2024 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 16 |
Record | 5–1–1 (0–0–0 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Ben Waldrum (7th season) |
Assistant coaches |
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Home stadium | Ambrose Urbanic Field |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Stanford | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Florida State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 North Carolina | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | – | 2 | .857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9т Notre Dame | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 21 Virginia Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Clemson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion As of September 5, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC |
The 2024 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represents the University of Pittsburgh during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers are led by head coach Randy Waldrum, in his seventh season. They play their home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This is the team's 29th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 12th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Previous season
[edit]The Panthers finished the season 17–6–1 overall and 6–3–1 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament they upset nationally third ranked North Carolina in overtime in the Quarterfinals. They could not advance further than the semifinals as they were defeated by Florida State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the seventh-seed in the Florida State Bracket, they defeated Ohio State 6–0 in the First Round and, second-seed Arkansas in the Second Round and sixth seed Memphis in the Round of 16. The victory against Memphis set up a third matchup with Florida State this season. The score in this matchup was the most lopsided of the three matches and the Panthers lost 3–0 to end their season.
Offseason
[edit]Departures
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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Lainie Fuchs | 3 | DF | 5'7" | Freshman | Vienna, Austria | Returned to Austria to play professionally |
Landy Mertz | 6 | MF | 5'4" | Senior | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Graduated; drafted 52nd overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft |
Fleming Dean | 7 | MF | 5'5" | Sophomore | Marietta, Georgia | Transferred to Stanford |
Amanda West | 9 | FW | 5'6" | Graduate Student | Sundsvall, Sweden | Graduated; drafted 36th overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft |
Anna Bout | 12 | MF | 5'5" | Graduate Student | Cambridge, Canada | Graduated |
Evie Craven | 14 | FW | 5'6" | Freshman | Stockport, England | Transferred to Charlotte |
Delaney Evers | 22 | FW | 5'7" | Freshman | Oakdale, Pennsylvania | Transferred to Charleston Southern[1] |
Emily Edwards | 25 | GK | 5'9" | Freshman | Holly Springs, North Carolina | Transferred to Purdue |
Kaley Simqu | 28 | DF | 5'3" | Freshman | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Transferred to Bowling Green |
Ashton Gordon | 32 | DF | 5'11" | Graduate Student | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Graduated |
Incoming Transfers
[edit]Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Abby Reisz | 1 | GK | 5'9" | ![]() |
Upper Arlington, Ohio | Tennessee |
Magali Gagne | 3 | MF | 5'6" | ![]() |
Montreal, Canada | Kansas |
Grace Pettet | 19 | DF | 5'8" | Graduate Student | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Missouri |
Bailey Wagenknecht | 22 | FW | 5'6" | ![]() |
Peachtree City, Georgia | Mississippi State |
Ava Boyd | 26 | FW | 5'7" | Sophomore | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Michigan State |
Recruiting Class
[edit]Name | Nationality | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating |
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Lola Abraham FW |
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Oakmont, Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Chloe Brecht FW |
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Powell, Ohio | Ohio Premier | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Coco Dorfman DF |
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San Diego, California | San Diego Surf | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Emily Graeca DF |
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Dubois, Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh Hotspurs | N/A |
Bella Haynes DF |
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Canton, Michigan | Michigan Hawks | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rylee Keeley FW |
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Wake Forest, North Carolina | North Carolina Courage (ECNL) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Erika Schneider DF |
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Aldie, Virginia | TSJ FC Virginia | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Dakota Watterson MF |
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Clovis, California | Clovis Crossfire SC | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Squad
[edit]Roster
[edit]- As of August 15, 2024[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
[edit]Position | Staff |
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Head Coach | Randy Waldrum |
Associate Head Coach | Ben Waldrum |
Assistant Coach | Jesse Goleman |
Assistant Coach | Ashton Gordon |
Source:[11]
Schedule
[edit]Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
August 4* 7:30 p.m. |
No. 7 | at West Virginia | None Reported | — |
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Morgantown, WV | ||||||
August 10* 5:00 p.m. |
No. 7 | Michigan | None Reported | — |
Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
Non-Conference Regular Season | |||||||||||
August 15* 6:30 p.m., SECN+ |
No. 7 | at No. 14 Georgia | T 0–0 | 0–0–1 |
Turner Soccer Complex (1,793) Athens, GA | ||||||
August 18* 3:00 p.m. |
No. 7 | vs. Duquesne | W 2–1 | 1–0–1 |
Highmark Stadium (1,250) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
August 22* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX |
No. 7 | Buffalo | L 1–2 | 1–1–1 |
Ambrose Urbanic Field (528) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
August 25* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 7 | at Bucknell | W 5–1 | 2–1–1 |
Emmitt Field (825) Lewisburg, PA | ||||||
August 29* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Loyola Marymount | W 3–0 | 3–1–1 |
Sullivan Field (136) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
September 1* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Cal State Fullerton | W 2–0 | 4–1–1 |
Titan Stadium (336) Fullerton, CA | |||||||
September 5* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Dartmouth | W 6–1 | 5–1–1 |
Ambrose Urbanic Field (480) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
September 8* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Mercyhurst | Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||
ACC Regular season | |||||||||||
September 14 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Louisville | Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||
September 19 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
North Carolina | Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||
September 26 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at California | Edwards Stadium Berkeley, CA | |||||||||
September 29 4:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Stanford | Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA | |||||||||
October 3 6:00 p.m., ACCN |
Clemson | Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||
October 13 1:30 p.m., ACCN |
Syracuse | Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||
October 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Miami | Cobb Stadium Coral Gables, FL | |||||||||
October 20 1:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Florida State | Seminole Soccer Complex Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
Wake Forest | Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||||
October 31 7:00 p.m., ACCNX |
at Notre Dame | Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |
Awards and honors
[edit]Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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Deborah Abiodun | Pre-season All-ACC Team | August 8, 2024 | [14] |
Sarah Schupanksy |
Rankings
[edit]Week | |||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
United Soccer[15] | 7 | 7 | — | — | Not released | ||||||||||||
TopDrawer Soccer[16] | 3 | 6 | 19 | 16 |
References
[edit]- ^ @CSUWSOC (June 6, 2024). "𝓢𝓲𝓰𝓷𝓮𝓭 🖊️ Delaney Evers is the newest member of the Charleston Southern Soccer Family! #BucStrong" (Tweet). Retrieved August 2, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "2024 Women's Division I Transfer Tracker". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ Campbell, Dominic (May 10, 2024). "Pitt Women's Soccer Adds Trio of Transfers". si.com. OnSI. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Lola Abraham". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Chloe Brecht". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Coco Dorfman". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Bella Haynes". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Rylee Keeley". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Erika Schneider". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Dakota Watterson". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Women's Soccer Roster". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Women's Soccer Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Waldrum Showcases 2024 Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. June 25, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "Florida State Selected 2024 ACC Women's Soccer Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer. TopDrawer Soccer. September 2, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2024.