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2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 15, 2024 – October 31, 2024
Number of teams17
Regular season
Season championsDuke
  Runners-upWake Forest
Season MVPOffensive:Karlie Lema
Midfielder:Maggie Graham
Defensive:Cameron Roller
Top scorerKarile Lema (California)[1]
Tournament
ChampionsFlorida State
  Runners-upNorth Carolina
Finals MVPTaylor Huff (Florida State)
ACC women's soccer seasons
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 1 Duke  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 0 – 1   .950 14 – 2 – 1   .853
No. 3 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 7 – 2 – 1   .750 12 – 3 – 3   .750
No. 6 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y 7 – 2 – 1   .750 14 – 2 – 3   .816
No. 8 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 7 – 3 – 0   .700 16 – 5 – 0   .762
No. 12 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 2   .700 11 – 5 – 3   .658
No. 13 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 5 – 1 – 4   .700 11 – 3 – 4   .722
California  ‍‍‍y 5 – 4 – 1   .550 12 – 5 – 2   .684
No. 14т Stanford  ‍‍‍y 5 – 4 – 1   .550 13 – 4 – 1   .750
Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 – 5 – 0   .500 12 – 5 – 0   .706
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 2   .500 12 – 5 – 2   .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 2   .400 9 – 6 – 3   .583
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5 – 3   .350 7 – 6 – 5   .528
SMU  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 2   .300 6 – 9 – 2   .412
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 1   .250 6 – 8 – 3   .441
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 3   .250 5 – 8 – 4   .412
NC State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 3   .250 4 – 10 – 4   .333
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0 – 9 – 1   .050 6 – 10 – 2   .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 10, 2024
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC


The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 36th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference. This was the first season where seventeen teams compete in the conference, after the additions of California, SMU, and Standford on July 1, 2024.[2]

Florida State were the defending regular season and ACC tournament titlists. They finished 9–0–1 in ACC play and won both of their games in the ACC Tournament. Florida State would go on to win the national championship, and complete an undefeated season. They were the first team to finish undefeated since Stanford in 2011.[3][4]

The Duke Blue Devils finished as regular season champions with a record of 9–0–1.

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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1. ^ Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Coaches

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Head coaching changes

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Two ACC teams entered the season with new coaches:

  • Boston College fired head coach Jason Lowe after five season with the team.[5] Chris Watkins was hired as his replacement on December 14, 2023.[6]
  • Miami fired head coach Sarah Barnes after six season with the program.[7] Ken Masuhr was hired as the new head coach on December 5, 2023.[8]

Head coaching records

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Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school ACC record
Boston College Chris Watkins 1 79–33–16 0–0–0 0–0–0
California Neil McGuire 18 222–174–47 178–105–41 0–0–0
Clemson Eddie Radwanski 14 282–146–48 143–81–34 61–57–13
Duke Robbie Church 24 381–196–77 293–147–66 112–70–39
Florida State Brian Pensky 3 39–3–4 39–3–4 17–2–1
Louisville Karen Ferguson-Dayes 23 204–192–46 204–192–46 36–50–13
Miami Ken Masuhr 1 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0
North Carolina Anson Dorrance 46 896–80–50 896–80–50 226–30–18
NC State Tim Santoro 12 86–98–29 86–98–29 27–63–13
Notre Dame Nate Norman 7 126–73–25 68–38–12 33–20–2
Pittsburgh Randy Waldrum 7 461–153–37 62–45–8 27–38–5
SMU Nicole Nelson 3 21–10–6 21–10–6 0–0–0
Stanford Paul Ratcliffe 22 431–101–46 376–67–39 0–0–0
Syracuse Nicky Adams 6 18–51–8 18–51–8 3–39–5
Virginia Steve Swanson 24 475–171–73 371–108–62 147–51–29
Virginia Tech Charles Adair 14 155–83–27 155–83–27 59–57–16
Wake Forest Tony da Luz 27 348–237–60 303–196–58 103–118–28

Notes

  • Records shown are prior to the 2024 season
  • Years at school includes the 2024 season

Pre-season

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Hermann Trophy Watchlist

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The Hermann Trophy preseason watchlist was released on August 15, 2024.[9]

Player Class Position School
Elise Evans Junior DF Stanford
Jasmine Aikey MF
Taylor Huff Senior Florida State
Jordynn Dudley Sophomore FW
Giana Riley Junior

Pre-season poll

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The pre-season poll and pre-season all conference teams were voted on by the league's 17 head coaches. The results of the poll were released on August 8, one week prior to the season starting.

Pre-season Coaches Poll

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Predicted finish Team Points (1st place)
1 Florida State 255 (15)
2 Stanford 235 (2)
3 Notre Dame 211
4 North Carolina 187
5 Clemson 186
6 Virginia 177
7 Duke 175
8 Pittsburgh 168
9 Wake Forest 160
10 Virginia Tech 116
11 California 111
12 NC State 85
13 Louisville 80
14 Boston College 50
SMU
16 Miami (FL) 44
17 Syracuse 22

Source:[10]

Pre-season All-ACC Team

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Position Player Class School
Goalkeeper Teagan Wy Junior California
Defender Elise Evans Stanford
Heather Gilchrist Florida State
Midfielder Jasmine Aikey Stanford
Deborah Abiodun Sophomore Pittsburgh
Lia Godfrey Senior Virginia
Taylor Huff Senior Florida State
Leah Klenke Junior Notre Dame
Forward Maggie Cagle Virginia
Jordynn Dudley Sophomore Florida State
Kat Rader Junior Duke
Sarah Schupansky Senior Pittsburgh

Source:[10]

Regular season

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Conference Matrix

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The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played ten matches. Each team did not play every other team. DNP indicates teams that did not play each other.

  Boston College California Clemson Duke Florida State Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh SMU Stanford Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College – DNP 2–0 7–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 DNP 1–2 2–2 DNP 1–0 DNP 1–3 DNP 1–2 DNP
vs. California DNP – DNP 2–1 DNP 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–3 5–2 0–1 2–3 2–3 DNP DNP DNP 2–2
vs. Clemson 0–2 DNP – 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 6–0 1–0 DNP 4–1 DNP DNP DNP 1–0 2–1 DNP
vs. Duke 0–7 1–2 1–3 – DNP 1–3 DNP 2–3 DNP 3–3 DNP 0–3 1–4 DNP 1–3 DNP 0–2
vs. Florida State 0–1 DNP 0–3 DNP – DNP 0–1 2–4 DNP DNP 1–7 1–1 DNP 1–5 0–4 3–2 4–1
vs. Louisville 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 DNP – DNP 5–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 DNP 1–0 DNP DNP 5–1 DNP
vs. Miami 3–0 3–2 2–1 DNP 1–0 DNP – DNP DNP DNP 0–0 3–3 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 DNP
vs. North Carolina DNP 0–1 0–6 3–2 4–2 0–5 DNP – DNP DNP 0–1 DNP 1–0 0–1 2–3 DNP 0–1
vs. NC State 2–1 3–1 0–1 DNP DNP 1–0 DNP DNP – 1–1 DNP DNP 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–0
vs. Notre Dame 2–2 2–5 DNP 3–3 DNP 0–0 DNP DNP 1–1 – 2–3 DNP 0–3 0–3 0–1 2–0 DNP
vs. Pittsburgh DNP 1–0 1–4 DNP 7–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 DNP 3–2 – DNP 1–1 0–3 DNP DNP 2–0
vs. SMU 0–1 3–2 DNP 3–0 1–1 DNP 3–3 DNP DNP DNP DNP – 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 2–1
vs. Stanford DNP 3–2 DNP 4–1 DNP 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 – DNP DNP DNP 1–0
vs. Syracuse 3–1 DNP DNP DNP 5–1 DNP 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 DNP – DNP 1–0 3–0
vs. Virginia DNP DNP 0–1 3–1 4–0 DNP 1–3 3–2 0–3 1–0 DNP 1–2 DNP DNP – 0–1 3–0
vs. Virginia Tech 2–1 DNP 1–2 DNP 2–3 1–5 0–0 DNP 0–0 0–2 DNP 0–1 DNP 0–1 1–0 – DNP
vs. Wake Forest DNP 2–2 DNP 2–0 1–4 DNP DNP 1–0 0–3 DNP 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 0–3 DNP –
Total 4–4–2 5–4–1 2–7–1 9–0–1 7–2–1 2–5–3 1–6–3 7–3–0 1–6–3 5–1–4 3–5–2 2–6–2 5–4–1 0–9–1 5–5–0 6–2–2 7–2–1

Rankings

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Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

United Soccer

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Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre
Wk 1
Wk 2
Wk 3
Wk 4
Wk 5
Wk 6
Wk 7
Wk 8
Wk 9
Wk 10
Wk 11
Final
Boston College
California RV 18 17 25
Clemson 5 RV RV 25
Duke 24 RV 8 3т 3 2 1 (6) 1 (8) 1 (8) 1 (8)
Florida State 1 (8) 1 (8) 1 (8) 3 (2) 3 2 7 6 22 22 17 6
Louisville
Miami
NC State 25
North Carolina 8т 5 5 2 10 8 4 3 2 (2) 4 4 8
Notre Dame 15 14 9 9т 13 16 13 17 13 12 7 13
Pittsburgh 7 7 RV RV RV
SMU
Stanford 2 2 2 1 (6) 1 (8) 1 (8) 6 9 7 6 12 14т
Syracuse
Virginia RV 21т 7 4 2 14 19 25 25 23 24 RV
Virginia Tech 21т RV 21 RV 21 18 19 12
Wake Forest RV RV 18 RV RV 13 5 4 3 2 2 3

Top Drawer Soccer

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Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  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
Wk 14
Wk 15
Wk 16
Final
Boston College
California 22 13 10 10 25
Clemson 6 16 13 11 18
Duke 21 21 8 5 3 1 1 2 2 5 5 3
Florida State 1 1 1 4 3 3 7 4 12 7 6 4 4 1 1 17
Louisville
Miami
North Carolina 13 9 4 2 8 6 2 2 1 6 5 8 9 4 4 2
NC State
Notre Dame 12 20 17 13 11 16 9 9 8 11 7 10 13 14 14 6
Pittsburgh 3 6 19 16 16 13 16 15 13 8
SMU
Stanford 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 7 5 5 9 11 15 15 15 7
Syracuse
Virginia 23 22 5 3 2 8 10 10
Virginia Tech 20 24 24 22 8
Wake Forest 20 20 22 15 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1

Players of the Week

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Week Offensive Player of the week Defensive Player of the week Reference
Week 1 – August 20 Taylor Huff – Florida State Tatum Galvin – Virginia [11]
Week 2 – August 27 Olivia Thomas – North Carolina Victoria Safradin – Virginia [12]
Maggie Cagle – Virginia
Week 3 – September 3 Giovana Canali – Miami (FL) Allie George – Virginia Tech [13]
Week 4 – September 10 Karlie Lema – California Cameron Roller – Duke [14]
Week 5 – September 17 Caiya Hanks – Wake Forest Jasmine Aikey – Stanford [15]
Lauren Hargrove – Virginia Tech
Week 6 – September 24 Emily Colton – Wake Forest Trinity Armstrong – North Carolina [16]
Week 7 – October 1 Linda Ullmark – North Carolina Malia McMahon – Notre Dame [17]
Leah Freeman – Duke
Week 8 – October 8 Mia Oliaro – Duke Claireese Foley – Miami (FL) [18]
Emily Murphy – Wake Forest
Week 9 – October 15 Maggie Graham – Duke Erynn Floyd – Louisville [19]
Week 10 – October 22 Ellie Hodsden – Notre Dame Emile McCartney – Miami (FL) [20]
Leah Klenke – Notre Dame
Week 11 – October 29 Jordynn Dudley – Florida State Lauren Hargrove (2) – Virginia Tech [21]
Wiebke Willebrandt – Boston College

Postseason

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ACC Tournament

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Main article: 2024 ACC women's soccer tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 Duke 1
4 North Carolina 2
4 North Carolina 2
3 Florida State 3
2 Wake Forest 1 (1)
3 Florida State (pen.) 1 (3)

NCAA tournament

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Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament
Seed School Region 1st Round 2nd Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
1 Duke Duke W 8–0 vs. Howard – (Durham) W 3–0 vs. #8 Texas Tech – (Durham) W 2–0 vs. #5 Michigan State – (Durham) vs. #7 Virginia Tech – (Durham)
1 Florida State Florida State W 8–0 vs. Samford – (Tallahassee) T 3–3 (3–4 PKs) vs. #8 Vanderbilt – (Tallahassee)
2 North Carolina Florida State W 8–0 vs. USC Upstate – (Chapel Hill) W 1–0 vs. Santa Clara – (Chapel Hill) W 3–0 vs. #6 Minnesota – (Chapel Hill) vs. #4 Penn State – (Chapel Hill)
2 Wake Forest Southern California W 4–0 vs. Morehead State – (Winston-Salem) W 3–1 vs. Colorado – (Winston-Salem) W 1–0 vs. #3 Ohio State – (Winston-Salem) @ #1 USC – (Carson)
3 Stanford Mississippi State W 5–0 vs. UC Santa Barbara – (Stanford) W 2–1 vs. UConn – (Fayetteville) T 1–1 (4–2 PKs) @ #2 Arkansas – (Fayetteville) vs. #4 Notre Dame – (Stanford)
4 Notre Dame Mississippi State W 5–1 vs. Milwaukee – (Notre Dame) W 3–1 vs. #5 Kentucky – (Starkville) W 2–0 @ #1 Mississippi State – (Starkville) @ #3 Stanford – (Stanford)
4 Virginia Southern California W 2–1 vs. Princeton – (Charlottesville) T 0–0 (2–4 PKs) vs. #5 Wisconsin – (Los Angeles)
7 Virginia Tech Duke W 2–1 vs. Tennessee – (Blacksburg) W 2–1 @ #2 UCLA – (Los Angeles) W 1–0 vs. #3 Iowa – (Los Angeles) @ #1 Duke – (Durham)
— California Mississippi State W 2–1 (a.e.t) @ #7 Pepperdine – (Malibu) L 0–1 @ #2 Arkansas – (Fayetteville)
W–L (%): 9–0–0 (1.000) 6–1–2 (.778) 5–0–1 (.917) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) Total: 20–1–3 (.896)

Awards and honors

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Conference end of season awards were released on November 6, 2024, prior to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. Karlie Lema was named Offensive Player of the Year, Maggie Graham won Midfielder of the Year, Cameron Roller won Defensive Player of the Year, Leah Freeman won Goalkeeper of the Year, and Robbie Church was named Coach of the Year. A full list of award winners and All-ACC Teams is shown below.[22]

ACC Awards

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2024 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Coach of the Year Robbie Church – Duke
Offensive Player of the Year Karlie Lema – California
Midfielder of the Year Maggie Graham – Duke
Defensive Player of the Year Cameron Roller – Duke
Goalkeeper of the Year Leah Freeman – Duke
Freshman of the Year Izzy Engle – Notre Dame
2024 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team All-Freshman Team

Karlie Lema – California
Leah Freeman – Duke
Maggie Graham – Duke
Cameron Roller – Duke
Jordynn Dudley – Florida State
Taylor Huff – Florida State
Trinity Armstrong – North Carolina
Kate Faasse – North Carolina
Izzy Engle – Notre Dame
Leah Klenke – Notre Dame
Caiya Hanks – Wake Forest

Teagan Wy – California
Hannah Bebar – Duke
Ella Hase – Duke
Mia Oliaro – Duke
Deborah Abiodun – Pittsburgh
Sarah Schupansky – Pittsburgh
Jasmine Aikey – Stanford
Mia Bhuta – Stanford
Zara Chavoshi – Wake Forest
Emily Colton – Wake Forest
Emily Murphy – Wake Forest

Heather Gilchrist – Florida State
Mimi Van Zanten – Florida State
Giovana Canali – Miami
Maddie Dahlien – North Carolina
Tessa Dellarose – North Carolina
Annabelle Chukwu – Notre Dame
Lily Joseph – Notre Dame
Nyah Rose – SMU
Elise Evans – Stanford
Maggie Cagle – Virginia
Valentina Amaral – Wake Forest

Wrianna Hudson – Florida State
Solai Washington – Florida State
Giovana Canali – Miami
Trinity Armstrong – North Carolina
Bella Gaetino – North Carolina
Linda Ullmark – North Carolina
Annabelle Chukwu – Notre Dame
Izzy Engle – Notre Dame
Ellie Hodsden – Notre Dame
Lily Joseph – Notre Dame
Eleanor Klinger – Stanford

All-Americans

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2024 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans
First Team Second Team Third Team

References

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  2. ^ "ACC votes to add Stanford, Cal, SMU: Conference presidents approve expansion to 18 schools". CBSSports.com. September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Florida State beats Stanford for its fourth women's soccer national championship — all since 2014". AP News. December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Olorunfemi, Victor (December 5, 2023). "Florida State Caps off Legendary Season". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "Boston College Announces Change in Women's Soccer Leadership". bceagles.com. Boston College Athletics. October 31, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "Boston College Names Chris Watkins Head Women's Soccer Coach". bceagles.com. Boston College Athletics. December 14, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  7. ^ "University of Miami Athletics Announces Change in Soccer Leadership". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. November 2, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  8. ^ "University of Miami Athletics Hires Ken Masuhr as Head Soccer Coach". miamihurricanes.com. University of Miami Athletics. December 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 Women's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Florida State Selected 2024 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "FSU's Huff, Virginia's Galvin Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "ACC Announces Weekly Women's Soccer Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 27, 2024. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  13. ^ "Miami's Canali, Virginia Tech's George Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
  14. ^ "California's Lema, Duke's Roller Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  15. ^ "ACC Announces Women's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  16. ^ "Wake's Colton, UNC's Armstrong Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  17. ^ "ACC Announces Weekly Women's Soccer Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 1, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  18. ^ "ACC Announces Weekly Women's Soccer Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 7, 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  19. ^ "Duke's Graham, Louisville's Floyd Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 15, 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  20. ^ "ACC Announces Weekly Women's Soccer Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  21. ^ "ACC Announces Weekly Women's Soccer Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 29, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  22. ^ "2024 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
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