ACC Releases Preseason Coaches Poll and All-ACC Team

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference released its preseason coaches poll and All-ACC team Tuesday afternoon, ranking Clemson as a top-five team in the league and placing two Tigers on the preseason All-ACC. The Tigers sit fifth in the ACC while Natalie Shurtleff (midfielder) and Kayla Macleod (at-large) earn a spot on the preseason squad.

SHURTLEFF’S FILE

• Clemson’s all-time points leader with 99.
• Ranks second in career assists (41).
• Holds the second-most assists in a season (21 in 2025) and is tied for third (20 in 2024).
• Tied for fourth on Clemson’s career goals list alongside Regan Byrne and is just two goals shy of entering the top three.
• Tied with Macleod for sixth-most points in a season (57 in 2025) and ranks 10^th (42 in 2024).
• Eighth-most goals in a season with 36 (2025).
• Shares the program record for most assists in a game (four on April 5, 2025, vs. Virginia Tech).
• Sixth in career ground balls (46).
• Fifth in career draw controls (69) and 10^th in single season draw controls (35 in 2025).
• Seventh in career turnovers (23).
• Tied for second in career game-winning goals (three), including two last seasons.
• Fourth in career free-position goals (13).

MORE ON MACLEOD

• Ranks second in career points for Clemson (90).
• Tied with Shurtleff for the sixth-most points in a season (57 in 2025).
• Holds the most goals in program history (77) with a season high of 47 (2025).
• Tied with teammate Byrne and two others for the second-most goals in a game (six).
• Tied for the eighth-most career assists (13).
• Owns a program-leading 15 woman-up goals (six more than the No. 2 spot) and has the most woman-up goals in a season for Clemson with 10.
• Tied with teammates Blair Byrne and Shurtleff along with two others for the second-most career game-winning goals (three).
• Holds a program record 26 career free position goals, 12 more than the next closest athlete.

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