Sport: | women's soccer |
Year: | 2024 |
Team: | Pittsburgh Panthers |
Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | ACC |
Record: | 1–0–1 |
Conf Record: | 0–0–0 |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Assoc Coach: | Ben Waldrum |
Ahc Year: | 7th |
Asst Coach1: | Jesse Goleman |
Ac1 Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach2: | Ashton Gordon |
Ac2 Year: | 1st |
Stadium: | Ambrose Urbanic Field |
Nscaarank: | 7 |
Tdsrank: | 6 |
Prev Year: | 2023 |
Next Year: | 2025 |
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.
See 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 6–0 in the First Round and, second-seed in the Second Round and sixth seed 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.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
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Lainie Fuchs | 3 | DF | 5'7" | Freshman | Returned to Austria to play professionally | ||
6 | MF | 5'4" | Senior | Graduated; drafted 52nd overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft | |||
Fleming Dean | 7 | MF | 5'5" | Sophomore | Transferred to Stanford | ||
9 | FW | 5'6" | Graduate Student | Graduated; drafted 36th overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft | |||
Anna Bout | 12 | MF | 5'5" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
Evie Craven | 14 | FW | 5'6" | Freshman | Transferred to Charlotte | ||
Delaney Evers | 22 | FW | 5'7" | Freshman | Transferred to Charleston Southern[1] | ||
Emily Edwards | 25 | GK | 5'9" | Freshman | Transferred to Purdue | ||
Kaley Simqu | 28 | DF | 5'3" | Freshman | Transferred to Bowling Green | ||
Ashton Gordon | 32 | DF | 5'11" | Graduate Student | Graduated |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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Abby Reisz | 1 | GK | 5'9" | Sophomore | Tennessee | ||
Magali Gagne | 3 | MF | 5'6" | Junior | Kansas | ||
Grace Pettet | 19 | DF | 5'8" | Graduate Student | Missouri | ||
Bailey Wagenknecht | 22 | FW | 5'6" | Sophomore | Mississippi State | ||
Ava Boyd | 26 | FW | 5'7" | Sophomore | Michigan State |
Name | Nationality | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating | |
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[4] | |||||
Ohio Premier | [5] | ||||
San Diego Surf | [6] | ||||
Pittsburgh Hotspurs | N/A | ||||
Michigan Hawks | [7] | ||||
North Carolina Courage (ECNL) | [8] | ||||
TSJ FC Virginia | [9] | ||||
Clovis Crossfire SC | [10] |
Head Coach | Randy Waldrum | |
Associate Head Coach | Ben Waldrum | |
Assistant Coach | Jesse Goleman | |
Assistant Coach | Ashton Gordon |
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Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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Deborah Abiodun | Pre-season All-ACC Team | August 8, 2024 | [14] |
Sarah Schupanksy |
See also: 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings.