# 2021 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team

The 2021 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represented University of Pittsburgh during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Randy Waldrum, in his fourth season. They played home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This was the team's 26th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 9th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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.

## Previous season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021. 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.
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.

## Squad
### Roster

    As of March 22, 2022
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 |
| 2 | MF | USA | Bri Hilsenteger |
| 3 | MF | USA | Mackenzie Edwards |
| 4 | MF | USA | Ellie Coffield |
| 5 | FW | USA | Sarah Schupansky |
| 6 | MF | USA | Landy Mertz |
| 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 |
| 14 | FW | USA | Sarah Sinnott |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Chloe Minas |
| 16 | MF | USA | Haley Schmidt |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | MEX | Athalie Palomo |
| 18 | MF | USA | Elena Hinkson |
| 19 | DF | USA | Kate McKay |
| 20 | MF | USA | Maddie Keister |
| 21 | MF | USA | Celia Lopez |
| 22 | MF | USA | Krystyna Rytel |
| 23 | FW | USA | Lacey Bernick |
| 25 | GK | USA | Madison Vukas |
| 26 | MF | USA | Kelly Moss |
| 27 | MF | USA | Hannah Knych |
| 28 | FW | USA | Mackenzie Evers |
| 29 | FW | USA | Emily Harrigan |
| 30 | FW | USA | Katelyn Kauffman |
| 31 | FW | USA | Sara Darlington |
| 32 | DF | USA | Ashton Gordon |
| 33 | GK | USA | Gabriella Neibart |
| 35 | DF | USA | Ashley Moon |

### Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Head Coach | Randy Waldrum |
| Associate Head Coach | Ben Waldrum |
| Assistant Coach | Dustin Stein |
Source:

## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 10* | | at Youngstown State | W 2–0 | – | Farmers National Bank Field Youngstown, OH |
| August 13* 5:00 p.m. | | at Ohio State | W 2–0 | – | Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Columbus, OH |
| Non-Conference Regular Season ||||||
| August 19* 4:00 p.m. | | vs. Tulsa | W 3–0 | 1–0–0 | Neal Patterson Stadium (200) Stillwater, OK |
| August 22* 11:00 a.m. | | at No. 16 Oklahoma State | W 3–2 $^{OT}$ | 2–0–0 | Neal Patterson Stadium (786) Stillwater, OK |
| August 26* 5:00 p.m. | | Cleveland State | W 5–0 | 3–0–0 | Ambrose Urbanic Field (637) Pittsburgh, PA |
| August 29* 1:00 p.m. | | NJIT | W 5–0 | 4–0–0 | Ambrose Urbanic Field (509) Pittsburgh, PA |
| September 2* 7:00 p.m. | No. 20 | at Saint Joseph's | W 3–0 | 5–0–0 | Sweeney Field (203) Philadelphia, PA |
| September 5* 1:00 p.m. | No. 20 | No. 6 TCU | L 0–1 | 5–1–0 | Ambrose Urbanic Field (590) Pittsburgh, PA |
| September 9* 7:00 p.m. | No. 20 | Saint Francis | W 7–0 | 6–1–0 | Ambrose Urbanic Field (480) Pittsburgh, PA |
| September 12* 1:00 p.m. | No. 20 | Towson | W 2–0 | 7–1–0 | Ambrose Urbanic Field (408) Pittsburgh, PA |
| ACC Regular season ||||||
| September 16 7:00 p.m. | No. 19 | at Clemson | L 0–2 | 7–2–0 (0–1–0) | Riggs Field (329) Clemson, SC |
| September 23 8:00 p.m. | | at No. 1 Florida State | L 0–5 | 7–3–0 (0–2–0) | Seminole Soccer Complex (1,767) Tallahassee, FL |
| September 26 3:00 p.m. | | at Miami (FL) | W 2–0 | 8–3–0 (1–2–0) | Cobb Stadium (263) Coral Gables, FL |
| October 2 7:00 p.m. | | No. 19 Virginia Tech | L 1–2 | 8–4–0 (1–3–0) | Ambrose Urbanic Field (732) Pittsburgh, PA |
| October 7 7:00 p.m. | | No. 5 North Carolina | L 0–1 | 8–5–0 (1–4–0) | Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,531) Pittsburgh, PA |
| October 10 2:00 p.m. | | at No. 4 Duke | L 0–5 | 8–6–0 (1–5–0) | Koskinen Stadium (555) Durham, NC |
| October 18 Noon | | at Syracuse | W 4–2 | 9–6–0 (2–5–0) | SU Soccer Stadium (12) Syracuse, NY |
| October 21 7:00 p.m. | | Boston College | W 3–0 | 10–6–0 (3–5–0) | Ambrose Urbanic Field (185) Pittsburgh, PA |
| October 24 1:00 p.m. | | Wake Forest | L 1–2 | 10–7–0 (3–6–0) | Ambrose Urbanic Field (674) Pittsburgh, PA |
| October 28 7:00 p.m. | | NC State | W 2–0 | 11–7–0 (4–6–0) | Ambrose Urbanic Field (314) Pittsburgh, PA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
| United Soccer | — | RV | 20 | 20 | 19 | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — |
| TopDrawer Soccer | — | 23 | 21 | 22 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |