2020 ACC women's soccer tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Soccer Conference Tournament
| Year = 2020
| Conference = ACC
| Gender = women's
| Teams = 8
| Matches = 7
| Attendance = 1,916 (total)
274 (average)
| Venue = Sahlen's Stadium
| City = Cary, North Carolina
| Champions = Florida State
| TitleCount = 7
| Coach = Mark Krikorian
| CoachCount = 7
| Broadcast = ACCN (Quarterfinals & Semifinals), ESPNU (Final)
| MVP = Clara Robbins
| MVPTeam = Florida State
}}
{{2020 ACC women's soccer standings}}
The 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer tournament was the 33rd edition of the ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, which decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion. All rounds were played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, NC.{{cite web|url=https://theacc.com/news/2020/9/4/general-acc-announces-fall-olympic-sports-schedules.aspx|title=ACC Announces Fall Olympic Sports Schedules|website=theacc.com|publisher=The Atlantic Coast Conference|date=September 4, 2020|accessdate=November 2, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://theacc.com/sports/2018/6/14/2018-womens-soccer-championship.aspx|title=2020 ACC Women's Soccer Championship|website=theacc.com|publisher=The Atlantic Coast Conference|accessdate=November 2, 2020}}
No. 1 seed Florida State took home their seventh ACC tournament championship, defeating No. 2 seed North Carolina.{{Cite web|title=Florida State Defeats North Carolina 3–2 to Win ACC Women’s Soccer Championship|url=http://theacc.com/news/2020/11/15/florida-state-defeats-north-carolina-3-2-to-win-acc-womens-soccer-championship.aspx|access-date=2020-11-15|website=theacc.com|language=en}}
== Background ==
{{further|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football}}
The format of the tournament was announced in conjunction with all other ACC fall sports on July 29, 2020.{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Travis |title=ACC announces fall soccer plans |url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/acc-announces-fall-soccer-plans_aid48347 |website=TopDrawerSoccer.com |accessdate=August 3, 2020 |date=July 30, 2020}}
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the 2020 tournament changed multiple times. Originally, the 2020 ACC Tournament was to only feature 4 teams with all matches played at Sahlen's Stadium to create an "isolation zone" (similar to the 2020 NBA Bubble) to minimize the spread of the pandemic. The semifinals were to be played on November 6, 2020, with the final was to be played on November 8, 2020.{{cite web |title=ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports |url=https://theacc.com/news/2020/7/29/general-acc-announces-plans-for-football-and-fall-olympic-sports.aspx |website=TheACC.com |accessdate=August 3, 2020 |date=July 29, 2020}}
On September 4, 2020, the format again changed, expanding the tournament from four to eight teams. The quarterfinals to be played on November 10, the semifinals on November 13, and the championship game on November 15.
Qualification
{{main article|2020 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season}}
The top eight teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. All three tournament rounds took place at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina. North Carolina and Florida State finished tied for first with 8–0–0 regular season records. Florida State won the tiebreaker over North Carolina by goal differential in conference games, +21 to +16. Louisville, Virginia Tech, and Notre Dame finished in a three-way tie for sixth place, all with a 4–4–0 regular season record. The goal differential tiebreaker was applied and Notre Dame was awarded the eighth seed. Louisville and Virginia Tech were still tied after the goal differential tiebreaker. Louisville won the second tiebreaker of head-to-head record, having won their match 1–0 during the regular season.{{cite web|url=https://theacc.com/news/2020/11/1/2020-acc-womens-soccer-championship-bracket-announced.aspx|title=2020 ACC Women's Soccer Championship Bracket Announced|website=theacc.com|publisher=The Atlantic Coast Conference|date=November 1, 2020|accessdate=November 2, 2020}}
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!Seed !School !Conference Record !Points |
1
| style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Florida State Seminoles|border=0}}| Florida State | 8–0–0 | 24 |
2
| style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|North Carolina Tar Heels|border=0|color=white}}| North Carolina | 8–0–0 | 24 |
3
| style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Virginia Cavaliers|border=0}}| Virginia | 5–2–1 | 16 |
4
| style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Clemson Tigers|border=0}}| Clemson | 5–3–0 | 15 |
5
| style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Duke Blue Devils|border=0}}| Duke | 4–2–2 | 14 |
6
| style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Louisville Cardinals|border=0}}| Louisville | 4–4–0 | 12 |
7
| style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Virginia Tech Hokies|border=0}}| Virginia Tech | 4–4–0 | 12 |
8
| style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Notre Dame Fighting Irish|border=0}}| Notre Dame | 4–4–0 | 12 |
Bracket
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1 = Quarterfinals
Tuesday, November 10
| RD2 = Semifinals
Friday, November 13
| RD3 = Final
Sunday, November 15
| seed-width =
| team-width =
| score-width = 30
| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team1 = Florida State
| RD1-score1 = 2
| RD1-seed2 = 8
| RD1-team2 = Notre Dame
| RD1-score2 = 0
| RD1-seed3 = 4
| RD1-team3 = Clemson
| RD1-score3 = 0
| RD1-seed4 = 5
| RD1-team4 = Duke
| RD1-score4 = 1
| RD1-seed5 = 2
| RD1-team5 = North Carolina
| RD1-score5 = 1
| RD1-seed6 = 7
| RD1-team6 = Virginia Tech
| RD1-score6 = 0
| RD1-seed7 = 3
| RD1-team7 = Virginia
| RD1-score7 = 4
| RD1-seed8 = 6
| RD1-team8 = Louisville
| RD1-score8 = 1
| RD2-seed1 = 1
| RD2-team1 = Florida State
| RD2-score1 = 4
| RD2-seed2 = 5
| RD2-team2 = Duke
| RD2-score2 = 0
| RD2-seed3 = 2
| RD2-team3 = North Carolina
| RD2-score3 = 2
| RD2-seed4 = 3
| RD2-team4 = Virginia
| RD2-score4 = 0
| RD3-seed1 = 1
| RD3-team1 = Florida State
| RD3-score1 = 3
| RD3-seed2 = 2
| RD3-team2 = North Carolina
| RD3-score2 = 2
}}
Schedule
= Quarterfinals =
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|date= November 10
|time= 12:30 p.m. EDT
|team1= #1 Florida State
|score=2–0
|report=https://seminoles.com/soccer-advances-to-acc-semifinal-with-2-0-win-over-notre-dame/
|team2= #8 Notre Dame
|goals1=* Jaelin Howell {{goal|44}}
- Clara Robbins {{goal|78}}
|goals2=
|stadium= Sahlen's Stadium
|location= Cary, North Carolina
|attendance=217
|referee=Mark Buda
|assistantreferees =David McPhun
|assistantreferee2 =Bradley Shrader
|fourthofficial =Carmen Serbio
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= November 10
|time= 3:00 p.m. EDT
|team1= #4 Clemson
|score=0–1
|report=https://goduke.com/news/2020/11/10/womens-soccer-paschalls-second-half-goal-pushes-duke-into-acc-semifinals-in-cary.aspx
|team2= #5 Duke
|goals1=*Harper White {{sent off|0|84}}
|goals2=*Karlie Paschall {{goal|50}}
|stadium= Sahlen's Stadium
|location= Cary, North Carolina
|attendance=327
|referee=Karl Kummer
|assistantreferees =Marc Lawrence
|assistantreferee2 =Justin Howard
|fourthofficial =Jeremy Smith
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= November 10
|time= 5:30 p.m. EDT
|team1= #2 North Carolina
|score=1–0
|report=https://goheels.com/news/2020/11/10/womens-soccer-unc-advances-to-semifinal-with-1-0-win-over-vt.aspx
|team2= #7 Virginia Tech
|goals1=*Brianna Pinto {{yel|3}}, {{goal|25}}
|goals2=*Makenzie Graham {{yel|36}}
- Emmalee Carter {{yel|57}}
- Caroline Cipolla {{yel|83}}
|stadium= Sahlen's Stadium
|location= Cary, North Carolina
|attendance=251
|referee=Sergio Gonzalez
|assistantreferees =Raymond Thomas
|assistantreferee2 =Eric Barnes
|fourthofficial =Scott Bowers
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= November 10
|time= 8:00 p.m. EDT
|team1= #3 Virginia
|score=4–1
|report=https://virginiasports.com/news/2020/11/10/ordonezs-hat-trick-powers-virginia-past-louisville-in-acc-quarterfinal/
|team2= #6 Louisville
|goals1=*Diana Ordoñez {{goal|19||23||56}}
- Alexa Spaanstra {{goal|70}}
|goals2=*Emina Ekic {{goal|42}}
|stadium= Sahlen's Stadium
|location= Cary, North Carolina
|attendance=217
|referee=Carmen Serbio
|assistantreferees =Aaron Gallagher
|assistantreferee2 =Kevin Uitto
|fourthofficial =Ryan Graves
}}
= Semifinals =
{{football box collapsible
|date= November 13
|time= 5:30 p.m. EDT
|team1=#1 Florida State
|score=4–0
|report=https://seminoles.com/soccer-advances-to-acc-championship-with-4-0-win-over-no-6-duke/
|team2=#5 Duke
|goals1=*Emily Madril {{yel|25}}
- Jody Brown {{goal|30}}
- Jaelin Howell {{goal|59}}
- Kristina Lynch {{goal|64}}
- Jenna Nighswonger {{goal|76}}
|goals2=
|stadium= Sahlen's Stadium
|location= Cary, North Carolina
|attendance=277
|referee=John Brady
|assistantreferees =Dustin Thorne
|assistantreferee2 =John Rush
|fourthofficial =Forrest Ambrose
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= November 13
|time= 8:00 p.m. EDT
|team1=#2 North Carolina
|score=2–0
|report=https://goheels.com/news/2020/11/13/womens-soccer-dickey-cox-lead-tar-heels-past-virginia-2-0-in-acc-tournament-semifinal.aspx
|team2=#3 Virginia
|goals1=*Claudia Dickey {{goal|39|pen.}}
- Izzy Brown {{yel|62}}
- Isabel Cox {{goal|78}}
- Brianna Pinto {{yel|79}}
|goals2=
|stadium= Sahlen's Stadium
|location= Cary, North Carolina
|attendance=307
|referee=Nikola Aleksic
|assistantreferees =Jeremy Smith
|assistantreferee2 =Daniel Kappler
|fourthofficial =Hudson Owens
}}
= Final =
{{football box collapsible
|id=|date= November 15
|time= Noon EDT
|team1=#1 Florida State
|round=|score=3–2
|report=https://theacc.com/news/2020/11/15/florida-state-defeats-north-carolina-3-2-to-win-acc-womens-soccer-championship.aspx
|team2=#2 North Carolina
|goals1=*Clara Robbins {{goal|1||5}}
- LeiLanni Nesbeth {{goal|46}}
|goals2=*Talia DellaPeruta {{yel|57}}
- Rachel Jones {{goal|58|pen.}}
- Izzy Brown {{yel|67}}
- Brianna Pinto {{goal|88}}
|stadium= Sahlen's Stadium
|location= Cary, North Carolina
|attendance=320
|referee=Nicholas Balcer
|assistantreferees =Robert Dail
|assistantreferee2 =Jude Carr
|fourthofficial =Justin Frear
}}
Statistics
= Goalscorers =
{{Goalscorers
|goals=20|matches=7
|3 goal=
|2 goal=
|1 goal=
- Jody Brown – Florida State
- Isabel Cox – North Carolina
- Claudia Dickey – North Carolina
- Emina Ekic – Louisville
- Rachel Jones – North Carolina
- Kristina Lynch – Florida State
- Leilanni Nesbeth – Florida State
- Jenna Nighswonger – Florida State
- Karlie Paschall – Duke
- Alexa Spaanstra – Virginia
}}
All Tournament Team
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! Player !! Team |
Clara Robbins
| rowspan="5" | Florida State |
Jaelin Howell |
Jenna Nighswonger |
Malia Berkely |
Cristina Roque |
Claudia Dickey
| rowspan="3" |North Carolina |
Brianna Pinto |
Emily Fox |
Sophie Jones
|Duke |
Diana Ordoñez
| rowspan="2" |Virginia |
Alexa Spaanstra |
See also
References
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{{2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season}}
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