Sunday, October 18
Pittsburgh, Pa.
1:30 PM
Pitt
9-3-0, 3-3-0
2
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Miami
0-7-0, 0-5-0
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2
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Miami (FL)
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Pittsburgh
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Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics
Pitt Shuts Out Miami 2-0 on Senior Day
10/18/2020 6:05:00 PM | Women's Soccer
PITTSBURGH – Pitt women's soccer (9-3-0, 3-3-0) shut out Miami (0-7-0, 0-6-0) 2-0 on Senior Day Sunday afternoon at Ambrose Urbanic Field. Kate McKay headed in a corner kick from Hailey Davidson in the 67th minute for the game-winning goal.
Amanda West added an insurance goal in the 78th minute. After a pass from Leah Pais was deflected, West gathered the ball, made a move into the middle of the box to get past a defender and placed the shot in the bottom left corner of the net past the diving goalkeeper.
NEWS AND NOTES
UP NEXT
Pitt faces Syracuse a second time this season on the road in a non-conference matchup next Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Team captain @ktkmck 3rd goal of the season is a clutch one!
— Pitt Women's Soccer (@Pitt_WSOC) October 18, 2020
Pitt 1 | Miami 0
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Amanda West added an insurance goal in the 78th minute. After a pass from Leah Pais was deflected, West gathered the ball, made a move into the middle of the box to get past a defender and placed the shot in the bottom left corner of the net past the diving goalkeeper.
NEWS AND NOTES
- The lone senior on the team, Dixon Veltri started at midfield and was honored with a pre-game ceremony with a socially distant photo with her family and the Pitt coaching staff.
- The nine wins this season are the second-most in program history, as the 2015 squad went 10-7-1.
- The team has scored 29 goals this year, tied with the 2006 team for second-most in a single-season in school history.
- West moved ahead of Cande Ruiz (1998) for the second-most single-season points (28) in program history and extended her single-season record for goals to 12.
- West is one point away from tying her single-season record (29) that she set last year.
- Caitlyn Lazzarini (2-1-0) made two saves for her first shutout of the season and second of her collegiate career.
- Pitt had the decisive advantage in shots (24-8) and shots on goal (8-2) and also an edge in corner kicks (8-6).
- West placed four of a game-high and career-high 11 shots on goal.
- Athalie Palomo, Emily Yaple and Pais each had three shots with one on goal.
UP NEXT
Pitt faces Syracuse a second time this season on the road in a non-conference matchup next Sunday at 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
Miami
Pitt
Goals
0
2
Shots
8
24
Shots on Goal
2
8
Saves
6
2
Corners
6
8
Fouls
8
6
Scoring Plays
Kate McKay (3)
Assisted By: Hailey Davidson
GOAL by Pitt McKay, Kate Assist by Davidson, Hailey.
66:50
Amanda West (12)
GOAL by Pitt West, Amanda.
77:57
Game Leaders
Players
fwd
Shots
11
SOG
4
Goals
1
Assists
0
def
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
0
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Players Mentioned
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