2024 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team

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2024 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer
Virginia Tech Hokies logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 8
Record14–6–3 (6–2–2 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachDrew Kopp (13th season)
Assistant coachMatt Gwilliam (10th season)
Home stadium Thompson Field
Seasons
  2023
2025  
2024 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Duke  y901 .9501831 .841
No. 2 Wake Forest  y721 .7501644 .750
No. 13 Florida State  y721 .7501524 .810
No. 1 North Carolina  y730 .7002250 .815
No. 7 Virginia Tech  y622 .7001463 .674
No. 6 Notre Dame  y514 .7001444 .727
California  y541 .5501362 .667
No. 4 Stanford  y541 .5501652 .739
Virginia  y550 .5001351 .711
Boston College  442 .5001252 .684
Pittsburgh  352 .400963 .583
Louisville  253 .350765 .528
SMU  262 .300692 .412
Clemson  271 .250683 .441
Miami (FL)  163 .250584 .412
NC State  163 .2504104 .333
Syracuse  091 .0506102 .389
Conference champion
2024 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2024 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 32nd season of the university fielding a program and 21st competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies were led by fourteenth year head coach Charles Adair and played their home games at Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Contents

The Hokies started the season with wins over Campbell and James Madison, which propelled them to a national ranking of a tie for twenty first. While ranked number twenty one, they defeated Delaware but drew Monmouth. They would fall out of the rankings after the draw, and then go on to win two more games. They re-entered the rankings at number twenty one after those wins, but lost their final two non-conference games, including their only game against a Power 4 opponent, Northwestern. They fell out of the rankings again to start ACC play. The defeated Clemson, and Syracuse to start the season. The Hokes would go 1–1–1 over their next three games before facing off against number six Florida State. They were able to pull off the upset 3–2 and returned to the rankings at number twenty one. After a defeat of SMU, they moved to nineteenth in the rankings. An upset victory over number seven Notre Dame, saw the Hokies ascend to number twelve in the rankings. They finished the ACC season with a loss to rival Virginia.

The Hokies finished 14–6–3 overall and 6–2–2 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to the fourth seed North Carolina in the First Round. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament. In the tournament they were selected as the seventh seed in the Duke bracket. They defeated Tennessee in the First Round which earned them a trip to Los Angeles. There they defeated second seed and ninth ranked UCLA in the Second Round, and third seed and seventeenth ranked Iowa in the Round of 16. They traveled back east to face first seed and number one ranked Duke in the Quarterfinals. The Hokies run ended there as they lost to Duke 1–0. The appearance was only the second Quarterfinal in program history. Their fourteen overall wins and six ACC wins were the best since 2015.

Previous season

The Hokies finished 7–8–3 overall and 4–6–0 in ACC play to finish in eighth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. Their seven wins were the lowest since 2017 and they finished with four conference wins for the fourth time in five seasons. The year broke a streak of two straight NCAA appearances.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownReason for Departure
Alia Skinner1GK5'9"Senior Fleming Island, Florida Graduated; signed professional
contract with Brommapojkarna [1]
Riley McCarthy2DF5'4"Senior Clifton, Virginia Graduated
Ayden Yates8FW5'6"Senior Davidson, North Carolina Graduated
Ellie Farrell11MF5'6"Freshman Wilmington, North Carolina Transferred to James Madison
Victoria Haugen 20DF5'7"Senior Bristow, Virginia Graduated
Averi Visage21DF/FW5'10"Senior Acworth, Georgia Graduated
Taylor Bryan22FW5'5"Senior Brooklyn, New York Graduated
Kate Bonshak23FW5'4"Senior Whitehall, Pennsylvania Graduated
Ava Veith27DF5'9"Senior Williamsburg, Virginia Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownPrevious School
Mikki Easter1GK5'9"Graduate Student Culpeper, Virginia Marquette
Sarah Rosenbaum37FW5'9"Sophomore Fredericksburg, Virginia Wisconsin

Recruiting class

NameNationalityHometownClubTDS Rating
Lauren Carpenter
DF
Flag of the United States.svg Warrenton, Virginia Virginia Development AcademyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Gabrielle Ciocca
MF
Flag of the United States.svg Chapel Hill, North Carolina North Carolina Courage (ECNL)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Amelie D'Agnillo
DF
Flag of the United States.svg Silver Spring, Maryland Arlington SAStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Annie DeHaan
DF
Flag of the United States.svg Carlsbad, California San Diego Surf SC Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Kathryn Grannis
FW
Flag of the United States.svg West Lake Hills, Texas Austin StingStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Taylor Lewin
FW
Flag of the United States.svg Lawrenceville, Georgia NHT NasaStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Viviana Pope
FW
Flag of the United States.svg Ashburn, Virginia TSJ FC VirginiaStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Ashleigh Vizek
DF
Flag of the United States.svg Leesburg, Virginia TSJ FC VirginiaStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Squad

Roster

As of January 31, 2025 [10]

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
00 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lauren Hargrove
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Savannah Sabo
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mikki Easter
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Annie DeHaan
3 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Anna Weir
4 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Stanley
5 DF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Aino Vuorinen
6 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lauren Carpenter
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Avery Tharrington
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Garrelts
9 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Courtney Andersen
10 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Viv Pope
11 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amelie D'Agnillo
12 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashleigh Vizek
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Victoria Moser
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Allie Lewis
16 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Allie George
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ella Bjorklund
No.Pos.NationPlayer
18 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lauren Gogal
19 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Samantha DeGuzman
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kylie Marschall
21FFFlag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Lewin
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sophie Maltese
23 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kate Grannis
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Natalie Mitchell
25 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Price
26 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Pelkowski
27 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gabby Ciocca
28 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Eden Skyers
29 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kendall DiMillio
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mallory Mizelle
31 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maysen Nelson
33 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ava Arengo
34 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ella Valente
37 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sarah Rosenbaum

Team management

PositionStaff
Head Coach Charles Adair
Associate Head CoachDrew Kopp
Assistant CoachMatt Gwilliam
Director of OperationsKatie Flores

Source: [10]

Schedule

Source: [11]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 5*
3:00 p.m.
VCU  None Reported [12]  
Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
August 9*
6:00 p.m.
East Tennessee State  None Reported [13]  
Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 15*
6:00 p.m.,  ACCNX
Campbell W  4–0  1–0–0
Thompson Field (858)
Blacksburg, VA
August 18*
7:00 p.m.,  ESPN+
at  James Madison W  2–0  2–0–0
Sentara Park (787)
Harrisonburg, VA
August 22*
7:00 p.m.,  FloFC
No. 21тat  Delaware W  1–0  3–0–0
Grant Stadium (383)
Newark, DE
August 25*
1:00 p.m., FloFC
No. 21тat  Monmouth T  1–1  3–0–1
Hesse Field (817)
West Long Branch, NJ
August 29*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Loyola (MD) W  1–0  4–0–1
Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
September 1*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX
High Point W  2–0  5–0–1
Thompson Field (643)
Blacksburg, VA
September 5*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
No. 21 Liberty L  1–2  5–1–1
Thompson Field (638)
Blacksburg, VA
September 8*
2:00 p.m.,  BTN+
No. 21at  Northwestern L  0–1  5–2–1
Martin Stadium (451)
Evanston, IL
ACC Regular Season
September 12
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Clemson W  2–1  6–2–1
(1–0–0)
Riggs Field (526)
Clemson, SC
September 15
12:00 p.m., ACCN
Syracuse W  2–1  7–2–1
(2–0–0)
Thompson Field (733)
Blacksburg, VA
September 22
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Boston College L  1–3  7–3–1
(2–1–0)
Newton Campus Soccer Field (425)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 26
7:00 p.m., ACCN
Louisville W  5–1  8–3–1
(3–1–0)
Thompson Field (273)
Blacksburg, VA
October 3
8:00 p.m., ACCN
at  Miami (FL) T  0–0  8–3–2
(3–1–1)
Cobb Stadium (315)
Coral Gables, FL
October 6
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 6  Florida State W  3–2  9–3–2
(4–1–1)
Thompson Field (1,056)
Blacksburg, VA
October 10
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 21 SMU W  1–0  10–3–2
(5–1–1)
Thompson Field (840)
Blacksburg, VA
October 24
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 19at  NC State T  0–0  10–3–3
(5–1–2)
Dail Soccer Field (667)
Raleigh, NC
October 27
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 19at No. 7  Notre Dame W  2–0  11–3–3
(6–1–2)
Alumni Stadium (394)
Notre Dame, IN
October 31
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 12 Virginia
Rivalry
L  0–1  11–4–3
(6–2–2)
Thompson Field (1,056)
Blacksburg, VA
ACC Tournament
November 3
6:00 p.m., ACCN
(5) No. 12at (4) No. 8  North Carolina
First Round
L  0–2  11–5–3
Dorrance Field (1,347)
Chapel Hill, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
(7) No. 12 Tennessee
First Round
W  2–1  12–5–3
Thompson Field (1,200)
Blacksburg, VA
November 22
10:00 p.m., ESPN+
(7) No. 12at (2) No. 9  UCLA
Second Round
W  2–1  13–5–3
Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,418)
Los Angeles, CA
November 24
9:00 p.m., ESPN+
(7) No. 12vs. (3) No. 17т  Iowa
Round of 16
W  1–0  14–5–3
Wallis Annenberg Stadium (467)
Los Angeles, CA
November 30
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
(7) No. 12at (1) No. 1  Duke
Quarterfinals
L  0–1  14–6–3
Koskinen Stadium (1,581)
Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDateRef.
Allie George ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 3 September 3, 2024 [14]
Lauren Hargrove ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 5 September 17, 2024 [15]
ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 11 October 26, 2024 [16]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer [17] 21тRV21RV21181912Not released7
TopDrawer Soccer [18] 20242422888

References

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  2. "Lauren Carpenter". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  3. "Gabrielle Ciocca". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  4. "Amelie D'Agnillo". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  5. "Annie DeHaan". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  6. "Kathryn Grannis". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  7. "Taylor Lewin". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  8. "Viviana Pope". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  9. "Ashleigh Vizek". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  10. 1 2 "2024 Women's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  11. "2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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  13. @HokiesWSoccer (August 9, 2024). "successful second scrimmage ✔️ @CoachChugger shares his thoughts on Tech's final preseason test! #Hokies⚽️" (Tweet). Retrieved August 10, 2024 via Twitter.
  14. "Miami's Canali, Virginia Tech's George Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
  15. "ACC Announces Women's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
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