| West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer | |
| University: | West Virginia University |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Conference Short: | Big 12 |
| City: | Morgantown |
| Stateabb: | WV |
| State: | West Virginia |
| Coach: | Nikki Izzo-Brown |
| Tenure: | 22 years |
| Stadium: | Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium |
| Capacity: | 1,650 |
| Nickname: | Mountaineers |
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| Ncaarunnerup: | 2016 |
| Ncaacollegecup: | 2016 |
| Ncaaeliteeight: | 2007, 2015, 2016 |
| Ncaasweetsixteen: | 2003, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
| Ncaaroundof32: | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Ncaatourneys: | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 |
| Conference Tournament: | Big East 2007, 2010, 2011 |
| Conference Season: | Big 12 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the intercollegiate women's soccer team representing West Virginia University. The Mountaineers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) as members of the Big 12 Conference. The first team was fielded in 1996. WVU plays its home games at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia.
The women's soccer team at WVU has been coached by Nikki Izzo-Brown since the team launched in 1996.
West Virginia has qualified for the NCAA Tournament each of the last 16 seasons, making the quarterfinal round twice (2007 and 2015).
Since joining the Big 12 Conference, West Virginia women's soccer has won five straight outright regular-season championships, becoming the first program in league history to do so.[1] The Mountaineers are also the first team in the Big 12 to finish three seasons with an unbeaten league record.[2] In 2016, the Mountaineers became the second program in Big 12 history to finish league play with an unbeaten and untied league record (Nebraska accomplished that feat twice, finishing 9–0–0 in 1996 and 10–0–0 in 1999).[3]
WVU has posted a 35–1–3 record in regular-season league contests. The Mountaineers are 18–0–1 at home against Big 12 foes and have not lost a league game there since October 2, 2009 vs. Notre Dame.[4] West Virginia has a 6–2–1 record in the Big 12 tournament, winning back-to-back championships in 2013 and 2014.
The Mountaineers' five regular-season league titles ranks first among current Big 12 members and second all-time in the conference's history (Texas A&M had 7). West Virginia's eight combined (regular-season and tournament) championships is also first among current Big 12 members and tied for second best in Big 12 history (Texas A&M had 12 and Nebraska had 8[5]).
2015 was a record-setting year for West Virginia women's soccer. Aided by Canadian national team stars Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence, the Mountaineers set school records for wins (19), goals scored (61), fewest goals allowed (11) and shutouts (15). WVU put together a streak of nine straight shutouts, the longest streak in the nation in 2015.[6] That run also tied the Big 12 record for consecutive shutouts (Nebraska posted nine straight shutouts during the 1997 season[7]).
WVU started the 2015 season by extending its program-best unbeaten streak to 20 games. The Mountaineers would restart that run following an early season loss to Virginia Tech, winning or drawing each of the next 16 games.[8]
In 2016, the Mountaineers continued to run through the competition. West Virginia posted an 8–1–1 record in non-conference play, opening the year with a 1–1 tie at defending national champion Penn State. The non-conference slate also included a 3–1 road win at Duke, the program's first victory over the Blue Devils.[9]
WVU's hot start continued into league play, where the Mountaineers won all eight of their conference matchups via shutouts, becoming the first team in Big 12 history to shutout all of its league opponents. West Virginia claimed a fifth straight Big 12 championship with a 3–0 win at TCU on October 21, 2016. WVU currently owns a 22-game unbeaten streak in regular-season league games, the longest streak in the history of the conference.
| Date[10] | Opponent | Score | Goalscorers | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | Opponent | Overall | Big 12 | ||||||
| Regular Season | |||||||||
| 19 Aug 2016 | A | Penn State | 1–1 (a.e.t) | 0–0–1 | – | [11] | |||
| 21 Aug 2016 | N | Buffalo | 2–0 | – | 1–0–1 | – | [12] | ||
| 26 Aug 2016 | H | Clemson | 1–0 | – | 2–0–1 | – | [13] | ||
| 28 Aug 2016 | H | St. Francis (PA) | 3–1 | Shannon McGinnis | 3–0–1 | – | [14] | ||
| 1 Sep 2016 | H | Purdue | 2–0 | Heather Kaleiohi Michaela Abam | – | 4–0–1 | – | [15] | |
| 4 Sep 2016 | H | Ohio State | 2–1 | Heather Kaleiohi Hannah Abraham | 5–0–1 | – | [16] | ||
| 9 Sep 2016 | A | Duke | 3–1 | Amandine Pierre-Louis Michaela Abam | Ashton Miller | 6–0–1 | – | [17] | |
| 16 Sep 2016 | H | Princeton | 3–0 | – | 7–0–1 | – | [18] | ||
| 18 Sep 2016 | H | Georgetown | 0–1 (a.e.t) | – | Grace Damaska | 7–1–1 | – | [19] | |
| 23 Sep 2016 | A | Richmond | 4–1 | Meaghan Carrigan | 8–1–1 | – | [20] | ||
| 30 Sep 2016 | H | Baylor | 2–0 | – | 9–1–1 | 1–0–0 | [21] | ||
| 2 Oct 2016 | H | Oklahoma | 2–0 | Hannah Abraham Michaela Abam | – | 10–1–1 | 2–0–0 | [22] | |
| 7 Oct 2016 | A | Kansas | 1–0 | Alli Magaletta | – | 11–1–1 | 3–0–0 | [23] | |
| 9 Oct 2016 | A | Iowa State | 2–0 | – | 12–1–1 | 4–0–0 | [24] | ||
| 14 Oct 2016 | H | Texas Tech | 1–0 | Hannah Abraham | – | 13–1–1 | 5–0–0 | [25] | |
| 21 Oct 2016 | A | TCU | 3–0 | Michaela Abam Carla Portillo Grace Cutler | – | 14–1–1 | 6–0–0 | [26] | |
| 23 Oct 2016 | A | Texas | 1–0 | Carla Portillo | – | 15–1–1 | 7–0–0 | [27] | |
| 28 Oct 2016 | H | Oklahoma State | 3–0 | Sh'Nia Gordon Grace Cutler Ashley Woolpert | – | 16–1–1 | 8–0–0 | [28] | |
| Big 12 Tournament (Swope Soccer Village, Kansas City) | |||||||||
| 2 Nov 2016 | N | Texas Tech | 3–0 | Sh'Nia Gordon Heather Kaleiohi Carla Portillo | – | 17–1–1 | – | [29] | |
| 4 Nov 2016 | N | Oklahoma | 2–0 | – | 18–1–1 | – | [30] | ||
| 6 Nov 2016 | N | TCU | 3–2 (a.e.t) | Michelle Prokof Allison Ganter | 19–1–1 | – | [31] | ||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||
| 12 Nov 2016 | H | Northern Kentucky | 3–0 | – | 20–1–1 | – | [32] | ||
| 18 Nov 2016 | H | Ohio State | 1–0 (a.e.t) | Michaela Abam | – | 21–1–1 | – | [33] | |
| 20 Nov 2016 | H | UCLA | 1–1 (4–2 p) | 21–1–2 | — | [34] | |||
| Penalties | |||||||||
| Carla Portillo Michaela Abam Ashley Lawrence Amandine Pierre-Louis Kadeisha Buchanan | Lauren Kaskie Jessie Fleming Courtney Proctor Sunny Dunphy | ||||||||
| 26 Nov 2016 | H | Duke | 1–0 | Alli Magaletta | – | 22–1–2 | – | [35] | |
| College Cup (Avaya Stadium, San Jose, California) | |||||||||
| 2 Dec 2016 | N | North Carolina | 1–0 | Michaela Abam | – | 23–1–2 | – | [36] | |
| 4 Dec 2016 | N | USC | 1–3 | Morgan Andrews Katie Johnson | 23–2–2 | – | [37] | ||
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