2021 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team


The 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 29th season of the university fielding a program and 18th competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies were led by 11th year head coach Charles Adair and played their home games at Thompson Field.

2021 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. RV
Record12–6–2 (5–3–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Drew Kopp (10th season)
  • Matt Gwilliam (7th season)
Home stadiumThompson Field
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 ACC women's soccer standings
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 Hokies finished the season 12–6–2, 5–3–2 in ACC play to finish in eight place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament as only six teams were invited. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Ohio State in the first round before losing to Arkansas in the second round to end their season.

Previous season

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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 Hokies finished the fall season 5–8–0, 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the seventh seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to North Carolina in the quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 3–1–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Squad

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Roster

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As of January 12, 2022 [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
00 GK   USA Lauren Hargrove
0 GK   USA Dare Burnett
1 GK   USA Alia Skinner
2 MF   USA Riley McCarthy
3 FW   USA Kendal Feighan
4 MF   USA Emily Gray
5 DF   FIN Aino Vuorinen
6 MF   USA Makenzie Graham
7 MF   USA Avery Tharrington
8 FW   USA Ayden Yates
9 FW   USA Emma Steigerwald
10 FW   UKR Nicole Kozlova
11 MF   USA Gabby Johnson
12 FW   USA Tori Powell
13 FW   USA Karlie Johnson
14 DF   USA Allie Lewis
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW   USA Sophie Maltese
16 MF   USA Erin Carleton
18 MF   USA Lauren Gogal
19 MF   USA Holly Webber
20 DF   USA Victoria Haugen
21 DF   USA Averi Visage
22 FW   USA Taylor Bryan
23 FW   USA Kate Bonshak
24 FW   USA Emmalee McCarter
25 FW   USA Calista Heister
26 MF   USA Emma Pelkowski
27 DF   USA Ava Veith
28 DF   USA Victoria Moser
30 GK   USA S.A. Phillips
32 FW   USA Allie George

Team management

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Position Staff
Head coach Charles Adair
Associate head coach Drew Kopp
Assistant Coach Matt Gwilliam

Source:[4]

Schedule

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Source:[5]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 8*
11:00 a.m.
Loyola (MD) W 2–0 
Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
August 12*
5:40 p.m.
Richmond W 2–0 
Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 19*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Liberty W 3–0  1–0–0
Thompson Field (505)
Blacksburg, VA
August 22*
4:00 p.m., ACCNX
Williams & Mary W 1–0  2–0–0
Thompson Field (1,228)
Blacksburg, VA
August 26*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Elon W 7–1  3–0–0
Thompson Field (663)
Blacksburg, VA
August 29*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cincinnati L 1–2  3–1–0
Gettler Stadium (523)
Cincinnati, OH
September 2*
5:00 p.m.
at James Madison
Marriott Invitational
W 3–2  4–1–0
Sentara Park (303)
Harrisonburg, VA
September 5*
11:00 a.m.
vs. No. 9 Santa Clara
Marriott Invitational
L 0–2  4–2–0
Sentara Park (119)
Harrisonburg, VA
September 9*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX
Villanova W 5–1  5–2–0
Thompson Field (332)
Blacksburg, VA
September 12*
5:00 p.m., SECN
at No. 12 South Carolina W 1–0  6–2–0
Stone Stadium (1,415)
Columbia, SC
ACC Regular Season
September 18
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
NC State W 1–0  7–2–0
(1–0–0)
Thompson Field (1,364)
Blacksburg, VA
September 23
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 4 North Carolina T 2–2 2OT 7–2–1
(1–0–1)
Dorrance Field (2,157)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 26
5:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 Duke T 1–1 2OT 7–2–2
(1–0–2)
Thompson Field (923)
Blacksburg, VA
October 2
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 19 at Pittsburgh W 2–1  8–2–2
(2–0–2)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (732)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 7
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 17 at Clemson L 0–1  8–3–2
(2–1–2)
Riggs Field (152)
Clemson, SC
October 10
5:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 17 at Wake Forest L 3–4  8–4–2
(2–2–2)
Spry Stadium (601)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 15
5:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 1 Florida State L 0–2  8–5–2
(2–3–2)
Thompson Field (1,072)
Blacksburg, VA
October 21
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Miami (FL) W 5–0  9–5–2
(3–3–2)
Thompson Field (520)
Blacksburg, VA
October 24
Noon, RSN
Boston College W 1–0  10–5–2
(4–3–2)
Thompson Field (619)
Blacksburg, VA
October 28
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Syracuse W 2–1  11–5–2
(5–3–2)
SU Soccer Stadium (59)
Syracuse, NY
NCAA Tournament
November 12*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Ohio State
First Round
W 3–1  12–5–2
Thompson Field (797)
Blacksburg, VA
November 19*
7:30 p.m., SECN+
at (2) No. 7 Arkansas
Second Round
L 0–3  12–6–2
Razorback Field (1,505)
Fayetteville, AR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer[6]RVRVRV1917RVRVRVRVRVNot releasedRV
TopDrawer Soccer[7]25

2022 NWSL Draft

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Player Team Round Pick # Position
Emily Gray North Carolina Courage 1 3 MF

Source:[8]

References

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  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. ^ a b "2021 Women's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  5. ^ "2021 Women's Soccer Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  8. ^ "Ten ACC Student-Athletes Selected in 2022 NWSL Draft". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.