2024 ACC women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2024
Conference:ACC
Gender:women's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Attendance:6,925
Quartervenue:Campus Sites
Semivenue:Sahlen's Stadium
Semicity:Cary, North Carolina
Finalvenue:Sahlen's Stadium
Finalcity:Cary, North Carolina
Champions:Florida State
Titlecount:11
Coach:Brian Pensky
Coachcount:3
Broadcast:ACCN (Quarterfinals & Semifinals), ESPNU (Final)
Mvp:Taylor Huff
Mvpteam:Florida State

The 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer tournament was the post season women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference, held from November 3 through November 10, 2024. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites for the quarterfinals and Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina for the semifinals and final. The higher seed hosted the campus site matches. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Florida State Seminoles were the four-time defending champions.[1] They successfully defended their crown, defeating North Carolina in the Final 3–2. This was Florida State's eleventh overall title, and fifth title in a row. It was head coach Brian Pensky's third consecutive title.[2] As tournament champions, Florida State earned the ACC's automatic berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.

Qualification

See main article: article and 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer season.

The top six teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top two teams earned a bye to the semifinals.[3] The final seedings was determined after the final day of the regular season on October 31, 2024. A tiebreaker was required to determine the second and third seeds and determine which team received a first round bye as Florida State and Wake Forest both tied with 7–2–1 regular season records. Wake Forest earned the second seed and the bye, by virtue of their 4–1 victory over Florida State on October 3.[4]

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Duke9–0–128
2Wake Forest7–2–122
3Florida State7–2–122
4North Carolina7–321
5Virginia Tech6–2–220
6Notre Dame5–1–419

Bracket

Source:[5]

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Player Team
Taylor HuffFlorida State
Addie Todd
Solai Washington
Jordynn Dudley
Heather Gilchrist
Kate FaasseNorth Carolina
Trinity Armstrong
Maddie Dahlien
Linda Ullmark
Cameron RollerDuke
Emily MorrisWake Forest
MVP in bold
Source:[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ACC Champions: FSU Soccer defeats Clemson, 2-1, to earn the 2023 ACC Tournament Championship. 247sports.com. 247Sports. Chris. Nee. November 5, 2023. November 5, 2023.
  2. Web site: FSU soccer wins fifth straight ACC tournament title in 3-2 comeback vs. North Carolina. Tallahassee Democrat. Liam. Rooney. November 10, 2024. November 10, 2024.
  3. Web site: WSOC_ChampTiebreakers. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 14, 2024.
  4. Web site: 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship Bracket Announced. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 31, 2024. November 1, 2024.
  5. Web site: 2024 ACC Women's Soccer Bracket. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 14, 2024.
  6. Web site: Florida State Wins 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2024. November 10, 2024.