Monday, October 10
Pittsburgh, Pa.
7 PM
Pitt
vs
#10 Denver
Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics
No. 25 Panthers Back In Action Monday at Home Against #10 Denver
10/9/2022 4:45:00 PM | Men's Soccer
PITTSBURGH – The No. 25 Pitt men's soccer team (5-3-2, 2-2-1 ACC) returns home Monday night for another ranked matchup as No. 10 Denver comes to town for a non-conference showdown at Ambrose Urbanic Field. Monday's match will kick at 7:00 pm on ACC Network Extra.
FOLLOW ALONG
# TEAM RECORD %
1. Georgetown 35-2-5 .893
2. Missouri State 31-3-2 .889
3. New Hampshire 27-2-4 .879
4. Campbell 27-2-5 .868
5. Kentucky 32-3-5 .863
6. Washington 30-4-2 .861
Cornell 14-1-3 .861
8. Pitt 28-4-3 .843
9. Clemson 34-5-4 .837
10. Yale 13-2-2 .824
UP NEXT
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FOLLOW ALONG
- Monday night's contest will be live on ACC Network Extra and can be found online HERE.
- Live stats for Monday's game can be found HERE.
- Live updates throughout the game will also be posted on Twitter by following the Pitt men's soccer account @Pitt_MSOC.
- This meeting marks the second all-time between the two programs with the Panthers winning the lone meeting.
- Pitt earned the 3-2 double overtime victory at Ambrose Urbanic Field in 2019 in the first meeting between the two programs.
- Valentin Noel netted the first goal of the game in 2019 as the Panthers notched the dramatic overtime win.
- Denver enters Monday's match with a 7-2-3 overall record and a 2-0-1 Summit League mark after earning a 0-0 road draw at St. Thomas Saturday. The Pioneers are currently ranked No. 10 in the United Soccer Coaches Top-25 Poll and have been ranked for six straight weeks.
- The Pioneers are being led offensively by Sam Bassett who has four goals, two assists and 10 points to go along with a team-high 19 shots. Aidan O'Toole has a goal, a team-high four assists and six points while Ian Smith has two goals, two assists and six points.
- In goal, the Pioneers Isaac Nehme has earned 11 starts and owns a 7-2-2 overall record with a 0.64 goals-against average and a .750 save percentage. He also leads all freshman in the country with six shutouts so far this season.
- The Pitt program has turned into a fixture in the national polls since head coach Jay Vidovich took over the program seven years.
- Pitt is ranked No. 25 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top-25 Poll, No. 14 in the TopDrawerSoccer Top-25 Poll and No. 23 in the College Soccer News Top-30 Poll.
- Pitt has been ranked in all eight United Soccer Coaches Polls so far this season.
- Overall, Pitt has been ranked for 38 straight weeks in the United Soccer Coaches Poll. It's currently the longest ranked streak in the nation.
- Pitt has earned a top-10 ranking in 32 of those 38 straight weeks.
- Pitt has been ranked No. 1 in the poll for eight weeks since the poll started in 1996.
- The Panthers are no stranger to nationally ranked opponents. Pitt has played a total of five nationally ranked opponents through their first nine games of the season for the first time in program history.
- Pitt opened the season with back-to-back wins over top-10 programs for the first time in program history as they downed No. 2 Georgetown 2-1 and No. 6 West Virginia 3-0.
- Pitt is 4-0-1 against top-5 opponents over the last two seasons as they downed Georgeotwn (No. 2), Clemson (No. 2), Duke (No. 3) and North Carolina (No. 4) during the regular season and tied Notre Dame (No. 4) in the Elite Eight last season.
- Overall, Pitt is 6-2-3 against nationally ranked foes over the last two seasons.
- Over the last three seasons, Pitt owns a 10-5-3 record against ranked opponents.
- Currently, Pitt has two more ranked opponents remaining on their regular season schedule including Monday night vs. #10 Denver.
- The Panthers have been one of the best teams in the country on their home turf over the last four seasons as they own a 28-4-3 record at Ambrose Urbanic Field.
- Pitt held a 19-match home winning streak from Oct. 7, 2019 to Nov. 10, 2021, which at the time was the longest streak in the ACC and second longest unbeaten streak in the nation.
- Head coach Jay Vidovich is 34-17-5 at home in his seven seasons at Pitt.
- Since the start of the 2019 season, Pitt has outscored its opponents 102-36 at home including a 18-8 advantage this season.
- The Panthers win percentage (.843) at home over the past four seasons is the best in the ACC and 8th overall in the NCAA.
# TEAM RECORD %
1. Georgetown 35-2-5 .893
2. Missouri State 31-3-2 .889
3. New Hampshire 27-2-4 .879
4. Campbell 27-2-5 .868
5. Kentucky 32-3-5 .863
6. Washington 30-4-2 .861
Cornell 14-1-3 .861
8. Pitt 28-4-3 .843
9. Clemson 34-5-4 .837
10. Yale 13-2-2 .824
UP NEXT
- The Panthers return to action Friday night at 5:00 pm as they head to Blacksburg, VA to take on Virginia Tech in an ACC game.
- Friday night's match will air live on ACC Network Extra.
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