2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team

The 2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Steve Swanson, in his twentieth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 35th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 33rd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

2020 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 10
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 6
2020 record8-3-1 (5-2-1 ACC)
Head coach
  • Steve Swanson (21st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Ron Raab (15th season)
  • Jaime Frias (2nd season)
Home stadiumKlöckner Stadium
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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.[2][3]

Squad

Roster

Updated November 10, 2020[4] 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 Laurel Ivory
1 GK  USA Michaela Moran
2 MF/DF  USA Sydney Zandi
3 FW/DF  USA Ashlynn Serepca
4 FW  USA Cam Lexow
5 DF  USA Lizzy Sieracki
6 MF  USA Anna Sumpter
7 FW/MF  USA Alexa Spaanstra
8 DF  USA Sarah Clark
9 FW  USA Diana Ordonez
10 MF  USA Taryn Torres
11 MF  USA Lacey McCormack
12 DF  USA Claire Constant
13 FW/MF  USA Rebecca Jarrett
14 MF  USA Emma Dawson
15 FW  USA Brianna Jablonowski
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  USA Laney Rouse
17 FW  USA Jansen Eichenlaub
18 FW/MF  USA Sarah Brunner
19 DF  USA Samar Guidry
20 DF  USA Talia Staude
21 MF  USA Lauren Hinton
22 FW/MF  USA Lia Godfrey
23 DF  USA McKenna Angotti
24 DF  USA Kira Maguire
25 FW  USA Alissa Gorzak
26 MF  USA Laughlin Ryan
27 MF  USA Maggie Fralin
28 MF  USA Peyton Goldthwaite
29 GK  USA Cayla White
30 MF  USA Alexis Theoret

Team management
Position Staff
Athletic Director Carla Williams
Head Coach Steve Swanson
Associate Head Coach Ron Raab
Assistant Coach Jamie Frias
Volunteer Assistant Coach Jake Davis
Director of Operations Eilidh Thomson

Source:[5]

Schedule

Source:[6]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular Season
September 12, 2020*
6:00 p.m.		 at Virginia Tech W 3–1  1–0–0
(0–0–0)		 Klöckner Stadium (243)
Charlottesville, VA
September 17, 2020
6:00 p.m., ACCN		 at Duke T 1–1 2OT 1–0–1
(0–0–1)		 Koskinen Stadium (0)
Durham, NC
September 20, 2020
3:00 p.m., ACCN		 at Clemson L 0–3  1–1–1
(0–1–1)		 Riggs Field (549)
Clemson, SC
September 25, 2020*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 11 at Virginia Tech W 1–0 OT 2–1–1
(0–1–1)		 Thompson Field (122)
Blackburg, VA
October 1, 2020
7:00 p.m., RSN		 No. 10 No. 14 Pittsburgh W 2–1 OT 3–1–1
(1–1–1)		 Klöckner Stadium (138)
Charlottesville, VA
October 4, 2020
3:00 p.m., ACCN		 No. 10 Miami W 3–0  4–1–1
(2–1–1)		 Klöckner Stadium (163)
Charlottesville, VA
October 8, 2020*
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 No. 10 at No. 1 North Carolina  Canceled  4–1–1
(2–1–1)		 Dorrance Field
Chapel Hill, NC
October 15, 2020
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 No. 11 No. 13 Louisville W 2–0  5–1–1
(3–1–1)		 Klöckner Stadium (161)
Charlottesville, VA
October 18, 2020
3:30 p.m., ESPN2		 No. 11 No. 2 Florida State L 3–4  5–2–1
(3–2–1)		 Klöckner Stadium (188)
Charlottesville, VA
October 29, 2020
6:00 p.m., ACCN		 No. 10 at Boston College W 2–1  6–2–1
(4–2–1)		 Newton Campus Soccer Field (0)
Newton, MA
November 1, 2020
12:00 p.m., RSN		 No. 10 at Syracuse W 5–3  7–2–1
(5–2–1)		 SU Soccer Stadium (1)
Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
November 10, 2020*
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 (3) No. 9 vs. (6) Louisville
Quarterfinals		 W 4–1  8–2–1
(5–2–1)		 Sahlen's Stadium (217)
Cary, NC
November 13, 2020
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 (3) No. 9 vs. (2) No. 1 North Carolina L 0–2  8–3–1
(5–2–1)		 Sahlen's Stadium (307)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2021 NWSL College Draft
Main article: 2021 NWSL College Draft
PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Taryn TorresSky Blue FC323MF
Alissa GorzakChicago Red Stars435FW

Source:[7]

Rankings
Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer 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
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6		 Wk
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8		 Wk
9		 Final
United Soccer[8] 11 10 10 11 10 10 10 9 9 10

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
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5		 Wk
6		 Wk
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11		 Wk
12		 Wk
13		 Wk
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15		 Wk
16		 Final
United Soccer[8] None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [9] 6 6

References
  1. 2020 Fact Book (PDF)
  2. "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  3. "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. "Women's Soccer". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  5. "2020 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  6. "Women's Soccer". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  7. Yang, Stephanie (January 13, 2021). "All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft". allforxi.com. Vox Media. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  8. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  9. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
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