2020 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

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2020 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
Florida State Seminoles alternate logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Runner-Up
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 2
Record13–0–3 (8–0–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Bristol (12th season)
  • Morinao Imaizumi (8th season)
Home stadium Seminole Soccer Complex
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Florida State  y800 1.0001303 .906
No. 3 North Carolina  y800 1.0001820 .900
No. 4 Virginia  y521 .6881443 .738
No. 6 Clemson  y530 .6251252 .684
No. 7 Duke  y422 .6251254 .667
Louisville  440 .500570 .417
Virginia Tech  440 .500890 .471
Notre Dame  440 .500670 .462
Wake Forest  341 .438572 .429
Pittsburgh  350 .3751150 .688
Boston College  170 .1253101 .250
Syracuse  170 .125170 .125
Miami  080 .0001111 .115
NC State  000 531 .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 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 26th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by 16th year head coach Mark Krikorian.

Contents

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 Seminoles finished the fall season 11–0–0, 8–0–0 in ACC play, to finish in first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Notre Dame, Duke, and finally North Carolina to claim the championship. The Seminoles did not play any additional games in the spring season and entered the NCAA Tournament as the ACC's automatic qualifier because they won the ACC Tournament. They were selected as the first overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and defeated Milwaukee in the Second Round and Penn State in the Third Round. They advanced past Duke in the Quarterfinals and Virginia in the Semifinals on penalty shootouts. However, their shootout luck ran out in the Finals, where they fell to Santa Clara to end their season. Jaelin Howell went on to win the Herman Trophy. [3]

Previous season

The Seminoles finished the season 18–6–0, 8–2–0 in ACC play, to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Clemson in the first round before losing in overtime to Virginia in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated South Alabama, Brown, and USF, before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals.

Squad

Roster

Source: [4]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  PUR Cristina Roque
2 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jenna Nighswonger
4 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kristina Lynch
5 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Linn Bogren
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jaelin Howell
7 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ran Iwai
8 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lauren Flynn
10 FW Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Jody Brown
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kirsten Pavlisko
12 MF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Heather Payne
13 FW Flag of Bermuda.svg  BER LeiLanni Nesbeth
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kaitlyn Zipay
16 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabby Carle
17 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Malia Berkely
20 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kristen McFarland
21 MF Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yujie Zhao
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alyssa Conarton
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Makala Thomas
25 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emily Madril
26 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Clara Robbins
45 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brooke Bollinger

Team management

PositionStaff
Athletic DirectorDavid Coburn
Head Coach Mark Krikorian
Assistant CoachMike Bristol
Assistant CoachMorinao Imaizumi
Director of OperationsNathan Minion

Source: [5]

Schedule

Source: [6]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
ACC Regular season
September 17
8:00 p.m.,  ACCN
No. 2 Notre Dame W  5–0  1–0–0
(1–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (298)
Tallahassee, FL
September 20
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 Louisville W  1–0  2–0–0
(2–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (331)
Tallahassee, FL
October 1
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2at  Virginia Tech W  4–0  3–0–0
(3–0–0)
Thompson Field (124)
Blacksburg, VA
October 4
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 2at  Wake Forest W  4–0  4–0–0
(4–0–0)
Spry Stadium (100)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 15
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2at  Pittsburgh W  4–1  5–0–0
(5–0–0)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (50)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 18
3:30 p.m.,  ESPN2
No. 2at No. 11  Virginia W  4–3  6–0–0
(6–0–0)
Klöckner Stadium (188)
Charlottesville, VA
October 29
4:00 p.m.,  ACCRSN
No. 2No. 5  Duke W  1–0  7–0–0
(7–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (284)
Tallahassee, FL
November 1
3:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 2No. 3  Clemson W  2–0  8–0–0
(8–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (400)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 10
12:30 p.m., ACCN
(1) No. 2vs. (8) No. 12 Notre Dame
Quarterfinals
W  2–0  9–0–0
Sahlen's Stadium (217)
Cary, NC
November 13
5:30 p.m., ACCN
(1) No. 2vs. (5) No. 6 Duke
Semifinals
W  4–0  10–0–0
Sahlen's Stadium (277)
Cary, NC
November 15
Noon,  ESPNU
(1) No. 2vs. (2) No. 1  North Carolina
Finals
W  3–2  11–0–0
Sahlen's Stadium (320)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
May 1, 2021
3:00 p.m.
(1) No. 1vs.  Milwaukee
Second Round
W  3–0  12–0–0
WakeMed Soccer Park (144)
Cary, NC
May 5, 2021
3:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream
(1) No. 1vs. No. 9  Penn State
Third Round
W  3–1  13–0–0
WakeMed Soccer Park (185)
Cary, NC
May 9, 2021
1:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream
(1) No. 1vs. (9) No. 8 Duke
Quarterfinals
T  0–0 (5–3 PKs) 2OT13–0–1
WakeMed Soccer Park (164)
Cary, NC
May 13, 2021
6:00 p.m.,  ESPN2
(1) No. 1vs. No. 13 Virginia
Semifinals
T  0–0 (3–0 PKs) 2OT13–0–2
WakeMed Soccer Park (2,166)
Cary, NC
May 17, 2021
5:30 p.m.,  ESPN2
(1) No. 1vs. (11) No. 10  Santa Clara
Finals
T  1–1 (1–4 PKs) 2OT13–0–3
WakeMed Soccer Park (5,000)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Fall 2020

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Spring 2021

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TopDrawer Soccer [8] 111111111111112

References

  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. "Jaelin Howell Wins MAC Hermann Trophy". Seminoles.com. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. "2020-21 Soccer roster". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  5. "Soccer Staff Directory". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  6. "2020 Women's Soccer Schedule". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "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.