2024 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

2024 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	4–10–4 (1–6–3 ACC)
Head coach	Tim Santoro (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Sebastian Vecchio (2nd season) Maddy Haro (2nd season)
Home stadium	Dail Soccer Field

2024 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 3 Duke  ‍†‍‍^y	9	–	0	–	1		.950			18	–	3	–	1		.841
No. 2 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			16	–	4	–	4		.750
No. 13 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			15	–	2	–	4		.810
No. 1 North Carolina  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	3	–	0		.700			22	–	5	–	0		.815
No. 7 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			14	–	6	–	3		.674
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	1	–	4		.700			14	–	4	–	4		.727
California  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1		.550			13	–	6	–	2		.667
No. 4 Stanford  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1		.550			16	–	5	–	2		.739
Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0		.500			13	–	5	–	1		.711
Boston College  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			12	–	5	–	2		.684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2		.400			9	–	6	–	3		.583
Louisville  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			7	–	6	–	5		.528
SMU  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			6	–	9	–	2		.412
Clemson  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			6	–	8	–	3		.441
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			5	–	8	–	4		.412
NC State  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			4	–	10	–	4		.333
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1		.050			6	–	10	–	2		.389
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2024 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team represented NC State University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach Tim Santoro, in his thirteenth season. They played their home games at Dail Soccer Field. This was the team's 41st season playing organized women's college soccer and their 38th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The season started slowly with a draw against Appalachian State. They then lost to East Carolina and Campbell before defeating VCU. After the victory, the Wolfpack were ranked twenty-fifth in the national rankings. They defeated Charlotte before falling back out of the rankings. They lost their only non-conference match versus a Power 5 opponent, Rutgers. They followed that with a loss and a win to finish the non-conference season 3–4–1. They started the ACC season with two losses, including one to top-ranked Stanford. They managed a 1–1 draw with thirteenth-ranked Notre Dame before losing their next three games. They then drew Syracuse before defeating Clemson for their first ACC win of the season. They drew with nineteenth-ranked Virginia Tech before losing to third-ranked Wake Forest to end their ACC season 1–6–3. After the season, head coach Tim Santoro was fired.^[1]

The Wolfpack finished 4–10–4 overall and 1–6–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fifteenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Previous season

Main article: 2023 NC State Wolfpack women's soccer team

The Wolfpack finished 3–9–6 overall and 2–5–3 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Mackenzie Smith	2	DF	5'7"	Freshman	Leicester, England	Transferred to East Carolina
Leyah Hall-Robinson	4	FW	5'4"	Senior	Bowie, Maryland	Graduated
Emika Kawagishi	7	MF	5'1"	Junior	Osaka, Japan	Transferred to Kansas[2]
Mia Vaughn	14	FW	5'6"	Senior	Virginia Beach, Virginia	Graduated
Jameese Joseph	15	FW	5'7"	Senior	Beltsville, Maryland	Graduated, drafted 15th overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft[3]
Brianna Holt	17	FW	5'5"	Junior	Wake Forest, North Carolina	—
Madison Reid	18	DF	5'8"	Senior	Cary, North Carolina	Graduated
Maria Echezarreta	19	GK	5'8"	Senior	Aviles, Spain	Graduated
Alexis Strickland	23	FW	5'4"	Senior	Raleigh, North Carolina	Graduated
Sarah Arnold	25	MF	5'9"	Junior	Raleigh, North Carolina	—

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Yuna Aoki	2	DF		Sophomore	Shizuoka, Japan	Arizona Western
Abi Hugh	7	MF	5'4"	Graduate Student	Huntington, West Virginia	Marshall
Alivia Kelly	15	DF	5'11"	Graduate Student	Pembroke, Massachusetts	New Hampshire
Paige Tolentino	23	DF	5'5"	Graduate Student	Pinehurst, North Carolina	North Carolina
Kennedy Dunnings	24	DF	5'2"	Graduate Student	Virginia Beach, Virginia	Radford

Recruiting class

Source:^[4]

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Savannah Hutchins FW		Moorpark, California	Slammers FC HB Koge	[5]
Antonella Mazziotto FW		Fray Bentos, Uruguay	IMG Academy	N/A
Madeline Miller FW		Falls Church, Virginia	Virginia Development Academy	[6]
Mana Nakata MF		Osaka, Japan	Cerezo Osaka	N/A
Janet Okeke DF		Laval, Canada	Quebec REX	N/A
Sina Tölzel GK		Bamburg, Germany	FC Nürnberg	N/A

Squad

Roster

As of November 26, 2024 ^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Olivia Pratapas 2 DF  JPN Yuna Aoki 3 DF  USA Briana Weber 4 DF  USA Janet Okeke 5 DF  USA Alex Mohr 6 MF  JPN Mana Nakata 7 MF  USA Abi Hugh 8 MF  CAN Rosalie Olou 9 FW  USA Hannah Jibril 10 MF  GER Annika Wohner 11 DF  USA Fernanda Soto 12 MF  USA Jaiden Thomas 13 FW  USA Jade Bordeleau

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  USA Madie Miller 15 DF  USA Alivia Kelly 18 GK  GER Sina Tölzel 19 FW  URU Antonella Mazziotto 20 DF  USA Brooklyn Holt 21 MF  USA Mary Frances Symmes 22 DF  USA Taylor Chism 23 DF  USA Paige Tolentino 24 DF  USA Kennedy Dunnings 25 FW  USA Savannah Hutchins 26 GK  USA Emily Earles 27 MF  USA Eliza Rich 28 MF  USA Sophia Hernandez

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Boo Corrigan
Head coach	Tim Santoro
Associate head coach	Sebastian Vecchio
Assistant Coach	Maddy Haro
Director of Goalkeeping	Justin Bryant
Director of Operations	Kim Kern

Source:^[7]

Schedule

Source:^[8][9]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 8* 10:30 a.m.		Carolina Ascent	None Reported	–	Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
Non-Conference Regular season
August 15* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Appalachian State	T 0–0	0–0–1	Dail Soccer Field (1,027) Raleigh, NC
August 18* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		East Carolina	L 0–1	0–1–1	Dail Soccer Field (2,189) Raleigh, NC
August 22* 7:00 p.m., FloFC		at Campbell	L 1–2	0–2–1	Eakes Athletics Complex (265) Buies Creek, NC
August 25* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at VCU	W 5–0	1–2–1	Sports Backers Stadium (354) Richmond, VA
August 28* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 25	Charlotte	W 3–1	2–2–1	Dail Soccer Field (1,895) Raleigh, NC
September 1* 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 25	No. 22 Colorado	Canceled[10]	2–2–1	Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
September 8* 1:00 p.m., BTN+		at Rutgers	L 0–2	2–3–1	Yurcak Field (972) Piscataway, NJ
September 12* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		William & Mary	L 0–1	2–4–1	Dail Soccer Field (430) Raleigh, NC
September 15* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX		George Washington	W 4–0	3–4–1	Dail Soccer Field (190) Raleigh, NC
ACC Regular season
September 19 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		California	L 1–3	3–5–1 (0–1–0)	Dail Soccer Field (407) Raleigh, NC
September 22 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 1 Stanford	L 0–2	3–6–1 (0–2–0)	Dail Soccer Field (786) Raleigh, NC
September 26 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 13 Notre Dame	T 1–1	3–6–2 (0–2–1)	Alumni Stadium (250) Notre Dame, IN
September 29 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Louisville	L 0–1	3–7–2 (0–3–1)	Lynn Stadium (250) Louisville, KY
October 3 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	L 1–2	3–8–2 (0–4–1)	Dail Soccer Field (1,013) Raleigh, NC
October 10 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 25 Virginia	L 0–3	3–9–2 (0–5–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,244) Charlottesville, VA
October 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Syracuse	T 1–1	3–9–3 (0–5–2)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,244) Syracuse, NY
October 20 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Clemson	W 1–0	4–9–3 (1–5–2)	Dail Soccer Field (593) Raleigh, NC
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 19 Virginia Tech	T 0–0	4–9–4 (1–5–3)	Dail Soccer Field (667) Raleigh, NC
October 31 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 3 Wake Forest	L 0–3	4–10–4 (1–6–3)	Spry Stadium (894) Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer[11]	—	—	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released					—
TopDrawer Soccer[12]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

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3. Salazar, Emmanuel (January 13, 2024). "Red Stars Select Five Players During 2024 NWSL Draft". Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
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