Friday, Nov. 4 – ACC Championship Semifinals
MUSC Health Stadium – Charleston, S.C.
No. 1 Notre Dame vs No. 4 North Carolina – 5:30 p.m.
No. 2 Clemson vs No. 6 Florida State – 8 p.m. (ACCN Extra)
Sunday, Nov. 6 – ACC Championship Final
MUSC Health Stadium – Charleston, S.C.
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3 – Three MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List selections will be on display this weekend at MUSC Health Stadium, including Clemson senior goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan, and Florida State sophomore midfielder Megan Connolly and red-shirt senior defender Kirsten Crowley. Overall, the ACC has 10 players on the Watch List.
4 – The 2016 ACC Women’s Soccer Championship features four of the top 15 nationally ranked teams in the latest NSCAA and Soccer America polls.
5 – Reigning ACC Champion Florida State will look to win its fourth straight ACC Women’s Soccer Championship and fifth overall. The Seminoles claimed the title in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
6 – Six ACC teams have been ranked among the top 25 for all 12 weeks of the season, while 10 teams have been ranked in at least one national poll for at least one week this season.
6 – The ACC champion will earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship, which has been well represented by conference teams. The ACC has had at least six teams selected to the NCAA Tournament each of the last 17 seasons, including eight in 2015. The ACC set the record for most teams selected from a single conference with nine in 2011 and 2012.
8 – Eight different ACC institutions have represented the league at the College Cup (Boston College, Duke, Florida State, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest) since 1982.
11 – The ACC has 11 student-athletes named to rosters or in training camps for their native countries for the 2016 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup, including six on the U.S. team. The U-20 Women’s World Cup is being held in Papua New Guinea from Nov. 13-Dec. 3. (See page 4 for list of players).
13 – Thirteen ACC student-athletes are among this year’s College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District honorees. Those 13 All-District honorees advance to the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot where first-, second-, and third-team All-Americans will be selected later this month.
15 – The ACC Tournament Champion has gone on to win the NCAA Women’s College Cup 15 times, including Florida State in 2014.
15 – The ACC had 15 current or former student-athletes represent its member institutions on teams at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio. Included in the 15 were three current student-athletes: Clemson’s Kailen Sheridan and Duke’s Rebecca Quinn, who earned a Bronze medal as members of Team Canada, and Miami’s Catalina Perez, who was on the Columbia roster. Virginia head coach Steve Swanson was an assistant coach for U.S. Women’s National Team.
22 – North Carolina seeks its 22nd ACC Women’s Soccer Championship title, tops among all schools. Defending conference champion Florida State has claimed four ACC titles – all since 2011. Clemson and Notre Dame each seeks their first ACC women’s soccer title.
25 – Current ACC membership combines for 25 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championships. North Carolina owns 21 NCAA titles and Florida State owns one, while Notre Dame won three prior to joining the league in 2013.
46 – The ACC has 46 appearances in the College Cup — the most of any conference (the next closest conference is the Pac-12 with 20 appearances). Current membership combines for 58 appearances.
