The Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represents Florida State University (variously Florida State or FSU) in the sport of college soccer. The Seminoles compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Florida State Seminoles soccer
2022 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team
Founded	1995; 27 years ago (1995)
University	Florida State University
Head coach	Brian Pensky (1st season)
Conference	ACC
Location	Tallahassee, Florida
Stadium	Seminole Soccer Complex (Capacity: 1,600)
Nickname	Seminoles
Colors	Garnet and gold[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament championships
2014, 2018, 2021
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2007, 2013, 2020
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Conference Tournament championships
2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
Conference Regular Season championships
2009, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022

Florida State has made twenty-three NCAA Tournament appearances, advancing to the second round on twenty-two occasions, the third round on nineteen occasions, and to the quarterfinals on sixteen occasions. Florida State has gone on to make twelve appearances in the College Cup, advancing to the final on six occasions, finishing as runner-up in 2007, 2013, and 2020 and champions in 2014, 2018, and 2021. The Seminoles have won the regular season conference title five times and the conference tournament nine times. Florida State has had twenty-nine All-American players and two Hermann Trophy winners. Florida State has also had twenty-two players selected in the NWSL College Draft,[2] with seven first-round picks.

The Seminoles are coached by Brian Pensky and play their home games in the Seminole Soccer Complex on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus.

History

The Florida State Seminoles have one of the top women's soccer programs in the nation. The university added women's soccer as its 17th varsity sport in 1998, and have qualified for the NCAA tournament every year since 2000, appearing in the Women's College Cup tournament twelve times since 2003. In final season rankings, they have been in the top 10 every year since 2005. Florida State finished the 2007, 2013, and 2020 seasons as national runner-up with a second-place finish in the polls. The Seminoles finished first in the polls in 2014, 2018, and 2021, winning the national title. The Seminoles completed their first undefeated regular season in 2020. On March 29, 2022, Mark Krikorian resigned as head coach;[3] Tennessee coach Brian Pensky was subsequently hired as his replacement.

Current roster

As of September 15, 2022.

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  PUR Cristina Roque 2 FW  USA Jenna Nighswonger 5 MF  USA Summer Denigan 6 MF  NGA Onyi Echegini 7 MF  JPN Ran Iwai 8 DF  USA Lauren Flynn 9 FW  SWE Beata Olsson 10 FW  JAM Jody Brown 12 MF  IRL Heather Payne 13 FW  BER LeiLanni Nesbeth

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  USA Kaitlyn Zipay 16 MF  USA Sophia Nguyen 17 MF  ENG Emma Bissell 18 MF  POR Maria Alagoa 19 FW  USA Amelia Horton 20 DF  USA Heather Gilchrist 21 FW  USA Olivia Lebdaoui 23 GK  USA Mia Justus 26 DF  USA Clara Robbins 88 MF  CAN Melina Descary

All-Time record

• Soccer was officially recognized by the university as a varsity sport beginning with the 1998 season

Rivalries

College Cup

The Seminoles have appeared in the College Cup a total of twelve times, the second most appearances of any ACC school and third-most nationally behind UNC and Notre Dame.[4]

Florida State has made six appearances in the National Championship game:

Awards

Mami Yamaguchi won the Herman Trophy during her time at Florida State.

Dagny Brynjarsdottir was a finalist for the Herman Trophy.

• Hermann Trophy
  • Mami Yamaguchi - 2007 Winner
  • Dagný Brynjarsdóttir - 2014 Runner-Up
  • Jaelin Howell - 2020 & 2021 Winner
• MAC Player of the Year
  • Mami Yamaguchi (2007)
  • Jaelin Howell (2020, 2021)
• All-Americans
  • First Team: Kelly Rowland (2006), India Trotter (2006), Mami Yamaguchi (2007), Amanda DaCosta (2008), Becky Edwards (2008, 2009), Tiffany McCarty (2009), Ines Jaurena (2012), Kassey Kallman (2013), Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (2014), Kristin Grubka (2014), Megan Connolly (2015), Cassie Miller (2016), Deyna Castellanos (2019), Jaelin Howell (2020, 2021), Malia Berkely (2020), Emily Madril (2021)
  • Second Team: India Trotter (2005), Selin Kuralay (2006), Sanna Talonen (2008), Sarah Wagenfuhr (2008), Ines Jaurena (2011), Tiffany McCarty (2011), Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (2013), Kirsten Crowley (2016), Deyna Castellanos (2018), Yujie Zhao (2018, 2021), Emily Madril (2021)
  • Third Team: Leah Gallegos (2003), Amanda DaCosta (2010), Tori Huster (2011), Tiffany McCarty (2012), Kelsey Wys (2012), Cheyna Williams (2014), Natalia Kuikka (2016, 2018), Yujie Zhao (2020)
  • Fourth Team: Toni Pressley (2010)
• All-ACC Players
  • First Team: Emma Breeland (2000), Cindy Schofield (2001, 2002), Kristin Boyce (2003), Leah Gallegos (2003), Joy McKenzie (2004), India Trotter (2004, 2005, 2006), Selin Kuralay (2005, 2006), Viola Odebrecht (2005), Katrin Schmidt (2006), Mami Yamaguchi (2007), Amanda DaCosta (2008, 2010), Sanna Talnen (2008), Sarah Wagenfuhr (2008), Becky Edwards (2009), Tiffany McCarty (2009), Toni Pressley (2010), Tori Huster (2010), Ines Jaurena (2011), Kassey Kallman (2012, 2013), Kelsey Wys (2012), Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (2013, 2014), Kristin Grubka (2013, 2014), Megan Connolly (2015), Cheyna Williams (2015), Kirsten Crowley (2016), Deyna Castellanos (2017, 2018), Natalia Kuikka (2017), Yujie Zhao (2018, 2020, 2021), Malia Berkely (2020), Jaelin Howell (2020, 2021), Emily Madril (2021) , Jenna Nighswonger (2022), Jody Brown (2022), Cristina Roque (2022)
  • Second Team: Melissa Juhl (1996), Amber Tollefson (2001), Kelly Rowland (2004, 2006), Julia Schnugg (2004), Amanda DaCosta (2007, 2009), Becky Edwards (2008), Toni Pressley (2009), Jessica Price (2009), Tori Huster (2010), Ines Jaurena (2010), Kassey Kallman (2010), Kelsey Wys (2010, 2013), Casey Short (2010, 2012), Tiffany McCarty (2012), Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (2012), Megan Campbell (2013, 2015), Jamia Fields (2014), Cassie Miller (2014, 2015, 2016), Kirsten Crowley (2015), Deyna Castellanos (2016), Megan Connolly (2016), Natalia Kuikka (2016, 2018), Jaelin Howell (2018), Emily Madril (2020), Clara Robbins (2020, 2021, 2022), Cristina Roque (2020), Gabby Carle (2021), Beata Olsson (2021) , Onyi Echegini (2022), Leilanni Nesbeth (2022)
  • Third Team: Isabella Schmidt (2014), Berglind Thorvaldsdottir (2014), Emma Koivisto (2015, 2016), Carson Pickett (2015), Michaela Hahn (2015), Gloriana Villalobos (2017), Malia Berkely (2018), Jenna Nighswonger (2020), Jody Brown (2021), Heather Payne (2022), Beata Olssen (2022)
  • Freshman Team: Megan Connolly (2015), Kaycie Tillman (2015), Natalia Kuikka (2015), Malia Berkely (2016), Deyna Castellanos (2016), Kristen McFarland (2016), Gloriana Villalobos (2017), Yujie Zhao (2018), Jaelin Howell (2018), Jody Brown (2020), Kaitlyn Zipay (2020), Cristina Roque (2020), Maria Alagoa (2021), Mia Justus (2021), Heather Gilchrist (2022)
• ACC Offensive Player of the Year
  • Mami Yamaguchi (2007)
  • Tiffany McCarty (2009)
  • Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (2014)
• ACC Defensive Player of the Year
  • Kassey Kallman (2013)
  • Kristin Grubka (2014)
  • Malia Berkely (2019, 2020)
  • Emily Madril (2021)
• ACC Midfielder of the Year
  • Jaelin Howell (2020, 2021)
• ACC Goalkeeper of the Year
  • Cristina Roque (2022)
• ACC Freshman of the Year
  • Tiffany McCarty (2008)
  • Megan Connolly (2015)
  • Yujie Zhao (2018)
• ACC Coach of the Year
  • Mark Krikorian (2005, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2020)
• NCAA College Cup - All Tournament Team
  • India Trotter (2003, 2005, 2006), Kelly Rowland (2006), Mami Yamaguchi (2007), Amanda DaCosta (2007), Sanna Talonen (2007), Tori Huster (2011), Tiffany McCarty (2012), Jamia Fields (2013, 2014), Kristin Grubka (2013, 2014), Kelsey Wys (2013), Cheyna Williams (2014), Cassie Miller (2014), Isabella Schmid (2014), Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (2014), Megan Connolly (2015), Jaelin Howell (2018), Malia Berkely (2018), Gabby Carle (2018), Dallas Dorosy (2018), Caroline Jeffers (2018), Natalia Kuikka (2018) Jenna Nighswonger (2020), Emily Madril (2020), Yujie Zhao (2020), Clara Robbins (2020)
• NSCAA All-Region Honor
  • Melissa Juhl (1996), Emma Breland (2000), Sarah Crawford (2000), Rachel Watkin (2000), Cindy Schofield (2001, 2002), Amber Tollefson (2001), Leah Gallegos (2003), Katie Beal (2003), Kristin Boyce (2003), Joy McKenzie (2003, 2004), Kelly Rowland (2004, 2005, 2006), Julia Schnugg (2004), India Trotter (2004, 2005, 2006), Viola Odebrecht (2005), Selin Kuralay (2005, 2006), Sarah Wagenfuhr (2005, 2006, 2008), Katrin Schmidt (2006), Mami Yamaguchi (2007), Becky Edwards (2007, 2008, 2009), Amanda DaCosta (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), Sanna Talonen (2008), Tiffany McCarty (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012), Toni Pressley (2009, 2010), Jessica Price (2009), Tori Huster (2010, 2011), Ines Jaurena (2011, 2012), Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (2012, 2013), Kassey Kallman (2012, 2013, 2014), Casey Short (2012), Kelsey Wys (2012, 2013), Kristin Grubka (2013, 2014), Megan Campbell (2013), Cheyna Williams (2014), Cassie Miller (2014, 2015, 2016), Megan Connolly (2015), Kirsten Crowley (2015, 2016), Michaela Hahn (2015), Natalia Kuikka (2016, 2018), Kaycie Tillman (2016), Deyna Castellanos (2016, 2018, 2019), Yujie Zhao (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), Jaelin Howell (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), Malia Berkely (2019, 2020), Emily Madril (2020, 2021), Christina Roque (2020), Beata Olsson (2021)
• NSCAA Player of the Year
  • Mami Yamaguchi (2007)
  • Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (2014)
  • Jaelin Howell (2020, 2021)
• NSCAA Coach of the Year
  • Mark Krikorian (2014)
• NSCAA Assistant Coach of the Year
  • Mike Bristol (2014)
• Soccer America Women's Player of the Year
  • Dagný Brynjarsdóttir (2014)
• Soccer America Women's Coach of the Year
  • Mark Krikorian (2006, 2014)
• TopDrawer Soccer Freshman of the Year
  • Megan Connolly (2015)
  • Yujie Zhao (2018)
• TopDrawer Soccer Coach of the Year
  • Mark Krikorian (2018)

See also

• Florida State Seminoles
• History of Florida State University
• List of Florida State University professional athletes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Florida State Seminoles soccer.

• Official website