2024 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team

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2024 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer
Pitt Panthers wordmark.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record9–6–3 (3–5–2 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachBen Waldrum (7th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jesse Goleman (2nd season)
  • Ashton Gordon (1st season)
Home stadium Ambrose Urbanic Field
Seasons
←  2023
2025  →
2024 ACC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Duke  ‍†‍‍y9–0–1 .95018–3–1 .841
No. 2 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y7–2–1 .75016–4–4 .750
No. 13 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y7–2–1 .75015–2–4 .810
No. 1 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y7–3–0 .70022–5–0 .815
No. 7 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y6–2–2 .70014–6–3 .674
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y5–1–4 .70014–4–4 .727
California  ‍‍‍y5–4–1 .55013–6–2 .667
No. 4 Stanford  ‍‍‍y5–4–1 .55016–5–2 .739
Virginia  ‍‍‍y5–5–0 .50013–5–1 .711
Boston College  ‍‍‍4–4–2 .50012–5–2 .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍3–5–2 .4009–6–3 .583
Louisville  ‍‍‍2–5–3 .3507–6–5 .528
SMU  ‍‍‍2–6–2 .3006–9–2 .412
Clemson  ‍‍‍2–7–1 .2506–8–3 .441
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍1–6–3 .2505–8–4 .412
NC State  ‍‍‍1–6–3 .2504–10–4 .333
Syracuse  ‍‍‍0–9–1 .0506–10–2 .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2024 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 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.

Contents

Previous season

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

Departures

Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownReason for Departure
Lainie Fuchs3DF5'7"Freshman Vienna, Austria Returned to Austria
to play professionally
Landy Mertz 6MF5'4"Senior Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Graduated; drafted 52nd overall
in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Fleming Dean7MF5'5"Sophomore Marietta, Georgia Transferred to Stanford
Amanda West 9FW5'6"Graduate Student Sundsvall, Sweden Graduated; drafted 36th overall
in the 2024 NWSL Draft
Anna Bout12MF5'5"Graduate Student Cambridge, Canada Graduated
Evie Craven14FW5'6"Freshman Stockport, England Transferred to Charlotte
Delaney Evers22FW5'7"Freshman Oakdale, Pennsylvania Transferred to Charleston Southern [1]
Emily Edwards25GK5'9"Freshman Holly Springs, North Carolina Transferred to Purdue
Kaley Simqu28DF5'3"Freshman Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Transferred to Bowling Green
Ashton Gordon32DF5'11"Graduate Student Tulsa, Oklahoma Graduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownPrevious School
Abby Reisz1GK5'9" Redshirt.svg Sophomore Upper Arlington, Ohio Tennessee
Magali Gagne3MF5'6" Redshirt.svg Junior Montreal, Canada Kansas
Grace Pettet19DF5'8"Graduate Student Tulsa, Oklahoma Missouri
Bailey Wagenknecht22FW5'6" Redshirt.svg Sophomore Peachtree City, Georgia Mississippi State
Ava Boyd26FW5'7"Sophomore Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michigan State

Source: [2] [3]

Recruiting class

NameNationalityHometownClubTDS Rating
Lola Abraham
FW
 Flag of the United States.svg Oakmont, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Riverhounds Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Chloe Brecht
FW
 Flag of the United States.svg Powell, Ohio Ohio PremierStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Coco Dorfman
DF
 Flag of the United States.svg San Diego, California San Diego SurfStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Emily Graeca
DF
 Flag of the United States.svg Dubois, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh HotspursN/A
Bella Haynes
DF
 Flag of the United States.svg Canton, Michigan Michigan HawksStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rylee Keeley
FW
 Flag of the United States.svg Wake Forest, North Carolina North Carolina Courage (ECNL)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Erika Schneider
DF
 Flag of the United States.svg Aldie, Virginia TSJ FC VirginiaStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Dakota Watterson
MF
 Flag of the United States.svg Clovis, California Clovis Crossfire SCStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Squad

Roster

As of August 15, 2024 [11]

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 Ellie Breech
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Abigail Reisz
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Haylee Mersereau
3 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Magali Gagne
4 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ellie Coffield
5 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sarah Schupansky
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Briana Rodriguez
7 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Sofia Doheny
8 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Deborah Abiodun
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lucia Wells
10 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Keera Melenhorst
11 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mackenzie Evers
12 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sage Stelzer
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ashley Moon
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Olivia Lee
15 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Chloe Minas
16 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Margaret Wilde
17 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Aliya Gomes
18 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Paige Dzeidzic
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Grace Pettet
20 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Celine Ottah
21 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Katie Zailski
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bailey Wagenknecht
23 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Samiah Phiri
24 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Rhoades
25 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Coco Dorfman
26 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ava Boyd
27 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dakota Watterson
28 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chloe Brecht
29 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Olivia Duray
30 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kaitlyn Killinger
31 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emily Cooper
32 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Erika Schneider
33 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Van Meter
34 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rylee Keely
35 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emily Graeca
86 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lola Abraham
— DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bella Haynes

Team management

PositionStaff
Head Coach Randy Waldrum
Associate Head CoachBen Waldrum
Assistant CoachJesse Goleman
Assistant CoachAshton Gordon

Source: [11]

Schedule

Source: [12] [13]

Date
Time, TV		Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 4*
7:30 p.m.		No. 7at  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. 7at No. 14  Georgia T  0–0  0–0–1
 Turner Soccer Complex (1,793)
Athens, GA
August 18*
3:00 p.m.		No. 7vs.  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. 7at  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 W  7–0  6–1–1
Ambrose Urbanic Field (780)
Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Regular season
September 14
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 Louisville W  3–1  7–1–1
(1–0–0)		Ambrose Urbanic Field (888)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 19
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 8  North Carolina L  0–1  7–2–1
(1–1–0)		Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,490)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 26
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at  California L  0–1  7–3–1
(1–2–0)		 Edwards Stadium (212)
Berkeley, CA
September 29
4:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 6  Stanford T  1–1  7–3–2
(1–2–1)		 Cagan Stadium (1,835)
Stanford, CA
October 3
6:00 p.m., ACCN		 Clemson W  4–1  8–3–2
(2–2–1)		Ambrose Urbanic Field (596)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 13
1:30 p.m., ACCN		 Syracuse W  3–0  9–3–2
(3–2–1)		Ambrose Urbanic Field (824)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 17
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at  Miami T  0–0  9–3–3
(3–2–2)		 Cobb Stadium (712)
Coral Gables, FL
October 20
1:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 22  Florida State L  1–7  9–4–3
(3–3–2)		 Seminole Soccer Complex (854)
Tallahassee, FL
October 24
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 2  Wake Forest L  0–2  9–5–3
(3–4–2)		Ambrose Urbanic Field (759)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 31
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 13  Notre Dame L  2–3  9–6–3
(3–5–2)		 Alumni Stadium (277)
Notre Dame, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDateRef.
Deborah Abiodun Pre-season All-ACC Team August 8, 2024 [14]
Sarah Schupansky
Deborah Abiodun All-ACC Second Team November 6, 2024 [15]
Sarah Schupansky

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer [16] 77—————RVRVRV——Not released—
TopDrawer Soccer [17] 36191616131615138————————

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