2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team

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2020 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer
Virginia Tech Hokies logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record8–9–0 (4–4–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Drew Kopp (9th season)
  • Matt Gwilliam (6th season)
Home stadium Thompson Field
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 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.

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 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

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

Roster

Updated: February 11, 2021 [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
0 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kiersten Hening
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alia Skinner
2 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Riley McCarthy
3 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kendal Feighan
4 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emily Gray
5 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ayden Yates
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Steigerwald
10 FW Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Nicole Kozlova
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Grace Sklopan
12 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tori Powell
13 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Karlie Johnson
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Erin Carleton
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Holly Rose Webber
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Victoria Haugen
21 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Averi Visage
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Bryan
23 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kate Bonshak
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emmalee McCarter
25 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Calista Heister
26 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Molly Feighan
27 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ava Veith
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Makenzie Graham
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA S.A. Phillips

Team management

PositionStaff
Head coach Charles Adair
Associate Head CoachDrew Kopp
Assistant coachMatt Gwilliam

Source: [4]

Schedule

Source: [5] [6]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (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 VirginiaL  0–1  OT0–4–0
Thompson Field (122)
Blacksburg, 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

Fall 2020

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Spring 2021

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Final
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TopDrawer Soccer [8]

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. "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "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. 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.