2021 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

The 2021 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team represented NC State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Tim Santoro, in his tenth season. They played home games at Dail Soccer Field. This was the team's 38th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 35th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2021 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	9–9–2 (4–6–0 ACC)
Head coach	Tim Santoro (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Glen Tourville (5th season) Steve McKenna (5th season)
Home stadium	Dail Soccer Field
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 8 Virginia  ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	0	–	2		.900			18	–	3	–	2		.826
No. 1 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	1	–	2		.800			21	–	1	–	3		.900
No. 5 Duke  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			16	–	4	–	1		.786
No. 16 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	3	–	0		.700			14	–	6	–	2		.682
Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			12	–	7	–	1		.625
No. 14 North Carolina  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	2	–	3		.650			12	–	3	–	3		.750
No. 25 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	4	–	0		.600			16	–	6	–	0		.727
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			12	–	6	–	2		.650
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0		.400			11	–	7	–	0		.611
NC State  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	6	–	0		.400			9	–	9	–	2		.500
Louisville  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			7	–	7	–	2		.500
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			7	–	10	–	1		.417
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			4	–	12	–	0		.250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	0	–	10	–	0		.000			4	–	12	–	1		.265
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The Wolfpack finished the season 9–9–2 overall and 4–6–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team in the Florida State Bracket they defeated South Florida in the First Round before losing to fourth seed Pepperdine in the Second Round to end their season.

Previous season

Main article: 2020 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.^[1][2] The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.^[3]

The Wolfpack did not play in the fall season.^[4] However, they did resume play for the spring non-conference season.^[5]

The Wolfpack finished the spring season 5–3–1 and did not receive an at-large invitation to the NCAA Tournament. Their non-invitation broke a four-year streak of being invited to the tournament.

Squad

Roster

As of January 10, 2022 ^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK   USA Eden Millan 1 GK   USA Grace Spriggs 2 DF   GER Nina Zimmer 3 DF   USA Briana Weber 4 FW   USA Leyah Hall-Robinson 5 DF   USA Jenna Butler 6 DF   GER Lulu Guttenberger 7 MF   JPN Emika Kawagishi 8 FW   USA Denae Antoine 9 MF   CZE Toni Starova 10 MF   GER Annika Wohner 11 DF   USA Fernanda Soto 12 MF   USA Jaiden Thomas 13 DF   USA Margot Ridgeway

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW   USA Mia Vaughan 15 FW   USA Jameese Joseph 17 FW   USA Brianna Holt 18 DF   USA Madison Reid 19 GK   ESP María Echezarreta 20 DF   USA Mia Thillet 21 MF   USA Michaela Virgin 22 MF   USA Sandra Geiselhart 23 DF   USA Cara Elmendorf 24 MF   USA Samantha Castro 25 MF   USA Sarah Arnold 26 GK   USA Nadia Stupec 28 DF   USA Kayla Siddiqi

Team Management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Boo Corrigan
Head coach	Tim Santoro
Associate head coach	Glen Tourville
Assistant coach	Steve McKenna
Director of operations	Kim Kern

Source:^[6]

Schedule

Source:^[7]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 7* 7:00 p.m.		Coastal Carolina	W 3–1	–	Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
August 12* 2:00 p.m.		vs. No. 12 West Virginia	T 1–1^[8]	–	Thompson Field Blackburg, VA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 19* 4:00 p.m., FloSports		at No. 9 Georgetown	T 2–2 ^2OT	0–0–1	Shaw Field (27) Washington, D.C.
August 22* 6:00 p.m., C-USA TV		at Old Dominion	W 2–1	1–0–1	Old Dominion Soccer Complex (180) Norfolk, VA
August 26* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Campbell	T 1–1 ^2OT	1–0–2	Eakes Athletics Complex (369) Buies Creek, NC
August 29* 1:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 10 South Carolina	L 1–2	1–1–2	Dail Soccer Field (651) Raleigh, NC
September 2* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UNC Greensboro	W 3–0	2–1–2	UNCG Soccer Stadium (993) Greensboro, NC
September 5* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Elon	W 1–0	3–1–2	Dail Soccer Field (572) Raleigh, NC
September 9* 4:30 p.m., ACCNX		vs. Oklahoma	W 5–0	4–1–2	Klöckner Stadium (612) Charlottesville, VA
September 12* 3:00 p.m., ACCNX		vs. No. 11 Penn State	L 0–1	4–2–2	Klöckner Stadium (53) Charlottesville, VA
ACC Regular season
September 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia Tech	L 0–1	4–3–2 (0–1–0)	Thompson Field (1,364) Blackburg, VA
September 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 16 Clemson	L 1–2	4–4–2 (0–2–0)	Dail Soccer Field (647) Raleigh, NC
September 26 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 5 Virginia	L 1–2	4–5–2 (0–3–0)	Dail Soccer Field (264) Raleigh, NC
October 1 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 20 Notre Dame	L 1–2	4–6–2 (0–4–0)	Dail Soccer Field (626) Raleigh, NC
October 7 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 4 Duke	W 2–1 ^OT	5–6–2 (1–4–0)	Koskinen Stadium (626) Durham, NC
October 10 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Louisville	W 2–1	6–6–2 (2–4–0)	Lynn Stadium (483) Louisville, KY
October 16 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 3 North Carolina Rivalry	W 1–0	7–6–2 (3–4–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,234) Raleigh, NC
October 21 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Wake Forest	L 0–1	7–7–2 (3–5–0)	Spry Stadium (722) Winston-Salem, NC
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Syracuse	W 3–0	8–7–2 (4–5–0)	Dail Soccer Field (296) Raleigh, NC
October 28 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Pittsburgh	L 0–2	8–8–2 (4–6–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (314) Pittsburgh, PA
NCAA Tournament
November 14 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 22 South Florida First Round	W 2–0	9–8–2	Corbett Stadium (797) Tampa, FL
November 19 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		(4) No. 7 Pepperdine Second Round	L 0–3	9–9–2	Seminole Soccer Complex (258) Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer^[9]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	Not released				—
TopDrawer Soccer^[10]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

1. "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
2. "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
3. "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
4. "Tim Santoro Discusses Decision To Opt Out Of 2020 Season". gopack.com. NC State Wolfpack Athletics. August 31, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
5. "Women's Soccer 2021 Spring Season Preview". gopack.com. NC State Wolfpack Athletics. February 3, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
6. "2021 Women's Soccer Roster". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
7. "2021 Women's Soccer Spring Schedule". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
8. @PackWSoccer (August 12, 2021). "Final from Blacksburg. After a few lightning delays and no overtime, our match vs. #12 West Virginia ends in a 1-1 draw. Up next - our season opener at #11 Georgetown!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
9. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
10. "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.