2020 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

The 2020 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 26th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by 16th year head coach Mark Krikorian.

2020 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
ACC Regular Season Co-Champions ACC Tournament
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 1
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 1
2020 record	11–0–0 (8–0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Mark Krikorian (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Bristol (12th season) Morinao Imaizumi (8th season)
Home stadium	Seminole Soccer Complex

2020 ACC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 1 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍	8	–	0	–	0		1.000			11	–	0	–	0		1.000
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍	8	–	0	–	0		1.000			11	–	1	–	0		.917
No. 10 Virginia  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	1		.688			8	–	3	–	1		.708
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	0		.625			6	–	4	–	0		.600
No. 5 Duke  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	2		.625			7	–	4	–	2		.615
Louisville  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			4	–	5	–	0		.444
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			5	–	8	–	0		.385
No. 14 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			4	–	5	–	0		.444
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1		.438			3	–	5	–	1		.389
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0		.375			9	–	5	–	0		.643
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0		.125			1	–	7	–	0		.125
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0		.125			1	–	7	–	0		.125
Miami  ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	0		.000			0	–	9	–	0		.000
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion As of November 24, 2020; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State has suspended the 2020 women's soccer season.

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 Seminoles finished the fall season 11–0–0, 8–0–0 in ACC play, to finish in first place. As the first seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Notre Dame, Duke, and finally North Carolina to claim the championship.

Previous Season

The Seminoles finished the season 18–6–0, 8–2–0 in ACC play, to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Clemson in the first round before losing in overtime to Virginia in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated South Alabama, Brown, and USF, before losing to UCLA in the quarterfinals.

Squad

Roster

Source:[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Cristina Roque 2 FW  USA Jenna Nighswonger 4 MF  USA Kristina Lynch 5 DF  SWE Linn Bogren 6 MF  USA Jaelin Howell 7 MF  JPN Ran Iwai 8 FW  USA Lauren Flynn 10 FW  JAM Jody Brown 11 MF  USA Kirsten Pavlisko 12 MF  IRL Heather Payne 13 FW  USA LeiLanni Nesbeth

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  USA Kaitlyn Zipay 16 DF  CAN Gabby Carle 17 DF  USA Malia Berkely 20 FW  USA Kristen McFarland 21 MF  CHN Yujie Zhao 22 DF  USA Alyssa Conarton 24 FW  USA Makala Thomas 25 MF  USA Emily Madril 26 DF  USA Clara Robbins 45 GK  USA Brooke Bollinger

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	David Coburn
Head Coach	Mark Krikorian
Assistant Coach	Mike Bristol
Assistant Coach	Morinao Imaizumi
Director of Operations	Nathan Minion

Source:[4]

Schedule

Source:[5]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
ACC Regular season
September 17 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	Notre Dame	W 5–0	1–0–0 (1–0–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (298) Tallahassee, FL
September 20 1:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	Louisville	W 1–0	2–0–0 (2–0–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (331) Tallahassee, FL
October 1 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	at Virginia Tech	W 4–0	3–0–0 (3–0–0)	Thompson Field (124) Blacksburg, VA
October 4 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	at Wake Forest	W 4–0	4–0–0 (4–0–0)	Spry Stadium (100) Winston-Salem, NC
October 15 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	at Pittsburgh	W 4–1	5–0–0 (5–0–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (50) Pittsburgh, PA
October 18 3:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 2	at No. 11 Virginia	W 4–3	6–0–0 (6–0–0)	Klöckner Stadium (188) Charlottesville, VA
October 29 4:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 2	No. 5 Duke	W 1–0	7–0–0 (7–0–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (284) Tallahassee, FL
November 1 3:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 2	No. 3 Clemson	W 2–0	8–0–0 (8–0–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (400) Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 10 12:30 p.m., ACCN	(1) No. 2	vs. (8) No. 12 Notre Dame Quarterfinals	W 2–0	9–0–0	Sahlen's Stadium (217) Cary, NC
November 13 5:30 p.m., ACCN	(1) No. 2	vs. (5) No. 6 Duke Semifinals	W 4–0	10–0–0	Sahlen's Stadium (277) Cary, NC
November 15 Noon, ESPNU	(1) No. 2	vs. (2) No. 1 North Carolina Finals	W 3–2	11–0–0	Sahlen's Stadium (320) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Fall 2020

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

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

Spring 2021

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[6]														None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [7]	1	1

References

1. "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
2. "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
3. "2020-21 Soccer roster". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
4. "Soccer Staff Directory". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
5. "2020 Women's Soccer Schedule". seminoles.com. Florida State University. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
6. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. November 24, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
7. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.