No. 2 Pitt, No. 7 Washington Set for Elite Eight Matchup

CARY, N.C. – The No. 2 overall seed Pitt men's soccer team faces No. 7 seed Washington Monday afternoon in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal round at WakeMed Soccer Park.

The winner will earn a trip to the NCAA College Cup Friday, May 14. Both teams seek their first College Cup appearance.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG

Kick-off begins at 1 p.m. EST. The match will be live streamed at NCAA.com. To watch, click here.
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PITT BLANKS UCF IN NCAA THIRD ROUND

Pitt shutout UCF, 4-0, in the NCAA Tournament Third Round May 6.
Sophomore Veljko Petkovic scored twice, including 23 seconds, which is the fastest goal scored in Pitt program history.
Senior Alexander Dexter and sophomore Valentin Noel both scored, while freshman Bertin Jacquesson tallied an assist.
Graduate student goalie Nico Campuzano earned his 15th win in goal, a new single-season school record. He totaled a career-high 10 saves.

CAMPUZANO MAKING THE STOPS

Graduate student goalkeeper Nico Campuzano finished the ACC Tournament with 15 saves and ended the fall season with 31 total saves.
Campuzano's seven saves in the ACC Championship Final earned him a new career-high.
Campuzano delivered a clean sheet against Boston College at home Saturday, Mar. 13, making four stops for his second shutout of the season.
Campuzano totaled a career-best 10 saves in Pitt's 4-0 shutout victory over UCF in the NCAA Third Round. He saved six shots in the first half and four in the second.
Campuzano has registered eight games with four or more saves and four games with six or more stops on the year.
The Cantabria, Spain, native has 61 saves on the season and five shutouts to his credit. His 61 total saves is first in the ACC and 3rd in the nation.
Campuzano's broke the single-season school record for wins with his 15th against UCF. Campuzano passed Adam Spitzer's record of 14 set in 1995.

NOEL, LÖEFFELSEND NAMED MAC HERMANN TROPHY SEMIFINALISTS

A pair of Panthers were recognized by the United Soccer Coaches and Missouri Athletic Club Tuesday afternoon, as sophomore Valentin Noel and graduate student Jasper Löeffelsend were named MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalists.
The MAC Hermann Trophy is college soccer's most prestigious award, given to the top player in the country.
Noel and Löeffelsend are two of 15 semifinalists and the only ACC representatives.
Pitt is also the only team representing more than one player.

THE SERIES - WASHINGTON

The Pitt Panthers and Washington Huskies meet for the first time in program history Monday.
This is the third-straight contest in which the Panthers meet their opponent for the first time (Monmouth, UCF).
Head Coach Jay Vidovich is 1-1-0 all-time against the Huskies.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES

Washington enters the quarterfinal round as the No. 7 seed, holding a 12-3 overall record. The Huskies finished 7-3 in Pac-12 play this year and earned second in the Pac-12 regular season standings.
Washington's resume includes two top-5 wins over No. 2 Stanford (1-0) and No. 3 Oregon State (2-1) earlier this season. The Huskies recently defeated Grand Canyon and Missouri State, 2-0 each, in the NCAA Second and Third rounds, respectively.
The Huskies enter as the seventh best scoring offensive team in the nation, averaging 2.33 goals per game. They are ninth in points per game (6.33), 13th in assists per contest (2.27) and 11th in shots on goal per game (6.73).
Washington is led by junior defender Charlie Ostrem, who received Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year honors. Ostrem is currently second in the nation with 11 assists and sixth in assists per game (.73). He also has one goal and 13 shots on goal this year.
The Huskies are led offensively by junior Dylan Teves, who earned All-Pac-12 First Team honors. Teves has seven goals, five assists, 36 shots and 17 shots on goal for the season.
Washington Head Coach Jamie Clark was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year.