Sunday, November 1
Winston Salem, N.C.
1 PM
Pitt
at
Wake Forest
Photo by: Clemson Athletics
Pitt Closes Out Fall Regular Season Sunday At Wake Forest
10/31/2020 3:25:00 PM | Women's Soccer
PITTSBURGH – Pitt women's soccer concludes it fall regular season at Wake Forest Sunday at 1 p.m. with an ACC Tournament berth on the line.
HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
ACC TOURNAMENT SPOT ON THE LINE
LAST TIME OUT: NO. 3 CLEMSON
TOP MARKS IN THE COUNTRY
LEADING SCORER IN THE NATION, AMANDA WEST
ROAD WARRIORS
SCOUTING WAKE FOREST
THE SERIES
NEW STARTING GOALKEEPER
O CANADA
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HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
- The game airs live on the ACC Network Extra.
- Updates from the contest will also be provided on Twitter. Follow @Pitt_WSOC for the latest news and updates about the team.
ACC TOURNAMENT SPOT ON THE LINE
- Tied for eighth place in the ACC standings with Virginia Tech at nine points, Pitt is in position to make the ACC Tournament for the first time in program history.
- As the top-eight teams make the tournament as in years' past, the Panthers will need to get at least a tie and some help on the last day of ACC play to make their first postseason appearance since making the BIG EAST Tournament in 2010.
- Pitt would clinch a bid if:
- A Pitt tie and a Virginia Tech loss at Boston College.
- A Pitt win and:
- Virginia Tech loses at Boston College.
- Duke loses at Miami.
- Virginia Tech wins at Boston College, Duke ties at Miami and Pitt beats Wake Forest by at least five goals.
LAST TIME OUT: NO. 3 CLEMSON
- The Panthers fell 2-1 in overtime Thursday night at the third-ranked Tigers.
- Tied at halftime, Amanda West scored the game's first goal in the 49th minute.
- Clemson scored two goals on headers off corner kicks, including the golden goal in the 92nd minute.
- Caitlyn Lazzarini made a career-high nine saves, including six in the second half.
TOP MARKS IN THE COUNTRY
- With the strong start to the season, the team ranks among the best in Division I in several categories.
- The Panthers lead the nation in total points (83) and goals (30).
- They rank in the top-20 in other team statistics: second in assists (23), third in scoring offense (2.31 goals per game), 11th in shots per game (14.62), 13th in shots on goal per game (7.00) and 20th in corner kicks per game (5.54).
LEADING SCORER IN THE NATION, AMANDA WEST
- West leads the nation in goals (13), game-winning goals (four), points (30), goals per game (1.0), points per game (2.31) and shots on goal per game (2.46) while ranking fourth in shots per game (4.38) and tied for fourth in assists (four) with teammate Kate McKay.
- With 30 points on the season, she broke the program record for points, which she set last year with 29.
- She hit the ground running this season, just like she did last year, with a goal in the first seven games for the longest goal-scoring streak in program history.
- With only 30 career games played, she already ranks among the top all-time scorers in program history.
- First in points (59), eight ahead of Ashley Cuba (2009-12).
- Tied in career goals (23) with Cuba.
- Tied for third in assists (13) with Liz Carroll (2007-10).
- She has recorded nine 3+ point games, the most in school history.
- Her 13 goals this fall are most in a single-season, three ahead of her total last year and Cande Ruiz (1998).
ROAD WARRIORS
- Five of the nine wins this season have come on the road, the most in a single-season in program history.
- Last year on the road, Pitt was 1-7-1 and a combined 2-28-4 in the last four seasons.
- With the difficulties of scheduling due to COVID and the desire to play nonconference games, Pitt has nine of its 14 games away from home this fall.
- All but one of the seven nonconference games are on the road.
SCOUTING WAKE FOREST
- The Demon Deacons enter the game with a 2-5-1, 2-4-1 record with seven points for 10th place in the ACC standings.
- To make the conference tournament, Wake Forest needs to beat Pitt and have Virginia Tech lose at Boston College. The Hokies topped the Demon Deacons 4-3 Thursday in Winston-Salem, N.C. in a back-and-forth game.
- Freshman midfielder Sophie Faircloth (six points) and senior forward Ryanne Brown (four) are the leading scorers on the team as they combined for five goals.
- Three goalkeepers have played at least 213 minutes of action: Redshirt-freshman Kaitlyn Parks (1-2-0 record, .739 save percentage and 2.50 goals-against average), freshman Madison Howard (0-2-0, .533 SV% and 2.00 GAA) and redshirt-sophomore Mia Raben (1-1-1, .722 SV% and 2.11 GAA). Parks played all 90 minutes in each of the last two games.
THE SERIES
- Wake Forest has won three of the four meetings against Pitt, including a 3-2 double overtime victory at home last year on Oct. 24.
- Three of the games have been decided by one goal, including two that went into overtime.
NEW STARTING GOALKEEPER
- The Panthers replace two-year starting goalkeeper Amaia Pena, who signed a professional contract with Athletic Club Femenino (Spain).
- Pitt has three goalkeepers on the roster: Robinson, Caitlyn Lazzarini and Gabriella Neibart.
- Robinson, the most experienced of the trio, seized the job at the beginning of the season and started the first eight games with only eight goals allowed and 21 saves in 754 minutes played.
- She has recorded three shutouts, including back-to-back against Syracuse and Navy.
- Lazzarini has started the last four games and previously relieved Robinson in both App State games and also against Boston College in the second half.
- She has made 17 saves in 422 minutes.
- Prior to this season, Robinson made eight starts in 12 games played over two seasons. Last year she registered a 0-1-1 record with a 2.20 goals against average and eight saves.
- Lazzarini played in four games with three starts last year as a freshman and recorded a 1-2-0 record, 0.95 goals against average and eight saves.
O CANADA
- Waldrum and his staff have gone north of the border the last two years to find top talent to fill out the roster.
- Six players grew up playing in the Canadian youth soccer system: Chantelle Parker (Milton, Ontario), Leah Pais (Mississagua, Ontario), West (Burlington, Ontario), Anna Bout (Cambridge, Ontario), Chloe Minas (Montreal, Quebec) and Bex Bartosh (Hiawatha First Nation, Ontario).
- Pais ranks tied for second with Anna Rico and McKay on the team in scoring with four goals and 10 points.
- Bout and Minas have started in the midfield in each game, and Bout scored her first collegiate goal at Appalachian State.
- Parker started four games at forward before Pitt's previous against Miami.
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