2019 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

The 2019 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team represented NC State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Tim Santoro, in his eight season. They played home games at Dail Soccer Field. This was the team's 36th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 33rd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Round of 16
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 17
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 24
2019 record	12–7–4 (4–2–4 ACC)
Head coach	Tim Santoro (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Glen Tourville (3rd season) Steve McKenna (3rd season)
Home stadium	Dail Soccer Field

2019 ACC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍^y	9	–	0	–	1		.950			24	–	1	–	2		.926
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍^y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			18	–	6	–	0		.750
No. 9 Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	0	–	3		.833			17	–	2	–	3		.841
No. 25 Louisville  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			13	–	5	–	2		.700
No. 17 NC State  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	4		.600			12	–	7	–	4		.609
No. 18 Duke  ‍‍‍^y	3	–	1	–	6		.600			9	–	4	–	7		.625
Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0		.500			11	–	7	–	2		.600
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2		.500			11	–	8	–	2		.571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2		.500			12	–	5	–	2		.684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			5	–	10	–	3		.361
Miami  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			5	–	9	–	2		.375
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			6	–	8	–	4		.444
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	1		.167			3	–	11	–	2		.250
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1		.150			8	–	8	–	2		.500
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The Wolfpack finished the season 12–7–4, 4–2–4 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Louisville in the Quarterfinals before falling to eventual champions North Carolina in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Navy and Arkansas before losing to BYU in the Round of 16.

Squad

Roster

Updated July 1, 2020[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Eden Millan 1 GK  USA Jessica Beriln 2 MF  USA Tziarra King 3 DF  GER Krissi Schuster 4 FW  USA Leyah Hall-Robinson 5 DF  USA Jenna Butler 6 DF  GER Lulu Guttenberger 7 MF  GER Ricci Walkling 8 FW  USA Kia Rankin 9 FW  USA Maxine Blackwood 10 FW  USA Courtney Walker 11 MF  USA Michaella Van Maanen 12 MF  USA Jaiden Thomas

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  USA Margot Ridgeway 14 MF  CZE Toni Starova 15 FW  USA Jameese Joseph 17 MF  USA Mikhail Johnson 18 DF  USA Mackenzie Crittenberger 19 MF  USA Madison Kline 20 DF  USA Mia Thillet 21 MF  USA Paige Griffiths 22 MF  USA Sandra Geiselhart 23 MF  USA Anna Toohey 24 MF  USA Kursten Von Klahr 27 MF  USA Naomi Powell 28 DF  USA Hope McQueen

Team Management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Boo Corrigan
Head Coach	Tim Santoro
Associate Head Coach	Glen Tourville
Assistant Coach	Steve McKenna
Director of Operations	Kim Kern

Source:[1]

Schedule

Source:[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 17*	No. 21	College of Charleston	W 4–2	– (–)	Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
Non-Conference Regular season
August 22*	No. 21	at No. 15 South Carolina	L 1–2	0–1–0	Stone Stadium (3,774) Columbia, SC
August 25*	No. 21	at No. 7 Georgetown	W 3–1	1–1–0	Shaw Field (811) Washington, D.C.
August 30*	No. 17	at Monmouth	W 1–0	2–1–0	Hesse Field (770) West Long Branch, NJ
September 6*	No. 14	Iowa	L 0–1	2–2–0	Dail Soccer Field (253) Raleigh, NC
September 8*	No. 14	Duquesne	W 3–0	3–2–0	Dail Soccer Field (295) Raleigh, NC
September 12*		at Minnesota	L 0–1	3–3–0	Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium (375) Falcon Heights, MN
September 15*		Furman	W 3–1	4–3–0	Dail Soccer Field (310) Raleigh, NC
September 18*		at East Carolina	W 5–2	5–3–0	Johnson Stadium (808) Greenville, NC
ACC Regular season
September 22		at No. 8 Duke	T 1–1 ^2OT	5–3–1 (0–0–1)	Koskinen Stadium (622) Durham, NC
September 26		at No. 4 North Carolina	L 0–1	5–4–1 (0–1–1)	Dorrance Field (1,536) Chapel Hill, NC
September 29		at Wake Forest	T 1–1 ^2OT	5–4–2 (0–1–2)	Spry Stadium (541) Winston-Salem, NC
October 5 7:00 p.m.		Boston College	W 2–0	6–4–2 (1–1–2)	Dail Soccer Field (697) Raleigh, NC
October 9		No. 1 Virginia	T 0–0 ^2OT	6–4–3 (1–1–3)	Dail Soccer Field (674) Raleigh, NC
October 13		No. 20 Virginia Tech	T 1–1 ^2OT	6–4–4 (1–1–4)	Dail Soccer Field (210) Raleigh, NC
October 19		at Pittsburgh	L 1–2	6–5–4 (1–2–4)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (431) Pittsburgh, PA
October 24 7:00 p.m.		Syracuse	W 3–2 ^OT	7–5–4 (2–2–4)	Dail Soccer Field (302) Raleigh, NC
October 27		Notre Dame	W 3–0	8–5–4 (3–2–4)	Dail Soccer Field (305) Raleigh, NC
October 31		at No. 14 Louisville	W 1–0	9–5–4 (4–2–4)	Lynn Stadium (615) Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 3 3:00 p.m.	(5)	at (4) No. 14 Louisville Quarterfinals	W 2–1 ^OT	10–5–4	Lynn Stadium (307) Louisville, KY
November 8 5:00 p.m.	(5) No. 23	vs. (1) No. 3 North Carolina Semifinals	L 0–3	10–6–4	Sahlen's Stadium (1,875) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15 7:00 p.m.		Navy First Round	W 3–0	11–6–4	Dail Soccer Field (342) Raleigh, NC
November 21 5:00 p.m.		vs. (3) No. 8 Arkansas Second Round	W 2–1	12–6–4	South Field (2,476) Provo, UT
November 23 8:00 p.m.		(2) No. 4 BYU Round of 16	L 0–3	12–7–4	South Field (3,629) Provo, UT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2020 NWSL College Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Tziarra King	Utah Royals	1	8	FW

Source:[3]

Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

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	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
United Soccer[4]	21	17	14	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	None Released				17
TopDrawer Soccer [5]	21	21	20	16	23								RV	RV	RV	24	24	24

References

1. "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
2. "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". gopack.com. North Carolina State University. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
3. "Tziarra King Becomes First Wolfpack Player Ever Selected In NWSL Draft". gopack.com. NC State University. January 16, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
4. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
5. "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.