath, NY	Graduated
Sarah Osborne	12	DF	5'5"	Senior	Chesapeake Beach, MD	Graduated
Dani Antieau	13	DF	5'10"	Senior	Pembroke Pines, FL	Graduated
Julie Mackin	16	FW	5'3"	Senior	Castle Rock, CO	Graduated
Patrice DiPasquale	30	FW	5'7"	Senior	Cincinnati, OH	Graduated

Recruiting Class

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Megan Bornkamp MF	USA	Mooresville, NC	Charlotte Soccer Academy	[4]
Devi Dudley MF	USA	American Fork, UT	La Roca Premier	[5]
Halle Mackiewicz GK	USA	Broomfield, CO	Real Colorado	[6]
Makenna Morris DF	USA	Germantown, MD	Bathesda SC	[7]
Madison Reid DF	USA	Cary, NC	NC Courage	[8]

Squad

Roster

Updated September 11, 2020 ^[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   USA Halle Mackiewicz 2 DF   USA Makenna Morris 4 DF   USA Harper White 5 MF   USA Grace Wagner 6 MF   USA Devi Dudley 7 DF   USA Sydney Dawson 8 MF   USA Haley Schueppert 9 MF   USA Audrey Viso 11 MF   USA Kimber Haley 12 DF   USA Madi Reid 14 DF   USA Abigail Mitchell 15 MF   USA Hal Hershfelt 17 FW   VEN Mariana Speckmaier

No. Pos. Nation Player 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 MF   USA Megan Bornkamp 25 DF   USA Olivia Bonacorso 26 GK   USA Hannah McLaughlin 28 DF   USA Abby Hanks 29 FW   USA Sami Meredith 38 DF   USA Jackson Moehler 51 GK   USA Hensley Hancuff

Prior to the season, Sydney Dawson, Renee Guion, and Kimber Haley were named co-captains of the team ^[10]

Team management

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: ^[11]

Schedule

Source: ^{[12] [13]}

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Fall Regular season
September 12, 2020* 6:30 p.m.		vs.  Miami (FL)	W  4–0	1–0–0	Patton Park (0) Jacksonville, FL
September 17, 2020 7:00 p.m.		Virginia Tech	W  3–0	2–0–0 (1–0–0)	Riggs Field (227) Clemson, SC
September 20, 2020 5:00 p.m.	No. 3	Virginia	W  3–0	3–0–0 (2–0–0)	Riggs Field (549) Clemson, SC
October 1, 2020 4:00 p.m.	No. 3	at No. 1  North Carolina	L  0–2	3–1–0 (2–1–0)	Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC
October 4, 2020 5:00 p.m.	No. 3	at No. 11  Duke	L  0–1	3–2–0 (2–2–0)	Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC
October 11, 2020 3:30 p.m.	No. 6	Wake Forest	W  2–0	4–2–0 (3–2–0)	Riggs Field (345) Clemson, SC
October 18, 2020 1:00 p.m.	No. 4	at No. 14  Notre Dame	W  2–1	5–2–0 (4–2–0)	Alumni Stadium (98) Notre Dame, IN
October 29, 2020 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	Pittsburgh	W  2–1  OT	6–2–0 (5–2–0)	Riggs Field (467) Clemson, SC
November 1, 2020 3:00 p.m.	No. 3	at No. 2  Florida State	L  0–2	6–3–0 (5–3–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (400) Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 10, 2020 3:00 p.m.	(4) No. 5	vs. (5) No. 6 Duke Quarterfinals	L  0–1	6–4–0	Sahlen's Stadium (327) Cary, NC
Spring Exhibition
February 20, 2021 2:00 p.m.		Furman	Not Scored	–	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
Spring Regular season
February 25, 2021* 6:00 p.m.		at  College of Charleston	W  4–1	7–4–0	Patriots Point Soccer Complex (125) Mount Pleasant, SC
February 28, 2021* 11:00 a.m.		at College of Charleston	W  4–1	8–4–0	Patriots Point Soccer Complex (215) Mount Pleasant, SC
March 6, 2021* 2:00 p.m.	No. 9	Auburn	W  1–0	9–4–0	Riggs Field (384) Clemson, SC
March 20, 2021* 2:00 p.m.	No. 8	Georgia	W  3–1	10–4–0	Riggs Field (395) Clemson, SC
April 3, 2021* 1:00 p.m.	No. 8	Alabama	W  1–0  OT	11–4–0	Riggs Field (298) Clemson, SC
April 10, 2021* 6:00 p.m.	No. 8	at No. 11  South Carolina Rivalry	W  2–1	12–4–0	Stone Stadium (675) Columbia, SC
NCAA Tournament
April 30, 2021 7:00 p.m.	(14) No. 6	vs.  Rutgers Second Round	T  1–1 (5–3 PKs) 2OT	12–4–1	Eakes Athletics Complex (250) Buies Creek, NC
May 5, 2021 6:00 p.m.	(14) No. 6	vs. (3) No. 3  UCLA Third Round	T  1–1 (6–5 PKs) 2OT	12–4–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (103) Cary, NC
May 9, 2021 5:00 p.m.	(14) No. 6	vs. (11) No. 10  Santa Clara Quarterfinals	L  0–1	12–5–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (118) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Goals Record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season	ACC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	24		MF	Megan Bornkamp	8	0	0	8
2	23		FW	Caroline Conti	7	0	0	7
3	21		FW	Maliah Morris	5	0	1	6
4	29		FW	Sami Meredith	2	0	1	3
5	15		MF	Hal Hershfelt	2	0	0	2
	17		FW	Mariana Speckmaier	2	0	0	2
	19		MF	Renee Guion	2	0	0	2
8	20		FW	Courtney Jones	1	0	0	1
Total					28	0	2	30

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			ACC Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
1	24		MF	Megan Bornkamp	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
2	4		DF	Harper White	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
3	11		MF	Kimber Haley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	2		DF	Makenna Morris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17		FW	Mariana Speckmaier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19		MF	Renee Guion	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	20		FW	Courtney Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21		FW	Maliah Morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	38		DF	Jackson Moehler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					10	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	14	0	1

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Caroline Conti	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 22, 2020	[14] [15]
Hensley Hancuff	ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Makenna Morris	All-ACC Second Team	November 13, 2020	[16]
Mariana Speckmaier
Megan Bornkamp	All-ACC Third Team
Hal Hershfelt
Courtney Jones
Megan Bornkamp	All-ACC Freshman Team
Makenna Morris
Caroline Conti	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	March 3, 2021	[17]
Maliah Morris	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	March 23, 2021	[18]
Megan Bornkamp	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	April 13, 2021	[19]

Rankings

See also: 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
Legend:██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer [20]	3	3	6	4	3	3	5	5	7	6

Spring 2021

Ranking movement
Legend:██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	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	Final
United Soccer [20]	None Released				9	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	None Released		6
TopDrawer Soccer [21]	17	17	17	16	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	8	8

2021 NWSL draft

Main article: 2021 NWSL College Draft

The Tigers had one player drafted in the 2021 draft, Mariana Speckmaier, who taken as the 39th pick. ^[22]

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Mariana Speckmaier	Washington Spirit	4	39	FW

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