2019 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

2019 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
2019 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 5
Record	18–6–0 (8–2–0 ACC)
Head coach	Mark Krikorian (15th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Bristol (11th season); Morinao Imaizumi (7th season);
Home stadium	Seminole Soccer Complex
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 2 North Carolina ‍†‍‡‍^y	9	–	0	–	1	.950	24	–	1	–	2	.926
No. 7 Florida State ‍‍‍^y	8	–	2	–	0	.800	18	–	6	–	0	.750
No. 9 Virginia ‍‍‍^y	6	–	0	–	3	.833	17	–	2	–	3	.841
No. 25 Louisville ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2	.600	13	–	5	–	2	.700
No. 17 NC State ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	4	.600	12	–	7	–	4	.609
No. 18 Duke ‍‍‍^y	3	–	1	–	6	.600	9	–	4	–	7	.625
Clemson ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0	.500	11	–	7	–	2	.600
Notre Dame ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2	.500	11	–	8	–	2	.571
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2	.500	12	–	5	–	2	.684
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	5	–	10	–	3	.361
Miami ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1	.250	5	–	9	–	2	.375
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	6	–	8	–	4	.444
Syracuse ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	1	.167	3	–	11	–	2	.250
Boston College ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1	.150	8	–	8	–	2	.500


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2019 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 25th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by 15th year head coach Mark Krikorian and entered the season as the defending national champions.

The Seminoles finished the season 18–6–0, 8–2–0 in ACC play, to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Clemson in the first round before losing in overtime to Virginia in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated South Alabama, Brown, and USF, before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals.

Squad

Roster

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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	Caroline Jeffers
2	FW	USA	Jenna Nighswonger
3	MF	USA	Abbey Newton
4	MF	USA	Kristina Lynch
6	MF	USA	Jaelin Howell
7	DF	USA	Ali Kalayjian
8	FW	USA	Paige LeBerge
9	MF	USA	Kirsten Pavlisko
10	FW	VEN	Deyna Castellanos
12	MF	IRL	Heather Payne
13	FW	BER	LeiLanni Nesbeth


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	CAN	Gabby Carle
17	DF	USA	Malia Berkely
20	FW	USA	Kristen McFarland
22	DF	USA	Alyssa Conarton
23	DF	USA	Taylor Radecki
24	FW	USA	Makala Thomas
25	MF	USA	Emily Madril
26	DF	USA	Clara Robbins
33	MF	CHN	Yujie Zhao
45	GK	USA	Brooke Bollinger

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	David Coburn
Head Coach	Mark Krikorian
Assistant Coach	Mike Bristol
Assistant Coach	Morinao Imaizumi
Director of Operations	Nathan Minion

Source:^[2]

Schedule

Source:^[3]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-Conference Regular season
August 22, 2019* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX	No. 1	TCU	W 2–0	1–0–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,500) Tallahassee, FL
August 25, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 1	No. 16 Wisconsin	W 1–0 ^OT	2–0–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (716) Tallahassee, FL
August 29, 2019* Pac-12	No. 1	at No. 4 UCLA Battle at the Banc	L 1–2	2–1–0	Banc of California Stadium (0) Los Angeles, CA
September 1, 2019* Pac-12	No. 1	at No. 5 USC Battle at the Banc	L 2–3	2–2–0	Banc of California Stadium (0) Los Angeles, CA
September 6, 2019* ACCNX	No. 6	Florida Rivalry	W 2–1	3–2–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (3,154) Tallahassee, FL
September 8, 2019* ACCNX	No. 6	Samford	W 6–0	4–2–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (385) Tallahassee, FL
September 12, 2019* ACCN	No. 6	No. 24 Colorado	W 3–2 ^OT	5–2–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (2,210) Tallahassee, FL
September 15, 2019*	No. 6	at Villanova	W 5–0	6–2–0	Higgins Soccer Complex (837) Villanova, PA
ACC Regular season
September 19, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 6	Boston College	W 5–4	7–2–0 (1–0–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,102) Tallahassee, FL
September 26, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	at No. 9 Clemson	W 2–1	8–2–0 (2–0–0)	Riggs Field (1,052) Clemson, SC
September 29, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	at Syracuse	W 1–0	9–2–0 (3–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (582) Syracuse, NY
October 5, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 6	Pittsburgh	W 1–0	10–2–0 (4–0–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (478) Tallahassee, FL
October 10, 2019 7:00 p.m., RSN	No. 5	at No. 20 Virginia Tech	W 3–2 ^2OT	11–2–0 (5–0–0)	Thompson Field (1,017) Blacksburg, VA
October 13, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 5	No. 1 Virginia	L 0–1 ^2OT	11–3–0 (5–1–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
October 18, 2019 7:00 p.m., RSN	No. 6	Miami (FL) Rivalry	W 3–0	12–3–0 (6–1–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (670) Tallahassee, FL
October 24, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 5	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 0–2	12–4–0 (6–2–0)	Dorrance Field (3,021) Chapel Hill, NC
October 27, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 5	at Wake Forest	W 2–1	13–4–0 (7–2–0)	Spry Stadium (545) Winston-Salem, NC
October 31, 2019 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 5	No. 9 Duke	W 1–0	14–4–0 (8–2–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 3, 2019 1:00 p.m., ACCN	(2) No. 5	(7) No. 22 Clemson Quarterfinals	W 2–1	15–4–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (991) Tallahassee, FL
November 8, 2019 2:30 p.m., ACCN	(2) No. 5	(3) No. 1 Virginia Semifinals	L 1–2 ^OT	15–5–0	Sahlen's Stadium (1,875) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 16, 2019 6:00 p.m.	(1) No. 6	South Alabama First Round	W 2–0	16–5–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,135) Tallahassee, FL
November 22, 2019 :00 p.m.	(1) No. 6	No. 16 Brown Second Round	W 2–0	17–5–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (232) Tallahassee, FL
November 24, 2019 5:00 p.m.	(1) No. 6	No. 17 South Florida Round of 16	W 2–1	18–5–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (1,032) Tallahassee, FL
November 29, 2019 2:00 p.m.	(1) No. 6	(2) No. 7 UCLA Quarterfinals	L 0–4	18–6–0	Seminole Soccer Complex (2,079) Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	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
United Soccer^[4]	1 (33)	1 (26)	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	None Released				7
TopDrawer Soccer^[5]	1	1	1	7	7	6	6	4	4	6	5	6	6	5	5	4	5	5

References

^ "2019-20 Soccer roster". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
^ "Soccer Staff Directory". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
^ "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.

[auto-1] "2019-20 Soccer roster". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[2] "Soccer Staff Directory". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[3] "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

[4] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.

[5] "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.

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