2020 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

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.

2020 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record5–3–1 (0–0–0 ACC)
Head coach
  • Tim Santoro (9th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Glen Tourville (4th season)
  • Steve McKenna (4th season)
Home stadiumDail Soccer Field
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Florida State  y 800 1.0001303 .906
No. 3 North Carolina  y 800 1.0001820 .900
No. 4 Virginia  y 521 .6881443 .738
No. 6 Clemson  y 530 .6251252 .684
No. 7 Duke  y 422 .6251254 .667
Louisville   440 .500570 .417
Virginia Tech   440 .500890 .471
Notre Dame   440 .500670 .462
Wake Forest   341 .438572 .429
Pittsburgh   350 .3751150 .688
Boston College   170 .1253101 .250
Syracuse   170 .125170 .125
Miami   080 .0001111 .115
NC State   000 531 .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.

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

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

Roster

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 United States USA Eden Millan
1 GK United States USA Jessica Beriln
3 DF United States USA Brianna Weber
4 FW United States USA Leyah Hall-Robinson
5 DF United States USA Jenna Butler
6 DF Germany GER Lulu Guttenberger
8 FW United States USA Denae Antoine
9 MF Czech Republic CZE Toni Starova
12 MF United States USA Jaiden Thomas
13 DF United States USA Margot Ridgeway
14 FW United States USA Mia Vaughan
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW United States USA Jameese Joseph
17 MF United States USA Mikhail Johnson
18 DF United States USA Mackenzie Crittenberger
19 GK Spain ESP Maira Echezarreta
20 DF United States USA Mia Thillet
22 MF United States USA Sandra Geiselhart
23 DF United States USA Cara Elmendorf
25 MF United States USA Sarah Arnold
27 MF United States USA Naomi Powell
28 DF United States USA Kayla Siddiqi

Team Management

PositionStaff
Athletic DirectorBoo Corrigan
Head coachTim Santoro
Associate head coachGlen Tourville
Assistant CoachSteve McKenna
Director of OperationsKim Kern

Source:[6]

Schedule

Source:[7]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# 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

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
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Spring 2021

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

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 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.
  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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