CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – With the 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Soccer regular season coming to a close on Thursday, October 30, postseason play begins Sunday, November 2, with the first round of the 2025 Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship hosted by No. 3 seed Duke and No. 4 seed Florida State. Both first-round matchups will air on ACC Network.
The action kicks off at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, where third-seeded Duke welcomes sixth-seeded Louisville at 6 p.m. ET. The Blue Devils are making their 34th appearance in the Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship and are seeking their first title in program history. Sunday’s match marks the first postseason appearance for head coach Kieran Hall after taking over for Robbie Church, as the Blue Devils look to earn their first tournament win since 2022.
Louisville returns to the Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship for the first time since 2020. Seeking the program’s first win in the conference tournament, the Cardinals enter the postseason as one of the top scoring teams in the nation, having registered 51 goals this season.
The first round concludes at 8 p.m. ET, when fourth-seeded Florida State welcomes fifth-seeded Virginia for a rematch of their October 23 clash, when the Seminoles used an 89th-minute goal from Wrianna Hudson to earn the road win in Charlottesville.
Florida State has won the last five ACC championship titles and makes its 31st appearance in the annual event. Since 2011, the Seminoles have captured 11 of the last 14 ACC championships, with just two other schools earning titles in that span. Despite finishing 10-2-3 overall, FSU finished just 3-2-1 in October, but enters the postseason riding a two-match winning streak.
Virginia returns to the Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship for the first time since 2020 and seeks its first tournament win since 2021. Overall, the Cavaliers make their 36th appearance, tied for the most among all ACC programs. Also entering Sunday’s matchup on a two-match winning streak, UVA has not allowed a goal since its 3-2 setback to Florida State, posting back-to-back 2-0 shutouts over Pitt and Boston College.
Top-seeded Stanford and second-seeded Notre Dame await Sunday’s winners after earning a first-round bye into the semifinals.
Following Sunday’s first-round matchups, the 2025 Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship heads to First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park for the semifinals on Thursday, November 6, and the final on Sunday, November 9. Tickets are now on sale for the semifinals and final, click
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Noting ACC Women’s Soccer
• This is the 38th annual Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship with the first tournament in 1988. This year’s tournament will be the 19th time a champion has been crowned in Cary, North Carolina, including the last seven events.
• A nation-best seven ACC teams are ranked in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll, including the top two spots and five in the top 10: Notre Dame (No. 1), Stanford (No. 2), Florida State (No. 6), Virginia (No. 7), Duke (No. 10), Louisville (No. 21) and Clemson (No. 25). North Carolina and Wake Forest are currently receiving votes.
• Notre Dame is the fifth different ACC team to be ranked No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll this season, joining North Carolina, Duke, Stanford and Virginia.
• In the last 32 weeks of the United Soccer Coaches Poll, dating back to 2023, an ACC team has been ranked No. 1 in all but three weeks.
• A nation-best eight ACC teams are in the top 25 of the latest RPI, including four in the top 10 and six in the top 15: Virginia (No. 1), Notre Dame (No. 2), Stanford (No. 3), Florida State (No. 8), Duke (No. 11), Louisville (No. 13), North Carolina (No. 21) and Wake Forest (No. 24).
• ACC teams finished the non-conference portion of the regular season with 81 victories, tied for the most among all conferences.
• ACC teams went 15-9-7 (.597) against peer Power Four opponents and finished 5-2-5 (.625) against ranked teams.
• Stanford senior forward Jasmine Aikey has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, while Pitt redshirt-junior goalkeeper Abby Reisz was selected as the Defensive Player of the Week for matches played on the final day of the regular season.
• A nation-best 15 players from the ACC were named to the Midseason Hermann Trophy Watch List.
• Three ACC teams are in the top 10 nationally in total goals: Stanford (No. 1 – 61), Notre Dame (No. 4 – 52) and Louisville (No. 6 – 48).
• Virginia’s Lia Godfrey has played in 101 matches, the most among all active Division I players.
• North Carolina claimed its 23rd national championship with a 1-0 victory over Wake Forest in the final of the 2024 Women's College Cup. The title was UNC's 22nd NCAA championship after winning the AIWA National Championship in 1981.
• The title was the ACC's 26th women's soccer national championship. Current membership has combined to win 32 national championships (North Carolina - 22, Florida State - 4, Stanford - 3, Notre Dame - 3). No school outside the ACC has won more than two national titles.
• For the first time in Women's College Cup history, the ACC sent all four teams to the national semifinals last year in 2024, as Duke, North Carolina, Stanford and Wake Forest all advanced. It marks the first time a conference has sent four teams to the Women's College Cup.
Championship Schedule (All Times ET)
2025 Ally ACC Women’s Soccer Championship
First Round | Sunday, Nov. 2 – Campus Sites
#6 Louisville at #3 Duke | 6 p.m. | ACC Network
#5 Virginia at #4 Florida State | 8 p.m. | ACC Network
Semifinals | Thursday, Nov. 6 – First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary, N.C.)
Florida State/Virginia Winner vs. #1 Stanford | 5:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. | ACC Network
Duke/Louisville Winner vs. #2 Notre Dame | 5:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. | ACC Network
Final | Sunday, Nov. 9 – First Horizon Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary, N.C.)
Semifinal 1 Winner vs. Semifinal 2 Winner | Noon | ESPNU