2025 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

2025 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 2
Record	7–0–1 (3–0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Brian Pensky (4th season)
Associate head coach	Bobby Shuttleworth (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Micah Bledsoe (2nd season) Erwin van Bennekom (1st season)
Home stadium	Seminole Soccer Complex
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍	3	–	0	–	0		1.000			7	–	0	–	1		.938
California  ‍‍‍	1	–	0	–	1		.750			4	–	1	–	5		.650
No. 2 Stanford  ‍‍‍	1	–	0	–	1		.750			7	–	1	–	1		.833
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	1	–	0	–	0		1.000			6	–	0	–	1		.929
No. 1 Virginia  ‍‍‍	1	–	0	–	0		1.000			7	–	0	–	1		.938
No. 16 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	1	–	0	–	0		1.000			7	–	1	–	1		.833
No. 3 Duke  ‍‍‍	1	–	1	–	0		.500			6	–	1	–	1		.813
Louisville  ‍‍‍	1	–	1	–	0		.500			8	–	2	–	0		.800
No. 18 North Carolina  ‍‍‍	1	–	1	–	0		.500			7	–	3	–	0		.700
Clemson  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	2		.500			3	–	1	–	5		.611
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	1		.500			4	–	2	–	4		.600
SMU  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	1		.500			6	–	2	–	1		.722
Boston College  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			4	–	1	–	3		.688
NC State  ‍‍‍	0	–	1	–	0		.000			1	–	6	–	2		.222
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	0	–	2	–	0		.000			5	–	3	–	1		.611
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	0	–	2	–	0		.000			4	–	4	–	2		.500
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	0	–	2	–	0		.000			4	–	4	–	2		.500
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of September 17, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2025 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represents Florida State University during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This marks the 31st season of the university fielding a women's soccer program, during all of which they have been members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Seminoles are led by fourth-year head coach Brian Pensky, and play their home games at Seminole Soccer Complex in Tallahassee, Florida.

Previous season

Main article: 2024 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

The Seminoles finished the regular season 12–2–2 and 7–2–1 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. As the third seed in the ACC Tournament, they hosted sixth seed and thirteenth ranked Notre Dame in the First Round. The Seminoles won and advanced to the Semifinals where they advanced via penalty shoot-out against Wake Forest. The Final was a rematch of a regular season foe North Carolina, which the Seminoles won 3–2. This was the Seminoles seventh consecutive ACC tournament title. ^[1] As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the first seed in the Florida State Bracket. They defeated Samford in the First Round, before being upset by Vanderbilt in the Second Round via penalty shoot-out. Florida State ended the season with a 15–2–4 overall record.

Offseason

Departures

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Taylor Huff	3	MF/FW	5'8"	Senior	Mansfield, Ohio	Graduated; signed professional contract with Bay FC [2]
Ran Iwai	7	DF	5'3"	Graduate Student	Tokyo, Japan	Graduated
Nina Norshie	12	DF	5'9"	Junior	Accra, Ghana	Transferred to Texas State
Camille Ashe	13	DF	5'10"	Graduate Student	Arlington, Virginia	Graduated
Carissa Boeckmann	14	MF	5'5"	Senior	San Antonio, Texas	Graduated
Emma Kirlin	18	GK	5'7"	Freshman	Greenville, South Carolina	Transferred to South Carolina [3]
Olivia Lebdaoui	21	FW	5'6"	Junior	Panama City Beach, Florida	Transferred to Iowa
Maddie Smith	23	GK	5'8"	Graduate Student	Omaha, Nebraska	Graduated
Ashlyn Puerta	30	MF/FW	5'7"	Freshman	San Diego, California	Signed professional contract with Sporting JAX [4]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Janet Okeke	8	DF	5'7"	Sophomore	Laval, Canada	NC State [5]
Yuna McCormack	14	MF	5'9"	Junior	Mill Valley, California	Virginia
Enasia Colon	23	MF/FW	5'4"	Senior	Bradenton, Florida	Arizona State

Source: ^[3]

Recruiting class

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Nawreen Ahmad MF		Falls Church, Virginia	Fairfax Virginia Union	[6]
Ashlyn Anderson FW		Carmen, Indiana	Indy Premier Soccer Club	[7]
Mya Brandon DF		Canton, Michigan	Michigan Hawks	[8]
Omotara Junaid MF		Jacksonville, Florida	Arsenal	N/A [9]
Jaida McGrew FW		Stanley, North Carolina	Charlotte Soccer Academy	[10]
Evan O'Steen GK		Grapevine, Texas	Solar Soccer Club	[11]
Kate Ockene GK		Sandy, Utah	La Roca FC	[12]
Kai Price DF		Duluth, Georgia	Concorde Fire SC	[13]
Nyanya Touray FW		Silver Spring, Maryland	Bethesda SC	[14]

Squad

Roster

As of August 6, 2025 ^[15]

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. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Adelyn Todd 2 GK   USA Evan O'Steen 3 FW   USA Jaida McGrew 4 DF   USA Kai Price 5 FW   USA Giana Riley 6 MF   BRA Lara Dantas 7 FW   USA Nyanya Touray 8 DF   CAN Janet Okeke 9 FW   USA Taylor Suarez 10 MF   USA Peyton Nourse 11 FW   USA Jordynn Dudley 12 MF   USA Peyton McGovern 13 DF   USA Mya Brandon 14 MF   USA Yuna McCormack

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   USA Sophia Nguyen 17 MF   JAM Mimi Van Zanten 18 GK   USA Kate Ockene 19 FW   JAM Kameron Simmonds 20 DF   USA Heather Gilchrist 21 MF   USA Nawreen Ahmad 22 DF   USA Claire Rain 23 MF   USA Enasia Colon 24 FW   USA Ashlyn Anderson 28 FW   JAM Solai Washington 30 MF   VEN Marianyela Jiménez 42 FW   USA Wrianna Hudson 50 MF   USA Omotara Junaid

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Michael Alford
Head Coach	Brian Pensky
Associate Head Coach	Bobby Shuttleworth
Assistant Coach	Micah Bledsoe
Assistant Coach	Erwin van Bennekom
Director of Operations	Mackenzie Ostrom

Source: ^[15]

Schedule

Source: ^{[16] [17]}

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 8* 6:00 p.m.	No. 3	Alabama	W 4–1	—	Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
Non-conference Regular season
August 14* 7:00 p.m.,  ACCN	No. 3	Florida Rivalry	W  5–0	1–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,600 [18] ) Tallahassee, FL
August 17* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	FIU	W  2–0	2–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,004 [19] ) Tallahassee, FL
August 28* 8:00 p.m.,  ESPN+	No. 6	at  Kansas	T  1–1	2–0–1	Rock Chalk Park (2,108 [20] ) Lawrence, KS
September 4* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	Stetson	W  7–0	3–0–1	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,251 [21] ) Tallahassee, FL
September 7* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 7	at  Florida Atlantic	W  5–0	4–0–1	FAU Soccer Stadium (424 [22] ) Boca Raton, FL
ACC Regular season
September 11 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	Louisville	W  2–0	5–0–1 (1–0–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,330 [23] ) Tallahassee, FL
September 14 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	at  Syracuse	W  4–0	6–0–1 (2–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (321 [24] ) Syracuse, NY
September 17 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 7	at No. 18  North Carolina	W  1–0	7–0–1 (3–0–0)	Dorrance Field (3,749 [25] ) Chapel Hill, NC
September 21 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	at  NC State			Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
October 3 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Miami (FL) Rivalry			Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
October 9 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at  Notre Dame			Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
October 16 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Stanford			Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
October 19 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		California			Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
October 23 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at  Virginia			Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
October 30 6:00 p.m., ACCN		Wake Forest			Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Jordynn Dudley	Pre-season All-ACC Team	August 7	[26]
Heather Gilchrist
Jordynn Dudley	Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First Team	August 12	[27]
Yuna McCormack	Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Second Team
Heather Gilchrist	Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Third Team
Jordynn Dudley	Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist	August 14	[28]
Heather Gilchrist
Janet Okeke	ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 5	September 16	[29]

Rankings

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer [30]	3	3 (2)	6 т	7	7	7							Not released
TopDrawer Soccer [31]	4	2	2	6	2	2

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