The 2024 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team represents Wake Forest University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Demon Deacons are led by head coach Tony Da Luz, in his twenty-eighth season. They play their home games at Spry Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This is the team's 30th season playing organized women's college soccer, all of which have been played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. RV |
TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 20 |
Record | 4–1–1 (0–0–0 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Brittany Cameron (5th season) |
Assistant coaches |
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Home stadium | Spry Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Florida State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 North Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | – | 2 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9т Notre Dame | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Clemson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion As of September 5, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC |
Previous season
editThe Demon Deacons finished the season 10–2–5 overall and 4–2–4 in ACC ACC play to finish in sixth place. They qualified for the ACC Tournament as the sixth seed, and lost in the First Round to Clemson. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.
Offseason
editDepartures
editName | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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Madison Howard | 00 | GK | 5'8" | Senior | Greensboro, North Carolina | Graduated; transferred to Northwestern[1] |
Reese Kim | 2 | MF | 5'5" | Junior | Manhattan Beach, California | Graduated |
Kristi Vierra | 8 | MF | 5'7" | Senior | Norwell, Massachusetts | Graduated |
Liv Stowell | 11 | FW | 5'4" | Senior | Londonderry, New Hampshire | Graduated |
Carrie McIntire | 14 | FW | 5'9" | Senior | Haymarket, Virginia | Graduated; transferred to Johns Hopkins |
Baylor Goldthwaite | 21 | MF | 5'5" | Sophomore | Durham, North Carolina | Transferred to Boston College |
Sasha Schwartz | 22 | DF | 5'6" | Senior | New York City, New York | Graduated |
Incoming Transfers
editName | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Paige Nurkin | 0 | GK | 6'0" | Graduate Student | Charlotte, North Carolina | Columbia |
Emily Colton | 3 | MF | 5'3" | Senior | Carlsbad, California | North Carolina |
Recruiting Class
editName | Nationality | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating |
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Chloe Burst FW |
New Orleans, Louisiana | Challenge SC | [2] | |
Amaya Dawkins MF |
Wylie, Texas | FC Dallas (ECNL) | [3] | |
Josephine Noble FW |
Wilmette, Illinois | Eclipse Select (IL) | [4] | |
Miri O'Donnell FW |
San Ramon, California | Mountain View Los Altos SC | [5] | |
Lola Ressler MF |
Winter Garden, Florida | Orlando City SC (ECNL) | [6] | |
Tahlia Zadeyan DF |
La Jolla, California | Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks | [7] | |
Mariner Headrick FW |
Madrid, Spain | Atlético Madrid | [8] |
Squad
editRoster
edit- As of August 15, 2024 [9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
editPosition | Staff |
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Head Coach | Tony Da Luz |
Associate Head Coach | Brittany Cameron |
Assistant Coach | Courtney Drummond |
Assistant Coach | Taylor Culp |
Source:[9]
Schedule
editDate Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site City, State | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
August 7* 7:00 p.m. |
James Madison | None Reported | — |
Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||
August 10* 7:00 p.m. |
at No. 21 South Carolina | None Reported[12] | — |
Stone Stadium Columbia, SC | |||||||
Non-Conference Regular Season | |||||||||||
August 15* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Army | W 1–0 | 1–0–0 |
Clinton Field (300) West Point, NY | |||||||
August 18* 1:00 p.m., BTN+ |
at Rutgers | T 1–1 | 1–0–1 |
Yurcak Field (906) Piscataway, NJ | |||||||
August 22* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Temple | W 4–0 | 2–0–1 |
Spry Stadium (2,237) Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||
August 25* 2:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 20 Mississippi State | W 2–1 | 3–0–1 |
Spry Stadium (933) Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||
August 29* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 18 | at Richmond | Cancelled[13] | 3–0–1 |
President's Field Richmond, VA | ||||||
September 1* 6:00 p.m., BTN+ |
No. 18 | at Iowa | L 0–2 | 3–1–1 |
UI Soccer Complex (1,563) Iowa City, IA | ||||||
September 5* 4:00 p.m., FloFC |
at Villanova | W 1–0 | 4–1–1 |
Higgins Soccer Complex (397) Villanova, PA | |||||||
September 8* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
UNC Asheville | Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
ACC Regular Season | |||||||||||
September 12 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at North Carolina | Dorrance Field Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||||
September 15 12:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Virginia | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA | |||||||||
September 19 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Stanford | Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
September 22 12:00 p.m., ACCN |
California | Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
September 29 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY | |||||||||
October 3 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Florida State | Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
October 19 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at SMU | Washburne Stadium Dallas, TX | |||||||||
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Pittsburgh | Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||
October 27 6:00 p.m., ACCN |
Duke | Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
October 31 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
NC State | Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
Awards and honors
editRecipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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Rankings
editWeek | |||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
United Soccer[14] | RV | RV | 18 | RV | Not released | ||||||||||||
TopDrawer Soccer[15] | — | — | 20 | 20 |
References
edit- ^ "Howard Joins Northwestern Women's Soccer as Graduate Transfer". nusports.com. Northwestern University Athletics. May 22, 2024. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
- ^ "Chloe Burst". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Amaya Dawkins". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Josephine Noble". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Miri O'Donnell". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Lola Ressler". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Tahlia Zadeyan". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Mariner Headrick". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Women's Soccer Roster". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ "Mark Your Calendars! Wake Forest Women's Soccer Releases 2024 Schedule". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University. April 18, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ @WakeWSoccer (August 10, 2024). "A perfect preseason is in the books ✅ We do it for real on Thursday 🔜" (Tweet). Retrieved August 11, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Women's Soccer Thursday Home Match vs No. 18 Wake Forest Canceled due to Weather". richmondspiders.com. University of Richmond Athletics. August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. TopDrawerSoccer. September 2, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.