Weekly Release

2020 NCAA Championship
First Round | April 27-28 | Various Sites
Wednesday, April 28
Virginia 3, SIUE 1
 
Second Round | April 30-May 1 | Various Sites
Friday, April 30
No. 2 North Carolina 2, Denver 0
No. 14 Clemson 1, Rutgers 1 (2OT, Clemson advances on PKs, 5-3)

Saturday, May 1
No. 9 Duke 2, Arizona State 1 (2OT)
No. 1 Florida State 3, Milwaukee 0
Virginia 2, No. 12 BYU 0
 
Third Round | May 5 | Cary, N.C. (WakeMed)
Wednesday, May 5
No. 9 Duke vs. Ole Miss | Noon
No. 2 North Carolina vs. Washington | 3 p.m.
No. 1 Florida State vs. Penn State | 3 p.m.
No. 14 Clemson vs. No. 3 UCLA | 6 p.m.
Virginia vs. Rice | 9 p.m.
 
Quarterfinals | May 9 | Cary, N.C. (WakeMed)
 
College Cup | May 13 & 17 | Cary, N.C. (WakeMed)
 
Five ACC Teams Advance to Sweet 16 of NCAA Championship
- Five Atlantic Coast Conference women’s soccer teams were selected to compete in the 2020 NCAA Championship and each team has advanced to the third round.
- The ACC’s five teams in the Sweet 16 are the most of any conference and two more than the next-closest league.
- Virginia opened tournament play for the league with a 3-1 win against SIUE in the first round and earned its second win in a 2-0 upset of 12th-seeded BYU.
- North Carolina shut out Denver, 2-0, and Clemson advanced on penalty kicks (5-3) against Rutgers, after the match was knotted at 1-1 following two overtimes.
- Duke recorded the golden goal in the second overtime to defeat Arizona State, 2-1, and Florida State defeated Milwaukee, 3-0.
- The ninth-seeded Blue Devils open the conference's slate of third round action on Wednesday with a noon kickoff against Ole Miss. No. 2 North Carolina battles Washington and No. 1 Florida State meets Penn State in a pair of matches set for 3 p.m.
- No. 14 Clemson will play No. 3 UCLA at 6 p.m. and Virginia closes out the day's action at 9 p.m. against Rice.
- Each match will be held in Cary, North Carolina, at the WakeMed Soccer Park.
 
Five ACC Teams Selected to Compete in NCAA Championship
- Headlined by the tournament’s top two seeds, five Atlantic Coast Conference women’s soccer teams were selected to compete in the 2020 NCAA Championships.
- The ACC’s five teams are tied for the most of any league.
- The Seminoles are making their 21st overall and consecutive NCAA appearance, winning the 2014 and 2018 national championships.
- North Carolina continued its impressive streak of NCAA Championship selections, as the Tar Heels are the only team that has appeared in all 39 NCAA Tournaments.
- Duke is making its 26th appearance and sixth consecutive, while Clemson is making their seventh consecutive and 21st overall appearance in the field.
- Virginia has been selected to compete in 33 of the 39 NCAA Championships, the second most of any program behind North Carolina.
 
ACC & the NCAA Championship
- The ACC has placed a team in the Women’s College Cup in 37 of the past 38 NCAA Tournaments and in each of the past 14.
- The ACC has 51 appearances in the College Cup - the most of any conference (the next closest conference is the Pac-12 with 27 appearances). Current membership combines for 63 appearances.
- Current ACC membership combines for 26 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championships. North Carolina owns 21 NCAA titles and Florida State owns two, while Notre Dame won three prior to joining the league in 2013.
- Eight different ACC institutions have represented the league at the College Cup (Boston College, Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest) since 1982.
- The ACC tournament champion has gone on to win the NCAA Women’s College Cup 16 times, most recently Florida State in 2018.
 
Florida State Wins 2020 ACC Championship
- Highlighted by a pair of goals in the first six minutes of the match, top-seeded Florida State earned a 3-2 victory against second-seeded North Carolina on Sunday, Nov. 15, to claim the 2020 ACC women’s soccer championship.
-  With the win, the Seminoles earned their seventh ACC Tournament title and second in the last three years.
- The Tar Heels and Seminoles we ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, throughout the duration of the season in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
 
Florida State, North Carolina Share ACC Regular-Season Title
- Florida State and North Carolina both finished the year unbeaten in conference matches and were tabbed ACC regular-season co-champions.
- The Seminoles won the tiebreaker with the Tar Heels to earn the No. 1 seed, which was decided by goal differential in conference games (21-16).
- It was FSU's fourth regular-season title and the 24th for UNC.
- The teams also shared the regular-season crown in 2014 when both were 9-0-1 in ACC action.
 
Five ACC Teams Ranked in United Soccer Coaches Poll
- Five ACC teams are ranked among the top 10 in the most recent United Soccer Coaches Poll - the most of any conference.
- The ACC has had the nation's top-two teams in all eight polls this spring.
- Florida State has been No. 1 throughout the spring, followed No. 2 North Carolina.
- In the most recent poll, Clemson is No. 6, Duke is No. 8 and Virginia is No. 13.
 
ACC in the National Rankings
- ACC teams and ACC student-athletes currently lead the nation in numerous categories.
- Florida State is sixth nationally in points per game (8.42) and North Carolina is eighth with 7.59.
- The Seminoles are third in the country in scoring offense (3.08) and the Tar Heels are eighth (2.71).
- Virginia, Florida State and North Carolina are all among the nation's top 20 in shots per game. The Cavaliers are fifth with 17.67, followed by Florida State (6th, 17.42) and North Carolina (13th, 16.82).
- Defensively, the Tar Heels lead the nation with a .765 shutout percentage and the Seminoles are third at .750.
- North Carolina is third nationally in goals with 46, while Florida State and Pitt are tied for 13th (37).
- Claudia Dickey of North Carolina leads the nation with 13 shutouts.
- North Carolina's Brianna Pinto and Pitt's Amanda West are tied for fourth in goals with 13, while Virginia Tech's Emily Gray owns eight assists to rank 12th.
- Syracuse's Lysianne Proulx is third in the country with 9.12 saves per game.
 
Winningest Active Head Coaches
- Four ACC head coaches are among the top 10 in NCAA Division I for most victories by an active head coach.
- Longtime UNC skipper Anson Dorrance leads the way by a landslide with 887 wins, while Florida State's Mark Krikorian is fifth on the list with 456.
- Virginia's Steve Swanson is sixth with 431, while Pitt's Randy Waldrum is eighth with 420 career victories.
- The ACC's four coaches among the top 10 are the most of any conference.
 
Shutouts Headline Action in ACC Play
- Thirty-six of the 52 league matches played were won with a shutout and another was a scoreless draw.
- On two occasions during the season, all six league games held that day were won in shutout fashion.
- North Carolina allowed just three goals in ACC play during the fall, the fewest of any team in the conference.
 
Even Split
- The home teams won 27 of the 52 league games held in the fall, which excludes two ties.
- In contrast, road teams recorded 23 wins.
 
Eleven ACC Teams Earn United Soccer Coaches Academic Award
- Eleven ACC teams recently received the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for maintaining a grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all players on the roster during the 2019-20 academic year.
- Duke and Syracuse led the way for the conference, each with team GPAs of 3.71, tied for the third best among Power 5 leagues.
- Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Miami, NC State, North Carolina, Pitt, Virginia and Virginia Tech also earned the team honor.
- Seven of the 10 teams recorded a team GPA of 3.5 or better.