Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer

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Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer
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Founded1996;28 years ago (1996)
University University of Pittsburgh
Head coach Randy Waldrum (7th season)
Conference ACC
Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Stadium Ambrose Urbanic Field
(Capacity: 735)
Nickname Panthers
ColorsBlue and gold [1]
   
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Home
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Away
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2023
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2022, 2023
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2022, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
2022, 2023

The Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represent the University of Pittsburgh in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) of NCAA Division I women's college soccer. The team has never won a conference championship. The Panthers have played in both the ACC and Big East. [2]

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History

1990s

The Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team was founded in 1996 under head coach Roland Sturk and did not play in a conference in the program's first year. The team finished with a 3–16 record. The following year, the team joined the Big East Conference, where Pittsburgh was a full member. The Panthers had fewer losses than their inaugural season, finishing 3–12–3 overall and 2–8–1 in conference play. The team's first conference win came vs. West Virginia on October 8, 1997. 1998 saw continued improvement for the Panthers. The team finished 8–11 overall and 5–7 in conference play. This record was good enough to qualify for the Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament. However, the team lost in the quarterfinals. 1999 saw a bit of a regression when the team finished 5–12–1 and 1–4–1 in conference play.

2000s

The 2000s began similarly for the Panthers, only winning 6 games and losing 12. Another 1 win conference season was not good enough to qualify for the Big East Tournament. 2001 saw another minor improvement, with the team winning 7 games, and increasing its win tally to 2 in conference play. However, 2002 proved to be a disappointing year when the team finished 4–15, and winless in conference play. In January 2003 head coach Roland Sturk resigned as coach. [3] In March 2003, Sue-Moy Chin was named the Panthers' second head coach. [4] Her first seasons saw small improvements, however, the team lost double digit games in 2003, 2004, and 2005. However, the team increased its conference win totals as well and qualified for the Big East Tournament in 2005 and 2006. Both appearances resulted in quarterfinal exits. 2006 was the team's first season without a losing record. The team finished 8–8–3. The team would again reach the quarterfinal of the Big East Tournament in 2008. The team closed the decade with their first-ever winning season, finishing 8–5–5 overall and 3–3–5 in conference play. It was also the first season the team did not have a losing record in conference play.

2010s

The decade opened with another qualification into the Big East Tournament, and another quarterfinal loss. However, the success would be short lived as the team finished with just 2 wins in 2011. This season would be bad enough for the team to hire a third coach in its history, Greg Miller. Miller was previously an assistant at Ohio State. [5] Miller's first year, 2012, saw the team finish 7–10–2 overall. In his second season in charge, the team began play in the Atlantic Coast Conference. [6] In their first season, the Panthers went a winless 0–13 in ACC play. The team made steady progress finishing with 2 conference wins in 2014 and 4 conference wins in 2015. 2015 would also be the team's second overall winning season. The Panthers finished 10–7–1. However, in 2016 and 2017 the team would win one ACC game. After the 2017 season, Miller was fired. [7] In December 2017, Randy Waldrum was hired as the new head coach. [8] Waldrum previously won the NCAA title twice with Notre Dame. However, his first season proved difficult, only winning 4 overall games and finishing 0–10 in ACC play. In his second season, the Panthers posted their first ACC win since 2016, finishing with a 2–6–2 ACC record.

2020s

The decade started with a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Panthers' season was shortened less than other teams in the conference, as they played eight non-conference games. The team finished tenth overall in the ACC regular season, with a 3–5–0 record. They won all eight of those non-conference games to finish the season with eleven total wins, setting a program record. 2021 saw a return to a more normal schedule for the Panthers and they finished 11–7–0 and 4–6–0 in the ACC to tie for ninth place. Their four conference wins tied for the teams most since they joined the ACC, with the other time being in 2015. In 2022, the Panthers finished 14–5–3 and 5–3–2 in ACC play. The 14 wins were the most in program history at the time, and the five conference wins were tied for the most in program history. They qualified for their first ever ACC Tournament and their first NCAA Tournament in program history. [9] They reached the Round of 16 before falling to Florida State to end their historic season. 2023 would follow in the success of 2022, as the Panthers finished 17–6–1 overall and 6–3–1 in ACC play. This was a program record for wins and conference wins, bettering their marks from the previous season. They again qualified for the ACC and NCAA Tournaments, and recorded their best finishes in those tournaments in program history. They made the Semifinals of the ACC Tournament and Quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament before being defeated by Florida State in both tournaments.

Personnel

Current roster

As of 13 Sep 2024 [10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

Seasons

SeasonHead coach [11] Season result [12] Tournament results
OverallConferenceConferenceNCAA
WinsLossesTiesWinsLossesTies
Independent
1996Roland Sturk3160No Conference—
Big East Conference
1997Roland Sturk3123281——
19988110570Quarterfinal—
19995121141——
20006121150——
2001791240——
20024150060——
2003Sue-Moy Chin5102141——
20046101271——
20054113362Quarterfinal—
2006883362Quarterfinal—
20076102182——
20087121461Quarterfinal—
2009855335——
20107112461Quarterfinal—
20112134182——
2012Greg Miller7102262——
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
2013Greg Miller41410130——
20146120280——
20151071460——
20162151190——
20173123091——
2018 Randy Waldrum 41210100——
2019 5103262——
2020 1150350——
2021 1170460——
2022 1453532 First round Round of 16
2023 1761631 Semifinal Quarterfinals
2024 In progress
Totals15121023471108

Notable alumni

Current professional players

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