2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team explained

Sport:	women's soccer
Year:	2020
Team:	Clemson Tigers
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Record:	12–5–2
Conf Record:	5–3–0
Head Coach:	Eddie Radwanski
Hc Year:	10th
Asst Coach1:	Jeff Robbins
Ac1 Year:	10th
Asst Coach2:	Siri Mullinix
Ac2 Year:	10th
Stadium:	Riggs Field
Captain:	Sydney Dawson
Captain2:	Renee Guion
Captain3:	Kimber Haley
Tourney:	NCAA Tournament
Tourney Result:	Quarterfinals
Nscaarank:	6
Tdsrank:	8
Prev Year:	2019
Next Year:	2021

The 2020 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represents Clemson University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers are led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his tenth season. The Tigers home games are played at Riggs Field. This is the team's 27th season playing organized soccer. All of those seasons were played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.^{[1] [2]} The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.^[3]

The Tigers finished the fall season 6–4–0, 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to Duke 1–0 in the Quarterfinals. The Tigers finished the spring season 6–0–0 and received an at-large bid as the fourteenth seed in the NCAA Tournament. They defeated Rutgers and UCLA on penalties before losing to Santa Clara in the Quarterfinals to end their season.

Previous season

See main article: 2019 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team.

The 2019 Clemson women's soccer team finished the season with a 11–7–2 overall record and a 5–5–0 ACC record. The Tigers qualified for the ACC Tournament as the seventh-seed. The Tigers lost to Florida State in the Quarterfinals. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, for the seventh season in a row. As an unseeded team in the Florida State Bracket, Clemson defeated Vanderbilt on penalties before losing to UCLA to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
	1	GK	5'9"	Senior		Graduated
Mackenzie Smith	3	MF	5'10"	Senior		Graduated
Sarah Osborne	12	DF	5'5"	Senior		Graduated
Dani Antieau	13	DF	5'10"	Senior		Graduated
Julie Mackin	16	FW	5'3"	Senior		Graduated
Patrice DiPasquale	30	FW	5'7"	Senior		Graduated

Recruiting Class

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
			Charlotte Soccer Academy	^[4]
			La Roca Premier	^[5]
			Real Colorado	^[6]
			Bathesda SC	^[7]
			NC Courage	^[8]

Squad

Roster

Updated September 11, 2020^[9]

Prior to the season, Sydney Dawson, Renee Guion, and Kimber Haley were named co-captains of the team^[10]

Team management

Athletic Director	Dan Radakovich
Head coach	Eddie Radwanski
Associate Head Coach	Jeff Robbins
Assistant coach	Siri Mullinix
Director of operations	Julie Carson
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Kelly Turney

Source:^[11]

Schedule

Source:^{[12] [13]}

|-!colspan=6 style=""| Fall Regular season|-!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament|-!colspan=6 style=""| Spring Exhibition|-!colspan=6 style=""| Spring Regular season|-!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament

Goals Record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season	ACC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	24		MF	Megan Bornkamp	8	0	0	8
2	23		FW		7	0	0	7
3	21		FW	Maliah Morris	5	0	1	6
4	29		FW	Sami Meredith	2	0	1	3
5	15		MF		2	0	0	2
	17		FW		2	0	0	2
	19		MF	Renee Guion	2	0	0	2
8	20		FW	Courtney Jones	1	0	0	1
Total					28	0	2	30

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			ACC Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
1	24		MF	Megan Bornkamp	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
2	4		DF	Harper White	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
3	11		MF	Kimber Haley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	2		DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17		FW		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19		MF	Renee Guion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	20		FW	Courtney Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21		FW	Maliah Morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	38		DF	Jackson Moehler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					10	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	14	0	1

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Caroline Conti	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 22, 2020	^[14] ^[15]
Hensley Hancuff	ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Makenna Morris	All-ACC Second Team	November 13, 2020	^[16]
Mariana Speckmaier
Megan Bornkamp	All-ACC Third Team
Hal Hershfelt
Courtney Jones
Megan Bornkamp	All-ACC Freshman Team
Makenna Morris
Caroline Conti	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	March 3, 2021	^[17]
Maliah Morris	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	March 23, 2021	^[18]
Megan Bornkamp	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	April 13, 2021	^[19]

Rankings

See also: 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings.

Fall 2020

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Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer^[20]	3	3	6	4	3	3	5	5	7	6

Spring 2021

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Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
United Soccer	None Released	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	None Released	6
TopDrawer Soccer ^[21]	17	17	17	16	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	8	8

2021 NWSL draft

See main article: 2021 NWSL College Draft.

The Tigers had one player drafted in the 2021 draft, Mariana Speckmaier, who taken as the 39th pick.^[22]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ACC Women’s Soccer 2020 Preview College Soccer. 2020-11-10. TopDrawerSoccer.com. en.
2. Web site: NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021. 2020-11-10. SI.com. en.
3. Web site: Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. February 10, 2021.
4. Web site: Megan Bornkamp. topdrawersoccer.com. September 11, 2020.
5. Web site: Devi Dudley. topdrawersoccer.com. September 11, 2020.
6. Web site: Halle Mackiewicz. topdrawersoccer.com. September 11, 2020.
7. Web site: Makenna Morris. topdrawersoccer.com. September 11, 2020.
8. Web site: Madison Reid. topdrawersoccer.com. September 11, 2020.
9. Web site: 2020-21 Women's Soccer Roster. Clemson University Athletics. clemsontigers.com. September 11, 2020.
10. clemsonwsoccer. 1304113721279688705. September 10, 2020. Your 2020 Clemson women’s soccer captains #WinTheDay.
11. Web site: Women's Soccer Staff Directory. clemsontigers.com . Clemson University Athletics . September 11, 2020.
12. Web site: 2020-21 Women's Soccer Schedule. clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. September 11, 2020.
13. Web site: Women’s Soccer Unveils Spring Schedule. clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. January 25, 2021. February 10, 2021.
14. Web site: Clemson Sweeps ACC Women's Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. September 22, 2020. September 22, 2020.
15. Web site: Clemson Sweeps ACC Weekly Awards. clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. September 22, 2020. September 22, 2020.
16. Web site: 2020 All-ACC Women’s Soccer Awards Announced. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2020. November 15, 2020.
17. Web site: Clemson’s Conti, Virginia’s Staude Earn ACC Women’s Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. March 3, 2021. March 4, 2021.
18. Web site: Clemson’s Morris, Wake Forest’s Parks Earn ACC Women’s Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. March 23, 2021. March 23, 2021.
19. Web site: Clemson’s Bornkamp, Duke’s Jones Earn ACC Women’s Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. April 13, 2021. April 13, 2021.
20. Web site: United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National. unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.
21. Web site: College Soccer National Rankings. TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.
22. Web site: Speckmaier Selected 39th Overall by the Washington Spirit in 2021 NWSL Draft. clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. January 14, 2021. January 14, 2021.