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The 2021 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Steve Swanson, in his twenty second season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 36th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 34th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]
2021 Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer | |
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NCAA Tournament, Round of 16 | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 8 |
TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 9 |
Record | 18–3–2 (8–0–2 ACC) |
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Home stadium | Klöckner Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Virginia †y | 8 | – | 0 | – | 2 | .900 | 18 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .826 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Florida State ‡y | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .800 | 21 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Duke y | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .750 | 16 | – | 4 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Notre Dame y | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 14 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson y | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .650 | 12 | – | 7 | – | 1 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 North Carolina y | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .650 | 12 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Wake Forest y | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .600 | 16 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia Tech y | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 2 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .400 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State y | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .400 | 9 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | .350 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 1 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .000 | 4 | – | 12 | – | 1 | .265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC |
The Cavaliers finished the season 18–3–2 and 8–0–2 in ACC play to finish as regular season champions. As the top seed in the ACC Tournament they received a bye into the Semifinals. They defeated Clemson before losing to Florida State in the Final. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were one of the four number one seeds. They defeated High Point in the First Round and Milwaukee in the Second Round before losing to BYU in the Sweet 16 to end their 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]
The Cavaliers finished the fall season 8–3–1, 5–2–1 in ACC play to finish in third place. In the ACC Tournament they defeated Louisville in the Quarterfinals before losing to North Carolina in the Semifinals. The Cavaliers finished the spring season 2–1–1 and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As an unseeded team, the Cavaliers defeated SIU Edwardsville in the First Round, BYU in the Second Round, Rice in the Third Round, and TCU in the Quarterfinals before losing to Florida State on penalties in the Semifinals.
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Position | Staff |
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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 |
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Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
August 11* 3:00 p.m. |
No. 4 | at Central Michigan | W 3–0 | – |
Central Michigan Soccer/Lacrosse Complex Maple City, MI | ||||||
August 14* Noon |
No. 4 | at Michigan | W 1–0 | – |
U-M Soccer Stadium Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
Non-conference Regular season | |||||||||||
August 19* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 4 | Richmond | W 8–0 | 1–0–0 |
Klöckner Stadium (1,162) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
August 22* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 4 | at No. 12 West Virginia | W 1–0 | 2–0–0 |
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1,433) Morgantown, WV | ||||||
August 26* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 3 | at George Mason | W 2–0 | 3–0–0 |
George Mason Stadium (1,325) Fairfax, VA | ||||||
August 29* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 3 | George Washington | W 6–1 | 4–0–0 |
Klöckner Stadium (1,267) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
September 2* 8:00 p.m. |
No. 3 | vs. No. 9 Santa Clara | W 1–0 | 5–0–0 |
Sentara Park (116) Harrisonburg, VA | ||||||
September 3* 3:00 p.m., FloSports |
No. 3 | at James Madison | W 2–0 | 6–0–0 |
Sentara Park (548) Harrisonburg, VA | ||||||
September 9* 8:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 3 | No. 14 Penn State | L 2–4 | 6–1–0 |
Klöckner Stadium (1,559) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
September 12* Noon, ACCNX |
No. 3 | Oklahoma | W 2–1 | 7–1–0 |
Klöckner Stadium (1,052) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
ACC Regular Season | |||||||||||
September 15 5:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 7 | at Wake Forest | W 1–0 | 8–1–0 (1–0–0) |
Spry Stadium (1,487) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
September 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 7 | No. 2 Duke | W 1–0 | 9–1–0 (2–0–0) |
Klöckner Stadium (1,911) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
September 26 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 7 | at NC State | W 2–1 | 10–1–0 (3–0–0) |
Dail Soccer Field (264) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
October 3 1:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 2 | at No. 5 North Carolina | T 0–0 2OT | 10–1–1 (3–0–1) |
Dorrance Field (2,222) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
October 7 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 2 | at Boston College | W 3–0 | 11–1–1 (4–0–1) |
Newton Campus Soccer Field (304) Chestnut Hill, MA | ||||||
October 10 Noon, ACCNX |
No. 2 | at Syracuse | W 5–0 | 12–1–1 (5–0–1) |
SU Soccer Stadium (78) Syracuse, NY | ||||||
October 17 1:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 2 | No. 17 Notre Dame | W 2–1 | 13–1–1 (6–0–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (2,490) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
October 21 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 2 | Louisville | W 4–1 | 14–1–1 (7–0–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (1,564) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
October 24 3:00 p.m., ACCRSN |
No. 2 | Miami (FL) | W 6–1 | 15–1–1 (8–0–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (2,396) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
October 28 7:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 1 | at No. 3 Florida State | T 1–1 2OT | 15–1–2 (8–0–2) |
Seminole Soccer Complex (2,388) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
November 5 5:30 p.m., ACCN |
(1) No. 1 | vs. (5) No. 24 Clemson Semifinals |
W 1–0 | 16–1–2 |
WakeMed Soccer Park (2,687) Cary, NC | ||||||
November 7 1:00 p.m., ESPNU |
(1) No. 1 | vs. (2) No. 2 Florida State Finals |
L 0–1 | 16–2–2 |
WakeMed Soccer Park (1,250) Cary, NC | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
November 12 6:00 p.m., ACCNX |
(1) No. 2 | High Point First Round |
W 6–0 | 17–2–2 |
Klöckner Stadium (1,201) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
November 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
(1) No. 2 | Milwaukee Second Round |
W 2–0 | 18–2–2 |
Klöckner Stadium (1,445) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
November 20 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
(1) No. 2 | (4) No. 13 BYU Round of 16 |
L 0–1 | 18–3–2 |
Klöckner Stadium (0) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |
Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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Lia Godfrey | Preseason All-ACC Team | August 12 | [6] |
Alexa Spaanstra | |||
Lia Godfrey | Preseason Hermann Trophy Watchlist | August 19 | [7] |
Haley Hopkins | |||
Alexa Spaanstra | |||
Claire Constant | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | September 7 | [8] |
Diana Ordoñez | ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week | September 28 | [9] |
Alexa Spaanstra | October 19 | [10] | |
Diana Ordoñez | ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week | October 26 | [11] |
Steve Swanson | ACC Coach of the Year | November 4 | [12] |
Diana Ordoñez | ACC Offensive Player of the Year | ||
Lia Godfrey | All-ACC First Team | ||
Diana Ordoñez | |||
Samar Guidry | All-ACC Second Team | ||
Laurel Ivory | |||
Alexa Spaanstra | |||
Haley Hopkins | All-ACC Third Team | ||
Taryn Torres | |||
Haley Hopkins | ACC All-Tournament Team | November 7 | [13] |
Diana Ordoñez | |||
Alexa Spaanstra | |||
Talia Staude |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
United Soccer[14] | 4 (1) | 3 (1) | 3 | 3 (1) | 7 | 7 | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 1 (26) | 1 (28) | 2 (3) | Not released | 8 | ||
TopDrawer Soccer[15] | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
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Diana Ordoñez | North Carolina Courage | 1 | 6 | FW |
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