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2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team

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2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 4
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 3
Record14–4–3 (5–2–1 ACC)
Head coach
  • Steve Swanson (21st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Ron Raab (15th season)
  • Jaime Frias (2nd season)
Home stadiumKlöckner Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍y 8 0 0   1.000 13 0 3   .906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 8 0 0   1.000 18 2 0   .900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 2 1   .688 14 4 3   .738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 3 0   .625 12 5 2   .684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍y 4 2 2   .625 12 5 4   .667
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 5 7 0   .417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 8 9 0   .471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 4 4 0   .500 6 7 0   .462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 3 4 1   .438 5 7 2   .429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 5 0   .375 11 5 0   .688
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 3 10 1   .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 0   .125 1 7 0   .125
Miami  ‍‍‍ 0 8 0   .000 1 11 1   .115
NC State  ‍‍‍ 0 0 0   5 3 1   .611
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 18, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.


The 2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Steve Swanson, in his twentieth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 35th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 33rd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[2][3]

The Cavaliers finished the fall season 8–3–1, 5–2–1 in ACC play to finish in third place. In the ACC Tournament they defeated Louisville in the Quarterfinals before losing to North Carolina in the Semifinals. The Cavaliers finished the spring season 2–1–1 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team, the Cavaliers defeated SIU Edwardsville in the First Round, BYU in the Second Round, Rice in the Third Round, and TCU in the Quarterfinals before losing to Florida State on penalties in the Semifinals.

Squad

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Roster

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Updated November 10, 2020[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Laurel Ivory
1 GK United States USA Michaela Moran
2 MF United States USA Sydney Zandi
3 FW United States USA Ashlynn Serepca
4 FW United States USA Cam Lexow
5 DF United States USA Lizzy Sieracki
6 MF United States USA Anna Sumpter
7 FW United States USA Alexa Spaanstra
8 DF United States USA Sarah Clark
9 FW Mexico MEX Diana Ordóñez
10 MF United States USA Taryn Torres
11 MF United States USA Lacey McCormack
12 DF Haiti HAI Claire Constant
13 FW United States USA Rebecca Jarrett
14 MF United States USA Emma Dawson
15 FW United States USA Brianna Jablonowski
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF United States USA Laney Rouse
17 FW United States USA Jansen Eichenlaub
18 FW United States USA Sarah Brunner
19 DF United States USA Samar Guidry
20 DF United States USA Talia Staude
21 MF United States USA Lauren Hinton
22 FW United States USA Lia Godfrey
23 DF United States USA McKenna Angotti
24 DF United States USA Kira Maguire
25 FW United States USA Alissa Gorzak
26 MF United States USA Laughlin Ryan
27 MF United States USA Maggie Fralin
28 MF United States USA Peyton Goldthwaite
29 GK United States USA Cayla White
30 MF United States USA Alexis Theoret

Team management

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Position Staff
Athletic Director Carla Williams
Head Coach Steve Swanson
Associate head coach Ron Raab
Assistant Coach Jamie Frias
Volunteer Assistant Coach Jake Davis
Director of Operations Eilidh Thomson

Source:[5]

Schedule

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Source:[6][7]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Fall Regular Season
September 12, 2020*
6:00 p.m.
Virginia Tech W 3–1  1–0–0
(0–0–0)
Klöckner Stadium (243)
Charlottesville, VA
September 17, 2020
6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Duke T 1–1 2OT 1–0–1
(0–0–1)
Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
September 20, 2020
3:00 p.m., ACCN
at Clemson L 0–3  1–1–1
(0–1–1)
Riggs Field (549)
Clemson, SC
September 25, 2020*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 11 at Virginia Tech W 1–0 OT 2–1–1
(0–1–1)
Thompson Field (122)
Blackburg, VA
October 1, 2020
7:00 p.m., RSN
No. 10 No. 14 Pittsburgh W 2–1 OT 3–1–1
(1–1–1)
Klöckner Stadium (138)
Charlottesville, VA
October 4, 2020
3:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 10 Miami W 3–0  4–1–1
(2–1–1)
Klöckner Stadium (163)
Charlottesville, VA
October 8, 2020*
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 10 at No. 1 North Carolina  Canceled  4–1–1
(2–1–1)
Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
October 15, 2020
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 11 No. 13 Louisville W 2–0  5–1–1
(3–1–1)
Klöckner Stadium (161)
Charlottesville, VA
October 18, 2020
3:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 11 No. 2 Florida State L 3–4  5–2–1
(3–2–1)
Klöckner Stadium (188)
Charlottesville, VA
October 29, 2020
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 10 at Boston College W 2–1  6–2–1
(4–2–1)
Newton Campus Soccer Field (0)
Newton, MA
November 1, 2020
12:00 p.m., RSN
No. 10 at Syracuse W 5–3  7–2–1
(5–2–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (1)
Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
November 10, 2020*
8:00 p.m., ACCN
(3) No. 9 vs. (6) Louisville
Quarterfinals
W 4–1  8–2–1
(5–2–1)
Sahlen's Stadium (217)
Cary, NC
November 13, 2020
8:00 p.m., ACCN
(3) No. 9 vs. (2) No. 1 North Carolina
Semifinals
L 0–2  8–3–1
(5–2–1)
Sahlen's Stadium (307)
Cary, NC
Spring Exhibition
March 27, 2021*
4:00 p.m.
at North Carolina Courage   
Sahlen's Stadium
Cary, NC
Spring Regular Season
February 28, 2021*
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
George Mason W 2–0  9–3–1
Klöckner Stadium (147)
Charlottesville, VA
March 6, 2021*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 8 at VCU W 2–1  10–3–1
Sports Backers Stadium (232)
Richmond, VA
March 14, 2021*
5:00 p.m.
No. 9 at Old Dominion  Canceled 
Old Dominion Soccer Complex
Norfolk, VA
March 18, 2021*
7:00 p.m.
No. 9 at James Madison  Postponed 
Sentara Park
Harrisonburg, VA
March 25, 2021*
7:00 p.m.
No. 10 at James Madison  Postponed 
Sentara Park
Harrisonburg, VA
April 3, 2021*
4:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 10 at No. 4 West Virginia L 0–1  10–4–1
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (400)
Morgantown, WV
April 10, 2021*
3:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 12 No. 5 West Virginia T 1–1 2OT 10–4–2
Klöckner Stadium (463)
Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
April 28, 2021*
7:00 p.m.
No. 13 vs. SIU Edwardsville
First Round
W 3–1  11–4–2
WakeMed Soccer Park (145)
Cary, NC
May 1, 2021*
3:00 p.m.
No. 13 vs. (12) No. 17 BYU
Second Round
W 2–0  12–4–2
WakeMed Soccer Park (150)
Cary, NC
May 5, 2021*
9:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream
No. 13 vs. No. 22 Rice
Third Round
W 3–0  13–4–2
WakeMed Soccer Park (167)
Cary, NC
May 9, 2021*
5:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream
No. 13 vs. (4) No. 4 TCU
Quarterfinals
W 1–0  14–4–2
WakeMed Soccer Park (178)
Cary, NC
May 13, 2021*
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 13 vs. (1) No. 1 Florida State
Semifinals
T 0–0 (0–3 PKs) 2OT 14–4–3
WakeMed Soccer Park (2,166)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2021 NWSL College Draft

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Player Team Round Pick # Position
Taryn Torres Sky Blue FC 3 23 MF
Alissa Gorzak Chicago Red Stars 4 35 FW

Source:[8]

Rankings

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Fall 2020

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Ranking movement
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United Soccer[9] 11 10 10 11 10 10 10 9 9 10

Spring 2021

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Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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Final
United Soccer[9] None Released 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 13 None Released 4 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer [10] 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 3 6 5 5 4 3 3

References

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  1. ^ 2020 Fact Book (PDF)
  2. ^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Women's Soccer". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Women's Soccer". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "Virginia Announces Women's Soccer Spring Slate". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. February 11, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Yang, Stephanie (January 13, 2021). "All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft". allforxi.com. Vox Media. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  10. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.