Women’s Soccer Heads Back on the Road to No. 6 Florida State

Saturday, October 5

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Women’s Soccer Heads Back on the Road to No. 6 Florida State

10/3/2019 2:18:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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PITTSBURGH – Pitt women's soccer team ends a three-game ACC road trip against No. 6 Florida State Saturday at 1 p.m. The game will be the Panthers' second-straight match broadcasted on the ACC Network.

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The match at Florida State will air live on the ACC Network.
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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

Trailing by two goals, Pitt (3-5-3, 0-1-2 ACC) rallied to score three second half goals to tie Miami 3-3 Sunday night.
Freshman forward Sydney Marasco recorded the Panthers' first (54th minute) and third (86th) goals. A Miami defender deflected a cross by sophomore forward Anna Rico into the right side of the net for the second goal.
Freshman forward Amanda West assisted on all three, tying Kayle Rabatin (Aug. 23, 2015 against Robert Morris) for the second-most by a Panther in a single-game in school history.
The Panthers had the edge in shots (16-13) and a sizable advantage in corner kicks (8-3).

SCOUTING FLORIDA STATE

Florida State enters the game ranked No. 6 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and sit atop the RPI rankings with a 9-2-0 record.
With a seven-game winning streak, Florida State is one of two teams (No. 3 North Carolina) with wins in all three ACC matches, defeating RV Boston College (5-4), then-No. 9 Clemson (2-1) and Syracuse (1-0).
Florida State ranks ninth in the nation in scoring offense (2.73 goals per game), 14th in shots per game (18.27) and 37th in shots on goal per game (7.73). Senior forward Deyna Castellanos leads the scoring attack, ranking ninth in the nation in assists per game (0.73), 16th in points per game (2.00) and 56th in goals per game (0.64).
Redshirt-senior Caroline Jeffers has been the primary starting goalkeeper with a 1.59 goals against average, 6-2-0 record and 26 saves in 736 minutes of action. Redshirt-sophomore Brooke Bollinger started in the shutout over Syracuse and hasn't allowed a goal in 281 minutes with four saves and a 3-0-0 record.

THE SERIES

Florida State has won all six meetings.
All six games have come as ACC opponents, with the two schools playing each other every year since Pitt joined in the league in 2014.

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 11 matches, the Panthers have used 10 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 10 different combinations have been successful in the early going for the Panthers as they have produced 15 goals, four 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 56 matches this season.
Two freshmen have started every matches 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 eight of her first 11 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 seven goals, seven assists and 18 points along with three game-winning goals. Her 21 points are tied for the third-most with Roosa Arvas (2014) in a single-season in program history. She needs two more to tie Charity McClure (1998) for second-place and five to tie Cande Ruiz (1998) for the most.
With 7 goals, West ranks tied for fifth-most in a single-year in school history. In game-winning goals, she's tied for fourth.
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 three games. She leads the conference in shots on goal (2.36 per game) and is third in shots (3.64 per game), fourth in points and sixth in assists.
One more assist would tie 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 681 minutes in eight games started. She's notched a 2-3-2 record, 1.59 goals against average, 16 saves and a .571 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 senior defender Juliana Vazquez and junior defender 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 63 games while notching 54 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 36 matches while making 23 starts as she has netted four goals and eight points so far in her career.

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