2022 ACC women's soccer tournament

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2022 ACC women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance7,684
Quarterfinals siteCampus Sites
Semifinals site Sahlen's Stadium
Cary, North Carolina
Finals siteSahlen's Stadium
Cary, North Carolina
Champions Florida State (9th title)
Winning coach Brian Pensky (1st title)
MVP Jenna Nighswonger (Florida State)
Broadcast ACCN (Quarterfinals & Semifinals), ESPNU (Final)
ACC women's soccer tournament
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2022 ACC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  y820 .8002051 .788
No. 3 Florida State  y820 .8001733 .804
No. 5 Notre Dame  y721 .7501733 .804
No. 7 Virginia  y622 .7001643 .761
No. 6 Duke  y622 .7001553 .717
No. 12 Pittsburgh  y532 .6001453 .705
Clemson  y433 .550855 .583
Virginia Tech  y451 .4501072 .579
Wake Forest  y361 .350973 .553
Louisville  370 .300682 .438
NC State  y262 .300776 .500
Miami (FL)  271 .250583 .406
Syracuse  163 .250873 .528
Boston College  172 .200585 .417
Conference champion
2022 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Source: The ACC
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll

The 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer tournament was the 35th edition of the ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, which decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion. Florida State was the defending champion. [1]

Contents

The first round was played at campus sites, while the semifinals and final were played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, NC. [2]

Florida State successfully defended their title, defeating Notre Dame in the Semifinals and North Carolina in the final, 2–1. This was the ninth title for Florida State as a program, and the first for head coach Brian Pensky. Florida State has won the past three ACC tournaments. [3]

Qualification

The top six teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top two teams earned a bye to the semifinals. [4] The final seedings were determined after the final day of the regular season on October 27, 2022. Multiple tiebreakers were required as teams finished with the same conference records. North Carolina and Florida State both finished with 8–2–0 conference records and tied for first place in the regular season. North Carolina defeated Florida State on October 20, during the regular season, and therefore earned the top seed in the tournament, while Florida State was the second seed. A second tiebreaker was required between Virginia and Duke as both teams finished 6–2–2 in conference play. Virginia defeated Duke on October 2, during the regular season, and earned the fourth seed, while Duke was the fifth seed. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 North Carolina 8–2–024
2 Florida State 8–2–024
3 Notre Dame 7–2–122
4 Virginia 6–2–220
5 Duke 6–2–220
6 Pittsburgh 5–3–217

Bracket

First Round
October 30
ACCN
Semifinal
November 3
ACCN
Championship
November 6
ESPNU
1 North Carolina (pen.)0 (7)
4 Virginia 1 5 Duke 0 (6)
5 Duke 2 1 North Carolina 1
2 Florida State2
2 Florida State (pen.)3 (4)
3 Notre Dame (pen.)1 (5)3 Notre Dame 3 (2)
6 Pittsburgh 1 (4)

Schedule

First round

October 30, 2022 #3 Notre Dame 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
#6 Pittsburgh Notre Dame, Indiana
6:00 p.m. EDT
Report
Stadium: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 428
Referee: John McCloskey
Assistant referees: Erin Patterson
Assistant referees: Peter Charpentier
Fourth official: Joshua Overmyer
Penalties
October 30, 2022 #4 Virginia 1–2 #5 Duke Charlottesville, Virginia
8:00 p.m. EDT Report
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 691
Referee: Carmen Serbio
Assistant referees: William Aten
Assistant referees: Matthew Richardson
Fourth official: Otto Leon

Semifinals

November 3, 2022 #1 North Carolina 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)
#5 Duke Cary, North Carolina
5:30 p.m. EDT
Report
  • Red card.svg 45' Maggie Graham
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 691
Penalties
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Katie Groff
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Emmy Duerr
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Kat Rader
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Devin Lynch
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Michelle Cooper
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Elle Piper
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Sophie Jones
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Mackenzie Pluck
November 3, 2022 #2 Florida State 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
#3 Notre Dame Cary, North Carolina
8:00 p.m. EDT
Report
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,686
Penalties

Final

November 6, 2022 #1 North Carolina 1–2 #2 Florida State Cary, North Carolina
12:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,879
Referee: Nicole Green
Assistant referees: Erika Barahona
Assistant referees: Mandy Love
Fourth official: Emma Richards

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 14 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

3 goals

1 goal

All-Tournament team

PlayerTeam
Jenna Nighswonger Florida State
Jody Brown
Onyi Echegini
Beata Olsson
Emily Moxley North Carolina
Avery Patterson
Tori Hansen
Ruthie Jones Duke
Michelle Cooper
Kat Rader
Korbin Albert Notre Dame

MVP in bold
Source: [6]

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