Women’s Soccer Squares Off Against No. 3 UNC at Home Sunday

Sunday, October 13

Pittsburgh, PA

1 PM

Pitt

North Carolina

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Women’s Soccer Squares Off Against No. 3 UNC at Home Sunday

10/12/2019 1:31:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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PITTSBURGH – Pitt women's soccer team continues a three-game ACC homestand at Ambrose Urbanic Field against No. 3 North Carolina Sunday at 1 p.m.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG

The match will air live on the ACCNX, which is available to view on Watch ESPN.
Fans can also follow live stats HERE.
Updates from the match will also be provided on Twitter. Follow @Pitt_WSOC for the latest news and updates about the team.

LAST TIME OUT

Pitt snapped a three-year ACC winless streak with a 2-1 win over Boston College in overtime Thursday night.
The ACC victory was the first for second-year head coach Randy Waldrum.
Amanda West headed in a cross from Cheyenne Hudson in the 94th minute for the golden goal.
Juliana Vazquez also headed in a cross from Hudson from the middle of the box in the 50th for the game's first goal.

SCOUTING North Carolina

North Carolina enters the game ranked No. 3 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and No. 2 in the RPI rankings with an 11-1-1 record.
The Tar Heels sit in second place in the ACC Standings with 13 points (4-0-1) after tying Duke 0-0 Thursday night.
North Carolina has allowed only four goals all season with 11 shutouts.
Sophomore midfielder Brianna Pinto leads the team in scoring with seven goals and 17 points.
Two other Tar Heels have over 10 points: Senior forward Bridgette Andrzejewski (five goals, 15 points) and junior forward Alessia Russo (six goals, 12 points).
Sophomore Claudia Dickey and freshman Marz Josephson have split time in goal. Dickey has seen the most time with 740 minutes and has a 6-1-0 record, 14 saves and a 0.24 goals against average. Josephson has started 11 games with 450 minutes played with nine saves, a 5-0-0 record and a 0.40 goals against average.

THE SERIES

North Carolina has won all four meetings.
All four matchups have come as ACC opponents.

FINDING THE RIGHT LINEUP

With a team of 21 newcomers, it will take some time to find the right lineup that will help the Panthers succeed this season.
Through 13 matches, the Panthers have used 12 different starting XI combinations with just three Pitt players starting every match this season.
The Panthers used the same starting lineup in consecutive matches for the first time all season against Saint Joseph's (Sept. 8) and VCU (Sept. 12).
The 12 different combinations have been successful in the early going for the Panthers as they have produced 17 goals, six more than all of last season.

PANTHER CUBS MAKING MOST OF PLAYING TIME

The Panthers are one of the youngest teams in the nation this season with the 21 newcomers, including a 17-player freshman class.
So far this season, Pitt has started nine freshmen in different spots of the lineup. The nine freshman have combined to start 66 matches this season.
Two freshmen have started every match so far this season, Amanda West and defender Mackenzie Edwards.

WEST CONTINUES STRONG START TO FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN

Amanda West has started off her career on a tear for the Panthers as she has notched at least one point in nine of her first 13 career matches.
West opened up her career with the best debut in program history as she netted a hat-trick and an assist including the game-winner in the 84th minute as Pitt beat Loyola Marymount 5-4. Her seven points are the most in a game by a Pitt player since 2001 and most in Ambrose Urbanic Field history by a Panther.
So far this season, the striker has netted eight goals, seven assists and 23 points along with four game-winning goals. Her 23 points are tied for the second-most with Charity McClure (1998) for second-place and needs three to tie Cande Ruiz (1998) for the most.
With eight goals, West ranks tied for fourth-most in a single-year in school history with Ashley Cuba (2011). In game-winning goals, she's tied for third with Ruiz.
In assists she's tied with Liz Carroll (2010) for fourth-most and already ranks tied for ninth in career assists.
In ACC play, she has racked up four assists in four games. She leads the conference in shots on goal (2.15 per game) and is tied for first in game-winning goals, third in shots (3.54 per game), tied for third in assists and goals and fourth in points.
One more assist would tie Roosa Arvas (2012) for the most-ever by a Panthers' freshman.
Earlier this year, West became just the second Panther in program history to earn ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors and the first Pitt freshman to do so. The last Panther to earn the weekly recognition was Taylor Pryce in 2015 when she was Co-Offensive Player of the Week.

THREE PANTHERS SHARING TIME IN GOAL

Goalkeepers Caitlyn Lazzarini (freshman), Amaia Pena (redshirt-junior) and Katherine Robinson (sophomore) have each started and played a full game this season.
Pena has seen the most action, playing 865 minutes in 10 games started. She's notched a 3-4-2 record, 1.46 goals against average, 22 saves and a .611 save percentage.
Lazzarini started in back-to-back games with three saves in a shutout win over Saint Joseph's and three more saves with a goal allowed at VCU.
Robinson has a 2.70 goals against average, eight saves and a 0-1-1 record. She has started the second half in the last two games, replacing Pena.

OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN

Prior to the beginning of the 2019 campaign, the Pitt women's soccer team voted on captains for the season and selected Juliana Vazquez and Kentucky transfer Hollie Olding to lead the team this year.
Vazquez is a four-year starter up front for the Panthers as she has appeared in 65 games while notching 56 starts over her impressive career.
Olding joined the Panthers for her junior campaign after spending her last two seasons of collegiate soccer at Kentucky. The England native has been named team captain in each of her three seasons in college as she earned the badge as a freshman and sophomore for the WIldcats. For her career, Olding has appeared in 38 matches while making 23 starts as she has netted four goals and eight points so far in her career.

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