The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season will be the 30th season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.
The
Duke Blue Devils
The Duke Blue Devils are the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina. Duke's athletics department features 27 varsity teams that all compete at the N ...
the defending regular season champions. The
North Carolina Tar Heels
The North Carolina Tar Heels (also Carolina Tar Heels) are the college sports in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to ...
are the defending ACC tournament Champions.
Changes from 2017
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Pittsburgh
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fired their coach Greg Miller on November 3, 2017. On December 19, 2017
Randy Waldrum
Randy Marlon Waldrum (born September 25, 1956) is an American former professional soccer player, current head coach of University of Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team, and was the head coach of the Nigeria women's national team.
Coachi ...
was announced as his replacement.
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Miami
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fired their coach
Mary-Frances Monroe
Mary-Frances Monroe (born February 7, 1980) is an American former soccer midfielder who played for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and was a member of the United States women's national soccer team.
Following her professional car ...
on January 15, 2018, after 5 seasons as head coach. On February 27, 2018 Sarah Barnes was announced as the new head coach. Barnes was hired from George Washington University.
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Notre Dame's coach Theresa Romagnolo resigned on January 22, 2018, citing the desire to spend more time with her family. Assistant coach Nate Norman was promoted to head coach on February 20, 2018.
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Boston College's coach Allison Foley resigned on December 12, 2018 citing the desire to pursue other opportunities.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
1. ''Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer''
Personnel
Pre-season
Hermann Trophy Watchlist
Prior to the season, seven ACC women's soccer players were named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watchlist.
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Kayla McCoy, Duke
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Deyna Castellanos
Deyna Cristina Castellanos Naujenis (born 18 April 1999) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Venezuela national team.
Early life
Deyna C ...
, Florida State
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Natalia Kuikka
Natalia Kuikka (born 1 December 1995) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Finland national team. She was named the Finnish Footballer of the Ye ...
, Florida State
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Emina Ekic
Emina Ekić (born 6 June 1999) is a Bosnian-American professional women's footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spokane Zephyr FC of the USL Super League, and for the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team.
Early life
Ekić ...
, Louisville
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Julia Ashley
Julia Elizabeth Ashley (born November 11, 1996) is an American Association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football), defender. She previously played for Adelaide United FC (W-League), Adelaide United, Linköpings FC ...
, North Carolina
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Alessia Russo
Alessia Mia Teresa Russo (; born 8 February 1999) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Women's Super League club Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal and the England women's n ...
, North Carolina
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Tziarra King, NC State
Pre-season poll
The ACC women's soccer pre-season poll was determined by a vote of all 14 ACC women's soccer head coaches. The poll was voted on as teams began their pre-season training during the first week of August. The coaches also voted on a pre-season all-ACC team. Results were released on August 6.
Pre-season coaches poll
# North Carolina – 183 (4)
# Florida State – 174 (5)
# Virginia – 173 (2)
# Duke – 151 (3)
# NC State – 144
# Clemson – 120
# Notre Dame – 111
# Wake Forest – 104
# Louisville – 75
# Boston College – 72
# Virginia Tech – 66
# Syracuse – 40
# Miami – 34
# Pittsburgh – 23
First Place Votes shown in ()
Source:
Pre-season All-ACC Team
Source:
Regular season
Conference matrix
The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team plays 10 matches. Each team does not play every other team.
Rankings
United Soccer
Top Drawer Soccer
Players of the Week
Postseason
ACC tournament
NCAA tournament
An NCAA record 10 ACC teams were selected to the 2018 Women's Soccer Tournament. Additionally, two teams received No. 1 seeds and five total teams were seeded.
Awards and honors
All-Americans
ACC Awards
Draft picks
The ACC had 9 players selected in the 2019 NWSL Draft. This was the most selections in the draft from a single conference. The ACC had three players selected in the first round, three in the second round and three in the fourth round.
References
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2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season