Pitt Women’s Soccer Set to Host Boston College Saturday Night

PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh women's soccer team welcomes the Boston College Eagles to Ambrose Urbanic Field on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 7 PM.

HOW TO FOLLOW

Saturday night's ACC matchup will be streamed live on ACCNX.
Live stats will be available HERE.
Live updates throughout the game will be posted on Twitter by following the Pitt women's soccer account @Pitt_WSOC.

THE SERIES

Saturday's matchup will be the 16^th overall meeting between the two programs.
Boston college holds the 11-3-1 edge to Pitt in the program history series.
The last time out, the Panthers tied the Eagles 1-1.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES

The Boston College Eagles fell to No. 8 Clemson 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.
Clemson was able to capitalize on corner kicks to take the 2-0 lead on the Eagles.
Wiebke Willebrant secured one save on Sunday, totaling 90 minutes at the net.
Boston College has yet to secure an ACC win this season after being defeated by Clemson, Virginia Tech and Duke.

RECCAPING SUNDAY'S ACC MATCHUP

The Panthers completed their ACC home opener against No. 10 Notre Dame with a 1-1 draw on Sunday afternoon.
At the 82^nd minute, freshman Deborah Abiodun headed the ball into the back of the net off of Keera Melenhorst's corner kick, completing the equalizer.
Just moments before the end of the 90 minutes of play, Samiah Phiri posted a strong shot at the bottom right of the net, trying to take the lead for Pitt, but was saved by Notre Dame.
Pitt completed the matchup with 15 shots, seven shots on goal, and 12 corner kicks.

PANTHERS IN THE POLLS

	United Soccer Coaches	TopDrawerSoccer	College Soccer News
Preseason	14	15	17
Week 1	21	14	16
Week 2	21	13	14
Week 3	22	11	12
Week 4	Received Votes	15	16
Week 5	Received Votes	11	14
Week 6	--	18	22

RANKINGS ALL AROUND

Currently, Amanda West is ranked second in the nation for 30 goals & 20 assists, and third in the nation for goals, (45), points (111), goals per game (0.74), and points per game (1.82).
Sarah Schupansky is ranked first in the ACC for points per game (1.73), total points (19) and total goals (7)
The team as a whole is ranked first in the nation for corner kicks per game (9.27), third for shots per game (20.91), fourth for shots on goal per game (10.18), and assists per game (3.00).

UP NEXT

The Pittsburgh Panthers will welcome No. 17 Duke to Ambrose Urbanic Field on Thursday, Oct. 5. The ACC Matchup will start at 7 PM and will be aired on ACC Network Extra.