2019 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team

The 2019 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 27th season of the university fielding a program and 16th competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies were led by 9th year head coach Charles Adair and played their home games at Thompson Field.

2019 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record12–5–2 (4–4–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Drew Kopp (8th season)
  • Matt Gwilliam (5th season)
Home stadiumThompson Field
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
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

The Hokies finished the season 12–5–2, 4–4–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eight place. They were not invited to the ACC Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost to Xavier in the First Round.

Squad edit

Roster edit

Updated: July 8, 2020[1]

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   USA Dare Burnett
00 GK   USA Alice Hamel
1 GK   USA Mandy McGlynn
2 MF   USA Holly Rose Weber
3 DF   USA Jaylyn Thompson
4 MF   USA Emily Gray
5 MF   USA Cassidy Brown
6 DF   USA Caroline Cipolla
7 MF   USA Kiersten Hening
8 DF   USA Kelsey Irwin
9 FW   USA Emma Steigerwald
10 FW   UKR Nicole Kozlova
11 MF   USA Grace Sklopan
12 FW   USA Mikayla Mance
13 FW   USA Karlie Johnson
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   USA Alexa Anderson
15 FW   USA Allyson Brown
16 MF   USA Jordan Hemmen
17 DF   USA Olivia Odle
18 MF   USA Kara Henderson
19 MF   USA Lilly Weber
20 DF   USA Caroline O'Connor
22 FW   USA Bridget Patch
24 FW   USA Emmalee McCarter
25 FW   USA Calista Heister
26 FW   USA Molly Feighan
27 DF   USA Sydney Ash
28 MF   USA Mak Graham
30 GK   USA S.A. Phillips

Team management edit

Position Staff
Head Coach Charles Adair
Associate Head Coach Drew Kopp
Assistant Coach Matt Gwilliam

Source:[1]

Schedule edit

Source:[2]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 10*
5:00 p.m.
No. 25 Marshall W 3–0 
Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
August 17*
1:00 p.m.
No. 25 at George Mason W 2–1 
George Mason Stadium
Fairfax, VA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 22*
7:00 p.m.
No. 25 Liberty W 3–0  1–0–0
Thompson Field (1,667)
Blacksburg, VA
August 25*
1:00 p.m.
No. 25 Cincinnati W 2–0  2–0–0
Thompson Field (863)
Blacksburg, VA
August 30*
7:00 p.m.
at Georgia
Bulldog Classic
W 2–0  3–0–0
Turner Soccer Complex (1,687)
Athens, GA
September 1*
1:00 p.m.
vs. Auburn
Bulldog Classic
W 3–1  4–0–0
Turner Soccer Complex
Athens, GA
September 5*
7:00 p.m.
No. 23 Alabama W 2–0  5–0–0
Thompson Field (1,237)
Blacksburg, VA
September 8*
1:00 p.m.
No. 23 Yale W 2–1  6–0–0
Thompson Field (559)
Blacksburg, VA
September 13*
5:00 p.m.
No. 16 vs. College of Charleston
Battle by the Beach
W 1–0  7–0–0
UNCW Soccer Stadium (437)
Wilmington, NC
September 15*
1:00 p.m.
No. 16 at UNC Wilmington
Battle by the Beach
W 1–0  8–0–0
UNCW Soccer Stadium (501)
Wilmington, NC
ACC Regular Season
September 21
7:00 p.m.
No. 18 Miami (FL) W 2–0  9–0–0
(1–0–0)
Thompson Field (947)
Blacksburg, VA
September 26
5:00 p.m.
No. 16 at No. 1 Virginia L 0–2  9–1–0
(1–1–0)
Klöckner Stadium (2,415)
Charlottesville, VA
September 29
1:00 p.m.
No. 16 at No. 9 Clemson L 1–3  9–2–0
(1–2–0)
Riggs Field (753)
Clemson, SC
October 6
2:00 p.m.
No. 23 No. 10 Duke T 0–0 2OT 9–2–1
(1–2–1)
Thompson Field (618)
Blacksburg, VA
October 10
7:00 p.m.
No. 20 No. 5 Florida State L 2–3 2OT 9–3–1
(1–3–1)
Thompson Field (1,017)
Blacksburg, VA
October 13
1:00 p.m.
No. 20 at NC State T 1–1 2OT 9–3–2
(1–3–2)
Dail Soccer Field (210)
Raleigh, NC
October 18
5:00 p.m.
Wake Forest W 1–0  10–3–2
(2–3–2)
Thompson Field (619)
Blacksburg, VA
October 24
7:00 p.m.
No. 25 Boston College W 2–1  11–3–2
(3–3–2)
Thompson Field (522)
Blacksburg, VA
October 27
3:00 p.m.
No. 25 at No. 3 North Carolina L 0–2  11–4–2
(3–4–2)
Dorrance Field (2,113)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 31
7:00 p.m.
at Pittsburgh W 1–0  12–4–2
(4–4–2)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (182)
Pittsburgh, PA
NCAA Tournament
November 15
5:00 p.m.
No. 24 Xavier
First Round
L 0–1  12–5–2
Thompson Field (633)
Blacksburg, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2020 NWSL College Draft edit

Player Team Round Pick # Position
Mandy McGlynn Sky Blue FC 3 20 GK

Source:[3]

Rankings edit

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Virginia Tech's McGlynn and three Cavs taken in NWSL draft". roanoke.com. The Roanoke Times. January 16, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.