This Week in ACC Women’s Soccer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – With 4 ranked matchups on the schedule starting on Thursday, September 3, Atlantic Coast Conference girls’s soccer returns for a key week of non-conference motion.

The ACC positioned a nation-best eight groups within the weekly United Soccer Coaches Poll for the fourth consecutive week. Stanford turned the primary workforce this season to carry the No. 1 rating for back-to-back weeks, after North Carolina’s preseason No. 1 rating and Duke’s prime spot after the opening week of the common season. The ACC presently has three groups within the prime 5 and 5 within the prime 10.

ACC Network will function a pair of matches this week, starting on Thursday when No. 8 Virginia welcomes No. 9 Penn State to Charlottesville at 6 p.m. ET. On Sunday, September 7, No. 3 Duke hosts Alabama for 1:30 p.m. ET kickoff. Other ranked matchups embrace top-ranked Stanford visiting No. 6 USC on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET and touring to No. 18 UCLA on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. Clemson, which is receiving votes within the newest United Soccer Coaches Poll, will host No. 15 Georgia on Sunday at 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

Noting ACC Women’s Soccer

• ACC groups have recorded 58 non-conference wins this season, tied for essentially the most amongst all conferences.

• ACC applications personal an 11-8-4 (.565) file towards Power Four opponents and are 3-1-4 (.625) towards ranked groups.

• Duke senior midfielder Devin Lynch and Notre Dame senior midfielder Laney Matriano have been named the ACC Co-Offensive Players of the Week, whereas Blue Devil junior defender Cameron Roller was chosen because the ACC Defensive Player of the Week for matches performed between August 25-31.

• A nation-best eight groups are ranked within the newest United Soccer Coaches Poll, together with Stanford holding the highest spot. Following the Cardinal is Duke (No. 3), Notre Dame (No. 5), Florida State (No. 7), Virginia (No. 8), Wake Forest (No. 17), Virginia Tech (No. 20) and North Carolina (No. 23). Clemson is presently receiving votes.

• In the final 25 weeks of the United Soccer Coaches Poll, relationship again to 2023, an ACC workforce has been ranked No. 1 in all however two polls.

• The 2025 Preseason ACC Coaches Poll and All-ACC Team have been introduced on Thursday, August 7, as North Carolina was chosen because the convention favourite.

• A complete of 14 gamers have been named to the Preseason All-ACC Team, together with 2024 first-team picks Cameron Roller (Duke), Jordynn Dudley (Florida State), Kate Faasse (North Carolina), Izzy Engle (Notre Dame) and Leah Klenke (Notre Dame).

• North Carolina claimed its twenty third nationwide championship with a 1-0 victory over Wake Forest within the remaining of the 2024 Women’s College Cup. The title was UNC’s twenty second NCAA championship after profitable the AIWA National Championship in 1981.

• The title was the ACC’s twenty sixth girls’s soccer nationwide championship. Current membership has mixed to win 32 nationwide championships (North Carolina – 22, Florida State – 4, Stanford – 3, Notre Dame – 3). No faculty exterior the ACC has gained greater than two nationwide titles.

• For the primary time in Women’s College Cup historical past, the ACC despatched all 4 groups to the nationwide semifinals, as Duke, North Carolina, Stanford and Wake Forest all superior. It marks the primary time a convention has despatched 4 groups to the Women’s College Cup.

Recent Results

Wednesday, August 27

Western Carolina 3, at NC State 2

Thursday, August 28

at Louisville 9, USC Upstate 0

at #22 North Carolina 4, UNCG 0

at #6 Notre Dame 3, Michigan 0

at #13 Virginia 3, Charlotte 0

at #19 Wake Forest 1, USF 0

at Miami 3, Lipscomb 2

at #1 Stanford 6, Arizona 0

#3 Duke 2, at #8 Arkansas 0

at Clemson 0, #12 South Carolina 0

#24 Virginia Tech 1, at Liberty 1

Syracuse 1, at Quinnipiac 1

California 1, at Utah Valley 1

#6 Florida State 1, at Kansas 1

Cal State Fullerton 1, at Pitt 0

at Texas Tech 2, SMU 0

Sunday, August 31

Syracuse 0, at Princeton 0

at #22 North Carolina 4, Milwaukee 1

Santa Clara 2, at Pitt 0

at #13 Virginia 1, #16 Georgetown 1

at California 2, Arizona 1

at Boston College 6, UAlbany 1

at #3 Duke 1, Creighton 0

#24 Virginia Tech 5, at Campbell 1

at #6 Notre Dame 8, Oakland 0

at Clemson 3, App State 0

at Louisville 2, Coastal Carolina 0

at Utah 3, NC State 0

Upcoming Schedule (All Times ET)

Thursday, September 4

#9 Penn State at #8 Virginia | 6 p.m. | ACCN

Washington State at California | 6 p.m. | ACCNX

#20 Virginia Tech at Old Dominion | 6 p.m. | ESPN+

Cincinnati at Pitt | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Kent State at Louisville | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

#17 Wake Forest at College of Charleston | 7 p.m. | FloCollege

Colgate at Boston College | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

NC State at Elon | 7 p.m. | FloCollege

Binghamton at Syracuse | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Charlotte at Clemson | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

#5 Notre Dame at Michigan State | 7 p.m. | BTN+

VMI at #3 Duke | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Princeton at Miami | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Alabama at #23 North Carolina | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Stetson at #7 Florida State | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Houston Christian at SMU | 8 p.m. | ACCNX

#1 Stanford at #6 USC | 10 p.m. | BTN

Sunday, September 7

Brown at #17 Wake Forest | Noon | ACCNX

#7 Florida State at FAU | Noon | ESPN+

Cornell at Syracuse | 1 p.m. | ACCNX

#23 North Carolina at James Madison | 1 p.m. | ESPN+

Bucknell at Pitt | 1 p.m. | ACCNX

Boston College at UMass | 1 p.m. | ESPN+

#5 Notre Dame at Marquette | 1 p.m. | YouTube

Alabama at #3 Duke | 1:30 p.m. | ACCN

#1 Stanford at #18 UCLA | 4 p.m. | BTN+

California at Cal Poly | 4 p.m. | ESPN+

FIU at Miami | 5 p.m. | ACCNX

William & Mary at #20 Virginia Tech | 6 p.m. | ACCNX

#15 Georgia at Clemson | 6 p.m. | ACCNX

Campbell at NC State | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Dayton at Louisville | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Sam Houston at SMU | 8 p.m. | ACCNX