Iowa State Cyclones women's soccer

The Iowa State Cyclones women's soccer team represents Iowa State University (ISU) and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The team is coached by Matt Fannon, who enters his second season at Iowa State in 2021. The Cyclones host their home games at the Cyclone Soccer Complex on Iowa State's campus.

Iowa State Cyclones women's soccer
University	Iowa State University
Head coach	Matt Fannon
Conference	Big 12
Location	Ames, Iowa
Stadium	Cyclone Soccer Complex (Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname	Cyclones
Colors	Cardinal and gold[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament appearances
2005

History

Iowa State put together a varsity squad then they joined the Big 12 in 1996.^[2] Their best season yet has been the 2005 squad. Head Coach Rebecca Hornhacher earned Big 12 Coach of the Year honors en route to their first and only invitation to the NCAA Tournament.^[3]

The current Head Coach is Matt Fannon, who joined Iowa State from Bowling Green in December 2019.^[4]

Facilities

The $13 million Cyclone Sports Complex, the home of Iowa State track and field, soccer and softball opened in the fall of 2012.

The facility brings numerous new amenities for the Cyclones and their fans. On-site restrooms, a concession stand, home and away locker rooms, officials' locker rooms, team meeting rooms, an athletic training room, a press box, bleachers and a scoreboard are among the new features that make it a state-of-the-art facility. The soccer facility has a seating capacity of 1,500.^[5]

Players

Current roster

As of 17 Nov 2024^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Kasey Cannistraro 1 GK  USA Avery Gillahan 2 MF  USA Yira Yoggerst 2 DF  USA Isabella Agrusso 4 DF  USA Ella Zimmerman 5 DF  USA Sadie Baich 6 DF  ENG Chloe Broughton 7 DF  USA Makenna Marshall 8 FW  USA Avery Horner 9 MF  CAN Lauren McConnell 10 MF  USA Sophia Thomas 11 FW  CAN Leia Khairy 12 FW  USA Morgan Furmaniak

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  USA Nicolasa Jacobs 14 MF  USA Lauren Hernandez 15 DF  CAN Laurence Leblanc 16 MF  AUT Magdalena Keck 17 MF  USA Hannah Shaw 18 DF  USA Olivia Edwards 20 MF  USA Regan John 21 FW  USA Ella Ciardullo 22 DF  USA Adelaide Wolfe 23 FW  USA Jordyn Herrera 24 DF  USA Jocelyn Bice 27 DF  KOR Seulgi Lee 31 GK  USA Cadence Fagan

Individual awards

All-Big 12 First Team Year Name Pos. 2000 Katie Antongiovanni MF 2015 Koree Willer FW

All-Big 12 Second Team Year Name Pos. 1997 Barb Lavergne DF Lindsey Rector MF Jo Hinks FW 1998 Erica Florez FW 1999 Katie Antongiovanni MF Erica Florez FW 2000 Nicole Wilcox FW 2005 Joanna Haig GK 2007 Elise Reid MF 2012 Jennifer Dominguez FW 2013 Emily Goldstein MF

Records

Record^[7]

Big 12 (1996–Present)
Year	Head Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record	Conference Standing	Postseason
1996	Cathy Klein	8–12	0–9	10th	–
1997	Cathy Klein	12–9	4–6	6th	–
1998	Cathy Klein	10–8–1	5–5	6th	–
1999	Cathy Klein	11–8–1	4–6	7th	–
2000	Stephanie Gabbert	7–10–2	3–6–1	9th	–
2001	Stephanie Gabbert	5–11–2	3–5–2	8th	–
2002	Rebecca Hornbacher	7–11–1	4–6	7th	–
2003	Rebecca Hornbacher	5–10–4	2–6–2	10th	–
2004	Rebecca Hornbacher	8–12	4–6	8th	–
2005	Rebecca Hornbacher	11–7–3	6–3–1	3rd	NCAA Tournament
2006	Rebecca Hornbacher	6–14	2–8	11th	–
2007	Rebecca Hornbacher	8–6–4	4–4–1	8th	–
2008	Wendy Dillinger	5–12–2	0–8–2	11th	–
2009	Wendy Dillinger	7–9–4	2–7	11th	–
2010	Wendy Dillinger	8–10–2	3–7	10th	–
2011	Wendy Dillinger	9–9–1	2–6	9th	–
2012	Wendy Dillinger	10–10	1–7	9th	–
2013	Wendy Dillinger	9–9–1	3–4	4th	–
2014	Tony Minatta	7–11	1–7	9th	–
2015	Tony Minatta	6–12	0–8	9th	–
2016	Tony Minatta	10–8–1	3–4–1	5th	–
2017	Tony Minatta	3-12-3	1-6-2	9th	–
2018	Tony Minatta	4-14-2	2-6-1	8th	–
2019	Tony Minatta	3-15-0	0-9-0	10th	–
2020	Matt Fannon	3-6-4	2-6-1	9th	-
Total	–	182–255–40	62–161–16	–	0–1

Coaches

Current staff

Pos.	Name
Head coach	Matt Fannon
Assistant coach	Jeff Parker
Goalkeeper coach	Kathleen Duwve

Former coaches

Big 12 Coach of the Year award
Year	Coach
1997	Cathy Klein
2005	Rebecca Hornbacher