2024 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team

2024 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer
2024 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Runner-Up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 2
Record	16–4–4 (7–2–1 ACC)
Head coach	Tony Da Luz (28th season);
Associate head coach	Brittany Cameron (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Courtney Drummond (3rd season); Taylor Culp (1st season);
Home stadium	Spry Stadium
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team represents Wake Forest University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Demon Deacons are led by head coach Tony Da Luz, in his twenty-eighth season. They play their home games at Spry Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This is the team's 30th season playing organized women's college soccer, all of which have been played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2024 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 3 Duke ‍†‍‍^y	9	–	0	–	1	.950	18	–	3	–	1	.841
No. 2 Wake Forest ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1	.750	16	–	4	–	4	.750
No. 13 Florida State ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	2	–	1	.750	15	–	2	–	4	.810
No. 1 North Carolina ‍‍‍^y	7	–	3	–	0	.700	22	–	5	–	0	.815
No. 7 Virginia Tech ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	2	.700	14	–	6	–	3	.674
No. 6 Notre Dame ‍‍‍^y	5	–	1	–	4	.700	14	–	4	–	4	.727
California ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	13	–	6	–	2	.667
No. 4 Stanford ‍‍‍^y	5	–	4	–	1	.550	16	–	5	–	2	.739
Virginia ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0	.500	13	–	5	–	1	.711
Boston College ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2	.500	12	–	5	–	2	.684
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	2	.400	9	–	6	–	3	.583
Louisville ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3	.350	7	–	6	–	5	.528
SMU ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2	.300	6	–	9	–	2	.412
Clemson ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1	.250	6	–	8	–	3	.441
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	5	–	8	–	4	.412
NC State ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3	.250	4	–	10	–	4	.333
Syracuse ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1	.050	6	–	10	–	2	.389


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

Previous season

The Demon Deacons finished the season 10–2–5 overall and 4–2–4 in ACC ACC play to finish in sixth place. They qualified for the ACC Tournament as the sixth seed, and lost in the First Round to Clemson. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Madison Howard	00	GK	5'8"	Senior	Greensboro, North Carolina	Graduated; transferred to Northwestern^[1]
Reese Kim	2	MF	5'5"	Junior	Manhattan Beach, California	Graduated
Kristi Vierra	8	MF	5'7"	Senior	Norwell, Massachusetts	Graduated
Liv Stowell	11	FW	5'4"	Senior	Londonderry, New Hampshire	Graduated
Carrie McIntire	14	FW	5'9"	Senior	Haymarket, Virginia	Graduated; transferred to Johns Hopkins
Baylor Goldthwaite	21	MF	5'5"	Sophomore	Durham, North Carolina	Transferred to Boston College
Sasha Schwartz	22	DF	5'6"	Senior	New York City, New York	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Paige Nurkin	0	GK	6'0"	Graduate Student	Charlotte, North Carolina	Columbia
Emily Colton	3	MF	5'3"	Senior	Carlsbad, California	North Carolina

Recruiting class

Name	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Chloe Burst FW	New Orleans, Louisiana	Challenge SC	^[2]
Amaya Dawkins MF	Wylie, Texas	FC Dallas (ECNL)	^[3]
Josephine Noble FW	Wilmette, Illinois	Eclipse Select (IL)	^[4]
Miri O'Donnell FW	San Ramon, California	Mountain View Los Altos SC	^[5]
Lola Ressler MF	Winter Garden, Florida	Orlando City SC (ECNL)	^[6]
Tahlia Zadeyan DF	La Jolla, California	Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks	^[7]
Mariner Headrick FW	Madrid, Spain	Atlético Madrid	^[8]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024 ^[9]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Paige Nurkin
1	GK	USA	Valentina Amaral
2	MF	USA	Amaya Dawkins
3	MF	USA	Emily Colton
4	MF	CAN	Nikayla Small
5	DF	USA	MJ Osborne
6	MF	USA	Dempsey Brown
7	DF	ISL	Kristin Johnson
8	FW	USA	Chloe Burst
9	MF	USA	Caiya Hanks
10	MF	ENG	Malaika Meena
13	MF	USA	Emily Morris
14	MF	USA	Lola Ressler
15	DF	USA	Sammi Wiemann
16	FW	USA	Alex Wood
17	DF	USA	Tyla Ochoa
18	DF	USA	Kate Dobsch
19	FW	USA	Sierra Sythe


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	USA	Hannah Johnson
22	MF	USA	Josie Nobel
23	DF	USA	Allie Schmidt
24	DF	USA	Zara Chavoshi
25	MF	USA	Sophie Faircloth
26	DF	USA	Taryn Chance
27	DF	USA	Nadia DeMarinis
28	MF	USA	Carly Wilson
29	DF	USA	Olivia DeMarinis
30	MF	USA	Anna Swanson
31	MF	USA	Olivia Duvall
32	MF	USA	Emily Silva
33	DF	USA	Abbie Colton
34	DF	USA	Laurel Ansbrow
35	FW	IRL	Emily Murphy
39	DF	USA	Laine DeNatale
88	GK	USA	Peyton Cahill

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Tony Da Luz
Associate Head Coach	Brittany Cameron
Assistant Coach	Courtney Drummond
Assistant Coach	Taylor Culp

Source:^[9]

Schedule

Source:^[10]^[11]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 7* 7:00 p.m.		James Madison	None Reported	—	Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
August 10* 7:00 p.m.		at No. 21 South Carolina	None Reported^[12]	—	Stone Stadium Columbia, SC
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 15* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Army	W 1–0	1–0–0	Clinton Field (300) West Point, NY
August 18* 1:00 p.m., BTN+		at Rutgers	T 1–1	1–0–1	Yurcak Field (906) Piscataway, NJ
August 22* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Temple	W 4–0	2–0–1	Spry Stadium (2,237) Winston-Salem, NC
August 25* 2:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 20 Mississippi State	W 2–1	3–0–1	Spry Stadium (933) Winston-Salem, NC
August 29* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at Richmond	Cancelled^[13]	3–0–1	President's Field Richmond, VA
September 1* 6:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 18	at Iowa	L 0–2	3–1–1	UI Soccer Complex (1,563) Iowa City, IA
September 5* 4:00 p.m., FloFC		at Villanova	W 1–0	4–1–1	Higgins Soccer Complex (397) Villanova, PA
September 8* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		UNC Asheville	W 5–0	5–1–1	Spry Stadium (758) Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Regular Season
September 12 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 10 North Carolina	L 0–1	5–2–1 (0–1–0)	Dorrance Field (2,942) Chapel Hill, NC
September 15 12:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 2 Virginia	W 3–0	6–2–1 (1–1–0)	Klöckner Stadium (1,402) Charlottesville, VA
September 19 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 13	No. 1 Stanford	W 1–0	7–2–1 (2–1–0)	Spry Stadium (1,229) Winston-Salem, NC
September 22 12:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 13	California	T 2–2	7–2–2 (2–1–1)	Spry Stadium (855) Winston-Salem, NC
September 29 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 5	at Syracuse	W 3–0	8–2–2 (3–1–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (944) Syracuse, NY
October 3 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	No. 6 Florida State	W 4–1	9–2–2 (4–1–1)	Spry Stadium (1,621) Winston-Salem, NC
October 19 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	at SMU	W 2–1	10–2–2 (5–1–1)	Washburne Stadium (933) Dallas, TX
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	at Pittsburgh	W 2–0	11–2–2 (6–1–1)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (759) Pittsburgh, PA
October 27 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	No. 1 Duke	L 0–2	11–3–2 (6–2–1)	Spry Stadium (3,761) Winston-Salem, NC
October 31 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	NC State	W 3–0	12–3–2 (7–2–1)	Spry Stadium (894) Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
November 7 5:30 p.m., ACCN	(2) No. 3	vs. (3) No. 6 Florida State Semifinals	T 1–1 (1–3 PKs)	12–3–3	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,065) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 3	Morehead State First Round	W 4–0	13–3–3	Spry Stadium (601) Winston-Salem, NC
November 22 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 3	Colorado Second Round	W 3–1	14–3–3	Spry Stadium (612) Winston-Salem, NC
November 24 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 3	(3) No. 10 Ohio State Round of 16	W 1–0	15–3–3	Spry Stadium (870) Winston-Salem, NC
November 29 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	(2) No. 3	at (1) No. 4 USC Quarterfinals	T 2–2 (4–3 PKs) ^2OT	15–3–4	Dignity Health Sports Park (1,208) Carson, CA
December 6 5:00 p.m., ESPNU	(2) No. 3	vs. (3) No. 14т Stanford Semifinals	W 1–0	16–3–4	WakeMed Soccer Park (10,333) Cary, NC
December 9 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	(2) No. 3	(2) No. 8 North Carolina Final	L 0–1	16–4–4	WakeMed Soccer Park (9,475) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Caiya Hanks	ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 5	September 17	^[14]
Emily Colton	ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 6	September 24	^[15]
Emily Murphy	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 8	October 7, 2024	^[16]
Caiya Hanks	All-ACC First Team	November 6, 2024	^[17]
Zara Chavoshi	All-ACC Second Team
Emily Colton
Emily Murphy
Valentina Amaral	All-ACC Third Team
Emily Morris	All-ACC Tournament Team	November 10, 2024	^[18]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer^[19]	RV	RV	18	RV	RV	13	5	4	3	2	2	3	Not released					2
TopDrawer Soccer^[20]	—	—	20	20	22	15	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	2

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^ "Women's Soccer Thursday Home Match vs No. 18 Wake Forest Canceled due to Weather". richmondspiders.com. University of Richmond Athletics. August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
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[2] "Chloe Burst". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

[3] "Amaya Dawkins". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

[4] "Josephine Noble". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

[5] "Miri O'Donnell". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

[6] "Lola Ressler". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

[7] "Tahlia Zadeyan". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

[8] "Mariner Headrick". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

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[11] "Mark Your Calendars! Wake Forest Women's Soccer Releases 2024 Schedule". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University. April 18, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

[12] @WakeWSoccer (August 10, 2024). "A perfect preseason is in the books ✅ We do it for real on Thursday 🔜" (Tweet). Retrieved August 11, 2024 – via Twitter.

[13] "Women's Soccer Thursday Home Match vs No. 18 Wake Forest Canceled due to Weather". richmondspiders.com. University of Richmond Athletics. August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.

[14] "ACC Announces Women's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.

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