2023 ACC women's soccer tournament

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2023 ACC women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Attendance2,648
Quarterfinals siteCampus Sites
Semifinals site Sahlen's Stadium
Cary, North Carolina
Finals siteSahlen's Stadium
Cary, North Carolina
Champions Florida State (10th title)
Winning coachBrian Pensky (2nd title)
MVP Onyi Echegini (Florida State)
Broadcast ACCN (Quarterfinals & Semifinals), ESPNU (Final)
ACC women's soccer tournament
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2023 ACC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 1 Florida State  y901 .9502201 .978
No. 16 Notre Dame  y712 .8001244 .700
No. 3 Clemson  y721 .7501844 .769
No. 8 North Carolina  y505 .7501328 .739
No. 6 Pittsburgh  y631 .6501761 .729
Wake Forest  424 .6001035 .694
Virginia  334 .500836 .647
Virginia Tech  460 .400783 .472
Louisville  352 .400495 .361
Duke  253 .350673 .469
NC State  253 .350396 .333
Miami (FL)  271 .2503104 .294
Boston College  064 .200396 .333
Syracuse  091 .0502142 .167
Conference champion
2023 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Source: The ACC
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll

The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer tournament was the post season women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held from October 29 through November 5, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites for the quarterfinals and Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina for the semifinals and final. The higher seed hosted the campus site matches. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Florida State Seminoles were the three-time defending champions. [1] [2] Florida State successfully defended its title after defeating the Clemson Tigers 2–1 in the final. This was Florida State's tenth overall title, and fourth title in a row. It was head coach Brian Pensky's second consecutive title. [3] As tournament champions, Florida State earned the ACC's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

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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 26, 2023. There were no tiebreakers required as the top seven teams in conference play had unique conference point totals. [5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1 Florida State 9–0–128
2 Notre Dame 7–1–223
3 Clemson 7–2–122
4 North Carolina 5–0–520
5 Pittsburgh 6–3–119
6 Wake Forest 4–2–416

Bracket

First Round
October 29
ACCN
Semifinal
November 2
ACCN
Championship
November 5
ESPNU
1 Florida State 2
4 North Carolina 1 5 Pittsburgh 0
5 Pittsburgh (a.e.t.)21 Florida State2
3 Clemson 1
2 Notre Dame 2
3 Clemson 13 Clemson3
6 Wake Forest 0

Schedule

First round

October 29, 2023 #3 Clemson 1–0 #6 Wake Forest Clemson, SC
6:00 p.m. EDT
  • Mackenzie Duff Soccerball shade.svg2'
  • Jenna Tobia Yellow card.svg 42'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 31' Nikayla Small
Stadium: Riggs Field
Attendance: 795
Referee: Lucas Feathers
Assistant referees: Rick Rogers
Assistant referees: Jarred Mosher
Fourth official: Kayla Polonsky
October 29, 2023 #4 North Carolina 1–2 (a.e.t.) #5 Pittsburgh Chapel Hill, NC
8:00 p.m. EDT Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg73' Ellie Coffield
  • Soccerball shade.svg99' Amanda West
Stadium: Dorrance Field
Attendance: 1,174
Referee: Ashley Cedro
Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas
Assistant referees: Justin Howard
Fourth official: Aaron Riley

Semifinals

November 2, 2023 #2 Notre Dame 2–3 #3 Clemson Cary, North Carolina
5:30 p.m. EDT
  • Erin Hohnstein Yellow card.svg 34'
  • Team Yellow card.svg 34', Yellow card.svg 67'
  • Maddie Mercado Soccerball shade.svg50'
  • Sophia Fisher Yellow card.svg 65'
  • Morgan Roy Soccerball shade.svg74'
Report
  • Hal Hershfelt Yellow card.svg 18'
  • Megan Bornkamp Soccerball shade.svg24', Yellow card.svg 68'
  • Tatum Short Soccerball shade.svg53'
  • Caroline Conti Soccerball shade.svg65' (pen.)
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Referee: Katherine McCormick
Assistant referees: Katie Mitchell
Assistant referees: Audra Fullen
Fourth official: Taylor Bombalski
November 2, 2023 #1 Florida State 2–0 #5 Pittsburgh Cary, North Carolina
8:00 p.m. EDT
  • Jordynn Dudley Soccerball shade.svg70'
  • Beata Olsson Soccerball shade.svg75'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 23' Keera Melenhorst
  • Yellow card.svg 35' Samiah Phiri
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 678
Referee: Nicole Green
Assistant referees: Rachel Smith
Assistant referees: Kayla Polonsky
Fourth official: Taylor Bombalski

Final

November 5, 2023 #1 Florida State 2–1 #3 Clemson Cary, North Carolina
12:00 p.m. EST
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 9' Caroline Conti
  • Yellow card.svg 9', Yellow card.svg 74' Team
  • Soccerball shade.svg29' Mackenzie Duff
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1
Referee: Meghan Mullen
Assistant referees: Mandy Love
Assistant referees: Miriama Kocisova
Fourth official: Sharon Gingrich

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

2 goals

1 goal

  • Megan Bornkamp – Clemson
  • Caroline Conti – Clemson
  • Jordynn Dudley – Florida State
  • Beata Olsson – Florida State
  • Ally Sentnor – North Carolina
  • Maddie Mercado – Notre Dame
  • Morgan Roy – Notre Dame
  • Ellie Coffield – Pittsburgh
  • Amanda West – Pittsburgh

All-Tournament team

PlayerTeam
Onyi Echegini Florida State
Cristina Roque
Beata Olsson
Jordynn Dudley
Amelia Van Zanten
Halle Mackiewicz Clemson
Dani Davis
Mackenzie Duff
Amanda West Pittsburgh
Landy Mertz
Maddie Mercado Notre Dame

MVP in bold
Source: [6]

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