Amanda West Scores Golden Goal for 1-0 Pitt Victory at Navy

Sunday, September 20

Annapolis, Md.

2 PM

Pitt

4-0

Navy

0-1

PITT

NAVY

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Amanda West Scores Golden Goal for 1-0 Pitt Victory at Navy

9/20/2020 5:43:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Amanda West scored a golden goal in the 96th minute to give Pitt women's soccer (4-0) a 1-0 victory over Navy (0-1) Sunday afternoon at Glenn Warner Soccer Facility. The Panthers are tied for the best start in program history (2006 and 2009).

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— Pitt Women's Soccer (@Pitt_WSOC) September 20, 2020

"Extremely proud of our team today," said Pitt head coach Randy Waldrum. "To watch the growth of these players is a really a fun thing to see. I thought defensively we were very good today. Athalie Palomo, Hailey Davidson, Kate McKay and Mackenzie Edwards were very solid. Katherine Robinson was very confident in the goal as well. I thought we were a bit timid early on, and it took a while for our attack to get going. However in the second half we were much better as well as the first part of overtime. Navy is a very good team, NCAA tournament experienced and older than our young team, so I'm very proud of the performance. I thought Leah Pais was really good in her holdup play today and did a great job on drawing the penalty kick. Amanda West was huge in stepping up under pressure to win it for us!"

Moving into the box from the right corner, Pais was tripped up by a Mids defender to earn West's penalty kick, the third attempt of the season for her. West has recorded a goal in all four games this season.

Pitt continues non-conference play with a pair of road games at The Citadel next Thursday (4 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m.).

Notes

Robinson (4-0) made two saves for her second consecutive shutout. She hasn't allowed a goal in 307 minutes played.
The Panthers picked up their third road win of the season, the first since winning three times away from home in 2015.
West moves into sixth place in career goals (14) and tied for sixth in career points (40) with Netta Agredano (2000-03) in program history.
Pitt had the edge in shots (13-9) with four shots on goal, and both teams had four corner kicks.
West placed two of a game-high five shots on goal.