2021 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season explained

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League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Soccer
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Duration:	August 19, 2021 – October 28, 2021
No Of Teams:	14
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Virginia
Second Place:	Florida State
Mvp:	Offensive:Diana Ordoñez Midfielder:Jaelin Howell Defensive:Emily Madril
Top Scorer:	Diana Ordoñez^[1]
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2021 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
Finals Champ:	Florida State
Finals Runner-Up:	Virginia
Finals Mvp:	Clara Robbins (Florida State)
Draft:	2022 NWSL Draft
Draft Link:	2022 NWSL Draft
Top Pick:	Jaelin Howell
Picked By:	Racing Louisville FC, 2nd overall
Seasonslistnames:	ACC women's soccer
Prevseason Link:	2020 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
Prevseason Year:	2020
Nextseason Link:	2022 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season
Nextseason Year:	2022

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season was the 33rd season of women's varsity soccer in the conference.

Florida State and North Carolina are the defending regular season champions. The Seminoles are the defending ACC tournament champions.^[2]

The regular season champions were the Virginia Cavaliers. The Florida State Seminoles won the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Boston College Eagles	Newton Soccer Complex	2,500
Clemson Tigers	Riggs Field	6,500
Duke Blue Devils	Koskinen Stadium	7,000
Florida State Seminoles	Seminole Soccer Complex	1,600
	Lynn Stadium	5,300
Miami Hurricanes	Cobb Stadium	500
NC State	Dail Soccer Field	3,000
North Carolina Tar Heels	Dorrance Field	5,025
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Alumni Stadium	2,500
Pittsburgh Panthers	Ambrose Urbanic Field	735
Syracuse Orange		5,000
Virginia Cavaliers	Klöckner Stadium	8,000
Virginia Tech Hokies	Thompson Field	2,500
Wake Forest Demon Deacons		3,000

1. Georgia Tech does not sponsor women's soccer

Coaches

Head Coaching Records

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	ACC record
Boston College	Jason Lowe	3	11–18–3	11–18–3	2–15–1
Clemson	Eddie Radwanski	11	244–130–37	105–65–24	44–49–8
Duke	Robbie Church	21	344–180–70	256–131–59	97–61–33
Florida State	Mark Krikorian	17	364–96–36	289–66–33	111–32–25
Louisville	Karen Ferguson-Dayes	21	187–168–37	187–168–37	27–32–10
Miami	Sarah Barnes	4	72–70–20	12–29–6	5–21–2
North Carolina	Anson Dorrance	43	851–70–38	851–70–38	208–26–10
NC State	Tim Santoro	9	67–73–15	67–73–15	19–46–8
Notre Dame	Nate Norman	4	83–60–16	25–25–2	12–14–2
Pittsburgh	Randy Waldrum	4	419–135–33	20–27–4	12–26–2
Syracuse	Nicky Adams	3	4–18–2	4–18–2	2–14–1
Virginia	Steve Swanson	21	433–161–62	329–98–51	130–46–21
Virginia Tech	Charles Adair	11	126–62–20	126–62–20	46–43–13
Wake Forest	Tony da Luz	24	313–221–52	268-180-50	90–106–23

Notes

• Records shown are prior to the 2021 season
• Years at school includes the 2021 season

Pre-season

Hermann Trophy Watchlist

The Hermann Trophy Watchlist was released on August 19, 2021^{[3] [4]}

Player	Class	Position	School
Megan Bornkamp	Sophomore	DF	Clemson
Sophie Jones	Junior	MF	Duke
Jaelin Howell	Senior	MF	Florida State
Emily Madril	Senior	DF	Florida State
Yujie Zhao	Senior	MF	Florida State
Claudia Dickey	Senior	GK	North Carolina
Rachel Jones	Senior	FW	North Carolina
Lia Godfrey	Sophomore	MF	Virginia
Haley Hopkins	Graduate Student	MF	Virginia
Alexa Spaanstra	Senior	FW	Virginia

Pre-season poll

The 2020 ACC Preseason Poll was announced on September 8, 2021. The defending regular season champions, Florida State and North Carolina were voted in first and second place, respectively. The leagues 14 head coaches also voted on a preseason All-ACC team. Full results for the coaches poll and preseason team are shown below.

Pre-season Coaches Poll

1	Florida State	167 (11)
2	North Carolina	155 (2)
3	Virginia	148 (1)
4	Duke	129
5	Clemson	124
6	Notre Dame	104
7	Virginia Tech	85
8	Louisville	77
9	Wake Forest	72
10	NC State	71
11	Pittsburgh	57
12	Boston College	45
13	Syracuse	24
14	Miami	16

Source:^[5]

Pre-season All-ACC Team

Position	Player	Class	School
Goalkeeper	Hensley Hancuff	Senior	Clemson
Defender	Maycee Bell	Junior	North Carolina
	Delaney Graham	Senior	Duke
Midfielder	Megan Bornkamp	Sophomore	Clemson
	Sophie Jones	Junior	Duke
	Jaelin Howell	Senior	Florida State
	Yujie Zhao	Senior	Florida State
	Lia Godfrey	Sophomore	Virginia
Forward	Rachel Jones	Senior	North Carolina
	Amanda West	Sophomore	Pittsburgh
	Alexa Spaanstra	Senior	Virginia

Source:^[5]

Regular season

Conference Matrix

The table below shows head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team plays ten matches. Each team does not play every other team.

	style= width=75	Boston College	style= width=75	Clemson	style= width=75	Duke	style= width=75	Florida State	style= width=75	Louisville	style= width=75	Miami	style= width=75	NC State	style= width=75	North Carolina	style= width=75	Notre Dame	style= width=75	Pittsburgh	style= width=75	Syracuse	style= width=75	Virginia	style= width=75	Virginia Tech	style= width=75	Wake Forest
CLEM	DUKE	FSU	UL	MIAMI	NCST	UNC	ND	PITT	CUSE	UVA	VT	WAKE -->	vs. Boston College	–	4–1	–	4–1	1–2	1–0	–	2–1 (OT)	4–1	3–0	–	3–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Clemson	1–4	–	–	4–1	1–1 (2OT)	0–1	1–2	3–0	2–1 (2OT)	0–2	0–8	–	0–1	–
vs. Duke	–	–	–	0–1	0–1	–	2–1 (2OT)	0–1	1–0 (OT)	0–5	0–2	1–0	1–1 (2OT)	0–2
vs. Florida State	1–4	1–4	1–0	–	0–3	1–4	–	2–2 (2OT)	–	0–5	0–5	1–1 (2OT)	0–2	–
vs. Louisville	2–1	1–1 (2OT)	1–0	3–0	–	2–3 (2OT)	2–1	–	3–0	–	1–2	4–1	–	1–2 (OT)
vs. Miami	0–1	1–0	–	4–1	3–2 (2OT)	–	–	4–0	5–0	2–0	–	6–1	5–0	2–1 (2OT)
vs. NC State	–	1–2	1–2 (2OT)	–	1–2	–	–	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–0
vs. North Carolina	1–2 (OT)	0–3	1–0	2–2 (2OT)	–	0–4	1–0	–	1–2 (2OT)	0–1	–	0–0 (2OT)	2–2 (2OT)	–
vs. Notre Dame	1–4	1–2 (2OT)	0–1 (OT)	–	0–3	0–5	1–2	2–1 (2OT)	–	–	0–4	2–1	–	0–2
vs. Pittsburgh	0–3	2–0	5–0	5–0	–	0–2	0–2	1–0	–	–	2–4	–	2–1	2–1
vs. Syracuse	–	8–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	–	3–0	–	4–0	4–2	–	5–0	2–1	2–0
vs. Virginia	0–3	–	0–1	1–1 (2OT)	1–4	1–6	1–2	0–0 (2OT)	1–2	–	0–5	–	–	0–1
vs. Virginia Tech	0–1	1–0	1–1 (2OT)	2–0	–	0–5	0–1	2–2 (2OT)	–	1–2	1–2	–	–	4–3
vs. Wake Forest	0–1	–	2–0	–	2–1 (OT)	1–2 (2OT)	0–1	–	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	3–4	–	CLEM	DUKE	FSU	UL	MIAMI	NCST	UNC	ND	PITT	CUSE	UVA	VT	WAKE -->
Total	1–9–0	6–3–1	7–2–1	7–1–2	3–6–1	1–9–0	4–6–0	5–2–3	7–3–0	4–6–0	0–10–0	8–0–2	5–3–2	6–4–0

Rankings

See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings.

United Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	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	Final
Boston College	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
Clemson	<	-- NSCAA Preseason --> 7	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 --> 9	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 --> 15	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 --> 22	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 --> 24	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Final --> RV
Duke	<	-- NSCAA Preseason --> 6	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 --> 5	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 --> 5	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 --> 5	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 --> 4	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 --> 2	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 --> 4	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 --> 4 (1)	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 --> 8	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 --> 6	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 --> 2 (2)	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 --> 6	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 --> 4	<	-- NSCAA Final --> 5
Florida State	<	-- NSCAA Preseason --> 1 (11)	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 --> 1 (26)	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 --> 1 (32)	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 --> 1 (29)	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 --> 1 (32)	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 --> 1 (33)	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 --> 1 (33)	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 --> 1 (29)	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 --> 1 (31)	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 --> 1 (31)	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 --> 3 (5)	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 --> 2 (2)	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 --> 1 (29)	<	-- NSCAA Final --> 1 (25)
Louisville	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
Miami	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
North Carolina	<	-- NSCAA Preseason --> 3 (3)	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 --> 2 (4)	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 --> 2 (1)	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 --> 2 (2)	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 --> 2 (1)	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 --> 4	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 --> 5	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 --> 5	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 --> 3	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 --> 7	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 --> 7	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 --> 7	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 --> 10	<	-- NSCAA Final --> 14
NC State	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
Notre Dame	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 --> 24	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 --> 17	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 --> 15	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 --> 22	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Final --> 16
Pittsburgh	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 --> 20	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 --> 20	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 --> 19	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
Syracuse	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 -->	<	-- NSCAA Final -->
Virginia	<	-- NSCAA Preseason --> 4 (1)	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 --> 3 (1)	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 --> 3	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 --> 3 (1)	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 --> 7	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 --> 7	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 --> 2 (1)	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 --> 2 (1)	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 --> 2 (1)	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 --> 2 (2)	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 --> 1 (26)	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 --> 1 (28)	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 --> 2 (3)	<	-- NSCAA Final --> 8
Virginia Tech	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 --> 19	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 --> 17	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Final --> RV
Wake Forest	<	-- NSCAA Preseason -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 1 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 2 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 3 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 4 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 5 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 6 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 7 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 8 -->	<	-- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Week 11 --> 25	<	-- NSCAA Week 12 --> RV	<	-- NSCAA Final --> 25

Top Drawer Soccer

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

	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	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Boston College	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
Clemson	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 8	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 7	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 10	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 23	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 21	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 16	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 18	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
Duke	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 7	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 12	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 10	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 8	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 11	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 12	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 9	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 6	<	-- TDS Final --> 6
! style=""	Florida State	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 1	<	-- TDS Final --> 1
Louisville	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
Miami	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
North Carolina	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 6	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 4	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 14	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 16	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 16	<	-- TDS Final --> 17
NC State	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
Notre Dame	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 24	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 22	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 20	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 15	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 13	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 14	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 17	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 25	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 23	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 20	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 22	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 22	<	-- TDS Final --> 15
Pittsburgh	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 23	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 21	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 22	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 20	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
Syracuse	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
Virginia	<	-- TDS Preseason --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 1 --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 2 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 3 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 4 --> 7	<	-- TDS Week 5 --> 5	<	-- TDS Week 6 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 9 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 10 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 11 --> 1	<	-- TDS Week 12 --> 3	<	-- TDS Week 13 --> 2	<	-- TDS Week 14 --> 9	<	-- TDS Week 15 --> 9	<	-- TDS Final --> 9
Virginia Tech	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 --> 25	<	-- TDS Week 8 -->	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->
Wake Forest	<	-- TDS Preseason -->	<	-- TDS Week 1 -->	<	-- TDS Week 2 -->	<	-- TDS Week 3 -->	<	-- TDS Week 4 -->	<	-- TDS Week 5 -->	<	-- TDS Week 6 -->	<	-- TDS Week 7 -->	<	-- TDS Week 8 --> 23	<	-- TDS Week 9 -->	<	-- TDS Week 10 -->	<	-- TDS Week 11 -->	<	-- TDS Week 12 -->	<	-- TDS Week 13 -->	<	-- TDS Week 14 -->	<	-- TDS Week 15 -->	<	-- TDS Final -->

Players of the Week

Week	Offensive Player of the week	Defensive Player of the week	Reference
Week 1 – August 24	Amanda West, Pittsburgh	Jaelin Howell, Florida State	^[6]
Week 2 – August 31	Linda Boama, Boston College	Claudia Dickey, North Carolina	^[7]
Week 3 – September 7	Shayla Smart, Wake Forest	Claire Constant, Virginia	^[8]
Week 4 – September 14	Megan Bornkamp, Clemson	Emily Madril, Florida State	^[9]
Week 5 – September 21	Tess Boade, Duke	Ruthie Jones, Duke	^[10]
Week 6 – September 28	Sammi Fisher, Notre Dame	Emily Madril, Florida State (2)	^[11]
	Diana Ordoñez, Virginia	Alia Skinner, Virginia Tech
Week 7 – October 5	Beata Olsson, Florida State	Melissa Dagenais, Miami (FL)	^[12]
	Emily Gray, Virginia Tech	Avery Patterson, North Carolina
Week 8 – October 12	Jameese Joseph, NC State	Eva Gaetino, Notre Dame	^[13]
Week 9 – October 19	Jameese Joseph, NC State	Maria Echezarreta, NC State	^[14]
	Alexa Spaanstra, Virginia
Week 10 – October 26	Tess Boade, Duke (2)	Emily Royson, Duke	^[15]
	Diana Ordoñez, Virginia (2)
Week 11 – November 2	Caroline Conti, Clemson	Ashley Naylor, Notre Dame	^[16]

Postseason

ACC Tournament

See main article: 2021 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Seed	School	Region	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
1	Florida State	Florida State	W 3–0 vs. South Alabama – (Tallahassee, FL)	W 5–1 vs. No. 25 SMU – (Tallahassee, FL)	W 1–0 vs. No. 19 Pepperdine – (Tallahassee, FL)	W 1–0 (OT) vs. No. 9 Michigan – (Tallahassee, FL)	W 1–0 vs. No. 5 Rutgers – (Santa Clara, CA)	T 0–0 (4–3 PKs) vs. No. 13 BYU – (Santa Clara, CA)
1	Duke	Duke	W 1–0 vs. Old Dominion – (Durham, NC)	W 1–0 vs. No. 18 Memphis – (Durham, NC)	W 7–1 vs. St. John's – (Durham, NC)	L 1–2 vs. No. 12 Santa Clara – (Durham, NC)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
1	Virginia	Virginia	W 6–0 vs. High Point – (Charlottesville, VA)	W 2–0 vs. Milwaukee – (Charlottesville, VA)	L 0–1 vs. No. 13 BYU – (Charlottesville, VA)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
2	North Carolina	Virginia	L 0–1 vs. South Carolina – (Chapel Hill, NC)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
3	Notre Dame	Rutgers	W 3–0 vs. SIU Edwardsville – (Notre Dame, IN)	T 0–0 (4–3 PKs) at No. 24 Purdue – (Fayetteville, AK)	L 2–3 at No. 7 Arkansas – (Fayetteville, AK)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
	Clemson	Virginia	L 0–1 vs. Alabama – (Clemson, SC)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
	NC State	Florida State	W 2–0 at South Florida – (Tampa, FL)	L 0–3 vs. No. 19 Pepperdine – (Tallahassee, FL)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
	Virginia Tech	Rutgers	W 3–0 vs. Ohio State – (Blacksburg, VA)	L 0–3 at No. 7 Arkansas – (Fayetteville, AK)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
	Wake Forest	Florida State	W 3–0 vs. Harvard – (Winston-Salem, NC)	L 0–2 vs. No. 9 Michigan – (Ann Arbor, MI)	bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd		bgcolor=#ddd
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Awards and honors

ACC Awards

2021 ACC Women's Soccer Individual Awards^[17]
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year	Diana Ordoñez – Virginia
Coach of the Year	Steve Swanson – Virginia
Defensive Player of the Year	Emily Madril – Florida State
Midfielder of the Year	Jaelin Howell – Florida State
Freshman of the Year	Michelle Cooper – Duke

2021 ACC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	All-Freshman Team
Megan Bornkamp – Clemson Michelle Cooper – Duke Tess Boade – Duke Ruthie Jones – Duke Jaelin Howell – Florida State Emily Madril – Florida State Yujie Zhao – Florida State Maycee Bell – North Carolina Sammi Fisher – Notre Dame Lia Godfrey – Virginia Diana Ordoñez – Virginia	Hal Hershfelt – Clemson Sophie Jones – Duke Gabby Carle – Florida State Beata Olsson – Florida State Clara Robbins – Florida State Sam Meza – North Carolina Jameese Joseph – NC State Samar Guidry – Virginia Laurel Ivory – Virginia Alexa Spaanstra – Virginia Emily Gray – Virginia Tech	Renee Guion – Clemson Hensley Hancuff – Clemson Makenna Morris – Clemson Jody Brown – Florida State Claudia Dickey – North Carolina Lulu Guttenberger – NC State Korbin Albert – Notre Dame Olivia Wingate – Notre Dame Amanda West – Pittsburgh Haley Hopkins – Virginia Taryn Torres – Virginia Shayla Smart – Wake Forest	Renee Lyles – Clemson Michelle Cooper – Duke Maria Alagoa – Florida State Mia Justus – Florida State Nina Nicosia – Louisville Emily Colton – North Carolina Emily Murphy – North Carolina Emika Kawagishi – NC State Annika Wohner – NC State Korbin Albert – Notre Dame Nikayla Small – Wake Forest

2022 NWSL Draft

See main article: 2022 NWSL Draft.

FW

Forward

MF

DF

Defender

GK

Goalkeeper

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position	School
Jaelin Howell	Racing Louisville FC	1	2	MF	Florida State
Emily Gray	North Carolina Courage	1	3	MF	Virginia Tech
Diana Ordoñez	North Carolina Courage	1	6	FW	Virginia
Caitlin Cosme	Orlando Pride	1	10	DF	Duke
Sammi Fisher	Chicago Red Stars	2	19	MF	Notre Dame
Claudia Dickey	OL Reign	2	20	GK	North Carolina
Ryanne Brown	OL Reign	2	21	DF	Wake Forest
Jenna Menta	Racing Louisville FC	3	30	FW	Wake Forest
Hensley Hancuff	NJ/NY Gotham FC	3	34	GK	Clemson
Lily Nabet	Angel City FC	3	36	MF	Duke

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 Women's Soccer Overall Statistics. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 5, 2021.
2. Web site: Florida State Defeats North Carolina 3-2 to Win ACC Women's Soccer Championship. 2020-11-15. theacc.com. en.
3. Web site: 2021 Women's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced. machermanntrophy.org. Missouri Athletic Club. August 19, 2021. August 20, 2021. August 20, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820234049/https://www.machermanntrophy.org/2021-watch-lists. dead.
4. Web site: ACC Women's Soccer Places 10 on MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. August 19, 2021. August 20, 2021.
5. Web site: Florida State Tabbed 2021 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 12, 2021. August 12, 2021.
6. Web site: Pitt's West, Florida State's Howell Earn ACC Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. August 24, 2021. August 24, 2021.
7. Web site: Boston College's Boama, North Carolina's Dickey Earn ACC Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. August 31, 2021. August 31, 2021.
8. Web site: Virginia's Constant, Wake Forest's Smart Earn ACC Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. September 7, 2021. September 7, 2021.
9. Web site: Clemson's Bornkamp, Florida State's Madril Earn ACC Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. September 14, 2021. September 14, 2021.
10. Web site: Duke Sweeps ACC Women's Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. September 21, 2021. September 21, 2021.
11. Web site: ACC Announces Women's Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. September 28, 2021. September 28, 2021.
12. Web site: ACC Announces Women's Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. October 5, 2021. October 6, 2021.
13. Web site: NC State's Joseph, Notre Dame's Gaetino Earn ACC Women's Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. October 12, 2021. October 12, 2021.
14. Web site: ACC Announces Women's Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. October 19, 2021. October 19, 2021.
15. Web site: ACC Announces Women's Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. October 26, 2021. October 26, 2021.
16. Web site: Clemson's Conti, Notre Dame's Naylor Claim Final 2021 ACC Women's Soccer Weekly Honors. The Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. November 2, 2021. November 2, 2021.
17. Web site: 2021 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 4, 2021. November 5, 2021.