2017 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

2017 Clemson Tigers women's soccer
2017 Clemson Tigers women's soccer
Hoosier Challenge Cup Champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	10–5–4 (3–4–3 ACC)
Head coach	Eddie Radwanski (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Jeff Robbins (7th season); Siri Mullinix (7th season);
Home stadium	Riggs Field
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 3 Duke ‍†‍‍^y	10	–	0	–	0	1.000	23	–	2	–	1	.904
#8 North Carolina ‡^y ‍‍‍	8	–	0	–	2	.900	17	–	3	–	2	.818
No. 21 NC State ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1	.650	15	–	5	–	2	.727
No. 9 Virginia ‍‍‍^y	5	–	2	–	3	.650	13	–	7	–	4	.625
Wake Forest ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2	.600	11	–	7	–	4	.591
No. 18 Notre Dame ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2	.600	9	–	8	–	5	.523
No. 15 Florida State ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	13	–	7	–	1	.643
Boston College ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1	.450	10	–	9	–	1	.525
Clemson ‍‍‍^y	3	–	4	–	3	.450	10	–	5	–	4	.632
Louisville ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	9	–	7	–	2	.556
Syracuse ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	1	.278	7	–	8	–	2	.471
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	1	–	5	–	3	.278	7	–	6	–	5	.528
Miami ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0	.100	5	–	11	–	0	.313
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1	.050	3	–	12	–	3	.250


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2017 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represents Clemson University during the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers are led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his seventh season. Home games are played at Riggs Field.^[1]

Roster

Updated September 5, 2017^[2]

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	ENG	Sandy MacIver
2	FW	USA	Miranda Weslake
3	MF	USA	Mackenzie Smith
4	DF	USA	Alex Nillen
5	DF	USA	Cyan Mercer
6	MF	USA	Lauren Harkes
7	MF	USA	Shannon Horgan
8	MF	USA	Haley Schueppert
9	MF	USA	Audrey Viso
10	FW	USA	Alana Hockenhull
11	MF	USA	Kimber Haley
12	MF	USA	Sarah Osborne
13	MF	USA	Dani Antieau


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	USA	Abigail Mitchell
15	DF	USA	Sam Staab
16	MF	USA	Julie Mackin
17	FW	VEN	Mariana Speckmaier
18	MF	USA	Jeni Erickson
19	MF	USA	Jenna Polonsky
20	FW	USA	Courtney Jones
22	MF	USA	Ellen Colborn
24	GK	USA	Maddie Weber
25	DF	USA	Rachele Manfre
26	GK	USA	Melanie Stiles
30	FW	USA	Patrice DiPasquale

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Dan Radakovich
Head Coach	Eddie Radwanski
Assistant Coach	Siri Mullinix
Assistant Coach	Jeff Robbins
Director of Operations	Manuel Garcia-Oronoz

Source:^[3]

Preseason

The Tigers had one player, Sam Stabb, selected to the preseason All-ACC team. The Tigers were ranked 6th in the pre-season ACC Coaches poll.^[4] The Tigers opened the season ranked 13th in the United Soccer Coaches' Poll and 21st in the Top Drawer Soccer Pre-Season poll. These rankings come despite the fact Clemson lost 12 letter winners, and returns only three starters from the 2016 team that finished the regular season tied for first in the ACC and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.^[5]

Regular Season

The Tigers started the regular season by recording two victories in the Hoosier Challenge Cup. These two victories were enough to crown the Tigers champions of this opening season tournament. Kimber Haley and Sam Stabb were named to the all tournament team.^[6] In the first game of the tournament, Mariana Speckmaier scored a hat trick, becoming the 15th player in Tigers history to score a hat trick, 8th Freshman to complete that feat and the second to score a hat trick in their debut. The win over SIUE was also coach Eddie Radwanski's 200th career coaching win.^[7] The Tigers continued their winning ways beating Indiana 1–0 to become Hoosier Challenge Cup Champions. Upon returning home, Clemson won its first ranked match-up of the season against #20 Auburn on August 25. The Tigers continued by winning their next three games vs. UNC Greensboro, VCU, and Georgia. From there the Tigers went on a 3-game losing streak. At the start of this streak, the team reached a season high #4 ranking in the coaches poll, but dropped games to the #7 team, University of South Carolina, Notre Dame, and the #8 team North Carolina. The Tigers then drew at Syracuse to end the skid. The Tigers only managed two goals in these four games after scoring 14 goals in their first 6 matches. The Tigers finished a three-game road trip with a win in Miami. Upon their return home, they lost to Louisville and beat Virginia Tech. The Tigers were back on the road and earned a draw at No. 14 Virginia. In the final three games of the season, Clemson lost to North Carolina State, beat #15 Wake Forest, and drew with #23 Florida State. This run saw them finish 9th in the conference, one spot out of making the 2017 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament. The top 8 teams in the conference are invited to the tournament.

Post Season

On November 6, the Tigers were selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers were drawn to host Alabama on November 10 at Riggs Field.^[8] The Tigers scored two late goals to advance past the Crimson Tide 2–1. This win earned the Tigers a match with the #18 team in the country, Texas. This match was to be played in Durham, North Carolina. The Tigers again used a late goal to force overtime. After two periods of scoreless overtime, the match when to penalty kicks. However, Clemson came up short and lost the shootout 5–6.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 8* 6:00 PM	No. 13	Air Force	W 4–2	– (–)	Riggs Field (–) Clemson, SC
August 11* 6:00 PM	No. 13	No. 12 Duke	L 1–2	– (–)	Riggs Field (–) Clemson, SC
Non-Conference Regular season
August 18* 4:30 PM	No. 13	at SIU Edwardsville Hoosier Challenge Cup	W 4–0	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Bill Armstrong Stadium (83) Bloomington, IN
August 20* 1:30 PM	No. 13	at Indiana Hoosier Challenge Cup	W 1–0	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Bill Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN
August 25* 7:30 PM	No. 13	No. 20 Auburn	W 2–1 ^2OT	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field (2,237) Clemson, SC
August 27* 6:00 PM	No. 13	at UNC Greensboro	W 4–0	4–0–0 (0–0–0)	UNCG Soccer Stadium (558) Greensboro, NC
September 1* 5:00 PM	No. 8	VCU First Friday	W 1–0	5–0–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field (1,127) Clemson, SC
September 3* 6:00 PM	No. 8	at Georgia	W 2–0	6–0–0 (0–0–0)	Turner Soccer Complex (2,457) Athens, GA
September 8* 7:00 PM	No. 4	No. 7 South Carolina Rivalry	L 0–1	6–1–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field (3,892) Clemson, South Carolina
Conference Regular season
September 16 7:00 PM	No. 11	Notre Dame	L 2–4	6–2–0 (0–1–0)	Riggs Field (550) Clemson, SC
September 21 6:00 PM	No. 19	at No. 8 North Carolina	L 0–1	6–3–0 (0–2–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,331) Cary, NC
September 24 1:00 PM	No. 19	at Syracuse	T 0–0 ^2OT	6–3–1 (0–2–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (402) Syracuse, NY
September 29 7:00 PM		at Miami	W 1–0	7–3–1 (1–2–1)	Cobb Stadium (425) Coral Gables, FL
October 5 7:00 PM		Louisville	L 1–2	7–4–1 (1–3–1)	Riggs Field (820) Clemson, SC
October 8 1:00 PM		Virginia Tech	W 3–0	8–4–1 (2–3–1)	Riggs Field (642) Clemson, SC
October 14 7:00 PM		at No. 14 Virginia	T 0–0 ^2OT	8–4–2 (2–3–2)	Klöckner Stadium (2,596) Charlottseville, VA
October 19 7:00 PM		at NC State	L 0–1	8–5–2 (2–4–2)	Dali Soccer Field (578) Raleigh, NC
October 22 1:00 PM		No. 15 Wake Forest Senior Day	W 2–1	9–5–2 (3–4–2)	Riggs Field (958) Clemson, South Carolina
October 26 7:00 PM		No. 23 Florida State	T 2–2 ^2OT	9–5–3 (3–4–3)	Riggs Field (931) Clemson, South Carolina
NCAA Tournament
November 10* 7:00 PM		Alabama NCAA First Round	W 2–1	10–5–3	Riggs Field (358) Clemson, SC
November 17* 7:00 PM		at No. 18 Texas NCAA Second Round	T 1–1 (5–6 PK) ^2OT	10–5–4	Koskinen Stadium (812) Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Goals Record

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Regular Season	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	19	MF	Jenna Polonsky	7	0	7
1	17	FW	Mariana Speckmaier	6	1	7
3	18	MF	Jenni Erickson	4	0	4
4	2	FW	Miranda Westlake	2	0	2
	3	MF	Mackenzie Smith	2	0	2
	7	MF	Shannon Horgan	2	0	2
	13	MF	Dani Antieau	1	1	2
	30	FW	Patrice DiPasquale	1	1	2
Total				25	3	28

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			NCAA Tournament			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	7		MF	Shannon Horgan	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	16		MF	Julie Mackin	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	17		FW	Mariana Speckmaier	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	3		MF	Mackenzie Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	4		DF	Alex Nillen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11		MF	Kimber Haley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15		DF	Sam Stabb	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	18		MF	Jenni Erickson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19		MF	Jenna Polonsky	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					10	0	0	2	0	0	12	0	0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Sandy MacIver	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	October 17	^[9]
Sam Staab	All-ACC Second Team	November 2	^[10]
Mariana Speckmaier	ACC All Freshman Team	November 2	^[10]

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	Final
United Soccer ^[11]	13	13	8	4	11	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	None Released			RV
TopDrawer Soccer ^[12]	21	21	18	12	11	12	20

References

^ "Women's Soccer Announces 2017 Schedule". Clemson Tigers. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
^ "CU Women's Soccer – 2017 Roster". Clemson University Athletics. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
^ "Women's Soccer 2017 Coaches". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
^ "Florida State Picked as League Favorite for 2017 Season". theacc.com. August 3, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
^ "#13 Tigers Host Air Force in Exhibition Tuesday at Riggs". clemsontigers.com. August 7, 2017. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
^ "Tigers Defeat Indiana 1–0, Win Hoosier Challenge Cup". clemsontigers.com. August 20, 2017. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
^ "Speckmaier's Hat Trick Fuels Clemson's 4–0 Win Over SIUE, Radwanski Wins 200th Career Match". clemsontigers.com. August 18, 2017. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
^ "Clemson Earns NCAA Bid, Hosts Alabama in First Round on Friday". clemsontigers.com. November 6, 2017. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
^ "ACC Women's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "ACC Announces 2017 Women's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ "NCAA DI Women's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 22, 2017.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.

External links

[1] "Women's Soccer Announces 2017 Schedule". Clemson Tigers. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2016.

[2] "CU Women's Soccer – 2017 Roster". Clemson University Athletics. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.

[3] "Women's Soccer 2017 Coaches". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.

[4] "Florida State Picked as League Favorite for 2017 Season". theacc.com. August 3, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved August 3, 2017.

[5] "#13 Tigers Host Air Force in Exhibition Tuesday at Riggs". clemsontigers.com. August 7, 2017. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.

[6] "Tigers Defeat Indiana 1–0, Win Hoosier Challenge Cup". clemsontigers.com. August 20, 2017. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.

[7] "Speckmaier's Hat Trick Fuels Clemson's 4–0 Win Over SIUE, Radwanski Wins 200th Career Match". clemsontigers.com. August 18, 2017. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.

[8] "Clemson Earns NCAA Bid, Hosts Alabama in First Round on Friday". clemsontigers.com. November 6, 2017. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.

[9] "ACC Women's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.

[ACC_Awards-10] "ACC Announces 2017 Women's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

[11] "NCAA DI Women's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 22, 2017.

[12] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.

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Venue	Riggs Field (1994–present)
Culture & lore	Clemson–South Carolina rivalry
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