Clemson Tigers women's soccer

The Clemson women's soccer team was founded in 1994. The program enjoyed early success under its first coach Tracey Leone. The team tied for second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference during this period and made the NCAA tournament in every year. The Tigers also reached the ACC tournament final twice during this period. The team's best finish was a quarterfinals appearance in 1998. In 1999, Tracey Leone was replaced as head coach by Ray Leone.

The team's good fortunes continued in the 2000s finishing no lower than 3rd in the ACC in the first four seasons. Ray Leone left as Head Coach in 2000 and was replaced by Todd Bramble.[2] The team could not quite match the success of the early 2000s, never finishing above 4th in the ACC between 2004 and 2010. The Tigers continued to make the NCAA tournament. They made the tournament every season under Bramble. Their best result was the Quarterfinals in 2008. In 2008, Bramble left as coach and was replaced with Hershey Strosberg.[3] The team took a sharp decline under Strosberg, finishing 10th or below in the ACC in each of his three seasons in charge. The team failed to make the NCAA tournament in those three years, ending a streak of 14 consecutive appearances.

Strosberg was fired in 2010 and replaced with Eddie Radwanski.[4] Radwanski's teams improved in each of their first three seasons but could not finish above 10th in the ACC and failed to make the NCAA tournament. A six win improvement from 2013 to 2014 saw the Tigers finish 5th in the ACC and return to the NCAA tournament. The Tigers have made the NCAA tournament during the next two seasons and recorded double digit wins from 2014–2019. The team advanced farther in each NCAA tournament appearance during 2014–16, including a Sweet 16 trip in 2016, their first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2001. The Tigers could not repeat the feat in the last three years of the decade, making the Second Round twice (2017 and 2019), but falling there in each year.

In 2014 a lawsuit was brought against Clemson University, Clemson University administrators, 3 women's soccer team coaches, and 16 women's soccer team players by Haley Hunt. Hunt was a member of the team from 2011–2013. The lawsuit claims that Hunt was subjected to hazing during her time with the team and the hazing caused significant physical harm.[5] As of 2016, Hunt has settled with all but one of the defendants named in the case.[6]

The decade started with a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The team only played one non-conference game and played a shortened eight game conference schedule. The team finished 4th in the ACC with a 5–3–0 record, but could not advance past the first round of the ACC Tournament.

Updated September 11, 2020[11]

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  USA Halle Mackiewicz 2 DF  USA Makenna Morris 4 DF  USA Harper White 5 MF  USA Grace Wagner 6 MF  USA Devi Dudley 7 DF  USA Sydney Dawson 8 MF  USA Haley Schueppert 9 MF  USA Audrey Viso 11 MF  USA Kimber Haley 12 DF  USA Madi Reid 14 DF  USA Abigail Mitchell 15 MF  USA Hal Hershfelt 17 FW  VEN Mariana Speckmaier

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  USA Renee Guion 20 FW  USA Courtney Jones 21 FW  USA Maliah Morris 22 FW  USA Lauren Burns 23 FW  USA Caroline Conti 24 MF  USA Megan Bornkamp 25 DF  USA Olivia Bonacorso 26 GK  USA Hannah McLaughlin 28 DF  USA Abby Hanks 29 FW  USA Sami Meredith 38 DF  USA Jackson Moehler 51 GK  USA Hensley Hancuff

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Dan Radakovich
Head Coach	Eddie Radwanski
Associate Head Coach	Jeff Robbins
Assistant Coach	Siri Mullinix
Director of Operations	Julie Carson
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Alora Sullivan

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