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2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 6
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 17
Record6–4–0 (5–3–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
  • Sydney Dawson
  • Renee Guion
  • Kimber Haley
Home stadiumRiggs Field
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍y 8 0 0   1.000 13 0 3   .906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 8 0 0   1.000 18 2 0   .900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 2 1   .688 14 4 3   .738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 3 0   .625 12 5 2   .684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍y 4 2 2   .625 12 5 4   .667
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 5 7 0   .417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 8 9 0   .471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 6 7 0   .462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 3 4 1   .438 5 7 2   .429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 5 0   .375 11 5 0   .688
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 3 10 1   .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 1 7 0   .125
Miami  ‍‍‍ 0 8 0   .000 1 11 1   .115
NC State  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   5 3 1   .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.

The 2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represents Clemson University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers are led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his tenth season. The Tigers home games are played at Riggs Field. This is the team's 27th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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 Tigers finished the fall season 6–4–0, 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to Duke 1–0 in the Quarterfinals.

Previous Season

The 2019 Clemson women's soccer team finished the season with a 11–7–2 overall record and a 5–5–0 ACC record. The Tigers qualified for the ACC Tournament as the seventh-seed. The Tigers lost to Florida State in the Quarterfinals. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, for the seventh season in a row. As an unseeded team in the Florida State Bracket, Clemson defeated Vanderbilt on penalties before losing to UCLA to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Sandy MacIver 1 GK 5'9" Senior Winsford, England Graduated
Mackenzie Smith 3 MF 5'10" Senior Bath, NY Graduated
Sarah Osborne 12 DF 5'5" Senior Chesapeake Beach, MD Graduated
Dani Antieau 13 DF 5'10" Senior Pembroke Pines, FL Graduated
Julie Mackin 16 FW 5'3" Senior Castle Rock, CO Graduated
Patrice DiPasquale 30 FW 5'7" Redshirt Senior Cincinnati, OH Graduated

Recruiting Class

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Megan Bornkamp
MF
 USA Mooresville, NC Charlotte Soccer Academy [3]
Devi Dudley
MF
 USA American Fork, UT La Roca Premier [4]
Halle Mackiewicz
GK
 USA Broomfield, CO Real Colorado [5]
Makenna Morris
DF
 USA Germantown, MD Bathesda SC [6]
Madison Reid
DF
 USA Cary, NC NC Courage [7]

Squad

Roster

Updated September 11, 2020[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Halle Mackiewicz
2 DF United States USA Makenna Morris
4 DF United States USA Harper White
5 MF United States USA Grace Wagner
6 MF United States USA Devi Dudley
7 DF United States USA Sydney Dawson
8 MF United States USA Haley Schueppert
9 MF United States USA Audrey Viso
11 MF United States USA Kimber Haley
12 DF United States USA Madi Reid
14 DF United States USA Abigail Mitchell
15 MF United States USA Hal Hershfelt
17 FW Venezuela VEN Mariana Speckmaier
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF United States USA Renee Guion
20 FW United States USA Courtney Jones
21 FW United States USA Maliah Morris
22 FW United States USA Lauren Burns
23 FW United States USA Caroline Conti
24 MF United States USA Megan Bornkamp
25 DF United States USA Olivia Bonacorso
26 GK United States USA Hannah McLaughlin
28 DF United States USA Abby Hanks
29 FW United States USA Sami Meredith
38 DF United States USA Jackson Moehler
51 GK United States USA Hensley Hancuff

Prior to the season, Sydney Dawson, Renee Guion, and Kimber Haley were named co-captains of the team[9]

Team management

Position Staff
Athletic Director United States Dan Radakovich
Head Coach United States Eddie Radwanski
Associate Head Coach United States Jeff Robbins
Assistant Coach United States Siri Mullinix
Director of Operations United States Julie Carson
Assistant Athletic Trainer United States Kelly Turney

Source:[10]

Schedule

Source:[11]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular season
September 12*
6:30 p.m.
vs. Miami (FL) W 4–0  1–0–0
Patton Park (0)
Jacksonville, FL
September 17
7:00 p.m.
Virginia Tech W 3–0  2–0–0
(1–0–0)
Riggs Field (227)
Clemson, SC
September 20
5:00 p.m.
No. 3 Virginia W 3–0  3–0–0
(2–0–0)
Riggs Field (549)
Clemson, SC
October 1
4:00 p.m.
No. 3 at No. 1 North Carolina L 0–2  3–1–0
(2–1–0)
Dorrance Field (0)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 4
5:00 p.m.
No. 3 at No. 11 Duke L 0–1  3–2–0
(2–2–0)
Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
October 11
3:30 p.m.
No. 6 Wake Forest W 2–0  4–2–0
(3–2–0)
Riggs Field (345)
Clemson, SC
October 18
1:00 p.m.
No. 4 at No. 14 Notre Dame W 2–1  5–2–0
(4–2–0)
Alumni Stadium (98)
Notre Dame, IN
October 29
7:00 p.m.
No. 3 Pittsburgh W 2–1 OT 6–2–0
(5–2–0)
Riggs Field (467)
Clemson, SC
November 1
3:00 p.m.
No. 3 at No. 2 Florida State L 0–2  6–3–0
(5–3–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (400)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 10
3:00 p.m.
(4) No. 5 vs. (5) No. 6 Duke
Quarterfinals
L 0–1  6–4–0
Sahlen's Stadium (327)
Cary, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Goals Record

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
1 24 United States MF Megan Bornkamp 5 0 0 5
2 23 United States FW Caroline Conti 3 0 0 3
3 17 Venezuela FW Mariana Speckmaier 2 0 0 2
4 15 United States MF Hal Hershfelt 1 0 0 1
19 United States MF Renee Guion 1 0 0 1
20 United States FW Courtney Jones 1 0 0 1
29 United States FW Sami Meredith 1 0 0 1
Total 14 0 0 14

Disciplinary record

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 24 United States MF Megan Bornkamp 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
2 4 United States DF Harper White 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
3 2 United States DF Makenna Morris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 United States MF Kimber Haley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 Venezuela FW Mariana Speckmaier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 United States FW Courtney Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
38 United States DF Jackson Moehler 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 1

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Caroline Conti ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 22, 2020 [12] [13]
Hensley Hancuff ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Makenna Morris All-ACC Second Team November 13, 2020 [14]
Mariana Speckmaier
Megan Bornkamp All-ACC Third Team
Hal Hershfelt
Courtney Jones
Megan Bornkamp All-ACC Freshman Team
Makenna Morris

Rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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United Soccer [15] 3 3 6 4 3 3 5 5 7 6

Spring 2021

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk
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Final
United Soccer[15] None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [16] 17

2021 NWSL Draft

The Tigers had one player drafted in the 2021 draft, Mariana Speckmaier, who taken as the 39th pick.[17]

Player Team Round Pick # Position
Venezuela Mariana Speckmaier Washington Spirit 4 39 FW

References

  1. ^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  3. ^ "Megan Bornkamp". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "Devi Dudley". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "Halle Mackiewicz". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  6. ^ "Makenna Morris". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "Madison Reid". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  8. ^ "2020-21 Women's Soccer Roster". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  9. ^ @clemsonwsoccer (September 10, 2020). "Your 2020 Clemson women's soccer captains 🔥 #WinTheDay" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Women's Soccer Staff Directory". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  11. ^ "2020-21 Women's Soccer Schedule". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  12. ^ "Clemson Sweeps ACC Women's Soccer Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  13. ^ "Clemson Sweeps ACC Weekly Awards". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  14. ^ "2020 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  15. ^ a b "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  16. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  17. ^ "Speckmaier Selected 39th Overall by the Washington Spirit in 2021 NWSL Draft". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.