2016 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team

The 2016 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his sixth season. Home games were played at Riggs Field.[1] Clemson opened the season ranked 14th in the NSCAA Preseason Poll.[2]

2016 Clemson Tigers women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 12
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 13
2016 record14–5–4 (7–1–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
  • Emily Byorth
  • Gabby Byorth
  • Abby Jones
  • Claire Wagner
Home stadiumRiggs Field
2016 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
#21 Notre Dame  y 712 .800  1335 .738
No. 12 Clemson  y 712 .800  1454 .696
No. 7 Duke  y 721 .750  1543 .750
#4 North Carolina  y 622 .700  1634 .783
No. 11 Virginia  y 622 .700  1552 .727
No. 14 Florida State  y 622 .700  1444 .727
Miami   550 .500  1081 .553
No. 24 NC State  y 451 .450  1192 .545
Virginia Tech   343 .450  1153 .658
Louisville   253 .350  774 .500
Boston College   370 .300  1181 .575
Wake Forest   280 .200  1080 .556
Syracuse   172 .200  883 .500
Pittsburgh   190 .100  2151 .139
Conference champion
2016 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of 2016-7-2; Rankings from NSCAA

The Lady Tigers finished as ACC regular season co-champions with Notre Dame, capturing the second ACC regular season title in program history.[3] Clemson also advanced to the third round (Sweet 16) of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006.[4]

Coach Ed Radwanski was named ACC coach of the year in his sixth season with the team.[5]

Roster

Updated August 8, 2016[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CAN Kailen Sheridan
2 FW  USA Miranda Weslake
3 MF  USA Mac Smith
4 MF  USA Katie Sprouse
5 DF  USA Claire Wagner
6 MF  USA Lauren Harkes
7 MF  USA Shannon Horgan
8 FW  USA Page Reckert
10 FW  USA Alana Hockenhull
11 MF  USA Catrina Atanda
12 MF  USA Sarah Osborne
13 MF  USA Dani Antieau
14 MF  USA Allie Kington
15 DF  USA Sam Staab
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  USA Julie Mackin
17 GK  ENG Sandy Maclver
18 MF  USA Jeni Erickson
19 MF  USA Jenna Polonsky
20 DF  USA Jenna Weston
21 MF  USA Abby Jones
22 MF  USA Ellen Colborn
23 MF  USA Tori Andreski
25 GK  USA Rachele Manfre
26 GK  USA Melanie Stiles
27 DF  USA Gabby Byorth
28 DF  USA Emily Byorth
29 DF  USA Sarah Duckworth
30 FW  USA Patrice DiPasquale

Clemson had four players earn All – ACC postseason awards. Kailen Sheridan and Catrina Atanda were named first team All – ACC, Sam Staab was named second team All – ACC, and Claire Wagner was named third team All – ACC.[5] For the 2016 Clemson named 4 co-captains for the team. Gabby Byorth, Emily Byorth, Abby Jones, and Claire Wagner (seniors) were named captains.[7]

Draft picks

The Tigers had three players drafted in the 2017 NWSL College Draft.

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Claire WagnerNorth Carolina Courage2nd20DF
Kailen SheridanSky Blue FC2nd23GK
Catrina AtandaSky Blue FC3rd40MF

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Exhibition
August 13*
7:00 pm
No. 14 at Tennessee W 1–0  1–0–0
Regal Stadium
Knoxville, Tennessee
Regular season
August 19*
8:00 pm
No. 10 at No. 12 Auburn W 2–0  2–0–0
Auburn Soccer Complex (826)
Auburn, Alabama
August 21*
7:00 pm
No. 10 Georgia W 3–1  3–0–0
Riggs Field (1,120)
Clemson, South Carolina
August 26*
7:00 pm
No. 8 at No. 7 West Virginia L 0–1  3–1–0
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Morgantown, West Virginia
August 28*
2:00 pm
No. 8 Elon W 4–0  4–1–0
Riggs Field (420)
Clemson, South Carolina
September 02*
7:00 pm
No. 6 at No. 22 South Carolina
Rivalry
L 1–2  4–2–0
Eugene E. Stone Stadium (3,838)
Columbia, South Carolina
September 09*
4:30 pm
No. 13 High Point W 4–1  5–2–0
Riggs Field (538)
Clemson, South Carolina
September 11*
12:00 pm
No. 13 Nebraska W 5–2  6–2–0
Riggs Field (263)
Clemson, South Carolina
September 16
7:00 pm
No. 13 Wake Forest W 2–1  7–2–0
(1–0–0)
Spry Stadium (873)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
September 18*
1:00 pm
No. 13 Presbyterian W 9–0  8–2–0
(1–0–0)
Riggs Field
Clemson, South Carolina
September 22
7:00 pm
No. 16 Syracuse W 4–0  9–2–0
(2–0–0)
Riggs Field
Clemson, South Carolina
September 25
1:00 pm
No. 13 No. 18 North Carolina T 1–1 2OT 9–2–1
(2–0–1)
Riggs Field
Clemson, South Carolina
October 01
7:00 pm
No. 13 Virginia Tech T 2–2 2OT 9–2–2
(2–0–2)
Virginia Tech Soccer Stadium
Blacksburg, Virginia
October 06
7:00 pm
No. 12 at No. 20 Notre Dame L 0–1  9–3–2
(2–1–2)
Alumni Stadium (1,022)
South Bend, Indiana
October 09
1:00 pm
No. 15 at No. 21 Louisville W 1–0  10–3–2
(3–1–2)
Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium (1,179)
Louisville, Kentucky
October 14
7:00 pm
No. 18 Miami (FL) W 1–0  11–3–2
(4–1–2)
Riggs Field (812)
Clemson, South Carolina
October 20
7:00 pm
No. 17 Boston College W 2–1  12–3–2
(5–1–2)
Riggs Field (471)
Clemson, South Carolina
October 23
1:00 pm
No. 17 NC State
Senior Day
W 2–1  12–3–2
(6–1–2)
Riggs Field (646)
Clemson, South Carolina
October 27
7:00 pm
No. 13 at No. 6 Duke W 1–0  13–3–2
(7–1–2)
Koskinen Stadium (809)
Durham, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
October 30
1:00 pm
No. 14 Miami (FL)
ACC Quarterfinals
T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) 2OT 13–3–3
Riggs Field (218)
Clemson, SC
November 4
8:00 pm
No. 9 vs. No. 13 Florida State
ACC Semifinals
L 0–1  13–4–3
MUSC Health Stadium (2,995)
Charleston, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 13
1:00 pm
No. 3 Northeastern
NCAA First Round
W 1–0  14–4–3
Riggs Field (229)
Clemson, SC
November 18*
3:00 pm
No. 3 Arkansas
NCAA Second Round
T 0–0 (4–2 PK) 2OT 14–4–4
Fetzer Field (1,917)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 20*
1:00 pm
No. 3 at No. 2 North Carolina
NCAA Sweet 16
L 0–1  14–5–4
Fetzer Field (1,732)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movement
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Final
NSCAA [8] 14 8 6 13 13 13 13 12 18 17 14 9 12 None Released 12
TopDrawer Soccer [9] 10 10 9 9 14 15 11 12 12 15 15 12 10 13 11 13 13

References

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  2. "Tigers Ranked 14th in NSCAA Preseason Poll". Clemson Tigers. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  3. "ACC Champions! No. 14 Clemson Wins ACC Regular Season Crown with Upset of No. 6 Duke". Clemson Tigers. 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  4. "No. 12 Tigers Fall to No. 6 UNC in NCAA Sweet 16 Heartbreaker". Clemson Tigers. 20 November 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. "ACC announces 2016 women's soccer awards". ACC. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. "CU Women's Soccer – 2016 Roster". Clemson Tigers. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  7. "Clemson Women's Soccer Names Team Captains". Clemson Tigers. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  8. "NCAA DI Women's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017.
  9. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
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