2025 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

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2025 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
Florida State Seminoles alternate logo.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 6
Record3–0–1 (0–0–0 ACC)
Head coach
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
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Pittsburgh  000 400 1.000
No. 1 Stanford  000 400 1.000
No. 13т Virginia  000 300 1.000
No. 3 Duke  000 200 1.000
No.Florida State  000 200 1.000
No.Notre Dame  000 201 .833
Louisville  000 310 .750
Miami (FL)  000 310 .750
SMU  000 310 .750
Syracuse  000 310 .750
No. 24 Virginia Tech  000 310 .750
No. 19 Wake Forest  000 310 .750
Boston College  000 211 .625
California  000 211 .625
No. 22 North Carolina  000 220 .500
Clemson  000 111 .500
NC State  000 031 .125
Conference champion
2025 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of August 26, 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.

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Previous season

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
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownReason for Departure
Taylor Huff 3MF/FW5'8"Senior Mansfield, Ohio Graduated; signed professional
contract with Bay FC [2]
Ran Iwai 7DF5'3"Graduate Student Tokyo, Japan Graduated
Nina Norshie 12DF5'9"Junior Accra, Ghana Transferred to Texas State
Camille Ashe13DF5'10"Graduate Student Arlington, Virginia Graduated
Carissa Boeckmann14MF5'5"Senior San Antonio, Texas Graduated
Emma Kirlin18GK5'7"Freshman Greenville, South Carolina Transferred to South Carolina [3]
Olivia Lebdaoui21FW5'6"Junior Panama City Beach, Florida Transferred to Iowa
Maddie Smith23GK5'8"Graduate Student Omaha, Nebraska Graduated
Ashlyn Puerta 30MF/FW5'7"Freshman San Diego, California Signed professional
contract with Sporting JAX [4]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownPrevious School
Janet Okeke 8DF5'7"Sophomore Laval, Canada NC State [5]
Yuna McCormack 14MF5'9"Junior Mill Valley, California Virginia
Enasia Colon23MF/FW5'4"Senior Bradenton, Florida Arizona State

Source: [3]

Recruiting class

NameNationalityHometownClubTDS Rating
Nawreen Ahmad
MF
Flag of the United States.svg Falls Church, Virginia Fairfax Virginia UnionStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Ashlyn Anderson
FW
Flag of the United States.svg Carmen, IndianaIndy Premier Soccer ClubStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Mya Brandon
DF
Flag of the United States.svg Canton, Michigan Michigan HawksStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Omotara Junaid
MF
Flag of Nigeria.svg Jacksonville, Florida Arsenal N/A [9]
Jaida McGrew
FW
Flag of the United States.svg Stanley, North Carolina Charlotte Soccer AcademyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Evan O'Steen
GK
Flag of the United States.svg Grapevine, Texas Solar Soccer ClubStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Kate Ockene
GK
Flag of the United States.svg Sandy, Utah La Roca FCStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Kai Price
DF
Flag of the United States.svg Duluth, Georgia Concorde Fire SCStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Nyanya Touray
FW
Flag of the United States.svg Silver Spring, Maryland Bethesda SCStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Adelyn Todd
2 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Evan O'Steen
3 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jaida McGrew
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kai Price
5 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Giana Riley
6 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Lara Dantas
7 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nyanya Touray
8 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Janet Okeke
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Suarez
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Peyton Nourse
11 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jordynn Dudley
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Peyton McGovern
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mya Brandon
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Yuna McCormack
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sophia Nguyen
17 MF Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Mimi Van Zanten
18 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kate Ockene
19 FW Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Kameron Simmonds
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Heather Gilchrist
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nawreen Ahmad
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Claire Rain
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Enasia Colon
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashlyn Anderson
28 FW Flag of Jamaica.svg  JAM Solai Washington
30 MF Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  VEN Marianyela Jiménez
42 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Wrianna Hudson
50 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Omotara Junaid

Team management

PositionStaff
Athletic Director Michael Alford
Head Coach Brian Pensky
Associate Head Coach Bobby Shuttleworth
Assistant CoachMicah Bledsoe
Assistant CoachErwin van Bennekom
Director of OperationsMackenzie Ostrom

Source: [15]

Schedule

Source: [16] [17]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (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. 6at  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.
No. 7at  Florida Atlantic   
FAU Soccer Stadium
Boca Raton, FL
ACC Regular season
September 11
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Louisville   
Seminole Soccer Complex
Tallahassee, FL
September 14
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
at  Syracuse   
SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
September 17
7:00 p.m., ACCN
at  North Carolina   
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
September 21
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
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

RecipientAwardDateRef.
Jordynn Dudley Pre-season All-ACC Team August 7 [22]
Heather Gilchrist
Jordynn DudleyTop Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First TeamAugust 12 [23]
Yuna McCormack Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Second Team
Heather GilchristTop Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Third Team
Jordynn Dudley Hermann Trophy Preseason WatchlistAugust 14 [24]
Heather Gilchrist

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer [25] 33 (2)6 т7Not released 
TopDrawer Soccer [26] 4226

Notes

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