Sunday, Sept. 20
Virginia Tech at North Carolina | 11 a.m. | ACCN
Louisville at Florida State | 1 p.m. | ACCN
Notre Dame at Miami | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Pitt at Navy | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Virginia at Clemson | 3 p.m. | ACCN
Wake Forest at Duke | 5 p.m. | ACCN
Thursday’s Results - Sept. 17
Virginia 1, at Duke 1 (2OT)
Louisville 3, at Miami 0
at Pitt 2, Syracuse 0
at Clemson 3, Virginia Tech 0
at North Carolina 4, Wake Forest 1
at Florida State 5, Notre Dame 0
Four Matches Set for ACC Network Sunday
- Four ACC women’s soccer matches will be broadcast live Sunday, as part of a quadruple header on ACC Network. Virginia Tech at North Carolina kicks off the action at 11 a.m., followed by Louisville at Florida State for a 1 p.m. matchup.
- Virginia visits Clemson at 3 p.m. and Wake Forest travels to Duke to close out the slate with a 5 p.m. contest.
- Conference began Thursday night with six ACC women's soccer matches, highlighted by four teams posting shutout wins.
- Each of the ACC’s 13 teams will play eight conference matches this season with an even split of home and away matches (four each). Due to a combination of injuries and not all its members returning for the semester, NC State will not compete this fall.
- The top eight teams in the final league standings will advance to the ACC Championship, which is planned to be played in its entirety at WakeMed Soccer Park. Quarterfinal matches are set for Tuesday, Nov. 10 with the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 13, and the final on Sunday, Nov. 15.
ACC Women’s Soccer on ACC Network, RSN
- Thirty ACC women’s soccer matches will air live on ACC Network, while an additional 12 matches will be broadcast live on the conference’s Regional Sports Networks (RSN).
- Twenty-four regular season matches will appear on ACC Network, as well as all four quarterfinal and both semifinal matches of the ACC Championship.
North Carolina Picked to Repeat as ACC Women's Soccer Champion
- After winning the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season and tournament championship last year, North Carolina has been voted the preseason favorite to win the ACC women’s soccer title by the league’s head coaches.
- The Tar Heels, who advanced to their 29th NCAA Women’s Soccer College Cup last season and played for the National Championship, received eight first-place votes and tallied 129 points.
- Florida State collected three first-place votes and 123 points to finish second in the voting, while Virginia earned 113 points and two first-place votes to occupy third. Duke and Clemson round out the top five with 98 and 86 points, respectively.
Strong Returners
- Seventeen players that were named to one of the league’s 2019 all-conference teams return, headlined by Florida State’s Malia Berkely, the ACC’s Defensive Player of the Year, and North Carolina’s Maycee Bell, the conference’s Freshman of the Year.
- All 11 members of the preseason All-ACC Team were all-conference selections a season ago.
Bring Your 'A' Game
- Of the 70 total ACC games last season, 45 were decided by one goal or less.
- There were 14 ties, including five games that ended in a scoreless draw.
Winningest Active Head Coaches
- Four ACC head coaches are among the top 10 in NCAA Division I for most victories by an active head coach.
- Longtime UNC skipper Anson Dorrance leads the way by a landslide with 872 wins, while Florida State's Mark Krikorian is fifth on the list with 445.
- Virginia's Steve Swanson is sixth with 420, while Pitt's Randy Waldrum is eighth with 411 career victories.
- The ACC's four among the top 10 are the most of any conference.
ACC & the NCAA Championship
- The ACC has placed a team in the Women’s College Cup in 37 of the past 38 years and in each of the past 15 years.
- For the second consecutive season, North Carolina advanced to the NCAA Women’s Soccer College Cup.
- The Tar Heels made their 29th appearance in the College Cup.
- ACC teams have advanced to the College Cup 51 times, which is the most of any conference and the Pac-12 is the next closest conference with 27 appearances. Current membership combines for 63 appearances.
- Eight different ACC institutions have represented the league at the College Cup (Boston College, Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest) since 1982.
- Current ACC membership combines for 26 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championships. North Carolina owns 21 NCAA titles and Florida State owns two, while Notre Dame won three prior to joining the league in 2013.
- The ACC tournament champion has gone on to win the NCAA Women’s College Cup 16 times, most recently Florida State in 2018.
ACC Committee for Racial and Social Justice
- The ACC’s Committee for Racial and Social Justice (CORE - Champions of Racial Equity) announced three initiatives in conjunction with its member institutions on Sept. 3.
- Mandatory diversity and inclusion training for student-athletes, athletic department and conference staff
- Creation of ACC Unity Symbol as a visual representation of solidarity among the ACC’s 15 institutions
- ACC Unity Statement to be read prior to every league contest
- The ACC’s unity symbol – “UNITE” – will be displayed in venues and on video boards throughout the league, as well as at ACC Championship events and on social media.
- CORE also has introduced a Unity Statement, which will be read at all ACC events: “We, the ACC, are committed to seeing each other as equals, supporting each other, and treating each other with respect and dignity at all times, recognizing that our differences don't divide us, but they make us stronger.”
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