2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team


The 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Demon Deacons were led by head coach Tony Da Luz, in his seventeenth season. They played home games at Spry Stadium. This is the team's 25th season playing organized women's college soccer, all of which have been played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–8–4 (1–6–3 ACC)
Head coach
  • Tony Da Luz (17th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Philip Poole (1st season)
  • Courtney Owen (3rd season)
Home stadiumSpry Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍y 9 0 1   .950 24 1 2   .926
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 8 2 0   .800 18 6 0   .750
No. 9 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 6 0 3   .833 17 2 3   .841
No. 25 Louisville  ‍‍‍y 5 3 2   .600 13 5 2   .700
No. 17 NC State  ‍‍‍y 4 2 4   .600 12 7 4   .609
No. 18 Duke  ‍‍‍y 3 1 6   .600 9 4 7   .625
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 5 0   .500 11 7 2   .600
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 4 4 2   .500 11 8 2   .571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 4 4 2   .500 12 5 2   .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 2 6 2   .300 5 10 3   .361
Miami  ‍‍‍ 2 7 1   .250 5 9 2   .375
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 1 6 3   .250 6 8 4   .444
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 1   .167 3 11 2   .250
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 8 1   .150 8 8 2   .500
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The Demon Deacons finished the season 6–8–4 overall, and 1–6–3 in ACC play to finish in twelfth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Squad

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Roster

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Updated August 28, 2020[1]

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 Kaitlyn Parks
2 FW   USA Hayley Younginer
3 MF   USA Giovanna DeMarco
4 DF   GER Vicky Krug
5 FW   USA Ashley Frank
6 MF   USA Madeline Allburn
7 FW   USA Abby McNamara
8 FW   USA Haley Jordahl
9 MF   NZL Grace Jale
10 FW   FRA Estelle Laurier
16 GK   USA Mia Raben
17 DF   USA Madisyn Opstal
18 FW   USA Cameron Rawlings
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   USA Lyndon Wood
20 FW   JAM Shayla Smart
21 FW   USA Ryanne Brown
22 GK   USA Meghan Kennedy
23 MF   USA Lauren Tangney
26 DF   USA Mia Albery
28 FW   USA Sofia Rossi
31 MF   USA Brooke Smith
32 MF   USA Aanchal Jain
33 FW   USA Hannah Betfort
34 DF   USA Lily Schneider
88 FW   ISL Hulda Arnarsdottir
99 DF   USA Madison Hammond

Team management

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Position Staff
Head coach Tony Da Luz
Assistant coach Philip Poole
Assistant coach Courtney Owen
Volunteer Assistant Coach Marnie Merritt

Source:[1]

Schedule

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Source:[2]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 14*
1:00 p.m.
No. 23 No. 11 West Virginia L 1–2 
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Morgantown, WV
August 17*
7:00 p.m.
No. 23 Florida W 3–2 
Spry Stadium
Winston-Salem, NC
Non-Conference Regular season
August 22*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 23 Temple W 3–0  1–0–0
Spry Stadium
Winston-Salem, NC
August 25*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 23 Appalachian State W 2–0  2–0–0
Spry Stadium (713)
Winston-Salem, NC
August 28*
5:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 19 Santa Clara W 2–1  3–0–0
Spry Stadium (487)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 1*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Charlotte W 3–0  4–0–0
Transamerica Field (823)
Charlotte, NC
September 5*
7:00 p.m., WatchESPN
No. 25 VCU T 0–0 2OT 4–0–1
Spry Stadium (479)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 8*
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 25 UNC Wilmington W 2–0  5–0–1
Spry Stadium (478)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 12*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 1 North Carolina L 0–4  5–1–1
Dorrance Field (1,525)
Chapel Hill, NC
September 15*
2:00 p.m., WatchESPN
No. 25 South Florida L 2–3  5–2–1
Spry Stadium (451)
Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Regular season
September 20
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 Virginia T 1–1 2OT 5–2–2
(0–0–1)
Spry Stadium (1,011)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 26
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 10 Duke L 2–3  5–3–2
(0–1–1)
Spry Stadium (764)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 29
7:00 p.m., RSN
NC State T 1–1 2OT 5–3–3
(0–1–2)
Spry Stadium (541)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 3
7:00 p.m., ACCN
at No. 19 Louisville L 1–2  5–4–3
(0–2–2)
Lynn Stadium (843)
Louisville, KY
October 10
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Syracuse L 1–2 OT 5–5–3
(0–3–2)
SU Soccer Stadium (208)
Syracuse, NY
October 13
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Boston College T 3–3 2OT 5–5–4
(0–3–3)
Newton Campus Soccer Field (863)
Newton, MA
October 18
8:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Virginia Tech L 0–1  5–6–4
(0–4–3)
Thompson Field (619)
Blacksburg, VA
October 24
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Pittsburgh W 3–2 2OT 6–6–4
(1–4–3)
Spry Stadium (760)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 27
1:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5 Florida State L 1–2  6–7–4
(1–5–3)
Spry Stadium (545)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 31
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Notre Dame L 2–3 2OT 6–8–4
(1–6–3)
Alumni Stadium (352)
Notre Dame, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.