Women’s Soccer Travels to Miami for Sunday Night ACC Game

PITTSBURGH – Pitt women's soccer team faces Miami on the road Sunday at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on the ACC Network.

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The match against Miami 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

Pitt (3-5-2, 0-1-1 ACC) fell 4-0 at Notre Dame in its ACC road opener Thursday night.
The Irish outshot the Panthers 20-1 and had a 9-1 corner kicks advantage.
Amaia Pena started and made three saves. Katherine Robinson entered at the beginning of the second half and had four saves.

SCOUTING MIAMI

Miami enters the game with a 3-4-1, 0-2-0 record and a three-game losing streak. The Hurricanes have lost two road games to No. 16 Virginia Tech (2-0) and RV Boston College (4-0) to start ACC play.
Junior midfielder Tia Dupont leads the team in scoring with eight points. Dupont and four other teammates have recorded a pair of goals.
Sophomore Tyler Speaks and freshman Melissa Dagenais have rotated as the starting goalkeeper with Speaks receiving the majority of playing time. In 470 minutes of playing time, Speaks has a 3-3-1 record, 1.34 goals against average, 24 saves and a shutout. Dagenais started in their last game at Boston College with a 2.11 goals against average and eight saves in 256 minutes of action.

THE SERIES WITH MIAMI

Miami has the edge against Pitt with a 6-2-0 record in the all-time series.
The last four meetings have been ACC league games, with the Hurricanes winning three times.
Pitt's last ACC victory came against Miami at home 3-2 (2OT) on Oct. 19, 2017.

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 10 matches, the Panthers have used eight 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 nine different combinations have been successful in the early going for the Panthers as they have produced 12 goals, one more than produced in all of last season.

PANTHER CUBS MAKING MOST OF PLAYING TIME

The Panthers are one of the youngest teams in the nation this season as they have 21 newcomers to the squad this season 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 52 matches so far this season.
Two freshmen have started every matches so far this season, forward Amanda West and midfielder 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 seven of her first 10 career matches.
Her last point was an assist on Rachel Rasin's first collegiate goal against Syracuse.
She 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 handed Loyola Marymount the 5-4 defeat. 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, four assists and 18 points to go along with three game-winning goals. Her 18 points are the most in a season for a Pitt player since 2014 when Roosa Arvas netted 21 points.
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 636 minutes in seven games started. She's notched a 2-3-2 record, 1.56 goals against average, 15 saves and a .600 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 allowed two goals in both games played with six saves.

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 Juliana Vazquez and junior 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 62 games while notching 53 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 35 matches while making 23 starts as she has netted four goals and eight points so far in her career.

UP NEXT

Pitt stays on the road to face No. 6 Florida State Saturday at 1 p.m. on the ACC Network.

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Women’s Soccer Travels to Miami for Sunday Night ACC Game

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Players Mentioned

Mackenzie Edwards

Caitlyn Lazzarini

Hollie Olding

Amaia Pena

Taylor Pryce

Katherine Robinson

Juliana Vazquez

Amanda West

Women’s Soccer Travels to Miami for Sunday Night ACC Game

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Players Mentioned

Mackenzie Edwards

Caitlyn Lazzarini

Hollie Olding

Amaia Pena

Taylor Pryce

Katherine Robinson

Juliana Vazquez

Amanda West

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