2019 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team

The 2019 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represented University of Pittsburgh during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers are led by head coach Randy Waldrum, in his second season. They play home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This is the team's 24th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 7th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2019 record	5–10–3 (2–6–2 ACC)
Head coach	Randy Waldrum (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Ben Waldrum (2nd season) Dustin Stein (2nd season)
Home stadium	Ambrose Urbanic Field

2019 ACC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍^y	9	–	0	–	1		.950			24	–	1	–	2		.926
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍^y	8	–	2	–	0		.800			18	–	6	–	0		.750
No. 9 Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	0	–	3		.833			17	–	2	–	3		.841
No. 25 Louisville  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			13	–	5	–	2		.700
No. 17 NC State  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	4		.600			12	–	7	–	4		.609
No. 18 Duke  ‍‍‍^y	3	–	1	–	6		.600			9	–	4	–	7		.625
Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	5	–	0		.500			11	–	7	–	2		.600
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2		.500			11	–	8	–	2		.571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	2		.500			12	–	5	–	2		.684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			5	–	10	–	3		.361
Miami  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			5	–	9	–	2		.375
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			6	–	8	–	4		.444
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	1		.167			3	–	11	–	2		.250
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	8	–	1		.150			8	–	8	–	2		.500
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 10, 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

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 July 23, 2020[1] 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  ESP Amaia Peña 2 FW  USA Danielle Maggio 3 MF  USA Mackenzie Edwards 4 MF  ENG Hollie Olding 6 FW  USA Madison Clayton 7 MF  USA Juliana Vázquez 8 FW  ISL Margret Arnadottir 9 FW  USA Amanda West 10 DF  USA Cheyenne Hudson 11 MF  ISL Stefania Tryggvadottir 12 MF  CAN Anna Bout 14 FW  USA Sarah Sinnott 16 MF  USA Maddie Root 17 DF  USA Athalie Palomo 18 FW  USA Rachel Rasins

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  USA Kate McKay 20 MF  GER Vildan Kardesler 21 FW  USA Marti Floyd 22 MF  USA Krystyna Rytel 23 MF  USA Dixon Veltri 24 FW  USA Sydney Marasco 25 GK  USA Caitlyn Lazzarini 26 MF  CAN Bex Bartosh 27 DF  USA Aideen O'Donoghue 28 MF  USA Abby Wert 29 FW  ESP Celia López 30 MF  USA Marisa Tava 31 FW  USA Ava Hanna 33 GK  USA Gabriella Neibart 77 FW  USA Anna Rico

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Randy Waldrum
Associate Head Coach	Ben Waldrum
Assistant Coach	Dustin Stein
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Riley Butler

Source:[1]

Schedule

Source:[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 15*		Delaware		– (–)	Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
August 18*		at Kent State		– (–)	Dix Stadium Kent, OH
Non-Conference Regular season
August 23*		Loyola Marymount	W 5–4	1–0–0	Ambrose Urbanic Field (640) Pittsburgh, PA
August 25*		at Bucknell	W 1–0 ^2OT	2–0–0	Emmitt Field at Holmes Stadium Lewisburg, PA
August 30*		at Dartmouth	L 1–2	2–1–0	Burnham Field Hanover, NH
September 1*		at UMass	L 1–2	2–2–0	Rudd Field (225) Amherst, MA
September 6*		Rhode Island	T 1–1 ^2OT	2–2–1	Ambrose Urbanic Field (521) Pittsburgh, PA
September 8*		Saint Joseph's	W 2–0	3–2–1	Ambrose Urbanic Field (412) Pittsburgh, PA
September 12*		VCU	L 0–1	3–3–1	Ambrose Urbanic Field (268) Pittsburgh, PA
September 15*		at Liberty	L 0–1	3–4–1	Liberty Soccer Stadium Lynchburg, VA
ACC Regular season
September 20 7:00 p.m.		Syracuse	T 1–1 ^2OT	3–4–2 (0–0–1)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (532) Pittsburgh, PA
September 26 7:00 p.m.		at Notre Dame	L 0–4	3–5–2 (0–1–1)	Alumni Stadium (484) Notre Dame, IN
September 29 1:00 p.m.		at Miami (FL)	T 3–3 ^2OT	3–5–3 (0–1–2)	Cobb Stadium (550) Coral Gables, FL
October 5 1:00 p.m.		at No. 6 Florida State	L 0–1	3–6–3 (0–2–2)	Seminole Soccer Complex (478) Tallahassee, FL
October 10 7:00 p.m.		Boston College	W 2–1 ^OT	4–6–3 (1–2–2)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (294) Pittsburgh, PA
October 13 1:00 p.m.		No. 3 North Carolina	L 1–3	4–7–3 (1–3–2)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (490) Pittsburgh, PA
October 19 1:00 p.m.		NC State	W 2–1	5–7–3 (2–3–2)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (431) Pittsburgh, PA
October 24 7:00 p.m.		at Wake Forest	L 2–3 ^2OT	5–8–3 (2–4–2)	Spry Stadium (760) Winston-Salem, NC
October 27 1:00 p.m.		at No. 17 Clemson	L 2–3 ^OT	5–9–3 (2–5–2)	Riggs Field (912) Clemson, SC
October 31 7:00 p.m.		Virginia Tech	L 0–1	5–10–3 (2–6–2)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (182) Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

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	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
United Soccer[3]														None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [4]

References

1. "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
2. "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
3. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
4. "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.