2021 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

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2021 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer
North Carolina State University Athletic logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record9–9–2 (4–6–0 ACC)
Head coach
  • Tim Santoro (10th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Glen Tourville (5th season)
  • Steve McKenna (5th season)
Home stadium Dail Soccer Field
Seasons
  2020
2022  
2021 ACC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 8 Virginia  y802 .9001832 .826
No. 1 Florida State  y712 .8002113 .900
No. 5 Duke  y721 .7501641 .786
No. 16 Notre Dame  y730 .7001462 .682
Clemson  y631 .6501271 .625
No. 14 North Carolina  y523 .6501233 .750
No. 25 Wake Forest  y640 .6001660 .727
Virginia Tech  y532 .6001262 .650
Pittsburgh  460 .4001170 .611
NC State  y460 .400992 .500
Louisville  361 .350772 .500
Boston College  190 .1007101 .417
Miami (FL)  190 .1004120 .250
Syracuse  0100 .0004121 .265
Conference champion
2021 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2021 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team represented NC State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Tim Santoro, in his tenth season. They played home games at Dail Soccer Field. This was the team's 38th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 35th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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The Wolfpack finished the season 9–9–2 overall and 4–6–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team in the Florida State Bracket they defeated South Florida in the First Round before losing to fourth seed Pepperdine in the Second Round to end their season.

Previous season

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 Wolfpack did not play in the fall season. [4] However, they did resume play for the spring non-conference season. [5]

The Wolfpack finished the spring season 5–3–1 and did not receive an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament. Their non-invitation broke a four-year streak of being invited to the tournament.

Squad

Roster

As of January 10, 2022 [6]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eden Millan
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Grace Spriggs
2 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Nina Zimmer
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Briana Weber
4 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Leyah Hall-Robinson
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jenna Butler
6 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Lulu Guttenberger
7 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Emika Kawagishi
8 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Denae Antoine
9 MF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Toni Starova
10 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Annika Wohner
11 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Fernanda Soto
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jaiden Thomas
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Margot Ridgeway
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mia Vaughan
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jameese Joseph
17 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brianna Holt
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Reid
19 GK Flag of Spain.svg  ESP María Echezarreta
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mia Thillet
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michaela Virgin
22 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sandra Geiselhart
23 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cara Elmendorf
24 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Samantha Castro
25 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sarah Arnold
26 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nadia Stupec
28 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kayla Siddiqi

Team Management

PositionStaff
Athletic Director Boo Corrigan
Head coachTim Santoro
Associate head coachGlen Tourville
Assistant coachSteve McKenna
Director of operationsKim Kern

Source: [6]

Schedule

Source: [7]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 7*
7:00 p.m.
Coastal Carolina W 3–1 
Dail Soccer Field
Raleigh, NC
August 12*
2:00 p.m.
vs. No. 12  West Virginia T 1–1 [8]  
Thompson Field
Blackburg, VA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 19*
4:00 p.m.,  FloSports
at No. 9  Georgetown T  2–2  2OT0–0–1
Shaw Field (27)
Washington, D.C.
August 22*
6:00 p.m.,  C-USA TV
at  Old Dominion W  2–1  1–0–1
Old Dominion Soccer Complex (180)
Norfolk, VA
August 26*
7:00 p.m.,  ESPN+
at  Campbell T  1–1  2OT1–0–2
Eakes Athletics Complex (369)
Buies Creek, NC
August 29*
1:00 p.m.,  ACCN
No. 10  South Carolina L  1–2  1–1–2
Dail Soccer Field (651)
Raleigh, NC
September 2*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at  UNC Greensboro W  3–0  2–1–2
UNCG Soccer Stadium (993)
Greensboro, NC
September 5*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Elon W  1–0  3–1–2
Dail Soccer Field (572)
Raleigh, NC
September 9*
4:30 p.m., ACCNX
vs.  Oklahoma W  5–0  4–1–2
Klöckner Stadium (612)
Charlottesville, VA
September 12*
3:00 p.m., ACCNX
vs. No. 11  Penn State L  0–1  4–2–2
Klöckner Stadium (53)
Charlottesville, VA
ACC Regular season
September 18
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Virginia Tech L  0–1  4–3–2
(0–1–0)
Thompson Field (1,364)
Blackburg, VA
September 23
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 16  Clemson L  1–2  4–4–2
(0–2–0)
Dail Soccer Field (647)
Raleigh, NC
September 26
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 5  Virginia L  1–2  4–5–2
(0–3–0)
Dail Soccer Field (264)
Raleigh, NC
October 1
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 20  Notre Dame L  1–2  4–6–2
(0–4–0)
Dail Soccer Field (626)
Raleigh, NC
October 7
6:00 p.m., ACCN
at No. 4  Duke W  2–1  OT5–6–2
(1–4–0)
Koskinen Stadium (626)
Durham, NC
October 10
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Louisville W  2–1  6–6–2
(2–4–0)
Lynn Stadium (483)
Louisville, KY
October 16
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 3  North Carolina
Rivalry
W  1–0  7–6–2
(3–4–0)
Dail Soccer Field (1,234)
Raleigh, NC
October 21
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Wake Forest L  0–1  7–7–2
(3–5–0)
Spry Stadium (722)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 24
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Syracuse W  3–0  8–7–2
(4–5–0)
Dail Soccer Field (296)
Raleigh, NC
October 28
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Pittsburgh L  0–2  8–8–2
(4–6–0)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (314)
Pittsburgh, PA
NCAA Tournament
November 14
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 22  South Florida
First Round
W  2–0  9–8–2
Corbett Stadium (797)
Tampa, FL
November 19
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
(4) No. 7  Pepperdine
Second Round
L  0–3  9–9–2
Seminole Soccer Complex (258)
Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer [9] RVNot released
TopDrawer Soccer [10]

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