ACC women's soccer tournament

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ACC women's soccer tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference
women's soccer championship
ACC Women's Soccer Championships.png
Sport College soccer
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Number of teams6
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium WakeMed Soccer Park
Current location Cary, North Carolina
Played1988–present
Last contest 2025
Current champion Stanford
Most championships North Carolina (22)
TV partner(s) ACC Network, ESPNU
Official website theacc.com/wsoc

The ACC women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in college soccer for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1988. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Contents

Historically, there have been eight teams to qualify for the tournament. However between 2014 and 2016, the tournament was reduced to 4 teams from the usual 8 teams. The tournament was reduced to six teams in 2021. [1]

North Carolina is the most winning team of the ACC tournament with 22 conference titles.

Champions

The following is a list of Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament winners:

Finals

Key
  • (1) – Title number
  •   – Match went to extra time
  • Bold – Winning team won regular season
  •   – Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
  •   – Winning team reached College Cup
  •   – Winning team won National Championship

Year by year

Source: [2]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upVenueTournament MVP
1988 NC State (1)1–1 (4–3 p) North Carolina Method Road Stadium • Raleigh, NC Lindsay Brecher, NC State
1989 North Carolina (1)5–3NC State Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, NC Mia Hamm, North Carolina
1990North Carolina(2)2–0 Virginia University Hall Field • Charlottesville, VA Kristine Lilly, North Carolina
1991North Carolina(3)5–1NC State Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC Tisha Venturini, North Carolina
1992North Carolina(4)3–1 Duke Duke Soccer Stadium • Durham, NCMia Hamm, North Carolina
1993North Carolina(5)4–1DukeMethod Road Stadium • Raleigh, NCTisha Venturini, North Carolina
1994North Carolina(6)4–2DukeFetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
1995North Carolina(7)3–0 Maryland Ludwig Field • College Park, MD Nel Fettig, North Carolina
1996North Carolina(8)4–1 Clemson Riggs Field • Clemson, SC Robin Confer, North Carolina
1997North Carolina(9)4–0Maryland Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC Cindy Parlow, North Carolina
1998North Carolina(10)1–0Clemson World of Sports • Orlando, FL Tiffany Roberts, North Carolina
1999North Carolina(11)3–0 Wake Forest Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC Lindsay Stoecker, North Carolina
2000North Carolina(12)4–0Duke Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC Meredith Florance, North Carolina
2001North Carolina(13)4–0 Florida State Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC Alyssa Ramsey, North Carolina
2002North Carolina(14)6–0Clemson Seminole Complex • Tallahassee, Fl Leslie Gaston, North Carolina
2003North Carolina(15)3–2Florida State SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NC Lindsay Tarpley, North Carolina
2004Virginia (1)1–1 (5–4 p)North CarolinaChristina de Vries, Virginia
Sarah Huffman, Virginia
2005North Carolina(16)4–1Virginia Kacey White, North Carolina
2006North Carolina(17)2–1 ( a.e.t. )Florida State Elizabeth Guess, North Carolina
2007North Carolina(18)1–0Florida StateWorld of Sports • Lake Buena Vista, FL Nikki Washington, North Carolina
2008North Carolina(19)3–0 Virginia Tech WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC Casey Nogueira, North Carolina
2009North Carolina (20)3–0Florida State
2010 Wake Forest (1)1–1 (3–1 p)Maryland Aubrey Bledsoe, Wake Forest
2011Florida State (1)1–1 (3–1 p)Wake Forest Kelsey Wys, Florida State
2012Virginia (2)4–0Maryland Morgan Brian, Virginia
2013Florida State (2)1–0Virginia Tech Kassey Kallman, Florida State
2014Florida State (3)1–0Virginia UNCG Stadium • Greensboro, NC Dagny Brynjarsdottir, Florida State
2015 Florida State (4)2–2 (7–6 p)VirginiaWakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC Natalia Kuikka, Florida State
2016 Florida State (5)0–0 (4–3 p)North Carolina MUSC Stadium • Charleston, SC Cassie Miller, Florida State
2017 North Carolina (21)1–0Duke Alessia Russo, North Carolina
2018 Florida State (6)3–2North Carolina WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NCDallas Dorosy, Florida State
2019 North Carolina (22)2–1 ( a.e.t. ) Virginia Alessia Russo, North Carolina
2020 Florida State (7)3–2 North Carolina Clara Robbins, Florida State
2021 Florida State (8)1–0 Virginia
2022 Florida State (9)2–1 North Carolina Jenna Nighswonger, Florida State
2023 Florida State (10)2–1 Clemson Onyi Echegini, Florida State
2024 Florida State (11)3–2 North Carolina Taylor Huff, Florida State
2025 Stanford 2–2 (5–4 p) Notre Dame Jasmine Aikey, Stanford

By school

Through 2025 [3]

SchoolAppsLastWLT%FinalsTitlesWinning years
Boston College 1120182111.179———
California 0None000–———
Clemson 20202314203.4194——
Duke 35202517334.3525——
Florida State 312025321712.62316112011, 2013–2016,
2018, 2020–2024
Louisville 42025040.000———
Maryland 23201312224.3684——
Miami 52016032———
North Carolina 36202472106.85229221989–2003, 2005–2009,
2017, 2019
NC State 2120197183.304311988
Notre Dame 112025293.2501——
Pittsburgh 22023111.500———
SMU 0None000–———
Stanford 12025101.75011 2025
Syracuse 0None000–———
Virginia 362025242710.475822004, 2012
Virginia Tech 92024492.3332——
Wake Forest 23202411177.414312010

Teams in italics are former members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Pre-tournament champions

Prior to 1988, the champion was determined based on regular season play.

SeasonChampionRunner-up
1987North CarolinaNC State/Virginia

References

  1. ↑ "2018 ACC Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 300. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ "ACC Women's Soccer Annual Champions & Composite Records" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "2025 ACC Women's Soccer Records Book" (PDF). theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 5. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
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