2024 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team

2024 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic 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 stadiumAmbrose Urbanic Field
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Duke  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 0 – 1   .950 18 – 3 – 1   .841
No. 2 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 7 – 2 – 1   .750 16 – 4 – 4   .750
No. 13 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y 7 – 2 – 1   .750 15 – 2 – 4   .810
No. 1 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 7 – 3 – 0   .700 22 – 5 – 0   .815
No. 7 Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 2   .700 14 – 6 – 3   .674
No. 6 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 5 – 1 – 4   .700 14 – 4 – 4   .727
California  ‍‍‍y 5 – 4 – 1   .550 13 – 6 – 2   .667
No. 4 Stanford  ‍‍‍y 5 – 4 – 1   .550 16 – 5 – 2   .739
Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5 – 5 – 0   .500 13 – 5 – 1   .711
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 4 – 4 – 2   .500 12 – 5 – 2   .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3 – 5 – 2   .400 9 – 6 – 3   .583
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 2 – 5 – 3   .350 7 – 6 – 5   .528
SMU  ‍‍‍ 2 – 6 – 2   .300 6 – 9 – 2   .412
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 1   .250 6 – 8 – 3   .441
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 3   .250 5 – 8 – 4   .412
NC State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 6 – 3   .250 4 – 10 – 4   .333
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0 – 9 – 1   .050 6 – 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.

Previous season

Main article: 2023 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team

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
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
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

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Abby Reisz 1 GK 5'9" Redshirt Sophomore Upper Arlington, Ohio Tennessee
Magali Gagne 3 MF 5'6" Redshirt Junior Montreal, Canada Kansas
Grace Pettet 19 DF 5'8" Graduate Student Tulsa, Oklahoma Missouri
Bailey Wagenknecht 22 FW 5'6" Redshirt Sophomore Peachtree City, Georgia Mississippi State
Ava Boyd 26 FW 5'7" Sophomore Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michigan State

Source:[2][3]

Recruiting class

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Lola Abraham
FW
 United States Oakmont, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Riverhounds [4]
Chloe Brecht
FW
 United States Powell, Ohio Ohio Premier [5]
Coco Dorfman
DF
 United States San Diego, California San Diego Surf [6]
Emily Graeca
DF
 United States Dubois, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Hotspurs N/A
Bella Haynes
DF
 United States Canton, Michigan Michigan Hawks [7]
Rylee Keeley
FW
 United States Wake Forest, North Carolina North Carolina Courage (ECNL) [8]
Erika Schneider
DF
 United States Aldie, Virginia TSJ FC Virginia [9]
Dakota Watterson
MF
 United States Clovis, California Clovis Crossfire SC [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. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Ellie Breech
1 GK United States USA Abigail Reisz
2 DF United States USA Haylee Mersereau
3 MF Canada CAN Magali Gagne
4 MF United States USA Ellie Coffield
5 FW United States USA Sarah Schupansky
6 MF United States USA Briana Rodriguez
7 FW Canada CAN Sofia Doheny
8 MF Nigeria NGA Deborah Abiodun
9 FW United States USA Lucia Wells
10 MF Canada CAN Keera Melenhorst
11 DF United States USA Mackenzie Evers
12 DF United States USA Sage Stelzer
13 DF United States USA Ashley Moon
14 DF United States USA Olivia Lee
15 MF Canada CAN Chloe Minas
16 FW United States USA Margaret Wilde
17 FW United States USA Aliya Gomes
18 FW United States USA Paige Dzeidzic
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF United States USA Grace Pettet
20 MF Nigeria NGA Celine Ottah
21 DF United States USA Katie Zailski
22 FW United States USA Bailey Wagenknecht
23 FW United States USA Samiah Phiri
24 MF United States USA Emma Rhoades
25 DF United States USA Coco Dorfman
26 FW United States USA Ava Boyd
27 FW United States USA Dakota Watterson
28 FW United States USA Chloe Brecht
29 MF United States USA Olivia Duray
30 FW United States USA Kaitlyn Killinger
31 FW United States USA Emily Cooper
32 DF United States USA Erika Schneider
33 GK United States USA Emma Van Meter
34 MF United States USA Rylee Keely
35 DF United States USA Emily Graeca
86 FW United States USA Lola Abraham
— DF United States USA Bella Haynes

Team management

Position Staff
Head Coach Randy Waldrum
Associate Head Coach Ben Waldrum
Assistant Coach Jesse Goleman
Assistant Coach Ashton Gordon

Source:[11]

Schedule

Source:[12][13]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
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 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

Recipient Award Date Ref.
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

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer 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————————

References

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