2025 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team

2025 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 19
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 22
Record	9–1–2 (3–0–1 ACC)
Head coach	Tony da Luz (29th season)
Associate head coach	Brittany Cameron (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Courtney Drummond (4th season) Taylor Culp (2nd season)
Home stadium	Spry Stadium
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2025 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 6 Florida State  ‍‍‍	3	–	0	–	1		.875			7	–	0	–	2		.889
No. 19 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	3	–	0	–	1		.875			9	–	1	–	2		.833
No. 1 Virginia  ‍‍‍	3	–	0	–	0		1.000			9	–	0	–	1		.950
No. 2 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	3	–	0	–	0		1.000			8	–	0	–	1		.944
Louisville  ‍‍‍	3	–	1	–	0		.750			10	–	2	–	0		.833
No. 3 Stanford  ‍‍‍	2	–	0	–	1		.833			8	–	1	–	1		.850
California  ‍‍‍	2	–	0	–	1		.833			6	–	1	–	5		.708
SMU  ‍‍‍	1	–	1	–	1		.500			7	–	3	–	1		.682
NC State  ‍‍‍	1	–	1	–	1		.500			2	–	6	–	3		.318
No. 22 North Carolina  ‍‍‍	1	–	2	–	0		.333			7	–	4	–	0		.636
No. 9 Duke  ‍‍‍	1	–	3	–	0		.250			6	–	3	–	1		.650
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	1	–	3	–	0		.250			5	–	5	–	2		.500
Clemson  ‍‍‍	0	–	2	–	2		.250			3	–	3	–	5		.500
Boston College  ‍‍‍	0	–	2	–	1		.167			4	–	3	–	4		.545
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	0	–	3	–	1		.125			4	–	4	–	4		.500
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	0	–	3	–	0		.000			6	–	4	–	1		.591
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	0	–	3	–	0		.000			4	–	5	–	2		.455
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of September 25, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2025 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team represents Wake Forest University during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Demon Deacons are led by head coach Tony da Luz, in his twenty-ninth season. They play their home games at Spry Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This is the team's 31st season playing organized women's college soccer, all of which have been played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

Main article: 2024 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team

The Demon Deacons finished the regular season 12–3–2 overall and 7–2–1 in ACC ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. As the third seed in the ACC Tournament they earned a bye to the Semifinals where they met third seed and sixth ranked Florida State. The game was closer than it was in the regular season and Florida State prevailed in a penalty shoot-out. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament. They were selected as the second seed in the Southern California Bracket. They defeated Morehead State in the First Round, Colorado in the Second Round, and third-seed and tenth ranked Ohio State in the Round of 16. They traveled to Southern California to face the first seed and fourth ranked Trojans in the Quarterfinals. Wake Forest prevailed in a penalty shoot-out to advance to the Semfinals. There they faced regular season opponent Stanford, and again won 1–0. They faced another regular season foe in the Final, North Carolina. The Demon Deacons again could not defeat the Tar Heels and finished as runners-up. Their final record was 16–4–4.

Offseason

Departures

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Paige Nurkin	0	GK	6'0"	Graduate Student	Charlotte, North Carolina	Graduated
Emily Colton	3	MF	5'3"	Senior	Carlsbad, California	Graduated; signed professional contract with DC Power FC [1]
Nikayla Small	4	MF	5'2"	Senior	Pickering, Canada	Graduated; signed professional contract with AFC Toronto [2]
Kristin Johnson	7	DF	5'9"	Senior	Reykjavík, Iceland	Graduated
Caiya Hanks	9	FW	5'4"	Junior	Kailua-Kona, Hawaii	Signed professional contract with Portland Thorns FC [3]
Malaika Meena	10	MF	5'6"	Senior	Slough, England	Graduated
Emily Morris	13	MF	5'8"	Senior	Fort Mill, South Carolina	Graduated
Tyla Ochoa	17	DF	5'5"	Senior	Encinitas, California	Graduated
Kate Dobsch	18	DF	5'9"	Senior	Winnetka, Illinois	Graduated
Josie Noble	22	MF	5'8"	Freshman	Wilmette, Illinois	—
Zara Chavoshi	24	DF	5'8"	Senior	Potomac, Maryland	Graduated; signed professional contract with Orlando Pride [4]
Nadia DeMarinis	27	DF	5'7"	Senior	Boca Raton, Florida	Graduated
Olivia DeMarinis	29	DF	5'7"	Senior		Graduated
Anna Swanson	30	MF	5'4"	Senior	Santa Fe, New Mexico	Graduated
Olivia Duvall	31	FW	5'7"	Senior	Alexandria, Virginia	Graduated
Emily Silva	32	MF	5'4"	Senior	Greensboro, North Carolina	Graduated
Abbie Colton	33	MF	5'3"	Senior	Carlsbad, California	Graduated
Laurel Ansbrow	34	DF	5'11"	Senior	Cary, North Carolina	Graduated; signed professional contract with Fort Lauderdale United FC [5]
Emily Murphy	35	FW	5'6"	Senior	Windsor, England	Graduated; signed professional contract with Newcastle United [6]
Payton Cahill	88	GK	5'8"	Senior	Cottage Grove, Minnesota	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Addison Roberts	3	DF	5'9"	Junior	Edmond, Oklahoma	Oklahoma State
Brooke Miller	10	MF	5'7"	Senior	San Diego, California	Portland [7]
Victoria Coninck	33	GK	5'7"	Graduate Student	San Ramon, California	George Mason

Recruiting class

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Sonoma Bever FW		Madison, Wisconsin	SC Wave	[8]
Allie Flanagan FW		Round Hill, Virginia	Virginia Development Academy	[9]
Alejandra Gomez MF		Madrid, Spain	Real Madrid	N/A
Zaiba Ishaque DF		Manchester, England	Manchester United	N/A [10]
Aislynn Maguire FW		Winston-Salem, North Carolina	NC Fusion	[11]
Kylie Maxwell FW		Langhorne, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals	[12]
Alicia Meincke MF		Ashburn, Virginia	Fairfax Virginia Union	[13]
Elliana Ramirez FW		Dallas, Texas	DKSC (ECNL)	[14]
Sydney Schuler MF		Rancho Mission Viejo, California	San Diego Surf	[15]
Elizabeth Thornton GK		Purcellville, Virginia	Northern Virginia Alliance	[16]
Jordan Turner DF		Ashburn, Virginia		[17]
Rachael Wright DF		Grand Rapids, Michigan	Nationals	[18]
Tahlia Zadeyan DF		San Diego, California	DCMV Sharks	[19]

Squad

Roster

As of August 12, 2025 ^[20]

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 0 GK   USA Lizzie Thornton 1 GK   USA Valentina Amaral 2 MF   USA Amaya Dawkins 3 DF   USA Addison Roberts 4 DF   USA Tahlia Zadeyan 5 DF   USA MJ Osborne 6 MF   USA Dempsey Brown 7 MF   ESP Alejandra Goemz 8 FW   USA Chloe Burst 9 FW   USA Elliana Ramirez 10 MF   USA Brooke Miller 11 FW   USA Sonoma Bever 12 FW   USA Aislynn Maguire 13 DF   USA Rachel Wright 14 MF   USA Lola Ressler 15 DF   USA Jordan Turner

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW   USA Alex Wood 17 FW   ENG Zaiba Ishaque 18 FW   USA Allie Flanagan 19 FW   USA Sierra Sythe 20 FW   USA Hannah Johnson 21 DF   USA Sammi Wiemann 23 DF   USA Allie Schmidt 24 MF   USA Sydney Schuler 25 MF   USA Sophie Faircloth 26 DF   USA Taryn Chance 27 MF   USA Alicia Meincke 28 MF   USA Carly Wilson 31 FW   USA Kylie Maxwell 33 GK   USA Victoria Conick 39 DF   USA Laine DeNatale

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Tony da Luz
Associate Head Coach	Brittany Cameron
Assistant Coach	Courtney Drummond
Assistant Coach	Taylor Culp

Source: ^[20]

Schedule

Source: ^{[21] [22]}

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 6* 6:00 p.m.	No. 10	No. 15  Virginia	None Reported [23]	—	Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
August 9* 6:00 p.m.	No. 10	at No. 1  North Carolina	None Reported [24]	—	Dorrance Field Chapel Hill, NC
Regular Season
August 14* 7:00 p.m.,  ACCNX	No. 10	SMU	W  2–0	1–0–0	Spry Stadium (467) Winston-Salem, NC
August 17* 1:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 10	LSU	W  1–0	2–0–0	Spry Stadium (578) Winston-Salem, NC
August 21* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 10	Villanova	W  2–0	3–0–0	Spry Stadium (1,975) Winston-Salem, NC
August 24* 6:30 p.m.,  SECN	No. 10	at  Mississippi State	L  1–2	3–1–0	MSU Soccer Field (1,454) Starkville, MS
August 28* 8:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 19	USF	W  1–0	4–1–0	Spry Stadium (1,279) Winston-Salem, NC
September 4* 7:00 p.m.,  FloCollege	No. 17	at  College of Charleston	W  2–0	5–1–0	Patriots Point Athletics Complex (112) Mount Pleasant, SC
September 7* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 17	Brown	T  1–1	5–1–1	Spry Stadium (1,000) Winston-Salem, NC
September 10 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 18	Miami (FL)	W  3–1	6–1–1 (1–0–0)	Spry Stadium (506) Winston-Salem, NC
September 14* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 18	USC Upstate	W  6–2	7–1–1	Spry Stadium (483) Winston-Salem, NC
September 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 16	Virginia Tech	W  2–1	8–1–1 (2–0–0)	Spry Stadium (773) Winston-Salem, NC
September 21 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 16	at  Boston College	T  0–0	8–1–2 (2–0–1)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (675) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 25 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 19	at No. 9  Duke	W  3–2	9–1–2 (3–0–1)	Koskinen Stadium (484) Durham, NC
October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at  NC State			Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
October 9 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Louisville			Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
October 16 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at  Clemson			Riggs Field Clemson, SC
October 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Pittsburgh			Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
October 26 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		Notre Dame			Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
October 30 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at  Florida State			Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Allie Flanagan	Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Freshman Team	August 12	[25]
Valentina Amaral	ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 1	August 19	[26]

Rankings

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

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer [27]	10	10	19	17	18	16	19						Not released
TopDrawer Soccer [28]	18	17	20	24	25	20	22

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