2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

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.

2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 6
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 17
2020 record	6–4–0 (5–3–0 ACC)
Head coach	Eddie Radwanski (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Robbins (10th season) Siri Mullinix (10th season)
Captains	Sydney Dawson Renee Guion Kimber Haley
Home stadium	Riggs Field

2020 ACC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 1 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍	8	–	0	–	0		1.000			11	–	0	–	0		1.000
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍	8	–	0	–	0		1.000			11	–	1	–	0		.917
No. 10 Virginia  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	1		.688			8	–	3	–	1		.708
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	0		.625			6	–	4	–	0		.600
No. 5 Duke  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	2		.625			7	–	4	–	2		.615
Louisville  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			4	–	5	–	0		.444
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			5	–	8	–	0		.385
No. 14 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			4	–	5	–	0		.444
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1		.438			3	–	5	–	1		.389
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0		.375			9	–	5	–	0		.643
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0		.125			1	–	7	–	0		.125
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0		.125			1	–	7	–	0		.125
Miami  ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	0		.000			0	–	9	–	0		.000
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion As of November 24, 2020; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State has suspended the 2020 women's soccer season.

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"	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  USA Halle Mackiewicz 2 DF  USA Makenna Morris 4 DF  USA Harper White 5 MF  USA Grace Wagner 6 MF  USA Devi Dudley 7 DF  USA Sydney Dawson 8 MF  USA Haley Schueppert 9 MF  USA Audrey Viso 11 MF  USA Kimber Haley 12 DF  USA Madi Reid 14 DF  USA Abigail Mitchell 15 MF  USA Hal Hershfelt 17 FW  VEN Mariana Speckmaier

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  USA Renee Guion 20 FW  USA Courtney Jones 21 FW  USA Maliah Morris 22 FW  USA Lauren Burns 23 FW  USA Caroline Conti 24 MF  USA Megan Bornkamp 25 DF  USA Olivia Bonacorso 26 GK  USA Hannah McLaughlin 28 DF  USA Abby Hanks 29 FW  USA Sami Meredith 38 DF  USA Jackson Moehler 51 GK  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	Dan Radakovich
Head Coach	Eddie Radwanski
Associate Head Coach	Jeff Robbins
Assistant Coach	Siri Mullinix
Director of Operations	Julie Carson
Assistant Athletic Trainer	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		MF	Megan Bornkamp	5	0	0	5
2	23		FW	Caroline Conti	3	0	0	3
3	17		FW	Mariana Speckmaier	2	0	0	2
4	15		MF	Hal Hershfelt	1	0	0	1
	19		MF	Renee Guion	1	0	0	1
	20		FW	Courtney Jones	1	0	0	1
	29		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
1	24		MF	Megan Bornkamp	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
2	4		DF	Harper White	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
3	2		DF	Makenna Morris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11		MF	Kimber Haley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17		FW	Mariana Speckmaier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20		FW	Courtney Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	38		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.

Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
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 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[15]														None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [16]	17	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
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. "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 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 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.

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