Sport: | women's soccer |
Year: | 2022 |
Team: | Pittsburgh Panthers |
Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | ACC |
Record: | 14–5–3 |
Conf Record: | 5–3–2 |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach1: | Ben Waldrum |
Ac1 Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach2: | Dustin Stein |
Ac2 Year: | 5th |
Stadium: | Ambrose Urbanic Field |
Tourney: | NCAA Tournament |
Tourney Result: | Round of 16 |
Nscaarank: | 12 |
Tdsrank: | 20 |
Prev Year: | 2021 |
Next Year: | 2023 |
The 2022 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represented University of Pittsburgh during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Randy Waldrum, in his fifth season. They played home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This was the team's 27th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 10th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Panthers finished the season 14–5–3 overall and 5–3–2 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament they tied Notre Dame 1–1, but lost the ensuing penalty shoot-out 5–4. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the first tournament bid in program history.[1] As the fourth-seed in the Florida State Bracket, they defeated in the first round and, fifth-seed in the second round before traveling to first-seed Florida State in the round of 16. The Panthers' run would end in Tallahassee where they lost 3–0.
The Panthers finished the season 11–7–0 overall, and 4–6–0 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
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Katherine Robinson | 0 | GK | 6'0" | Senior | Graduated | ||
Eva Frankovic | 13 | DF | 5'7" | Sophomore | Transferred to Bucknell | ||
Sarah Sinnott | 14 | FW | 5'4" | Junior | Signed with Maccabi Emek Hefer[2] | ||
Kate McKay | 19 | DF | 5'10" | Senior | Graduated | ||
Celia Lopez | 21 | MF | 5'2" | Senior | Graduated | ||
Lacey Bernick | 23 | FW | 5'6" | Freshman | Transferred to Akron | ||
Madison Vukas | 25 | GK | 5'8" | Freshman | Transferred to Bowling Green | ||
Kelly Moss | 26 | MF | 5'5" | Senior | Graduated | ||
Hannah Knych | 27 | MF | 5'4" | Sophomore | Transferred to Binghamton | ||
Emily Harrigan | 29 | FW | 5'7" | Junior | Graduated | ||
Katelyn Kauffman | 30 | FW | 5'6" | Freshman | Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast | ||
Sara Darlington | 31 | FW | 5'5" | Freshman | Transferred to Pennsylvania College of Technology |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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Samiah Phiri | 23 | FW | 5'6" | Sophomore | Oklahoma State | ||
Keera Melenhorst | 29 | MF | 5'3" | Sophomore | Oklahoma |
Source:[3]
Name | Nationality | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating | |
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PA Classics | [4] | ||||
Slammers FC HB Koge | [5] | ||||
United Futbol Academy | [6] | ||||
Beadling SC | [7] | ||||
Penn Fusion SA | [8] | ||||
Weston FC | [9] | ||||
Penn Fusion SA | [10] | ||||
GSA | N/A[11] |
Head Coach | Randy Waldrum | |
Associate Head Coach | Ben Waldrum | |
Assistant Coach | Dustin Stein |
Source:
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Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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Amanda West | ACC Offensive Player of the Week | August 23 | [14] |
Caitlyn Lazzarini | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | November 1 | [15] |
Landy Mertz | All-ACC Third Team | November 2 | [16] |
Katie Zailski | ACC All-Freshman Team |
See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings.