2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team

2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–7–2 (3–4–1 ACC)
Head coach	Tony Da Luz (18th season)
Assistant coaches	Courtney Owen (4th season) Brittany Cameron (1st season)
Home stadium	Spry Stadium
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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 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Demon Deacons were led by head coach Tony Da Luz, in his eighteenth season. They played home games at Spry Stadium. This is the team's 26th season playing organized women's college soccer, all of which have been 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 Demon Deacons finished the fall season 3–5–1, 3–4–1 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. They finished the spring season 2–2–1 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Previous season

Main article: 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team

The Demon Deacons finished the season 6–8–4 overall, and 1–6–3 in ACC play to finish in twelfth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Squad

Roster

Updated February 24, 2021 ^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 00 GK   USA Madison Howard 1 GK   USA Kaitlyn Parks 2 MF   USA Reese Kim 3 MF   USA Giovanna DeMarco 5 FW   USA Ashley Frank 6 MF   USA Madeline Allburn 7 FW   USA Abby McNamara 8 MF   USA Kristi Vierra 11 FW   USA Liv Stowell 14 FW   USA Carrie Mcintire 15 MF   USA Faith Adams 16 GK   USA Mia Raben

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF   USA Madisyn Opstal 19 MF   USA Lyndon Wood 20 FW   JAM Shayla Smart 21 FW   USA Ryanne Brown 22 DF   USA Sasha Schwartz 23 MF   USA Lauren Tangney 25 MF   USA Sophie Faircloth 26 DF   USA Mia Albery 27 DF   USA Breckyn Monteith 28 FW   USA Sofia Rossi 30 DF   USA Jasmin Hilliard 33 FW   USA Hannah Betfort

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Tony Da Luz
Assistant Coach	Courtney Owen
Assistant Coach	Brittany Cameron

Source: ^[4]

Schedule

Source: ^{[5] [6]}

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Fall Regular season
September 10, 2020* 7:00 p.m.,  ACCNX		Duke	L  3–4  OT	0–1–0	Spry Stadium (0) Winston-Salem, NC
September 17, 2020 5:30 p.m., ACCNX		at  North Carolina	L  4–1	0–2–0 (0–1–0)	Dorrance Field (0) Chapel Hill, NC
September 20, 2020 5:00 p.m., ACCN		at Duke	T  0–0  2OT	0–2–1 (0–1–1)	Koskinen Stadium (0) Durham, NC
October 1, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Miami (FL)	W  1–0	1–2–1 (1–1–1)	Spry Stadium (100) Winston-Salem, NC
October 4, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 2  Florida State	L  0–4	1–3–1 (1–2–1)	Spry Stadium (100) Winston-Salem, NC
October 11, 2020 3:30 p.m., ACCN		at No. 6  Clemson	L  0–2	1–4–1 (1–3–1)	Riggs Field (345) Clemson, SC
October 15, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 14  Notre Dame	W  1–0	2–4–1 (2–3–1)	Alumni Stadium (128) Notre Dame, IN
October 29, 2020 7:00 p.m.,  ACCRSN		Virginia Tech	L  3–4	2–5–1 (2–4–1)	Spry Stadium (100) Winston-Salem, NC
November 1, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Pittsburgh	W  1–0	3–5–1 (3–4–1)	Spry Stadium (100) Winston-Salem, NC
Spring Regular season
March 6, 2021* 6:00 p.m.,  SECN+		at  Tennessee	L  0–2	3–6–1	Regal Stadium (418) Knoxville, TN
March 20, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		at  NC State	W  1–0  2OT	4–6–1	Dail Soccer Field (112) Raleigh, NC
March 28, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Elon	W  3–0	5–6–1	Spry Stadium (222) Winston-Salem, NC
April 3, 2021* 11:00 a.m.		at  Georgia	L  1–4	5–7–1	Turner Soccer Complex (80) Athens, GA
April 8, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	T  1–1  2OT	5–7–2	Spry Stadium (118) Winston-Salem, NC
April 17, 2021* Noon		vs.  Louisville	Canceled		Summers-Taylor Stadium Johnson City, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 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 [7]

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 [7]	None Released												None Released
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. "2020 Women's Soccer Roster". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
5. "2020-21 Women's Soccer Schedule". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
6. "Wake Forest Women's Soccer Announces Spring Schedule". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
7. "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.