2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season

The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 36th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference. This was the first season where seventeen teams compete in the conference, after the additions of California, SMU, and Stanford on July 1, 2024.

Florida State were the defending regular season and ACC tournament titlists. They finished 9–0–1 in ACC play and won both of their games in the ACC Tournament. Florida State would go on to win the national championship, and complete an undefeated season. They were the first team to finish undefeated since Stanford in 2011.

The Duke Blue Devils finished as regular season champions with a record of 9–0–1. They were unable to prevail in the ACC tournament as third-seed Florida State won its fifth consecutive tournament title. The ACC sent nine teams to the NCAA tournament and Duke and Florida State both earned first seeds. Six of the final eight teams, and all of the final four teams were from the ACC. North Carolina prevailed over Wake Forest in the final. This was the second straight year and third time in the last four years a team from the ACC has won the National Title.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Stadium Capacity Boston College Eagles Newton Soccer Complex 1,800 California Golden Bears Edwards Stadium 22,000 Clemson Tigers Riggs Field 6,500 Duke Blue Devils Koskinen Stadium 7,000 Florida State Seminoles Seminole Soccer Complex 2,000 Louisville Cardinals Lynn Stadium 5,300 Miami Hurricanes Cobb Stadium 500 NC State Dail Soccer Field 3,000

Team Stadium Capacity North Carolina Tar Heels Dorrance Field 4,200 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Alumni Stadium 2,500 Pittsburgh Panthers Ambrose Urbanic Field 735 SMU Mustangs Washburne Stadium 2,577 Stanford Cardinal Cagan Stadium 2,000 Syracuse Orange SU Soccer Stadium 1,500 Virginia Cavaliers Klöckner Stadium 7,100 Virginia Tech Hokies Thompson Field 2,500 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Spry Stadium 3,000

1. Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Coaches

Head coaching changes

Two ACC teams entered the season with new coaches:

Boston College fired head coach Jason Lowe after five season with the team. Chris Watkins was hired as his replacement on December 14, 2023. North Carolina was set to be led by Anson Dorrance but Dorrance announced his retirement just four days prior to the season beginning on August 11, 2024. Damon Nahas was selected to be the interim head coach. Miami fired head coach Sarah Barnes after six season with the program. Ken Masuhr was hired as the new head coach on December 5, 2023.

Head coaching records

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record Boston College Chris Watkins 1 79–33–16 0–0–0 0–0–0 California Neil McGuire 18 222–174–47 178–105–41 0–0–0 Clemson Eddie Radwanski 14 282–146–48 143–81–34 61–57–13 Duke Robbie Church 24 381–196–77 293–147–66 112–70–39 Florida State Brian Pensky 3 224–114–49 39–3–4 17–2–1 Louisville Karen Ferguson-Dayes 23 204–192–46 204–192–46 36–50–13 Miami Ken Masuhr 1 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 North Carolina Anson Dorrance 46 896–80–50 896–80–50 226–30–18 NC State Tim Santoro 12 86–98–29 86–98–29 27–63–13 Notre Dame Nate Norman 7 126–73–25 68–38–12 33–20–2 Pittsburgh Randy Waldrum 7 461–153–37 62–45–8 27–38–5 SMU Nicole Nelson 3 21–10–6 21–10–6 0–0–0 Stanford Paul Ratcliffe 22 431–101–46 376–67–39 0–0–0 Syracuse Nicky Adams 6 105–106–31 18–51–8 3–39–5 Virginia Steve Swanson 24 475–171–73 371–108–62 147–51–29 Virginia Tech Charles Adair 14 155–83–27 155–83–27 59–57–16 Wake Forest Tony da Luz 27 348–237–60 303–196–58 103–118–28

Notes Records shown are prior to the 2024 season Years at school includes the 2024 season

Pre-season

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 15, 2024.

Player Class Position School DF Stanford MF Florida State FW

Pre-season poll

The pre-season poll and pre-season all conference teams were voted on by the league's 17 head coaches. The results of the poll were released on August 8, one week prior to the season starting.

Pre-season Coaches Poll

1 Florida State 255 (15) 2 Stanford 235 (2) 3 Notre Dame 211 4 North Carolina 187 5 Clemson 186 6 Virginia 177 7 Duke 175 8 Pittsburgh 168 9 Wake Forest 160 10 Virginia Tech 116 11 California 111 12 NC State 85 13 Louisville 80 14 Boston College 50 SMU 16 Miami (FL) 44 17 Syracuse 22

Source:

Pre-season All-ACC Team Position Player Class School Goalkeeper Teagan Wy Junior California Defender Elise Evans Stanford Heather Gilchrist Florida State Midfielder Jasmine Aikey Stanford Deborah Abiodun Sophomore Pittsburgh Lia Godfrey Senior Virginia Taylor Huff Senior Florida State Leah Klenke Junior Notre Dame Forward Maggie Cagle Virginia Jordynn Dudley Sophomore Florida State Kat Rader Junior Duke Sarah Schupansky Senior Pittsburgh

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Regular season

Conference Matrix

The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played ten matches. Each team did not play every other team. DNP indicates teams that did not play each other.   Boston CollegeCaliforniaClemsonDukeFlorida StateLouisvilleMiamiNorth CarolinaNC StateNotre DamePittsburghSMUStanfordSyracuseVirginiaVirginia TechWake Forestvs. Boston College – DNP 2–0 7–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 DNP 1–2 2–2 DNP 1–0 DNP 1–3 DNP 1–2 DNPvs. California DNP – DNP 2–1 DNP 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–3 5–2 0–1 2–3 2–3 DNP DNP DNP 2–2vs. Clemson 0–2 DNP – 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 6–0 1–0 DNP 4–1 DNP DNP DNP 1–0 2–1 DNPvs. Duke 0–7 1–2 1–3 – DNP 1–3 DNP 2–3 DNP 3–3 DNP 0–3 1–4 DNP 1–3 DNP 0–2vs. Florida State 0–1 DNP 0–3 DNP – DNP 0–1 2–4 DNP DNP 1–7 1–1 DNP 1–5 0–4 3–2 4–1vs. Louisville 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 DNP – DNP 5–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 DNP 1–0 DNP DNP 5–1 DNPvs. Miami 3–0 3–2 2–1 DNP 1–0 DNP – DNP DNP DNP 0–0 3–3 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 DNPvs. North Carolina DNP 0–1 0–6 3–2 4–2 0–5 DNP – DNP DNP 0–1 DNP 1–0 0–1 2–3 DNP 0–1vs. NC State 2–1 3–1 0–1 DNP DNP 1–0 DNP DNP – 1–1 DNP DNP 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–0vs. Notre Dame 2–2 2–5 DNP 3–3 DNP 0–0 DNP DNP 1–1 – 2–3 DNP 0–3 0–3 0–1 2–0 DNPvs. Pittsburgh DNP 1–0 1–4 DNP 7–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 DNP 3–2 – DNP 1–1 0–3 DNP DNP 2–0vs. SMU 0–1 3–2 DNP 3–0 1–1 DNP 3–3 DNP DNP DNP DNP – 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 2–1vs. Stanford DNP 3–2 DNP 4–1 DNP 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 – DNP DNP DNP 1–0vs. Syracuse 3–1 DNP DNP DNP 5–1 DNP 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 DNP – DNP 1–0 3–0vs. Virginia DNP DNP 0–1 3–1 4–0 DNP 1–3 3–2 0–3 1–0 DNP 1–2 DNP DNP – 0–1 3–0vs. Virginia Tech 2–1 DNP 1–2 DNP 2–3 1–5 0–0 DNP 0–0 0–2 DNP 0–1 DNP 0–1 1–0 – DNPvs. Wake Forest DNP 2–2 DNP 2–0 1–4 DNP DNP 1–0 0–3 DNP 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 0–3 DNP –Total 4–4–2 5–4–1 2–7–1 9–0–1 7–2–1 2–5–3 1–6–3 7–3–0 1–6–3 5–1–4 3–5–2 2–6–2 5–4–1 0–9–1 5–5–0 6–2–2 7–2–1

Rankings

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

Top Drawer Soccer + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week   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 Wk 16 Wk 17 Final Boston College California 22 13 10 10 25 Clemson 6 16 13 11 18 Duke 21 21 8 5 3 1 1 2 2 5 5 3 3 3Florida State 1 1 1 4 3 3 7 4 12 7 6 4 4 1 1 17 17 17Louisville Miami North Carolina 13 9 4 2 8 6 2 2 1 6 5 8 9 4 4 2 2 1NC State Notre Dame 12 20 17 13 11 16 9 9 8 11 7 10 13 14 14 6 7 7 Pittsburgh 3 6 19 16 16 13 16 15 13 8 SMU Stanford 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 7 5 5 9 11 15 15 15 7 4 4 Syracuse Virginia 23 22 5 3 2 8 10 10 Virginia Tech 20 24 24 22 8 8 8Wake Forest 20 20 22 15 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 2

Players of the Week

Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive Player of the week Reference Week 1 – August 20 Taylor Huff – Florida State Tatum Galvin – Virginia Week 2 – August 27 Olivia Thomas – North Carolina Victoria Safradin – Virginia Maggie Cagle – Virginia Week 3 – September 3 Giovana Canali – Miami (FL) Allie George – Virginia Tech Week 4 – September 10 Karlie Lema – California Cameron Roller – Duke Week 5 – September 17 Caiya Hanks – Wake Forest Jasmine Aikey – Stanford Lauren Hargrove – Virginia Tech Week 6 – September 24 Emily Colton – Wake Forest Trinity Armstrong – North Carolina Week 7 – October 1 Linda Ullmark – North Carolina Malia McMahon – Notre Dame Leah Freeman – Duke Week 8 – October 8 Mia Oliaro – Duke Claireese Foley – Miami (FL) Emily Murphy – Wake Forest Week 9 – October 15 Maggie Graham – Duke Erynn Floyd – Louisville Week 10 – October 22 Ellie Hodsden – Notre Dame Emile McCartney – Miami (FL) Leah Klenke – Notre Dame Week 11 – October 29 Jordynn Dudley – Florida State Lauren Hargrove – Virginia Tech Wiebke Willebrandt – Boston College

Postseason

ACC Tournament

NCAA tournament

Seed School Region 1st Round 2nd Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1 Duke Duke W 8–0 vs. – (Durham) W 3–0 vs. #8 – (Durham) W 2–0 vs. #5 – (Durham) W 1–0 vs. #7 Virginia Tech – (Durham) L 0–3 vs. #2 North Carolina – (Cary) 1 Florida State Florida State W 8–0 vs. – (Tallahassee) T 3–3 (3–4 PKs) vs. #8 – (Tallahassee) 2 North Carolina Florida State W 8–0 vs. – (Chapel Hill) W 1–0 vs. – (Chapel Hill) W 3–0 vs. #6 – (Chapel Hill) W 2–1 (OT) vs. #4 – (Chapel Hill) W 3–0 vs. #1 Duke – (Cary) W 1–0 vs. #2 Wake Forest – (Cary) 2 Wake Forest Southern California W 4–0 vs. – (Winston-Salem) W 3–1 vs. – (Winston-Salem) W 1–0 vs. #3 – (Winston-Salem) T 2–2 (4–3 PKs) @ #1 – (Carson) W 1–0 vs. #3 Stanford – (Cary) L 0–1 vs. #2 North Carolina – (Cary) 3 Stanford Mississippi State W 5–0 vs. – (Stanford) W 2–1 vs. – (Fayetteville) T 1–1 (4–2 PKs) @ #2 Arkansas – (Fayetteville) W 2–0 vs. #4 Notre Dame – (Stanford) L 0–1 vs. #2 Wake Forest - (Cary) 4 Notre Dame Mississippi State W 5–1 vs. – (Notre Dame) W 3–1 vs. #5 – (Starkville) W 2–0 @ #1 – (Starkville) L 0–2 @ #3 Stanford – (Stanford) 4 Virginia Southern California W 2–1 vs. – (Charlottesville) T 0–0 (2–4 PKs) vs. #5 – (Los Angeles) 7 Virginia Tech Duke W 2–1 vs. – (Blacksburg) W 2–1 @ #2 – (Los Angeles) W 1–0 vs. #3 – (Los Angeles) L 0–1 @ #1 Duke – (Durham) California Mississippi State W 2–1 (a.e.t) @ #7 – (Malibu) L 0–1 @ #2 – (Fayetteville) W–L (%): Total:

Awards and honors

Conference end of season awards were released on November 6, 2024, prior to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. Karlie Lema was named Offensive Player of the Year, Maggie Graham won Midfielder of the Year, Cameron Roller won Defensive Player of the Year, Leah Freeman won Goalkeeper of the Year, and Robbie Church was named Coach of the Year. A full list of award winners and All-ACC Teams is shown below.

ACC Awards

2024 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s) Coach of the Year Robbie Church – Duke Offensive Player of the Year Karlie Lema – California Midfielder of the Year Maggie Graham – Duke Defensive Player of the Year Cameron Roller – Duke Goalkeeper of the Year Leah Freeman – Duke Freshman of the Year Izzy Engle – Notre Dame

2024 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman TeamKarlie Lema – California Leah Freeman – Duke Maggie Graham – Duke Cameron Roller – Duke Jordynn Dudley – Florida State Taylor Huff – Florida State Trinity Armstrong – North Carolina Kate Faasse – North Carolina Izzy Engle – Notre Dame Leah Klenke – Notre Dame Caiya Hanks – Wake ForestTeagan Wy – California Hannah Bebar – Duke Ella Hase – Duke Mia Oliaro – Duke Deborah Abiodun – Pittsburgh Sarah Schupansky – Pittsburgh Jasmine Aikey – Stanford