2020 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

2020 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer
2020 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–3–1 (0–0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Tim Santoro (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Glen Tourville (4th season); Steve McKenna (4th season);
Home stadium	Dail Soccer Field
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 2 Florida State ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	0	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	–	3	.906
No. 3 North Carolina ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	0	–	0	1.000	18	–	2	–	0	.900
No. 4 Virginia ‍‍‍^y	5	–	2	–	1	.688	14	–	4	–	3	.738
No. 6 Clemson ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	0	.625	12	–	5	–	2	.684
No. 7 Duke ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	2	.625	12	–	5	–	4	.667
Louisville ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0	.500	5	–	7	–	0	.417
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0	.500	8	–	9	–	0	.471
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0	.500	6	–	7	–	0	.462
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1	.438	5	–	7	–	2	.429
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0	.375	11	–	5	–	0	.688
Boston College ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0	.125	3	–	10	–	1	.250
Syracuse ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0	.125	1	–	7	–	0	.125
Miami ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	0	.000	1	–	11	–	1	.115
NC State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	–	1	.611


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 18, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.

The 2020 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team represented NC State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Tim Santoro, in his ninth season. They played home games at Dail Soccer Field. This was the team's 37th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 34th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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.

Previous season[edit]

The Wolfpack finished the season 12–7–4, 4–2–4 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Louisville in the Quarterfinals before falling to eventual champions North Carolina in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Navy and Arkansas before losing to BYU in the Round of 16.

Squad[edit]

Roster[edit]

Updated March 12, 2021^[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	Jessica Beriln
3	DF	USA	Brianna Weber
4	FW	USA	Leyah Hall-Robinson
5	DF	USA	Jenna Butler
6	DF	GER	Lulu Guttenberger
8	FW	USA	Denae Antoine
9	MF	CZE	Toni Starova
12	MF	USA	Jaiden Thomas
13	DF	USA	Margot Ridgeway
14	FW	USA	Mia Vaughan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	USA	Jameese Joseph
17	MF	USA	Mikhail Johnson
18	DF	USA	Mackenzie Crittenberger
19	GK	ESP	Maira Echezarreta
20	DF	USA	Mia Thillet
22	MF	USA	Sandra Geiselhart
23	DF	USA	Cara Elmendorf
25	MF	USA	Sarah Arnold
27	MF	USA	Naomi Powell
28	DF	USA	Kayla Siddiqi

Team Management[edit]

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[edit]

Source:^[7]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Spring Regular season
February 7, 2021* 3:00 p.m., ACCNX	Old Dominion	W 2–0	1–0–0	Dail Soccer Field (56) Raleigh, NC
February 10, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	UNC Wilmington	W 2–1 ^OT	2–0–0	Dail Soccer Field (65) Raleigh, NC
February 16, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Campbell	W 1–0	3–0–0	Dail Soccer Field (51) Raleigh, NC
February 24, 2021* 7:00 p.m.	UNC Greensboro	T 0–0 ^2OT	3–0–1	Dail Soccer Field (0) Raleigh, NC
February 28, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at VCU	W 2–1	4–0–1	Sports Backers Stadium (126) Richmond, VA
March 20, 2021* 1:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	L 0–1 ^2OT	4–1–1	Dail Soccer Field (112) Raleigh, NC
April 2, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 7 Duke	L 0–1	4–2–1	Dail Soccer Field (100) Raleigh, NC
April 11, 2021* 2:00 p.m.	vs. Georgia	L 0–1	4–3–1	CSA OrthoCarolina Sportsplex (100) Pineville, NC
April 17, 2021* 1:00 p.m.	vs. Boston College	W 3–1	5–3–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (84) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings[edit]

Fall 2020[edit]

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer^[8]

Spring 2021[edit]

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	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	Final
United Soccer^[8]	None Released												None Released
TopDrawer Soccer ^[9]

References[edit]

^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^ "Tim Santoro Discusses Decision To Opt Out Of 2020 Season". gopack.com. NC State Wolfpack Athletics. August 31, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
^ "Women's Soccer 2021 Spring Season Preview". gopack.com. NC State Wolfpack Athletics. February 3, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "2021 Women's Soccer Spring Roster". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^ "2021 Women's Soccer Spring Schedule". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.

[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.

[auto-6] "2021 Women's Soccer Spring Roster". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved March 12, 2021.

[7] "2021 Women's Soccer Spring Schedule". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved March 12, 2021.

[US-8] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.

[9] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.

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