Pitt Begins Four-Game Homestand Thursday Against Boston College

PITTSBURGH – Pitt women's soccer starts a four-game homestand Thursday at 6 p.m. against Boston College.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG

The game airs live on the ACC Network.
Updates from the context will also be provided on Twitter. Follow @Pitt_WSOC for the latest news and updates about the team.

LAST TIME OUT: AT VIRGINIA TECH

Pitt suffered its second-straight loss 2-0 at No. 10 Virginia Sunday afternoon.
The Hokies took advantage of a Panthers' turnover in its own box to score a late game-winning goal.
Pitt finished with a big advantage in shots (19-8), shots on goal (12-5) and corner kicks (9-4).

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 (52), goals (18) and assists (16).
They rank in the top-20 in other team statistics: fifth in scoring offense (2.25 goals per game), eighth in corner kicks per game (6.63), 11th in shots on goal per game (7.25), 12th in shots per game (15.13), 13th in shutout percentage (0.5), 14th in penalty kicks per game (0.8), 15th in goals-against average (0.739) and 21st in shot accuracy (0.479).

LEADING SCORER IN THE NATION, AMANDA WEST

West leads the nation in all three scoring categories: goals (seven), assists (three) and points (17).
She has hit the ground running this season, just like she did last year, with a goal in each game for the longest goal-scoring streak in program history.
With only 25 career games played, she already ranks among the top all-time scorers in program history.
- Third in points (46).
- Tied for fifth in goals (16) with Netta Agredano (2000-03).
- Tied for fourth in assists (12) with Kristina Francois (2003-06) and Cande Ruiz (1998-01).
She has recorded seven 3+ point games, tied with Ruiz for the most in school history.
Her 17 points this year are tied with for seventh-most in a single-season, and her seven goals rank tied for sixth.
She accomplished things in 2019 that no other Panther has done.
She was named to the United Soccer Coaches' All-Atlantic Region Third-Team, becoming the second-ever Panther to receive all-region honors.
She became the first Pitt women's soccer player to receive All-ACC honors when she was named to the third and all-freshmen teams.
She broke the school's all-time single-season points record last year with 29.
Also, she passed Ruiz (1998) at 26 for the most and also tied Ruiz for the most goals in one year with 10.
In assists, she tied with Charity McClure (1998) and Katelyn Ruhe (2010) for the single-season record and already ranks tied for eighth in career assists.

NATIONALLY RANKED

Pitt was slotted at No. 14 last week of the United Soccer Coaches' Poll, announced Tuesday.
Last week the Panthers were ranked No. 12, the first ranking in the United Soccer Coaches' Poll in program history.
The Panthers are one of six ACC teams ranked.
The poll has condensed rankings at this time, with only 15 teams ranked that have played a game this season.
Head coach Randy Waldrum has now led five schools to be nationally ranked: Tulsa men's and women's soccer, Baylor and Notre Dame in addition to Pitt.

BEST START IN PROGRAM HISTORY

Pitt started the season 6-0 for the first time in program history.
The six victories to start the season was the second-longest winning-streak in school history, as the 2015 team rattled off eight wins in a row.
The Panthers defeated the Citadel twice on the road, 2-1 in overtime and 1-0. Previously, Pitt has beaten Syracuse 2-0 in the home and ACC opener, 1-0 in overtime at Navy and Appalachian State twice on the road in the first week of the year with 4-0 and 7-1 victories.
The Panthers have a 17-2 goal aggregate for the season, best in the nation.
Playing 548 minutes and 20 seconds in the six-game span, the Panthers only trailed in 11 minutes and 36 seconds, all in the 2-1 comeback win at the Citadel.
Eight Panthers scored the 17 combined goals.
The Panthers put limited pressure on their goalkeepers with an average of 1.5 saves per game.
West scored three-straight game-winning goals, something no other Panther in program history has done before.
West converted two golden goals off penalty kicks at Navy and the Citadel in back-to-back games.
Against the Orange, the Panthers had a dominate advantage in shots (27-4) and shots on goals (12-1).
The season-opening shutout at the Mountaineers was the biggest-ever margin of victory in a season-opener.
The Panthers had not defeated an opponent by 4+ goals since a 6-1 victory over St. John's on Oct. 9, 2011.

MOVING ON UP THE ALL-TIME HEAD COACH WINS LIST

With 414 career wins in 27 years at the Division I level, Randy Waldrum needs one more to tie for eighth all-time with David Lombardo (Keene State and James Madison, 35 Years) and Chris Petrucelli (Notre Dame, Texas and SMU, 30 Years).
Petrucelli's squad at SMU is currently idle this fall, and Lombardo retired after the 2017 season.
Waldrum currently ranks eighth among all-time victories.

ROAD WARRIORS

Five of the six 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 10 of its 15 games away from home this fall.
All but one of the seven nonconference games are on the road.

SCOUTING BOSTON COLLEGE

Playing for the first time this season, the Eagles lost 2-0 at Notre Dame and Louisville last week.
Boston College returns seven starters from last year's team that went 8-8-2, 1-8-1 and finished 13th in the ACC standings.
Sophomore midfielder Sam Smith led the team last year in goals (eight), including three game-winners.
Starting all but two games as a freshman last year, Allie Augur started both games last week with 10 saves.

THE SERIES

Boston College has won 11 of the 12 meetings.
The Panthers snapped an 11-game losing streak to the Eagles, 2-1 in overtime, last year at Ambrose Urbanic Field that also broke a three-year ACC losing streak.

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