2020 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team

2020 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer
2020 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	11–5–0 (3–5–0 ACC)
Head coach	Randy Waldrum (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Ben Waldrum (3rd season); Dustin Stein (3rd season);
Home stadium	Ambrose Urbanic Field
	Seasons

2020 ACC women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 2 Florida State ‍†‍‡‍^y	8	–	0	–	0	1.000	13	–	0	–	3	.906
No. 3 North Carolina ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	0	–	0	1.000	18	–	2	–	0	.900
No. 4 Virginia ‍‍‍^y	5	–	2	–	1	.688	14	–	4	–	3	.738
No. 6 Clemson ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	0	.625	12	–	5	–	2	.684
No. 7 Duke ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	2	.625	12	–	5	–	4	.667
Louisville ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0	.500	5	–	7	–	0	.417
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0	.500	8	–	9	–	0	.471
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0	.500	6	–	7	–	0	.462
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1	.438	5	–	7	–	2	.429
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0	.375	11	–	5	–	0	.688
Boston College ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0	.125	3	–	10	–	1	.250
Syracuse ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0	.125	1	–	7	–	0	.125
Miami ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	0	.000	1	–	11	–	1	.115
NC State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	–	1	.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.

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Kathernie Robinson
1	GK	USA	Caitlyn Lazzarini
3	MF	USA	Mackenzie Edwards
4	MF	USA	Landy Mertz
5	DF	USA	Zaria Stevenson
7	MF	CAN	Chantelle Parker
8	FW	CAN	Leah Pais
9	FW	CAN	Amanda West
10	MF	USA	Emily Yaple
11	DF	USA	Hailey Davidson
12	MF	CAN	Anna Bout
13	DF	USA	Eva Frankovic


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	USA	Sarah Sinnott
15	MF	CAN	Chloe Minas
17	DF	USA	Athalie Palomo
18	MF	USA	Ione Fetsko
19	DF	USA	Kate McKay
20	MF	USA	Nyla Allen
22	MF	USA	Krystyna Rytel
23	MF	USA	Dixon Veltri
27	MF	USA	Hannah Knych
28	MF	USA	Abby Wert
29	FW	ESP	Celia López
33	GK	USA	Gabriella Neibart

Team management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Randy Waldrum
Associate head coach	Ben Waldrum
Assistant coach	Dustin Stein

Source:^[4]

Schedule

Source:^[5]^[6]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (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 State	W 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 ^OT	4–0–0	Glenn Warner Soccer Facility (426) Annapolis, MD
September 24, 2020* 4:00 p.m.	No. 12	at The Citadel	W 2–1 ^OT	5–0–0	WLI Field (66) Charleston, SC
September 27, 2020* 11:00 a.m.	No. 12	at The Citadel	W 1–0	6–0–0	WLI Field (105) Charleston, SC
October 1, 2020 7:00 p.m.	No. 14	at No. 10 Virginia	L 1–2 ^OT	6–1–0 (1–1–0)	Klöckner Stadium (138) Charlottesville, VA
October 4, 2020 3:00 p.m.	No. 14	at Virginia Tech	L 0–2	6–2–0 (1–2–0)	Thompson Field (137) Blackburg, 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.		Navy	W 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 ^OT	9–4–0 (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

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer^[7]	12	14

Spring 2021

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
United Soccer^[7]	None Released												None Released
TopDrawer Soccer ^[8]

References

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

[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.

[auto-4] "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.

[US-7] "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.