Friday, November 18
Tallahassee, FL
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14-4-3, 5-3-2
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Georgetown
15-2-5, 8-0-2
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No. 19 Women's Soccer Advances to NCAA Championship Third Round with Win Over No. 18 Georgetown
11/18/2022 6:19:00 PM | Women's Soccer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 19-ranked Pitt women's soccer team (14-4-3) extended its magical season courtesy of a 2-1 victory over No. 18-ranked Georgetown (15-2-5) in the 2022 NCAA Championship Second Round Friday at the Seminole Soccer Complex.
In their first NCAA Tournament appearance, the No. 4-seeded Panthers have advanced to the Sweet 16 courtesy of the win over the No. 5-seeded Hoyas. Pitt will now face No. 5-ranked and No. 1 overall seed Florida State (15-2-3) on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Seminole Soccer Complex. Florida State advanced to the Third Round by way of a 4-1 win over No. 8-seeded LSU on Saturday. The Panthers and Seminoles met on October 23 in Pittsburgh, with Florida State prevailing, 1-0.
"Obviously, extremely excited to be moving on and excited about the result for sure," head coach Randy Waldrum said. "The performance, at this point if it were the regular season, I probably would have sat here and tell you I was disappointed in the second half performance for sure after a pretty good first half. I didn't think we really got our rhythm. I thought we did enough in the first half and kind of hoped in the second half we could have kept that going. But it's not the regular season. It's playoff time, and I think at this point you just find ways to grind out results and get the result."
Pitt potted a pair of goals in the first half, then held on in the final 45 minutes to shut out the Hoyas in the second half and score the one-goal win.
"Like Randy said, we probably weren't able to play exactly how we usually like to play," Hailey Davidson said. "But like we said, it's a playoff game. You get what you can get and do what you can do. All that matters is that you put it away."
The Panthers put the first goal of the game on the board in the 19th minute, Pitt broke down the Georgetown defense, starting with Samiah Phiri feeding a through ball to Landy Mertz, who then got it inside to Sarah Schupansky who finished with the one timer. The goal marked Schupansky's seventh of the season.
"That goal, I just finished it," Schupansky said. "It started from the back. It was a great team goal, and it's everything that we work for. It was great to get on the board first, especially against a team like Georgetown."
Georgetown evened the score in the 37th minute, though, as Claire Manning found the back of the net. Erika Hardwood assisted on the goal.
Pitt wasted no time responding to the challenge, however, scoring off a corner. Schupansky took the corner and sent the ball toward the net. It deflected off of Katie Zailski and into the goal to give the Panthers a 2-1 advantage.
"The one thing we've been really good at all year is that we've been really resilient," Waldrum said. "I can't tell you the number of times that we've either gone down a goal, or we've been up and somebody's tied us and we've come back within just a couple of minutes. I think that one was 87 seconds or so from their goal to us getting the go-ahead goal. It didn't surprise me. Obviously, we spend a lot of time on set pieces. Fortunately, that one worked. The delivery was great from Sarah. Katie was in the right position. It was a big goal."
The second half saw Georgetown outshoot Pitt, 6-1, and control possession for much of the half. Pitt was able to hang on, though, and punch its ticket to the Third Round of the NCAA Championship.
Pitt earned the win despite being outshot by a 12-9 count. Schupansky tallied a game-high four shots, with two coming on goal. Zailski finished with two shots.
Caitlyn Lazzarini finished with four saves before exiting the game with an injury late in the second half. Freshman Ellie Breech played the final 6:06 in goal to finish off the win.
"I think the players handled it really well," Waldrum said. "You see another player go down. Not only another player, but your goalkeeper that's been starting for you. I think they were really focused on finishing out that last six minutes. I thought they did a really experienced and professional job of closing out that final six minutes."
Four Hoyas finished with two shots, with Manning putting a team-high two on goal. Allie Augur made two saves for Georgetown but conceded both goals while playing the full 90 in goal.
Pitt extended its single season records for wins (14), points (138) and goals (47) as it kept its historic season alive.
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In their first NCAA Tournament appearance, the No. 4-seeded Panthers have advanced to the Sweet 16 courtesy of the win over the No. 5-seeded Hoyas. Pitt will now face No. 5-ranked and No. 1 overall seed Florida State (15-2-3) on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Seminole Soccer Complex. Florida State advanced to the Third Round by way of a 4-1 win over No. 8-seeded LSU on Saturday. The Panthers and Seminoles met on October 23 in Pittsburgh, with Florida State prevailing, 1-0.
"Obviously, extremely excited to be moving on and excited about the result for sure," head coach Randy Waldrum said. "The performance, at this point if it were the regular season, I probably would have sat here and tell you I was disappointed in the second half performance for sure after a pretty good first half. I didn't think we really got our rhythm. I thought we did enough in the first half and kind of hoped in the second half we could have kept that going. But it's not the regular season. It's playoff time, and I think at this point you just find ways to grind out results and get the result."
Pitt potted a pair of goals in the first half, then held on in the final 45 minutes to shut out the Hoyas in the second half and score the one-goal win.
"Like Randy said, we probably weren't able to play exactly how we usually like to play," Hailey Davidson said. "But like we said, it's a playoff game. You get what you can get and do what you can do. All that matters is that you put it away."
The Panthers put the first goal of the game on the board in the 19th minute, Pitt broke down the Georgetown defense, starting with Samiah Phiri feeding a through ball to Landy Mertz, who then got it inside to Sarah Schupansky who finished with the one timer. The goal marked Schupansky's seventh of the season.
"That goal, I just finished it," Schupansky said. "It started from the back. It was a great team goal, and it's everything that we work for. It was great to get on the board first, especially against a team like Georgetown."
Georgetown evened the score in the 37th minute, though, as Claire Manning found the back of the net. Erika Hardwood assisted on the goal.
Pitt wasted no time responding to the challenge, however, scoring off a corner. Schupansky took the corner and sent the ball toward the net. It deflected off of Katie Zailski and into the goal to give the Panthers a 2-1 advantage.
"The one thing we've been really good at all year is that we've been really resilient," Waldrum said. "I can't tell you the number of times that we've either gone down a goal, or we've been up and somebody's tied us and we've come back within just a couple of minutes. I think that one was 87 seconds or so from their goal to us getting the go-ahead goal. It didn't surprise me. Obviously, we spend a lot of time on set pieces. Fortunately, that one worked. The delivery was great from Sarah. Katie was in the right position. It was a big goal."
The second half saw Georgetown outshoot Pitt, 6-1, and control possession for much of the half. Pitt was able to hang on, though, and punch its ticket to the Third Round of the NCAA Championship.
Pitt earned the win despite being outshot by a 12-9 count. Schupansky tallied a game-high four shots, with two coming on goal. Zailski finished with two shots.
Caitlyn Lazzarini finished with four saves before exiting the game with an injury late in the second half. Freshman Ellie Breech played the final 6:06 in goal to finish off the win.
"I think the players handled it really well," Waldrum said. "You see another player go down. Not only another player, but your goalkeeper that's been starting for you. I think they were really focused on finishing out that last six minutes. I thought they did a really experienced and professional job of closing out that final six minutes."
Four Hoyas finished with two shots, with Manning putting a team-high two on goal. Allie Augur made two saves for Georgetown but conceded both goals while playing the full 90 in goal.
Pitt extended its single season records for wins (14), points (138) and goals (47) as it kept its historic season alive.
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Team Stats
GEO
PIT
Goals
1
2
Shots
12
9
Shots on Goal
5
4
Saves
2
4
Corners
3
6
Fouls
12
11
Scoring Plays
Sarah Schupansky (7)
Assisted By: Samiah Phiri , Landy Mertz
GOAL by PIT Schupansky, Sarah Assist by Phiri, Samiah and Mertz, Landy.
18:07
Claire Manning (2)
Assisted By: Erika Harwood
GOAL by GEO Manning, Claire Assist by Harwood, Erika.
36:18
Katie Zailski (4)
Assisted By: Sarah Schupansky
GOAL by PIT Zailski, Katie Assist by Schupansky, Sarah.
37:45
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
4
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
1
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
mid
Shots
1
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
1
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Players Mentioned
GK
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