2023 ACC women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:ACC
Gender:women's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:2,648
Quartervenue:Campus Sites
Semivenue:Sahlen's Stadium
Semicity:Cary, North Carolina
Finalvenue:Sahlen's Stadium
Finalcity:Cary, North Carolina
Champions:Florida State
Titlecount:10th
Coach:Brian Pensky
Coachcount:2nd
Broadcast:ACCN (Quarterfinals & Semifinals), ESPNU (Final)
Mvp:Onyi Echegini
Mvpteam:Florida State

The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer tournament was the post season women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held from October 29 through November 5, 2023. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites for the quarterfinals and Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina for the semifinals and final. The higher seed hosted the campus site matches. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Florida State Seminoles were the three-time defending champions.[1] [2] Florida State successfully defended its title after defeating the Clemson Tigers 2–1 in the final. This was Florida State's tenth overall title, and fourth title in a row. It was head coach Brian Pensky's second consecutive title.[3] As tournament champions, Florida State earned the ACC's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Qualification

See main article: article and 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season.

The top six teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top two teams earned a bye to the semifinals.[4] The final seedings were determined after the final day of the regular season on October 26, 2023. There were no tiebreakers required as the top seven teams in conference play had unique conference point totals.[5]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Florida State9–0–128
2Notre Dame7–1–223
3Clemson7–2–122
4North Carolina5–0–520
5Pittsburgh6–3–119
6Wake Forest4–2–416

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Player Team
Onyi EcheginiFlorida State
Cristina Roque
Beata Olsson
Jordynn Dudley
Amelia Van Zanten
Halle MackiewiczClemson
Dani Davis
Mackenzie Duff
Amanda WestPittsburgh
Landy Mertz
Maddie MercadoNotre Dame
MVP in bold
Source:[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No. 5 FSU soccer defeats No. 2 North Carolina to win the ACC Championship. tomahawknation.com. SB Nation. November 6, 2022. November 7, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2023 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 18, 2023.
  3. Web site: ACC Champions: FSU Soccer defeats Clemson, 2-1, to earn the 2023 ACC Tournament Championship. 247sports.com. 247Sports. Chris. Nee. November 5, 2023. November 5, 2023.
  4. Web site: WSOC_ChampTiebreakers. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 18, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2023 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship Bracket Announced. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 26, 2023. October 27, 2023.
  6. Web site: Florida State Wins Fourth Consecutive ACC Women’s Soccer Title. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 5, 2023. November 5, 2023.