2016 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 28th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	14
2017 NWSL College Draft
Top draft pick	Christina Gibbons
Picked by	Seattle Reign FC, 5th Overall
Regular season
Season champions	Notre Dame Clemson
Runners-up	Duke
Tournament
Champions	Florida State
Runners-up	North Carolina
Finals MVP	Cassie Miller, Florida State Seminoles
ACC women's soccer seasons
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2016 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
#21 Notre Dame  ‍†‍‍^y	7	–	1	–	2		.800			13	–	3	–	5		.738
No. 12 Clemson  ‍†‍‍^y	7	–	1	–	2		.800			14	–	5	–	4		.696
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			15	–	4	–	3		.750
#4 North Carolina  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			16	–	3	–	4		.783
No. 11 Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			15	–	5	–	2		.727
No. 14 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍^y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			14	–	4	–	4		.727
Miami  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0		.500			10	–	8	–	1		.553
No. 24 NC State  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	5	–	1		.450			11	–	9	–	2		.545
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3		.450			11	–	5	–	3		.658
Louisville  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			7	–	7	–	4		.500
Boston College  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0		.300			11	–	8	–	1		.575
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	0		.200			10	–	8	–	0		.556
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			8	–	8	–	3		.500
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			2	–	15	–	1		.139
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-7-2 Rankings from NSCAA

The Virginia Cavaliers are the defending regular season champions. The Florida State Seminoles are the defending ACC tournament Champions.

Changes from 2015

There were no coaching changes from 2015 to 2016.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Boston College Eagles	Newton Soccer Complex	2,500
Clemson Tigers	Riggs Field	6,500
Duke Blue Devils	Koskinen Stadium	7,000
Florida State Seminoles	Seminole Soccer Complex	1,600
Louisville Cardinals	Lynn Stadium	5,300
Miami Hurricanes	Cobb Stadium	500
NC State Wolfpack	Method Road	3,000
North Carolina Tar Heels	Fetzer Field	5,025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Alumni Stadium	2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers	Ambrose Urbanic Field	735
Syracuse Orange	SU Soccer Stadium	5,000
Virginia Cavaliers	Klöckner Stadium	8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies	Thompson Field	2,500
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Spry Stadium	3,000

1. ^ Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Captain
Boston College Eagles	Alison Foley ^[1]	Hayley Dowd & McKenzie Meehan^[2]
Clemson Tigers	Eddie Radwanski ^[3]	Emily Byorth, Gabby Byorth, Abby Jones, & Clarie Wagner^[4]
Duke Blue Devils	Robbie Church ^[5]	Christina Gibbons & Lizzy Raben ^[6]
Florida State	Mark Krikorian ^[7]	Kirsten Crowley ^[8]
Louisville Cardinals	Karen Ferguson-Dayes ^[9]	Caroline Kimble & Inger Katrine Bjerke ^[10]
Miami Hurricanes	Mary-Frances Monroe ^[11]	Gianna Dal Pozzo ^[12]
NC State Wolfpack	Tim Santoro ^[13]	Jackie Stengel & Hannah Keogh ^[14]
North Carolina Tar Heels	Anson Dorrance ^[15]	Hanna Gardner ^[16]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Theresa Romagnolo ^[17]	Sandra Yu ^[18]
Pittsburgh Panthers	Greg Miller ^[19]	Siobhan McDonough & Emma Pozzulo ^[20]
Syracuse Orange	Phil Wheddon ^[21]	Stephanie Skilton & Jackie Firenze
Virginia Cavaiers	Steve Swanson ^[22]	-
Virginia Tech Hokies	Charles Adair ^[23]	-
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	Tony da Luz ^[24]	-

Regular season

Rankings

NSCAA

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Boston College	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Clemson	14	8	6	13	13	13	13	12	18	17	14	9	12	12
Duke	3	2	7	6	9	7	10	9	4	4	6	12	14	7
Florida State	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	9	9	8	13	10	14
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina	9	9	8	8	7	18	16	15	11	18	16	10	6	4
NC State
Notre Dame	13	12	23	20	20	24	22	20	20	13	12	6	11	21
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia	4	4	3	3	5	2	7	8	5	8	7	14	15	11
Virginia Tech	17	18	16	18	17	19	RV	RV	24	25	RV	RV	RV
Wake Forest

Top Drawer Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
Boston College	25	24	23	13	11	17
Clemson	10	10	9	9	14	15	11	12	12	15	15	12	10	13	11	13	13
Duke	3	3	5	5	8	7	6	6	3	3	6	11	15	13	5	6	6
Florida State	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	4	13	11	9	12	9	9	19	19
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina	12	12	10	7	7	9	14	13	13	14	18	16	9	12	10	7	4
NC State																	23
Notre Dame			RV		25	25	RV	21	19	19	12	10	6	10	21	22	22
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia	6	6	4	3	3	5	2	8	8	4	8	7	13	16	14	15	15
Virginia Tech	20	20	18	12	17	16	23	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV
Wake Forest

Postseason

ACC tournament

Main article: 2016 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Notre Dame	1
	4	North Carolina	2
						4	North Carolina	0 (3)
						6	Florida State	0 (4)
	2	Clemson	0
	6	Florida State	1

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	1st round	2nd round	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Final Four	Championship
2	South Carolina	North Carolina	W 3–0 vs. Liberty – (Chapel Hill, NC)	W 2–0 vs. Kansas – (Chapel Hill, NC)	W 1–0 vs. Clemson – (Chapel Hill, NC)	L 0–1 vs. South Carolina – (Columbia, SC)
2	West Virginia	Notre Dame	T 0–0 ^L, 4–5 PK vs. SIU Edwardsville – (Notre Dame, IN)
3	Stanford	Virginia	W 4–1 vs. Monmouth – (Charlottesville, VA)	W 3–0 vs. Penn State – (Washington D.C.)	L 0–2 vs. Georgetown – (Washington, D.C.)
3	Stanford	Florida State	W 4–0 vs. Samford – (Tallahassee, FL)	L 1–2 vs. Utah – (Los Angeles, CA)
3	South Carolina	Clemson	W 1–0 vs. Northeastern – (Clemson, SC)	T 0–0 ^W, 4–2 PK vs. Arkansas – (Chapel Hill, NC)	L 1–0 vs. North Carolina – (Chapel Hill, NC)
3	West Virginia	Duke	W 3–0 vs. Charlotte – (Durham, NC)	W 3–1 vs. Illinois State – (Durham, NC)	W 1–0 vs. Northwestern – (Durham, NC)	L 0–1 vs. West Virginia – (Morgantown, WV)
-	Stanford	NC State	T 0–0 ^W, 4–2 PK vs. Minnesota – (St. Paul, Minnesota)	W 1–0 vs. Pepperdine – (Stanford, CA)	L 0–3 vs. Santa Clara – (Stanford, CA)

All-ACC awards and teams

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2016 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year	Alexis Shaffer, University of Virginia
Coach of the Year	Eddie Radwanski, Clemson University
Midfielder of the Year	Alexis Shaffer, University of Virginia
Defensive Player of the Year	Christina Gibbons, Duke University
Freshman of the Year	Bridgette Andrzejewski, University of North Carolina

2016 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	All-Freshman Team
McKenzie Meehan, GS, F, Boston College Catrina Atanda, Sr., M, Clemson Kailen Sheridan, Sr., GK, Clemson Christina Gibbons, Sr., D, Duke Toni Payne, Sr., F, Duke Kirsten Crowley, Sr., D, Florida State Gracie Lachowecki, Sr., F, Miami Bridgette Andrzejewski, Fr., F, North Carolina Kaleigh Olmsted, Sr., F, Notre Dame Alexis Shaffer, Sr., M, Virginia Murielle Tiernan, Sr., F, Virginia Tech	Hayley Dowd, Sr., F, Boston College Sam Staab, So., D, Clemson Imani Dorsey, Jr., F, Duke Deyna Castellanos, Fr., F, Florida State Megan Connolly, So, M, Florida State Natalia Kuikka, So., D, Florida State Cassie Miller, Jr., GK, Florida State Megan Buckingham, Jr., M, North Carolina Jennifer Westendorf, Fr., F, Notre Dame Kristen McNabb , GS, D, Virginia Sarah Teegarden, Sr., M, Wake Forest	Claire Wagner, Sr., D, Clemson Ella Stevens, Fr., M, Duke Emma Koivisto, Jr., D, Florida State Gaby Vincent, So., M, Louisville Tziarra King, Fr., M, NC State Taylor Klawunder, Jr., M, Notre Dame Kaela Little, Sr., GK, Notre Dame Sandra Yu, Sr., M, Notre Dame Alissa Gorzak, Fr., F, Virginia Veronica Latsko, Jr., F, Virginia Candace Cephers, Sr., M, Virginia Tech	Ella Stevens, Fr., M, Duke Malia Berkely, Fr., D, Florida State Deyna Castellanos, Fr., F, Florida State Kristen McFarland, Fr., F, Florida State Kristina Fisher, Fr., M, Miami Bridgette Andrzejewski, Fr., F, North Carolina Tziarra King, Fr., M, NC State Kia Rankin, Fr., F, NC State Jennifer Westendorf, Fr., M, Notre Dame Alissa Gorzak, Fr, F, Virginia Zoe Morse, Fr., M, Virginia

Draft picks

Main article: 2017 NWSL College Draft

The ACC had 10 total players selected in the 2017 NWSL College Draft. There was 1 player selected in the first round, 2 players selected in the second round, 3 players selected in the third round, and 4 players selected in the fourth round.

FW

Forward

MF

Midfielder

DF

Defender

GK

Goalkeeper

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position	School
Christina Gibbons	Seattle Reign FC	1st	5	MF	Duke
Toni Payne	FC Kansas City	2nd	13	FW	Duke
Claire Wagner	North Carolina Courage	2nd	20	DF	Clemson
Kailen Sheridan	Sky Blue FC	3rd	23	GK	Clemson
Alexis Schaffer	FC Kansas City	3rd	25	MF	Virginia
Catrina Atanda	Sky Blue FC	3rd	30	MF	Clemson
McKenzie Meehan	Sky Blue FC	4th	34	FW	Boston College
Cameron Castleberry	Washington Spirit	4th	36	MF	North Carolina
Kristen McNabb	Washington Spirit	4th	36	MF	Virginia
Hayley Dowd	Boston Breakers	4th	38	FW	Boston College

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