ACC women's soccer tournament explained

ACC women's soccer tournament
Optional Subheader:Atlantic Coast Conference
women's soccer championship
Sport:College soccer
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Number Of Teams:6
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Current Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park
Current Location:Cary, North Carolina
Years:1988–present
Most Recent:2024
Current Champion:Florida State
Most Championships:North Carolina (22)
Television:ACC Network, ESPNU

The ACC women's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in college soccer for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The tournament has been held every year since 1988. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's soccer championship.

Historically, there have been eight teams to qualify for the tournament. However between 2014 and 2016, the tournament was reduced to 4 teams from the usual 8 teams. The tournament was reduced to six teams in 2021.[1]

North Carolina is the most winning team of the ACC tournament with 22 conference titles.

Champions

The following is a list of Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Tournament winners:

Year by year

Source:[2]

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1988NC State (1)1–1 North CarolinaMethod Road Stadium • Raleigh, NCLindsay Brecher, NC State
1989North Carolina (1)5–3NC StateDuke Soccer StadiumDurham, NCMia Hamm, North Carolina
1990North Carolina (2)2–0VirginiaUniversity Hall Field • Charlottesville, VAKristine Lilly, North Carolina
1991North Carolina (3)5–1NC StateFetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NCTisha Venturini, North Carolina
1992North Carolina (4)3–1DukeDuke Soccer Stadium • Durham, NCMia Hamm, North Carolina
1993North Carolina (5)4–1DukeMethod Road Stadium • Raleigh, NCTisha Venturini, North Carolina
1994North Carolina (6)4–2DukeFetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
1995North Carolina (7)3–0MarylandLudwig FieldCollege Park, MDNel Fettig, North Carolina
1996North Carolina (8)4–1ClemsonRiggs FieldClemson, SCRobin Confer, North Carolina
1997North Carolina (9)4–0MarylandSpry StadiumWinston-Salem, NCCindy Parlow, North Carolina
1998North Carolina (10)1–0ClemsonWorld of Sports • Orlando, FLTiffany Roberts, North Carolina
1999North Carolina (11)3–0Wake ForestFetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NCLindsay Stoecker, North Carolina
2000North Carolina (12)4–0DukeKoskinen Stadium • Durham, NCMeredith Florance, North Carolina
2001North Carolina (13)4–0Florida StateSpry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NCAlyssa Ramsey, North Carolina
2002North Carolina (14)6–0ClemsonSeminole ComplexTallahassee, FlLeslie Gaston, North Carolina
2003North Carolina (15)3–2Florida StateSAS Soccer ComplexCary, NCLindsay Tarpley, North Carolina
2004Virginia (1)1–1 North Carolina SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NCChristina de Vries, Virginia
Sarah Huffman, Virginia
2005North Carolina (16)4–1Virginia SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NCKacey White, North Carolina
2006North Carolina (17)2–1 Florida State SAS Soccer Complex • Cary, NCElizabeth Guess, North Carolina
2007North Carolina (18)1–0Florida StateWorld of Sports • Lake Buena Vista, FLNikki Washington, North Carolina
2008North Carolina (19)3–0Virginia TechWakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NCCasey Nogueira, North Carolina
2009North Carolina (20)3–0Florida State WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NC Casey Nogueira, North Carolina
2010Wake Forest (1)1–1 Maryland WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NCAubrey Bledsoe, Wake Forest
2011Florida State (1)1–1 Wake Forest WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NCKelsey Wys, Florida State
2012Virginia (2)4–0Maryland WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NCMorgan Brian, Virginia
2013Florida State (2)1–0Virginia Tech WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NCKassey Kallman, Florida State
2014Florida State (3)1–0VirginiaUNCG StadiumGreensboro, NCDagny Brynjarsdottir, Florida State
2015Florida State (4)2–2 Virginia WakeMed Soccer Park • Cary, NCNatalia Kuikka, Florida State
2016Florida State (5)0–0 North CarolinaMUSC StadiumCharleston, SCCassie Miller, Florida State
2017North Carolina (21)1–0Duke MUSC Stadium • Charleston, SC Alessia Russo, North Carolina
2018Florida State (6)3–2North CarolinaSahlen's Stadium • Cary, NCDallas Dorosy, Florida State
2019North Carolina (22)2–1 Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NCAlessia Russo, North Carolina
2020Florida State (7)3–2North CarolinaSahlen's Stadium • Cary, NCClara Robbins, Florida State
2021Florida State (8)1–0Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NC Clara Robbins, Florida State
2022Florida State (9)2–1North CarolinaSahlen's Stadium • Cary, NCJenna Nighswonger, Florida State
2023Florida State (10)2–1Sahlen's Stadium • Cary, NCOnyi Echegini, Florida State
2024Florida State (11)3–2North CarolinaSahlen's Stadium • Cary, NCTaylor Huff, Florida State

By school

Through 2024[3]

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11 2018 2 11 1
0 None 0 0 0
20 2023 14 20 3 4
34 2024 16 32 4 5
30 2024 32 17 11 16 11 2011, 2013–2016,
2018, 20202024
3 2020 0 3 0
Maryland 23 2013 12 22 4 4
5 2016 0 3 2
36 2024 72 10 6 29 22 1989–2003, 2005–2009,
2017, 2019
21 2019 7 18 3 3 1 1988
10 2024 1 9 2
2 2023 1 1 1
0 None 0 0 0
0 None 0 0 0
0 None 0 0 0
35 2022 24 26 9 8 2 2004, 2012
9 2024 4 9 2 2
23 2024 11 17 7 3 1 2010

Teams in italics are former members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Pre-tournament champions

Prior to 1988, the champion was determined based on regular season play.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 ACC Women's Soccer Record Book. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. 300. May 13, 2019.
  2. Web site: ACC Women's Soccer Annual Champions & Composite Records . Atlantic Coast Conference . 30 June 2017 . 12 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121112185146/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/w-soccer/auto_pdf/acc-records.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: 2022 ACC Women's Soccer Records Book. 335. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 11, 2024.