{"id":7393,"date":"2014-08-18T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7393"},"modified":"2014-08-19T14:09:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T18:09:11","slug":"unc-womens-soccer-team-picked-to-finish-third-in-acc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=7393","title":{"rendered":"UNC women’s soccer team picked to finish third in ACC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UNC coach Anson Dorrance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>North Carolina’s women’s soccer team finds themselves in an unfamiliar situation. The Tar Heels, who open the season at home Friday night against Stanford, received just one first-place vote in a poll by the league’s 14 head coaches. <\/p>\n

UNC did rank No. 8 in a national preseason poll issued by Top Drawer Soccer but that poll had the Tar Heels the fourth best ACC team, behind Virginia Tech.<\/p>\n

Florida State was chosen to repeat as the Atlantic Coast Conference women\u2019s soccer champion.<\/p>\n

The Seminoles received eight first-place votes en route to 189 total points, followed by Virginia (five first-place votes, 183 points) and North Carolina (one first-place vote, 166 points).<\/p>\n

Virginia Tech placed fourth in the voting, followed by Duke, Notre Dame and Wake Forest. Boston College placed eighth, followed by Clemson, Louisville, Syracuse, Miami, NC State and Pitt.<\/p>\n

FSU, Virginia and Virginia Tech were all participants in the 2013 NCAA Women\u2019s College Cup. A total of eight ACC teams were selected for last year\u2019s NCAA Women\u2019s Soccer Championship, including all four number-one seeds. It marked the first time in NCAA history that all four number one seeds had come from the same conference<\/p>\n

Virginia leads the 2014 Coaches\u2019 Preseason All-ACC Team with three selections among the 11 members, including 2013 MAC Hermann Trophy winner Morgan Brian. In addition to Brian, the preseason All-ACC teams features three more returning NSCAA All-Americans in Florida State\u2019s Dagny Brynjarsdottir and Virginia\u2019s Makenzy Doniak and Danielle Colaprico. Those four, along with Notre Dame\u2019s Cari Roccaro and North Carolina\u2019s Summer Green, were named to the 2014 MAC Hermann Watch List.<\/p>\n

ACC teams are set to open regular-season play this Friday, with the first conference games slated for Friday, Sept. 19. The top four teams in the final league standings will advance to the ACC Championship, scheduled for Nov. 7 and Nov. 9 at the UNC Greensboro Soccer Stadium.<\/p>\n

Preseason ACC Coaches Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Florida State (189 points, 8 first place votes)
\n2. Virginia (183, 5)
\n3. North Carolina (166, 1)
\n4. Virginia Tech (150)
\n5. Duke (135)
\n6. Notre Dame (128)
\n7. Wake Forest (104)
\n8. Boston College (95)
\n9. Clemson (79)
\n10. Louisville (72)
\n11. Syracuse (56)
\n12. Miami (44)
\n13. NC State (42)
\n14. Pitt (16)<\/p>\n

Preseason All-ACC Team<\/p>\n

Morgan Brian, Sr., M, Virginia
\nDagny Brynjarsdottir, Sr., M, Florida State
\nDanielle Colaprico, Sr., M, Virginia
\nMakenzy Doniak, Jr., F, Virginia
\nChristina Gibbons, So., D, Duke
\nSummer Green, Jr., F, North Carolina
\nKristin Grubka, Sr., D, Florida State
\nStephanie McCaffrey, Sr., F, Boston College
\nAshley Meier, Jr., M, Virginia Tech
\nCari Roccaro, Jr., M\/D, Notre Dame
\nKailen Sheridan, So, GK, Clemson <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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