2021 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team

The 2021 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Steve Swanson, in his twenty second season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 36th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 34th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

2021 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer
ACC Regular Season Champions
NCAA Tournament, Round of 16
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 8
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 9
Record	18–3–2 (8–0–2 ACC)
Head coach	Steve Swanson (22nd season)
Assistant coaches	Ron Raab (16th season) Jaime Frias (3rd season)
Home stadium	Klöckner Stadium
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 Cavaliers finished the season 18–3–2 and 8–0–2 in ACC play to finish as regular season champions. As the top seed in the ACC Tournament they received a bye into the Semifinals. They defeated Clemson before losing to Florida State in the Final. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were one of the four number one seeds. They defeated High Point in the First Round and Milwaukee in the Second Round before losing to BYU in the Sweet 16 to end their season.

Previous season

Main article: 2020 Virginia Cavaliers 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.^[2][3]

The Cavaliers finished the fall season 8–3–1, 5–2–1 in ACC play to finish in third place. In the ACC Tournament they defeated Louisville in the Quarterfinals before losing to North Carolina in the Semifinals. The Cavaliers finished the spring season 2–1–1 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team, the Cavaliers defeated SIU Edwardsville in the First Round, BYU in the Second Round, Rice in the Third Round, and TCU in the Quarterfinals before losing to Florida State on penalties in the Semifinals.

Squad

Roster

As of September 9, 2021^[4]

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 Laurel Ivory 1 GK   USA Michaela Moran 2 MF   USA Sydney Zandi 3 MF   USA Alexis Theoret 4 FW   USA Cam Lexow 5 DF   USA Lizzy Sieracki 6 FW   USA Jansen Eichenlaub 7 FW   USA Alexa Spaanstra 8 DF   USA Sarah Clark 9 FW   MEX Diana Ordóñez 10 MF   USA Taryn Torres 11 MF   USA Lacey McCormack 12 DF   HAI Claire Constant 13 FW   USA Rebecca Jarrett 14 MF   USA Emma Dawson 15 FW   USA Brianna Jablonowski 16 DF   USA Kiki Maki

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW/MF   USA Haley Hopkins 18 FW/MF   USA Sarah Brunner 19 MF   USA Madeline Simpson 20 DF   USA Talia Staude 21 MF   USA Lauren Hinton 22 MF   USA Lia Godfrey 23 DF   USA Laney Rouse 24 DF   USA Kira Maguire 25 DF   USA Samar Guidry 26 MF   USA Laughlin Ryan 27 MF   USA Maggie Fralin 28 MF   USA Peyton Goldthwaite 29 GK   USA Cayla White 30 FW   USA Degen Miller 31 MF   USA Charlotte McClure 32 GK   USA Camryn Miller 33 GK   USA Ally Reynolds

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Carla Williams
Head coach	Steve Swanson
Associate head coach	Ron Raab
Assistant coach	Jamie Frias
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Jake Davis
Director of operations	Eilidh Thomson

Source:^[4]

Schedule

Source:^[5]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 11* 3:00 p.m.	No. 4	at Central Michigan	W 3–0	–	Central Michigan Soccer/Lacrosse Complex Maple City, MI
August 14* Noon	No. 4	at Michigan	W 1–0	–	U-M Soccer Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
Non-conference Regular season
August 19* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	Richmond	W 8–0	1–0–0	Klöckner Stadium (1,162) Charlottesville, VA
August 22* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 4	at No. 12 West Virginia	W 1–0	2–0–0	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1,433) Morgantown, WV
August 26* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 3	at George Mason	W 2–0	3–0–0	George Mason Stadium (1,325) Fairfax, VA
August 29* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	George Washington	W 6–1	4–0–0	Klöckner Stadium (1,267) Charlottesville, VA
September 2* 8:00 p.m.	No. 3	vs. No. 9 Santa Clara	W 1–0	5–0–0	Sentara Park (116) Harrisonburg, VA
September 3* 3:00 p.m., FloSports	No. 3	at James Madison	W 2–0	6–0–0	Sentara Park (548) Harrisonburg, VA
September 9* 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 3	No. 14 Penn State	L 2–4	6–1–0	Klöckner Stadium (1,559) Charlottesville, VA
September 12* Noon, ACCNX	No. 3	Oklahoma	W 2–1	7–1–0	Klöckner Stadium (1,052) Charlottesville, VA
ACC Regular Season
September 15 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	at Wake Forest	W 1–0	8–1–0 (1–0–0)	Spry Stadium (1,487) Winston-Salem, NC
September 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	No. 2 Duke	W 1–0	9–1–0 (2–0–0)	Klöckner Stadium (1,911) Charlottesville, VA
September 26 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7	at NC State	W 2–1	10–1–0 (3–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (264) Raleigh, NC
October 3 1:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	at No. 5 North Carolina	T 0–0 ^2OT	10–1–1 (3–0–1)	Dorrance Field (2,222) Chapel Hill, NC
October 7 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	at Boston College	W 3–0	11–1–1 (4–0–1)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (304) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 10 Noon, ACCNX	No. 2	at Syracuse	W 5–0	12–1–1 (5–0–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (78) Syracuse, NY
October 17 1:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	No. 17 Notre Dame	W 2–1	13–1–1 (6–0–1)	Klöckner Stadium (2,490) Charlottesville, VA
October 21 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	Louisville	W 4–1	14–1–1 (7–0–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,564) Charlottesville, VA
October 24 3:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 2	Miami (FL)	W 6–1	15–1–1 (8–0–1)	Klöckner Stadium (2,396) Charlottesville, VA
October 28 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 1	at No. 3 Florida State	T 1–1 ^2OT	15–1–2 (8–0–2)	Seminole Soccer Complex (2,388) Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 5 5:30 p.m., ACCN	(1) No. 1	vs. (5) No. 24 Clemson Semifinals	W 1–0	16–1–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (2,687) Cary, NC
November 7 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	(1) No. 1	vs. (2) No. 2 Florida State Finals	L 0–1	16–2–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,250) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 12 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	(1) No. 2	High Point First Round	W 6–0	17–2–2	Klöckner Stadium (1,201) Charlottesville, VA
November 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	(1) No. 2	Milwaukee Second Round	W 2–0	18–2–2	Klöckner Stadium (1,445) Charlottesville, VA
November 20 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	(1) No. 2	(4) No. 13 BYU Round of 16	L 0–1	18–3–2	Klöckner Stadium (0) Charlottesville, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Lia Godfrey	Preseason All-ACC Team	August 12	^[6]
Alexa Spaanstra
Lia Godfrey	Preseason Hermann Trophy Watchlist	August 19	^[7]
Haley Hopkins
Alexa Spaanstra
Claire Constant	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 7	^[8]
Diana Ordoñez	ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week	September 28	^[9]
Alexa Spaanstra		October 19	^[10]
Diana Ordoñez	ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week	October 26	^[11]
Steve Swanson	ACC Coach of the Year	November 4	^[12]
Diana Ordoñez	ACC Offensive Player of the Year
Lia Godfrey	All-ACC First Team
Diana Ordoñez
Samar Guidry	All-ACC Second Team
Laurel Ivory
Alexa Spaanstra
Haley Hopkins	All-ACC Third Team
Taryn Torres
Haley Hopkins	ACC All-Tournament Team	November 7	^[13]
Diana Ordoñez
Alexa Spaanstra
Talia Staude

Rankings

See also: 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer^[14]	4 (1)	3 (1)	3	3 (1)	7	7	2 (1)	2 (1)	2 (1)	2 (2)	1 (26)	1 (28)	2 (3)	Not released			8
TopDrawer Soccer^[15]	3	3	2	2	7	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	9	9	9

2022 NWSL draft

Main article: 2022 NWSL Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Diana Ordoñez	North Carolina Courage	1	6	FW

Source:^[16]

References

1. 2020 Fact Book (PDF)
2. "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
3. "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
4. "2021-22 Women's Soccer Roster". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
5. "2021-22 Women's Soccer Schedule". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
6. "Florida State Tabbed 2021 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
7. . machermanntrophy.org. Missouri Athletic Club. August 19, 2021. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
8. "Virginia's Constant, Wake Forest's Smart Earn ACC Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
9. "ACC Announces Women's Soccer Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
10. "ACC Announces Women's Soccer Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
11. "ACC Announces Women's Soccer Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
12. "2021 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
13. "Florida State Wins Second Consecutive ACC Women's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. November 7, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
14. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
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16. "Ordoñez Taken Sixth Overall By NC Courage In NWSL Draft". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. December 18, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.