2019 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

The 2019 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his eighth season. Home games were played at Riggs Field. This was the team's 26th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

2019 Clemson Tigers women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 18
2019 record	11–7–2 (5–5–0 ACC)
Head coach	Eddie Radwanski (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Robbins (9th season) Siri Mullinix (9th season)
Home stadium	Riggs Field

2019 ACC women's soccer standings
	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

Previous Season

Main article: 2018 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

The 2018 Clemson women's soccer team finished the season with a 12–9–0 overall record and a 6–4–0 ACC record. The Tigers qualified for the ACC Tournament as the fifth-seed. The Tigers overcame Boston College in the Quarterfinals, but fell 0–1 to North Carolina in the Semifinals. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament for the sixth season in a row. As an unseeded team in the Stanford Bracket, Clemson lost to Ole Miss at home 1–2 to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Miranda Weslake	2	FW	5'6"	Senior	Beaufort, SC	Graduated
Alana Hockenhull	10	MF/FW	5'8"	Senior	Vero Beach, FL	Graduated
Sam Staab	15	DF	5'7"	Senior	San Diego, CA	Graduated, Drafted 4th overall by Washington Spirit in 2019 NWSL College Draft
Ellen Colborn	22	FW	5'5"	Senior	Colleyville, TX	Graduated

Recruiting Class

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Lauren Bruns MF	USA	Richmond, VA	Richmond United	[2]
Caroline Conti FW	USA	Greenville, SC	Carolina Elite Soccer Academy	[3]
Abigail Hanks DF	USA	Ellicott City, MD	Bethesda SC	[4]
Katherine Hershfelt MF	USA	Atlanta, GA	Concorde Fire SC	[5]
Hannah McLaughlin GK	USA	Glen Allen, VA	Richmond United	[6]
Maliah Morris FW	USA	Germantown, MD	Bethesda SC	[7]
Harper White DF	USA	Franklin, TN	Tennessee SC	[8]

Squad

Roster

Updated November 26, 2019[9]

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 3 FW  USA Mackenzie Smith 4 DF  USA Harper White 5 MF  USA Grace Wagner 7 DF  USA Sydney Dawson 8 MF  USA Haley Schueppert 9 MF  USA Audrey Viso 11 MF  USA Kimber Haley 12 DF  USA Sarah Osborne 13 DF  USA Dani Antieau 14 DF  USA Abigail Mitchell 15 MF  USA Hal Hershfelt 16 MF  USA Julie Mackin

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  VEN Mariana Speckmaier 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 GK  USA Maddie Weber 25 FW  USA Olivia Bonacorso 26 GK  USA Hannah McLaughlin 28 DF  USA Abby Hanks 30 FW  USA Patrice DiPasquale 38 DF  USA Jackson Moehler

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
Exhibition
August 13* 7:00 p.m.		at Furman	T 1–1 (4–1 PK)	–	Stone Stadium (–) Greenville, SC
August 17* 6:00 p.m.		at Liberty	Completed[12]	–	Liberty Soccer Stadium Lynchburg, VA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 22* 7:00 p.m.		Utah	W 2–0	1–0–0	Riggs Field (0) Clemson, SC
August 25* 6:00 p.m.		Coastal Carolina	W 6–0	2–0–0	Riggs Field (1,562) Clemson, SC
August 30* 8:05 p.m.		at Nebraska	W 2–1	3–0–0	Barbara Hibner Soccer Stadium (1,130) Lincoln, NE
September 1* 1:00 p.m.		at Creighton	W 1–0	4–0–0	Morrison Stadium (803) Omaha, NE
September 6* 5:00 p.m.	No. 19	Oregon	T 1–1 ^2OT	4–0–1	Riggs Field (1,523) Clemson, SC
September 8* 6:00 p.m.	No. 19	Georgia	W 2–1	5–0–1	Riggs Field (852) Clemson, SC
September 15* 6:00 p.m.	No. 20	No. 7 South Carolina Rivalry	W 1–0	6–0–1	Riggs Field (1,625) Clemson, SC
Conference Regular season
September 20 5:00 p.m.	No. 10	Notre Dame	W 1–0	7–0–1 (1–0–0)	Riggs Field (1,184) Clemson, SC
September 26 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	No. 6 Florida State	L 1–2	7–1–1 (1–1–0)	Riggs Field (1,052) Clemson, SC
September 29 1:00 p.m.	No. 6	No. 16 Virginia Tech	W 3–1	8–1–1 (2–1–0)	Riggs Field (753) Clemson, SC
October 5 5:00 p.m.	No. 8	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 0–1	8–2–1 (2–2–0)	Dorrance Field (2,783) Chapel Hill, NC
October 10 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	at No. 16 Louisville	L 0–1	8–3–1 (2–3–0)	Lynn Stadium (652) Louisville, KY
October 13 1:00 p.m.	No. 9	at No. 10 Duke	L 1–4	8–4–1 (2–4–0)	Koskinen Stadium (313) Durham, NC
October 19 7:00 p.m.	No. 17	Syracuse	W 4–1	9–4–1 (3–4–0)	Riggs Field (293) Clemson, SC
October 24 7:00 p.m.	No. 15	at Miami	L 2–3 ^2OT	9–5–1 (3–5–0)	Cobb Stadium (500) Coral Gables, FL
October 27 1:00 p.m.	No. 15	Pittsburgh	W 3–2 ^OT	10–5–1 (4–5–0)	Riggs Field (912) Clemson, SC
October 31 7:00 p.m.	No. 22	at Boston College	W 2–1	11–5–1 (5–5–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (111) Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Tournament
November 3 1:00 p.m.	(7) No. 22	at (2) No. 5 Florida State Quarterfinals	L 1–2	11–6–1	Seminole Soccer Complex (991) Tallahassee, FL
NCAA Tournament
November 15 5:00 p.m.		Vanderbilt First Round	T 0–0 (5–4 PKs)	11–6–2	Riggs Field (324) Clemson, SC
November 22 11:00 p.m.		at No. 7 UCLA Second Round	L 0–5	11–7–2	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,332) Los Angeles, CA
*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	17		FW	Mariana Speckmaier	6	0	0	6
2	13		DF	Dani Antieau	4	0	0	4
	21		FW	Maliah Morris	4	0	0	4
4	3		MF	Mackenzie Smith	3	0	0	3
	15		MF	Hal Hershfelt	3	0	0	3
	16		MF	Julie Mackin	3	0	0	3
7	11		MF	Kimber Haley	2	0	0	2
	23		FW	Caroline Conti	2	0	0	2
9	4		DF	Harpert White	1	0	0	1
	19		MF	Renee Guion	1	0	0	1
	22		FW	Lauren Bruns	0	1	0	1
	28		DF	Abby Hanks	1	0	0	1
	30		FW	Patrice DiPasquale	1	0	0	1
	38		DF	Jackson Moehler	1	0	0	1
Total					32	1	0	33

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			ACC Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
1	11		Kimber Haley	MF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
2	7		Sydney Dawson	DF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
3	3		Mackenzie Smith	DF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	13		Dani Antieau	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	16		Julie Mackin	MF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5	4		Harpert White	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15		Hal Hershfelt	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20		Courtney Jones	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	25		Olivia Bonacorso	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	38		Jackson Moehler	DF	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					12	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	16	0	1

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Sandy MacIver	Hermann Trophy Watchlist	August 1, 2019	[13]
Mariana Speckmaier	Pre-season All-ACC Team	August 8, 2019	[14]
Hannah McLaughlin	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 3, 2019	[15]
Maliah Morris	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 17, 2019	[16]
Hal Hershfelt	ACC All-Freshman Team	November 7, 2019	[17]
Maliah Morris

Rankings

See also: 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer 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 [18]	RV	RV	19	20	10	9	8	9	17	15	22	25	RV	None Released				RV
TopDrawer Soccer [19]	RV	RV	RV	22	RV	23	20	20	17	18	16	20	19	21	17	18	18	18

References

1. "Women's Soccer Announces 2019 Schedule". clemsontigers.com. Clemson Tigers. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
2. "Lauren Bruns". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
3. "Caroline Conti". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
4. "Abigail Hanks". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
5. "Katherine Hershfelt". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
6. "KHannah McLaughlin". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
7. "Maliah Morris". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
8. "Harper White". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
9. "2019-20 Women's Soccer Roster". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
10. "Women's Soccer Staff Directory". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
11. "2019-20 Women's Soccer Schedule". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
12. @clemsonwsoccer (August 18, 2019). "Thank you @LibertyWSoccer for a truly glorified experience and being great hosts for our second exhibition game!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
13. "MacIver Named to MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
14. "North Carolina Selected 2019 ACC Preseason Women's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
15. "Virginia's Ordonez, Clemson's McLaughlin Earn ACC Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
16. "Clemson's Morris, Louisville's Ekic and Virginia Tech's McGlynn Earn ACC Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 17, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
17. "2019 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
18. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
19. "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.

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