2021 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team
American college soccer season
The 2021 Virginia Tech Hokies women's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season . It was the 29th season of the university fielding a program and 18th competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference . The Hokies were led by 11th year head coach Charles Adair and played their home games at Thompson Field .
The Hokies finished the season 12–6–2, 5–3–2 in ACC play to finish in eight place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament as only six teams were invited. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Ohio State in the first round before losing to Arkansas in the second round to end their season.
Previous season
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[1] [2] The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.[3]
The Hokies finished the fall season 5–8–0, 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the seventh seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to North Carolina in the quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 3–1–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament .
Squad
Roster
As of January 12, 2022 [4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team management
Position
Staff
Head coach
Charles Adair
Associate head coach
Drew Kopp
Assistant Coach
Matt Gwilliam
Source:[4]
Schedule
Source:[5]
Date Time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 8 * 11:00 a.m.
Loyola (MD)
W 2–0
–
Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
August 12 * 5:40 p.m.
Richmond
W 2–0
–
Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
Non-Conference Regular season
August 19 * 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Liberty
W 3–0
1–0–0
Thompson Field (505) Blacksburg, VA
August 22 * 4:00 p.m., ACCNX
Williams & Mary
W 1–0
2–0–0
Thompson Field (1,228) Blacksburg, VA
August 26 * 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Elon
W 7–1
3–0–0
Thompson Field (663) Blacksburg, VA
August 29 * 1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Cincinnati
L 1–2
3–1–0
Gettler Stadium (523)Cincinnati, OH
September 2 * 5:00 p.m.
at James Madison Marriott Invitational
W 3–2
4–1–0
Sentara Park (303)Harrisonburg, VA
September 5 * 11:00 a.m.
vs. No. 9 Santa Clara Marriott Invitational
L 0–2
4–2–0
Sentara Park (119) Harrisonburg, VA
September 9 * 5:00 p.m., ACCNX
Villanova
W 5–1
5–2–0
Thompson Field (332) Blacksburg, VA
September 12 * 5:00 p.m., SECN
at No. 12 South Carolina
W 1–0
6–2–0
Stone Stadium (1,415)Columbia, SC
ACC Regular Season
September 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
NC State
W 1–0
7–2–0 (1–0–0)
Thompson Field (1,364) Blacksburg, VA
September 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 4 North Carolina
T 2–2 2OT
7–2–1 (1–0–1)
Dorrance Field (2,157)Chapel Hill, NC
September 26 5:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 Duke
T 1–1 2OT
7–2–2 (1–0–2)
Thompson Field (923) Blacksburg, VA
October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 19
at Pittsburgh
W 2–1
8–2–2 (2–0–2)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (732)Pittsburgh, PA
October 7 8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 17
at Clemson
L 0–1
8–3–2 (2–1–2)
Riggs Field (152)Clemson, SC
October 10 5:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 17
at Wake Forest
L 3–4
8–4–2 (2–2–2)
Spry Stadium (601)Winston-Salem, NC
October 15 5:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 1 Florida State
L 0–2
8–5–2 (2–3–2)
Thompson Field (1,072) Blacksburg, VA
October 21 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Miami (FL)
W 5–0
9–5–2 (3–3–2)
Thompson Field (520) Blacksburg, VA
October 24 Noon, RSN
Boston College
W 1–0
10–5–2 (4–3–2)
Thompson Field (619) Blacksburg, VA
October 28 7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Syracuse
W 2–1
11–5–2 (5–3–2)
SU Soccer Stadium (59)Syracuse, NY
NCAA Tournament
November 12 * 6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Ohio State First Round
W 3–1
12–5–2
Thompson Field (797) Blacksburg, VA
November 19 * 7:30 p.m., SECN+
at (2) No. 7 Arkansas Second Round
L 0–3
12–6–2
Razorback Field (1,505)Fayetteville, AR
*Non-conference game. # Rankings from United Soccer Coaches . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern .
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final United Soccer [6] — RV — — RV RV 19 17 RV RV RV RV RV Not released RV TopDrawer Soccer[7] — — — — — — — — 25 — — — — — — — — —
2022 NWSL Draft
Source:[8]
References
^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer" . TopDrawerSoccer.com . Retrieved November 10, 2020 .
^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021" . SI.com . Retrieved November 10, 2020 .
^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules" . theacc.com . The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021 .
^ a b "2021 Women's Soccer Roster" . hokiesports.com . Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2022 .
^ "2021 Women's Soccer Schedule" . hokiesports.com . Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2022 .
^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National" . unitedsoccercoaches.org . United Soccer Coaches. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021 .
^ "College Soccer National Rankings" . topdrawersoccer.com . TopDrawer Soccer. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021 .
^ "Ten ACC Student-Athletes Selected in 2022 NWSL Draft" . theacc.com . The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 19, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021 .