2025 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team

2025 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	6–10–2 (2–8–0 ACC)
Head coach	Ben Waldrum (8th overall, 1st head coach season)
Assistant coaches	Jesse Goleman (3rd season) Brianna Alleyne (1st season)
Home stadium	Ambrose Urbanic Field
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 Stanford  ‍†‍‡‍y	9	–	0	–	1		.950			21	–	2	–	2		.880
No. 11 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y	8	–	1	–	1		.850			15	–	2	–	3		.825
No. 3 Duke  ‍‍‍y	7	–	3	–	0		.700			17	–	5	–	1		.761
No. 1 Florida State  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			16	–	2	–	4		.818
No. 8 Virginia  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			14	–	3	–	5		.750
No. 24 Louisville  ‍‍‍y	6	–	2	–	2		.700			13	–	5	–	3		.690
No. 13т North Carolina  ‍‍‍y	6	–	4	–	0		.600			13	–	6	–	2		.667
California  ‍‍‍	4	–	2	–	4		.600			8	–	3	–	8		.632
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y	4	–	3	–	3		.550			11	–	5	–	4		.650
NC State  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			5	–	9	–	4		.389
Clemson  ‍‍‍y	4	–	4	–	2		.500			8	–	6	–	5		.553
SMU  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			8	–	8	–	2		.500
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	0		.200			6	–	10	–	2		.389
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			7	–	8	–	3		.472
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	2		.200			5	–	8	–	5		.417
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1		.150			5	–	9	–	4		.389
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	2		.100			4	–	10	–	4		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 9, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2025 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Ben Waldrum, in his eighth season with the program, and first as head coach. They played their home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is the team's 30th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 13th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Ben Waldrum replaced Randy Waldrum when Randy was elevated to the program's technical director in May of 2025. ^[1]

The Panther's season started well as they won their first four non-conference games. The highlight of the four was a win over eventual Big East champions Xavier. The streak ended with two straight losses against teams from California in Cal State Fullerton and Santa Clara. The Panthers finished the non-conference season with two draws, and had a final non-conference record of 4–2–2. To start the ACC season, they hosted the two California schools in California and third-ranked Stanford. The Panthers lost both matches, 1–2 and 0–6. They earned their first ACC victory on a trip to Boston College where they won 2–1. After the victory, the Panthers lost their next six ACC games. Three of those losses came against ranked opponents in fourteenth-ranked Duke, nineteenth-ranked North Carolina and third-ranked Virginia. They finished their season with an upset of the top ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish 1–0 at home.

The Panthers finished the season 6–10–2 overall and 2–8–0 in ACC play to finish in thirteenth place. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. Their six total wins and two total conference wins were the lowest since 2019.

Previous season

Main article: 2024 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team

The Panthers finished the season 9–6–3 overall and 3–5–2 in ACC play to finish in eleventh place. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. This season broke a streak of two consecutive qualifications for both of those tournaments. Their nine total wins were the lowest since 2019. Their three conference wins were the lowest since a pandemic shortented 2020 season.

Offseason

Departures

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Haylee Mersereau	2	DF	5'8"	Junior	Boca Raton, Florida	Transferred to UCF
Ellie Coffield	4	MF	5'6"	Senior	Mars, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Sarah Schupansky	5	FW	5'5"	Senior	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Graduated; signed professional contract with Gotham FC [2]
Briana Rodriguez	6	MF	5'4"	Junior	Gurnee, Illinois	Transferred to Ole Miss
Deborah Abiodun	8	MF	5'4"	Sophomore	Oyo, Nigeria	Signed professional contract with Washington Spirit [3]
Keera Melenhorst	10	MF	5'3"	Senior	Ottawa, Canada	Graduated
Mackenzie Evers	11	DF	5'9"	Senior	Oakdale, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Ashley Moon	13	DF	5'6"	Senior	Somers, New York	Graduated
Chloe Minas	15	MF	5'3"	Graduate Student	Montreal, Canada	Graduated
Aliya Gomes	17	FW	5'3"	Sophomore	Bradford, Ontario	Transferred to South Alabama
Paige Dziedzic	18	FW	5'8"	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois	Transferred to Marquette [4]
Grace Pettet	19	DF	5'8"	Graduate Student	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Graduated
Samiah Phiri	23	FW	5'8"	Senior	Irving, Texas	Graduated
Emma Rhoades	24	MF	5'3"	Sophomore	Fenton, Michigan	Transferred to Toledo
Coco Dorfman	25	DF	5'9"	Freshman	San Diego, California	Transferred to Marquette [4]
Ava Boyd	26	FW	5'7"	Sophomore	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast
Dakota Watterson	27	FW	5'4"	Freshman	Clovis, California	Transferred to UC Santa Barbara Gauchos [4]
Chloe Brecht	28	FW	5'5"	Freshman	Powell, Ohio	Transferred to Butler
Olivia Duray	29	MF	5'3"	Sophomore	Woodridge, Illinois	Transferred to Creighton
Kaitlyn Killinger	30	FW	5'9"	Sophomore	Plum, Pennsylvania	Transferred to Duquesne [5]
Erika Schneider	32	DF	5'10"	Freshman	Aldie, Virginia	Transferred to Richmond [6]
Emma Van Meter	33	GK	5'8"	Sophomore	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	—
Rylee Keeley	34	MF	5'11"	Freshman	Wake Forest, North Carolina	Transferred to Brown [4]
Emily Graeca	35	DF	5'5"	Freshman	DuBois, Pennsylvania	Transferred to James Madison [4]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Mya Archibald	2	DF	5'7"	Junior	Fall River, Canada	Illinois
Mariama Dabo	6	MF	5'5"	Junior	Paris, France	Jacksonville
Alia Jaidi	18	FW	5'6"	Graduate Student	Casablanca, Morocco	Barry

Recruiting class

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Adi Bianchin FW		Oakville, Canada	Thomas Blakelock	N/A
Maya Bright FW		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	FC Delco	[7]
Maya Bruce MF		Kennett Square, Pennsylvania	Penn Fusion	[8]
Katie Ellermeyer MF		San Diego, California	San Diego Surf	[9]
Hannah Minogue MF		Brambleton, Virginia	Virginia Development Academy	[10]
Juidth Okah FW		Ebonyi, Nigeria	Remo Stars	N/A [11]
Claire Pannier-Jacquemart DF		Toulouse, France	Toulouse FC	N/A
Sophie Rourke MF		Amherst, New York	WNY Flash	[12]
Ellie Rowlands MF		Columbus, Ohio	Ohio Premier	[13]
Holly Tickle DF		Preston, England	Liverpool	N/A
Roos Wittgen MF		Eindhoven, Netherlands	PSV	N/A [11]
Krystina Wolf GK		Wayne, New Jersey	STA	[14]
Adoo Philomina Yina MF		Makurdi, Nigeria	Nasarawa Amazons FC	N/A
Hannah Yusuf MF		Igarra, Nigeria	Confluence Queens	N/A [11]

Squad

Roster

As of January 2, 2026 ^[15]

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. Nation Player 0 GK   USA Ellie Breech 1 GK   USA Abigail Reisz 2 DF   CAN Mya Archibald 3 FW   USA Maya Bright 4 DF   ENG Holly Tickle 5 DF   FRA Claire Pannier-Jacquemart 6 MF   FRA Mariama Dabo 7 FW   CAN Sofia Doheny 8 FW   USA Lola Abraham 9 FW   USA Lucia Wells 10 MF   NED Roos Wittgen 11 MF   CAN Magali Gagne 12 DF   USA Sage Stelzer 13 DF   USA Maya Bruce 14 DF   USA Olivia Lee

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW   CAN Adi Bianchin 16 FW   USA Margaret Wilde 17 MF   USA Hannah Minogue 18 FW   MAR Alia Jaidi 19 FW   USA Emily Cooper 20 MF   NGA Celine Ottah 21 DF   USA Katie Zailski 22 FW   USA Bailey Wagenknecht 23 GK   USA Krystina Wolf 24 MF   USA Kaite Ellermeyer 26 FW   NGA Okah Adaobi Judith 27 MF   NGA Adoo Philomina Yina 28 FW   USA Ellie Rowlands 30 DF   USA Sophie Rourke

Team management

Position	Staff
Technical Director	Randy Waldrum
Head Coach	Ben Waldrum
Assistant Coach	Jesse Goleman
Assistant Coach	Brianna Alleyne

Source: ^[15]

Schedule

Source: ^{[16] [17]}

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 2* 5:00 p.m.		at  West Virginia	L 0–1 [18]	—	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Morgantown, WV
August 9* 1:00 p.m.		at  Michigan	None Reported [19]	—	U-M Soccer Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 14* 7:00 p.m.,  ACCNX		Xavier	W  2–0	1–0–0	Ambrose Urbanic Field (516) Pittsburgh, PA
August 17* 1:00 p.m.,  FloCollege		at  Monmouth	W  3–1	2–0–0	Hesse Field (175) West Long Branch, NJ
August 21* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		Ohio	W  1–0	3–0–0	Ambrose Urbanic Field (950) Pittsburgh, PA
August 24* 6:00 p.m.,  ESPN+		at  Dayton	W  3–0	4–0–0	Baujan Field (981) Dayton, OH
August 28* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Cal State Fullerton	L  0–1	4–1–0	Ambrose Urbanic Field (240) Pittsburgh, PA
August 31* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX		Santa Clara	L  0–2	4–2–0	Ambrose Urbanic Field (381) Pittsburgh, PA
September 4* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Cincinnati	T  1–1	4–2–1	Ambrose Urbanic Field (247) Pittsburgh, PA
September 7* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		Bucknell	T  1–1	4–2–2	Ambrose Urbanic Field (299) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Regular season
September 11 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		California	L  1–2	4–3–2 (0–1–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (498) Pittsburgh, PA
September 14 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 3  Stanford	L  0–6	4–4–2 (0–2–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (487) Pittsburgh, PA
September 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at  Boston College	W  2–1	5–4–2 (1–2–0)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (457) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 25 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		SMU	L  0–4	5–5–2 (1–3–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (261) Pittsburgh, PA
October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 14  Duke	L  0–5	5–6–2 (1–4–0)	Koskinen Stadium (377) Durham, NC
October 5 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 19  North Carolina	L  1–3	5–7–2 (1–5–0)	Dorrance Field (2,451) Chapel Hill, NC
October 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		NC State	L  0–1	5–8–2 (1–6–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (823) Pittsburgh, PA
October 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at  Wake Forest	L  1–2	5–9–2 (1–7–0)	Spry Stadium (690) Winston-Salem, NC
October 26 2:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 3  Virginia	L  0–2	5–10–2 (1–8–0)	Klöckner Stadium (N/A) Charlottesville, VA
October 30 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 1  Notre Dame	W  1–0	6–10–2 (2–8–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (468) Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Abby Resiz	ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 12	October 31	[20]

Rankings

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer [21]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released			—
TopDrawer Soccer [22]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

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2. "Gotham FC Signs University of Pittsburgh Forward Sarah Schupansky to Multi-Year Contract". Gotham FC. December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
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18. @wvuwomenssoccer; (August 2, 2025). "UE COUNTRY ROADS!!! 🎶 Sophomore Maddie Levy scores in the final minutes to give the Mountaineers a 1-0 win over Pitt in today's preseason exhibition! 👏 #HailWV" – via Instagram.
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