2021 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

2021 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer
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 →

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 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

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	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

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

^ "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 Roster". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ "2021 Women's Soccer Spring Schedule". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^ @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.
^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 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 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.

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