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2022 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team

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2022 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer
ACC Tournament Champions
ACC Regular Season Co-Champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 3
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 4
Record17–3–3 (8–2–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bobby Shuttleworth (1st season)
  • Aaron Brunner (1st season)
Home stadiumSeminole Soccer Complex
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 8 2 0   .800 20 5 1   .788
No. 3 Florida State  ‍y 8 2 0   .800 17 3 3   .804
No. 5 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 7 2 1   .750 17 3 3   .804
No. 7 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 6 2 2   .700 16 4 3   .761
No. 6 Duke  ‍‍‍y 6 2 2   .700 15 5 3   .717
No. 12 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍y 5 3 2   .600 14 5 3   .705
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 4 3 3   .550 8 5 5   .583
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 4 5 1   .450 10 7 2   .579
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 3 6 1   .350 9 7 3   .553
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 3 7 0   .300 6 8 2   .438
NC State  ‍‍‍y 2 6 2   .300 7 7 6   .500
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 2 7 1   .250 5 8 3   .406
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 6 3   .250 8 7 3   .528
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 7 2   .200 5 8 5   .417
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2022 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Source: The ACC
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll

The 2022 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 28th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by first-year head coach Brian Pensky, who was hired prior to the season to replace long time coach Mark Krikorian.[1]

Florida State finished the season 17–3–3 and 8–2–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they received a bye into the Semifinals where they hosted Notre Dame. The match ended in a 3–3 draw and Florida State won the ensuing penalty shoot-out 4–2 to advance to the Final. In the Final, they defeated North Carolina to successfully defend their ACC Tournament title. As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the first seed in the Florida State Bracket. They defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the First Round, eight-seed LSU in the Second Round, and four-seed Pittsburgh in the Round of 16. They hosted third-seed Arkansas in the Quarterfinals and won 1–0. This set up a rematch with North Carolina in the Semifinals. This time, North Carolina came out on top 3–2 to end the Seminoles' season.

Previous season

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The Seminoles finished the season 21–1–3 and 7–1–2 in ACC play to finish in second place. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Wake Forest and Virginia to win the tournament. The win was the program's eighth ACC Tournament title. The Seminoles received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded a number one seed. The Seminoles defeated South Alabama, SMU, Pepperdine, Michigan, and Rutgers on their way to the tournament final. In the final, they defeated BYU in a penalty shoot-out to be crowned National Champions.[2] Following the season, Krikorian resigned as head coach.[3]

Offseason

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Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Alyssa Stadeker 3 DF 5'5" Freshman Smyrna, Georgia Transferred to Georgia
Kristina Lynch 4 FW/MF 5'7" Senior Granger, Indiana Graduated, Transferred to Notre Dame
Jaelin Howell 6 MF 5'8" Senior Lone Tree, Colorado Graduated, Drafted 2nd overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft
Taya Hjorth 9 DF 5'8" Freshman Commerce Township, Michigan Transferred to Kentucky
Kirsten Pavlisko 11 MF/DF 5'6" Senior Middleburg, Florida Graduated
Gabby Carle 16 DF/MF 5'6" Redshirt Senior Quebec, Canada Graduated
Gianna Mitchell 21 DF 5'10" Redshirt Senior Springfield, Massachusetts Graduated
Megan Morgan 22 FW 5'4" Freshman Weston, Florida Transferred to Miami (FL)
Emily Madril 25 MF/DF 5'7" Redshirt Senior Navarre, Florida Graduated
Yujie Zhao 33 MF 5'6" Senior Shanghai, China Graduated

Incoming Transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Onyi Echegini 6 MF 5'9" Senior London, England Mississippi State

Recruiting Class

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Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Summer Denigan
MF
United States Union, Michigan Nationals [4]
Olivia Garcia
FW
United States Las Vegas, Nevada Utah Royals FC [5]
Heather Gilchrist
DF
United States Boulder, Colorado Colorado Rapids [6]
Olivia Lebdaoui
FW
United States Panama City Beach, Florida Concorde Fire SC [7]
Sophia Nguyen
MF
United States Pensacola, Florida Orlando City SC [8]

Squad

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Roster

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As of December 28, 2022[9]

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 FW United States USA Olivia Garcia
1 GK Puerto Rico PUR Cristina Roque
2 FW United States USA Jenna Nighswonger
5 MF United States USA Summer Denigan
6 MF England ENG Onyi Echegini
7 MF Japan JPN Ran Iwai
8 DF United States USA Lauren Flynn
9 FW Sweden SWE Beata Olsson
10 FW Jamaica JAM Jody Brown
12 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Heather Payne
13 FW Bermuda BER LeiLanni Nesbeth
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF United States USA Kaitlyn Zipay
16 MF United States USA Sophia Nguyen
17 MF England ENG Emma Bissell
18 MF Portugal POR Maria Alagoa
19 FW United States USA Amelia Horton
20 DF United States USA Heather Gilchrist
21 FW United States USA Olivia Lebdaoui
23 GK United States USA Mia Justus
26 DF United States USA Clara Robbins
88 MF Canada CAN Melina Descary

Team management

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Position Staff
Athletic Director David Coburn
Head Coach Brian Pensky
Assistant Coach Bobby Shuttleworth
Assistant Coach Aaron Brunner
Director of Operations Sarah Buckley
Volunteer Assistant Coach Andrew Hudson

Source:[10]

Schedule

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Source:[11]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference Regular season
August 18*
7:00 p.m., SECN
No. 1 at No. 12 South Carolina T 0–0  0–0–1
Stone Stadium (5,000)
Columbia, SC
August 21*
1:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 1 at Georgia W 3–1  1–0–1
Foley Field (1,883)
Athens, GA
August 25*
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 No. 16 Auburn T 1–1  1–0–2
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,216)
Tallahassee, FL
September 4*
5:00 p.m., SECN+
No. 10 at Florida
Rivalry
W 5–0  2–0–2
James G. Pressly Stadium (1,255)
Gainesville, FL
September 8*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 8 Florida Gulf Coast W 5–0  3–0–2
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,215)
Tallahassee, FL
September 11*
2:00 p.m., CUSA.tv
No. 8 at Rice W 5–0  4–0–2
Holloway Field (491)
Houston, TX
ACC Regular season
September 16
4:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 12 at Boston College W 6–0  5–0–2
(1–0–0)
Newton Campus Soccer Field (406)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 22
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 7 Louisville W 5–1  6–0–2
(2–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,222)
Tallahassee, FL
September 25
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 7 No. 14 Clemson W 3–1  7–0–2
(3–0–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (2,125)
Tallahassee, FL
October 1
5:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 7 at Miami (FL)
Rivalry
W 1–0  8–0–2
(4–0–0)
Cobb Stadium (562)
Coral Gables, FL
October 6
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 3 at No. 2 Virginia W 1–0  9–0–2
(5–0–0)
Klöckner Stadium (3,082)
Charlottesville, VA
October 9
12:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 3 at No. 17 Notre Dame L 0–4  9–1–2
(5–1–0)
Alumni Stadium (544)
Notre Dame, IN
October 13
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 4 No. 12 Duke W 5–1  10–1–2
(6–1–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,310)
Tallahassee, FL
October 20
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 4 No. 2 North Carolina L 1–2  10–2–2
(6–2–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (2,169)
Tallahassee, FL
October 23
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4 at No. 20 Pittsburgh W 1–0  11–2–2
(7–2–2)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (832)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 27
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 5 Virginia Tech W 4–1  12–2–2
(8–2–2)
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,227)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Tournament
November 3
8:00 p.m., ACCN
(2) No. 5 vs. (3) No. 4 Notre Dame
Semifinal
T 3–3 (4–2 PKs)  12–2–3
Sahlen's Stadium (2,686)
Cary, NC
November 6
12:00 p.m., ESPNU
(2) No. 5 vs. (1) No. 2 North Carolina
Final
W 2–1  13–2–3
Sahlen's Stadium (3,876)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 11
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
(1) No. 5 Florida Gulf Coast
First Round
W 3–0  14–2–3
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,347)
Tallahassee, FL
November 18
5:30 p.m., ESPN+
(1) No. 5 (8) LSU
Second Round
W 4–1  15–2–3
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,668)
Tallahassee, FL
November 29
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
(1) No. 5 (4) No. 19 Pittsburgh
Round of Sixteen
W 3–0  16–2–3
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,238)
Tallahassee, FL
November 26
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
(1) No. 5 (3) No. 9 Arkansas
Quarterfinal
W 1–0  17–2–3
Seminole Soccer Complex (2,667)
Tallahassee, FL
December 2
6:00 p.m., ESPNU
(1) No. 5 vs. (2) No. 2 North Carolina
Semifinal
L 2–3  17–3–3
WakeMed Soccer Park (10,000)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

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Recipient Award Date Ref.
Cristina Roque Pre-season All-ACC Team August 11 [12]
Jenna Nighswonger
Clara Robbins
Beata Olsson Pre-season Hermann Trophy Watchlist August 18 [13]
Onyi Echegini ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 20 [14]
Cristina Roque ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week October 11 [15]
Onyi Echegini ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week November 1 [16]
Cristina Roque ACC Goalkeeper of the Year November 2 [17]
Jenna Nighswonger All ACC-First Team
Jody Brown
Cristina Roque
Clara Robbins All ACC-Second Team
Onyi Echegini
LeiLanni Nesbeth
Heather Payne All ACC-Third Team
Beata Olsson
Heather Gilchrist ACC All-Freshman Team
Jenna Nighswonger ACC Tournament MVP November 6 [18]
Jody Brown All-ACC Tournament Team
Onyi Echegini
Beata Olsson
Jenna Nighswonger First Team All-Region November 29 [19]
Cristina Roque
Jody Brown
Clara Robbins Second Team All-Region
Jenna Nighswonger United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American December 2 [20]
Cristina Roque United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American
Jody Brown
Jenna Nighswonger Hermann Trophy finalist December 8 [21]
Jenna Nighswonger Honda Award finalist December 14 [22]

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
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United Soccer[23]1 (5)210812 т7734455Not released3
TopDrawer Soccer[24]12987622334411114

NWSL Draft

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Player Team Round Pick # Position
Emily Madril Orlando Pride 1 3 MF
Jenna Nighswonger Gotham FC 1 4 FW
Clara Robbins North Carolina Courage 1 9 DF

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References

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