2020 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team

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2020 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer
Pitt Panthers wordmark.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record11–5–0 (3–5–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Ben Waldrum (3rd season)
  • Dustin Stein (3rd season)
Home stadium Ambrose Urbanic Field
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Florida State  y800 1.0001303 .906
No. 3 North Carolina  y800 1.0001820 .900
No. 4 Virginia  y521 .6881443 .738
No. 6 Clemson  y530 .6251252 .684
No. 7 Duke  y422 .6251254 .667
Louisville  440 .500570 .417
Virginia Tech  440 .500890 .471
Notre Dame  440 .500670 .462
Wake Forest  341 .438572 .429
Pittsburgh  350 .3751150 .688
Boston College  170 .1253101 .250
Syracuse  170 .125170 .125
Miami  080 .0001111 .115
NC State  000 531 .611
Conference champion
2020 ACC Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 18, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC
Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.

The 2020 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represented University of Pittsburgh during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers are led by head coach Randy Waldrum, in his third season. They play home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This is the team's 25th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 8th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Contents

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021. [1] [2] The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament. [3]

The Panthers finished the fall season 9–5–0, 3–5–0 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament. The team won both games of their extra spring season. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Previous season

The Panthers finished the season 5–10–3 overall, and 2–6–2 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Squad

Roster

Updated February 25, 2021 [4] 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.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kathernie Robinson
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caitlyn Lazzarini
3 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mackenzie Edwards
4 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Landy Mertz
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Zaria Stevenson
7 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Chantelle Parker
8 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Leah Pais
9 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Amanda West
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emily Yaple
11 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hailey Davidson
12 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Anna Bout
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eva Frankovic
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sarah Sinnott
15 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Chloe Minas
17 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Athalie Palomo
18 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ione Fetsko
19 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kate McKay
20 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nyla Allen
22 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Krystyna Rytel
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dixon Veltri
27 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hannah Knych
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abby Wert
29 FW Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Celia López
33 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gabriella Neibart

Team management

PositionStaff
Head coach Randy Waldrum
Associate head coachBen Waldrum
Assistant coachDustin Stein

Source: [4]

Schedule

Source: [5] [6]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Fall Regular Season
September 10, 2020*
4:00 p.m.
at  Appalachian State W  4–0  1–0–0
ASU Soccer Stadium (0)
Boone, NC
September 13, 2020*
Noon
at Appalachian StateW  7–1  2–0–0
ASU Soccer Stadium (0)
Boone, NC
September 17, 2020
7:00 p.m.
Syracuse W  2–0  3–0–0
(1–0–0)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (0)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 20, 2020*
2:05 p.m.
at  Navy W  1–0  OT4–0–0
Glenn Warner Soccer Facility (426)
Annapolis, MD
September 24, 2020*
4:00 p.m.
No. 12at  The Citadel W  2–1  OT5–0–0
WLI Field (66)
Charleston, SC
September 27, 2020*
11:00 a.m.
No. 12at The CitadelW  1–0  6–0–0
WLI Field (105)
Charleston, SC
October 1, 2020
7:00 p.m.
No. 14at No. 10  Virginia L  1–2  OT6–1–0
(1–1–0)
Klöckner Stadium (138)
Charlottesville, VA
October 4, 2020
3:00 p.m.
No. 14at  Virginia Tech L  0–2  6–2–0
(1–2–0)
Thompson Field (137)
Blacksburg, VA
October 8, 2020
7:00 p.m.
Boston College W  4–3  7–2–0
(2–2–0)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (0)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 11, 2020*
1:30 p.m.
NavyW  4–1  8–2–0
Ambrose Urbanic Field (71)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 15, 2020
6:00 p.m.
No. 2  Florida State L  1–4  8–3–0
(2–3–0)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (50)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 18, 2020
1:00 p.m.
Miami (FL) W  2–0  9–3–0
(3–3–0)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (50)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 25, 2020
at Syracuse Canceled 9–3–0
(3–3–0)
SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
October 29, 2020
7:00 p.m.
at No. 3  Clemson L  1–2  OT9–4–0
(3–4–0)
Riggs Field (467)
Clemson, SC
November 1, 2020
1:00 p.m.
at  Wake Forest L  0–1  9–5–0
(3–5–0)
Spry Stadium (100)
Winston-Salem, NC
Spring Regular season
March 7, 2021*
7:00 p.m.
Duquesne W  3–0  10–5–0
Ambrose Urbanic Field (200)
Pittsburgh, PA
March 21, 2021*
1:00 p.m.
at  Marshall  Canceled 
Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex
Huntington, WV
March 29, 2021*
2:00 p.m.
Kentucky W  4–1  10–5–0
Ambrose Urbanic Field (100)
Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Fall 2020

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Spring 2021

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Final
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TopDrawer Soccer [8]

References

  1. "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "2020 Women's Soccer Roster". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  5. "2020 Women's Soccer Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  6. "Pitt Announces Two Spring Regular Season Games". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  8. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.