2016 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

The 2016 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his sixth season. Home games were played at Riggs Field.[1] Clemson opened the season ranked 14th in the NSCAA Preseason Poll.[2]

2016 Clemson Tigers women's soccer
ACC Tournament, Semifinalists
NCAA Tournament, Sweet 16
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 12
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 13
2016 record	14–5–4 (7–1–2 ACC)
Head coach	Eddie Radwanski (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Robbins (6th season) Siri Mullinix (6th season)
Captains	Emily Byorth Gabby Byorth Abby Jones Claire Wagner
Home stadium	Riggs Field

2016 ACC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
#21 Notre Dame  ‍†‍‍^y	7	–	1	–	2		.800			13	–	3	–	5		.738
No. 12 Clemson  ‍†‍‍^y	7	–	1	–	2		.800			14	–	5	–	4		.696
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			15	–	4	–	3		.750
#4 North Carolina  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			16	–	3	–	4		.783
No. 11 Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			15	–	5	–	2		.727
No. 14 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍^y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			14	–	4	–	4		.727
Miami  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0		.500			10	–	8	–	1		.553
No. 24 NC State  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	5	–	1		.450			11	–	9	–	2		.545
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	3		.450			11	–	5	–	3		.658
Louisville  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			7	–	7	–	4		.500
Boston College  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	0		.300			11	–	8	–	1		.575
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	0		.200			10	–	8	–	0		.556
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			8	–	8	–	3		.500
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			2	–	15	–	1		.139
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of 2016-7-2; Rankings from NSCAA

The Lady Tigers finished as ACC regular season co-champions with Notre Dame, capturing the second ACC regular season title in program history.[3] Clemson also advanced to the third round (Sweet 16) of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006.[4]

Coach Ed Radwanski was named ACC coach of the year in his sixth season with the team.[5]

Roster

Updated August 8, 2016[6]

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  CAN Kailen Sheridan 2 FW  USA Miranda Weslake 3 MF  USA Mac Smith 4 MF  USA Katie Sprouse 5 DF  USA Claire Wagner 6 MF  USA Lauren Harkes 7 MF  USA Shannon Horgan 8 FW  USA Page Reckert 10 FW  USA Alana Hockenhull 11 MF  USA Catrina Atanda 12 MF  USA Sarah Osborne 13 MF  USA Dani Antieau 14 MF  USA Allie Kington 15 DF  USA Sam Staab

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  USA Julie Mackin 17 GK  ENG Sandy Maclver 18 MF  USA Jeni Erickson 19 MF  USA Jenna Polonsky 20 DF  USA Jenna Weston 21 MF  USA Abby Jones 22 MF  USA Ellen Colborn 23 MF  USA Tori Andreski 25 GK  USA Rachele Manfre 26 GK  USA Melanie Stiles 27 DF  USA Gabby Byorth 28 DF  USA Emily Byorth 29 DF  USA Sarah Duckworth 30 FW  USA Patrice DiPasquale

Clemson had four players earn All – ACC postseason awards. Kailen Sheridan and Catrina Atanda were named first team All – ACC, Sam Staab was named second team All – ACC, and Claire Wagner was named third team All – ACC.[5] For the 2016 Clemson named 4 co-captains for the team. Gabby Byorth, Emily Byorth, Abby Jones, and Claire Wagner (seniors) were named captains.[7]

Draft picks

The Tigers had three players drafted in the 2017 NWSL College Draft.

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Claire Wagner	North Carolina Courage	2nd	20	DF
Kailen Sheridan	Sky Blue FC	2nd	23	GK
Catrina Atanda	Sky Blue FC	3rd	40	MF

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 7:00 pm	No. 14	at Tennessee	W 1–0	1–0–0	Regal Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee
Regular season
August 19* 8:00 pm	No. 10	at No. 12 Auburn	W 2–0	2–0–0	Auburn Soccer Complex (826) Auburn, Alabama
August 21* 7:00 pm	No. 10	Georgia	W 3–1	3–0–0	Riggs Field (1,120) Clemson, South Carolina
August 26* 7:00 pm	No. 8	at No. 7 West Virginia	L 0–1	3–1–0	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Morgantown, West Virginia
August 28* 2:00 pm	No. 8	Elon	W 4–0	4–1–0	Riggs Field (420) Clemson, South Carolina
September 02* 7:00 pm	No. 6	at No. 22 South Carolina Rivalry	L 1–2	4–2–0	Eugene E. Stone Stadium (3,838) Columbia, South Carolina
September 09* 4:30 pm	No. 13	High Point	W 4–1	5–2–0	Riggs Field (538) Clemson, South Carolina
September 11* 12:00 pm	No. 13	Nebraska	W 5–2	6–2–0	Riggs Field (263) Clemson, South Carolina
September 16 7:00 pm	No. 13	Wake Forest	W 2–1	7–2–0 (1–0–0)	Spry Stadium (873) Winston-Salem, North Carolina
September 18* 1:00 pm	No. 13	Presbyterian	W 9–0	8–2–0 (1–0–0)	Riggs Field Clemson, South Carolina
September 22 7:00 pm	No. 16	Syracuse	W 4–0	9–2–0 (2–0–0)	Riggs Field Clemson, South Carolina
September 25 1:00 pm	No. 13	No. 18 North Carolina	T 1–1 ^2OT	9–2–1 (2–0–1)	Riggs Field Clemson, South Carolina
October 01 7:00 pm	No. 13	Virginia Tech	T 2–2 ^2OT	9–2–2 (2–0–2)	Virginia Tech Soccer Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia
October 06 7:00 pm	No. 12	at No. 20 Notre Dame	L 0–1	9–3–2 (2–1–2)	Alumni Stadium (1,022) South Bend, Indiana
October 09 1:00 pm	No. 15	at No. 21 Louisville	W 1–0	10–3–2 (3–1–2)	Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium (1,179) Louisville, Kentucky
October 14 7:00 pm	No. 18	Miami (FL)	W 1–0	11–3–2 (4–1–2)	Riggs Field (812) Clemson, South Carolina
October 20 7:00 pm	No. 17	Boston College	W 2–1	12–3–2 (5–1–2)	Riggs Field (471) Clemson, South Carolina
October 23 1:00 pm	No. 17	NC State Senior Day	W 2–1	12–3–2 (6–1–2)	Riggs Field (646) Clemson, South Carolina
October 27 7:00 pm	No. 13	at No. 6 Duke	W 1–0	13–3–2 (7–1–2)	Koskinen Stadium (809) Durham, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
October 30 1:00 pm	No. 14	Miami (FL) ACC Quarterfinals	T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) ^2OT	13–3–3	Riggs Field (218) Clemson, SC
November 4 8:00 pm	No. 9	vs. No. 13 Florida State ACC Semifinals	L 0–1	13–4–3	MUSC Health Stadium (2,995) Charleston, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 13 1:00 pm	No. 3	Northeastern NCAA First Round	W 1–0	14–4–3	Riggs Field (229) Clemson, SC
November 18* 3:00 pm	No. 3	Arkansas NCAA Second Round	T 0–0 (4–2 PK) ^2OT	14–4–4	Fetzer Field (1,917) Chapel Hill, NC
November 20* 1:00 pm	No. 3	at No. 2 North Carolina NCAA Sweet 16	L 0–1	14–5–4	Fetzer Field (1,732) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*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	Final
NSCAA [8]	14	8	6	13	13	13	13	12	18	17	14	9	12	None Released			12
TopDrawer Soccer [9]	10	10	9	9	14	15	11	12	12	15	15	12	10	13	11	13	13

References

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2. "Tigers Ranked 14th in NSCAA Preseason Poll". Clemson Tigers. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
3. "ACC Champions! No. 14 Clemson Wins ACC Regular Season Crown with Upset of No. 6 Duke". Clemson Tigers. 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
4. "No. 12 Tigers Fall to No. 6 UNC in NCAA Sweet 16 Heartbreaker". Clemson Tigers. 20 November 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
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9. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.

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