2025 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 3 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 2 |
| Record | 2–0–0 (0–0–0 ACC) |
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| Associate head coach | Bobby Shuttleworth (4th season) |
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| Home stadium | Seminole Soccer Complex |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Wake Forest | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Duke | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7т Notre Dame | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 North Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of August 19, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represents Florida State University during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This marks the 31st season of the university fielding a women's soccer program, during all of which they have been members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Seminoles are led by fourth-year head coach Brian Pensky, and play their home games at Seminole Soccer Complex in Tallahassee, Florida.
Previous season
The Seminoles finished the regular season 12–2–2 and 7–2–1 in ACC play to finish in a tie for second place. As the third seed in the ACC Tournament, they hosted sixth seed and thirteenth ranked Notre Dame in the First Round. The Seminoles won and advanced to the Semifinals where they advanced via penalty shoot-out against Wake Forest. The Final was a rematch of a regular season foe North Carolina, which the Seminoles won 3–2. This was the Seminoles seventh consecutive ACC tournament title.[1] As tournament champions, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the first seed in the Florida State Bracket. They defeated Samford in the First Round, before being upset by Vanderbilt in the Second Round via penalty shoot-out. Florida State ended the season with a 15–2–4 overall record.
Offseason
Departures
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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| Taylor Huff | 3 | MF/FW | 5'8" | Senior | Mansfield, Ohio | Graduated; signed professional contract with Bay FC[2] |
| Ran Iwai | 7 | DF | 5'3" | Graduate Student | Tokyo, Japan | Graduated |
| Nina Norshie | 12 | DF | 5'9" | Junior | Accra, Ghana | Transferred to Texas State |
| Camille Ashe | 13 | DF | 5'10" | Graduate Student | Arlington, Virginia | Graduated |
| Carissa Boeckmann | 14 | MF | 5'5" | Senior | San Antonio, Texas | Graduated |
| Emma Kirlin | 18 | GK | 5'7" | Freshman | Greenville, South Carolina | Transferred to South Carolina[3] |
| Olivia Lebdaoui | 21 | FW | 5'6" | Junior | Panama City Beach, Florida | Transferred to Iowa |
| Maddie Smith | 23 | GK | 5'8" | Graduate Student | Omaha, Nebraska | Graduated |
| Ashlyn Puerta | 30 | MF/FW | 5'7" | Freshman | San Diego, California | Signed professional contract with Sporting JAX[4] |
Incoming transfers
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| Janet Okeke | 8 | DF | 5'7" | Sophomore | Laval, Canada | NC State[5] |
| Yuna McCormack | 14 | MF | 5'9" | Junior | Mill Valley, California | Virginia |
| Enasia Colon | 23 | MF/FW | 5'4" | Senior | Bradenton, Florida | Arizona State |
Source:[3]
Recruiting class
| Name | Nationality | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating |
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Nawreen Ahmad MF |
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Falls Church, Virginia | Fairfax Virginia Union |   [6]
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Ashlyn Anderson FW |
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Carmen, Indiana | Indy Premier Soccer Club | [7]
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Mya Brandon DF |
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Canton, Michigan | Michigan Hawks | [8]
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Omotara Junaid MF |
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Jacksonville, Florida | Arsenal | N/A[9] |
Jaida McGrew FW |
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Stanley, North Carolina | Charlotte Soccer Academy | [10]
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Evan O'Steen GK |
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Grapevine, Texas | Solar Soccer Club | [11]
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Kate Ockene GK |
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Sandy, Utah | La Roca FC | [12]
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Kai Price DF |
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Duluth, Georgia | Concorde Fire SC | [13]
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Nyanya Touray FW |
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Silver Spring, Maryland | Bethesda SC | [14]
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Squad
Roster
- As of August 6, 2025[15]
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Team management
| Position | Staff |
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| Athletic Director | Michael Alford |
| Head Coach | Brian Pensky |
| Associate Head Coach | Bobby Shuttleworth |
| Assistant Coach | Micah Bledsoe |
| Assistant Coach | Erwin van Bennekom |
| Director of Operations | Mackenzie Ostrom |
Source:[15]
Schedule
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| August 8* 6:00 p.m. |
No. 3 | Alabama | W 4–1 | — |
Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| Non-conference Regular season | |||||||||||
| August 14* 7:00 p.m., ACCN |
No. 3 | Florida Rivalry |
W 5–0 | 1–0 |
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,600[18]) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| August 17* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 3 | FIU | W 2–0 | 2–0 |
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,004[19]) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| August 28* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Kansas | Rock Chalk Park Lawrence, KS | |||||||||
| September 4* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Stetson | Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||
| September 7* 12:00 p.m. |
at Florida Atlantic | FAU Soccer Stadium Boca Raton, FL | |||||||||
| ACC Regular season | |||||||||||
| September 11 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Louisville | Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||
| September 14 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Syracuse | SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY | |||||||||
| September 17 7:00 p.m., ACCN |
at North Carolina | Dorrance Field Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||||
| September 21 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at NC State | Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC | |||||||||
| October 3 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Miami (FL) Rivalry |
Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||
| October 9 7:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN | |||||||||
| October 16 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Stanford | Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||
| October 19 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
California | Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||
| October 23 6:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Virginia | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA | |||||||||
| October 30 6:00 p.m., ACCN |
Wake Forest | Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. | |||||||||||
Awards and honors
| Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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| Jordynn Dudley | Pre-season All-ACC Team | August 7 | [20] |
| Heather Gilchrist | |||
| Jordynn Dudley | Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First Team | August 12 | [21] |
| Yuna McCormack | Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Second Team | ||
| Heather Gilchrist | Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Third Team | ||
| Jordynn Dudley | Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist | August 14 | [22] |
| Heather Gilchrist |
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| United Soccer[23] | 3 | 3 (2) | Not released | |||||||||||||||
| TopDrawer Soccer[24] | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
References
- ^ "FSU Begins National Championship Defense In NCAA Tournament". Seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. November 14, 2024. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
- ^ "Bay FC signs three-time All-American Taylor Huff to first professional contract". Bay FC. January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ a b "2025 Women's Division I Transfer Tracker". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
- ^ "Sporting JAX announces first player signings ahead of historic Gainbridge Super League debut". Sporting Club Jacksonville. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
- ^ "FSU Soccer Announces Transfer Signing Janet Okeke". Florida State Seminoles. December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ^ "Nawreen Ahmad". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "Ashlyn Anderson". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "Mya Brandon". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Women's DI International Signees". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "Jaida McGrew". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "Evan O'Steen". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "Kate Ockene". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "Kai Price". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "Nyanya Touray". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ a b "2025 Women's Soccer roster". Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Women's Soccer Schedule". Seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "FSU Soccer Announces 2025 Schedule". Seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. June 20, 2025. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
- ^ "Florida vs Florida State - Box Score". Seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. August 14, 2025. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
- ^ "Florida International vs Florida State - Box Score". Seminoles.com. Florida State University Athletics. August 17, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
- ^ "North Carolina Selected 2025 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 7, 2025. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Women's Division I Preseason Awards". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. August 12, 2025. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
- ^ Wilburn, Sarah (August 14, 2025). "2025 Women's Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". United Soccer Coaches. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
- ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
- ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer. TopDrawer Soccer. August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2025.