2017 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament

2017 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Matches 7
Attendance 4,094
Site MUSC Health Stadium
Charleston, South Carolina (Semifinals and Final)
Champions North Carolina (21st title)
Winning coach Anson Dorrance (21st title)
MVP Alessia Russo (North Carolina)
Broadcast ACC Network (Quarterfinals), ACC Regional Sports Networks (Semifinals), ESPNU (Final)
ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
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2017 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
#3 Duke  y 1000 1.000  2321 .904
#8 North Carolina y   802 .900  1732 .818
#21 NC State  y 631 .650  1552 .727
#9 Virginia  y 523 .650  1374 .625
Wake Forest  y 532 .600  1174 .591
#18 Notre Dame  y 532 .600  985 .523
#15 Florida State  y 541 .550  1371 .643
Boston College   451 .450  1091 .525
Clemson  y 343 .450  1054 .632
Louisville   352 .400  972 .556
Syracuse   261 .278  782 .471
Virginia Tech   153 .278  765 .528
Miami   190 .100  5110 .313
Pittsburgh   091 .050  3123 .250
Conference champion
2017 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 7, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2017 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference. The defending champions were the Florida State Seminoles, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 2–1 quarterfinal loss at North Carolina. North Carolina won the tournament with a 1–0 win over Duke in the final.[1] The title was the 21st for the North Carolina women's soccer program, all of which have come under the direction of head coach Anson Dorrance.[2]

Qualification

The top eight teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The quarterfinal round was held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at MUSC Health Stadium in Charleston, SC. Six of the eight teams in the tournament were ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll prior to the beginning of the tournament. [3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Sunday, October 29
Semifinals
Friday, November 3
Final
Sunday, November 5
         
1 Duke 3
8 Boston College 1
1 Duke 1
4 Virginia 0
4 Virginia 2
5 Wake Forest 1
1 Duke 0
2 North Carolina 1
2 North Carolina 2
7 Florida State 1
2 North Carolina 1
3 NC State 0
3 NC State 4
6 Notre Dame 1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals
  • United States Tziarra King – NC State
2 goals
  • United States Zoe Redei – North Carolina
1 goal
  • United States Chelsea Burns – Duke
  • United States Rachel Cox – NC State
  • United States Imani Dorsey – Duke
  • United States Dallas Dorosy – Florida State
  • United States Bayley Feist – Wake Forest
  • United States Sabrina Flores – Notre Dame
  • United States Carly Leipzig – Boston College
  • United States Meghan McCool – Virginia
  • United States Kayla McCoy – Duke
  • United States Taylor Otto – North Carolina
  • England Alessia Russo – North Carolina
  • United States Ella Stevens – Duke
  • United States Taryn Torres – Virginia


All Tournament Team

[4]

PlayerTeam
Veronica LatskoVirginia
Tziarra KingNC State
EJ ProctorDuke
Ella StevensDuke
Schuyler DeBreeDuke
Kayla McCoyDuke
Julia AshleyNorth Carolina
Joanna BoylesNorth Carolina
Dorian BaileyNorth Carolina
Abby ElinskyNorth Carolina
Alessia Russo (MVP)North Carolina

See also

References

  1. "ACC Women's Soccer Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  2. "2017 Carolina Women's Soccer Yearbook" (PDF). UNC Chapel Hill Athletics. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. "Seeds Set for 2017 ACC Women's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  4. Atlantic Coast Conference (November 5, 2017). "ACC WSOC: Tar Heels Wear The Crown". Retrieved November 6, 2017.
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