The 2024 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Randy Waldrum, in his seventh season. They played their home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This was the team's 29th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 12th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Panthers started the season ranked seventh overall, and faced off against fourteenth ranked . The match ended in a 0–0 draw. Pittsburgh won its next match before being upset by unranked . Despite another win, the Panthers fell out of the rankings with the next release. They won their remaining four non-conference games to finish 6–1–1. Georgia was the only Power 4 opponent they faced in non-conference play. They began ACC play with a win over Louisville before losing 0–1 to both eighth ranked North Carolina and California. They followed those results with a tie against Stanford before defeating Clemson and Syracuse. They tied Miami before facing three ranked teams in their final three games. The Panthers would go on to lose all of those matches, with the closest being 2–3 in the final game of the season against thirteenth ranked Notre Dame.
The Panthers finished the season 9–6–3 overall and 3–5–2 in ACC play to finish in eleventh place. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. This season broke a streak of two consecutive qualifications for both of those tournaments. Their nine total wins were the lowest since 2019. Their three conference wins were the lowest since a pandemic shortented 2020 season.
Previous season
The Panthers finished the season 17–6–1 overall and 6–3–1 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament they upset nationally third ranked North Carolina in overtime in the Quarterfinals. They could not advance further than the semifinals as they were defeated by Florida State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the seventh-seed in the Florida State Bracket, they defeated 6–0 in the First Round and, second-seed in the Second Round and sixth seed in the Round of 16. The victory against Memphis set up a third matchup with Florida State this season. The score in this matchup was the most lopsided of the three matches and the Panthers lost 3–0 to end their season.
Offseason
Departures
Departures Lainie Fuchs 3 DF 5'7" Freshman Vienna, Austria Returned to Austriato play professionally Landy Mertz 6 MF 5'4" Senior Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Graduated; drafted 52nd overallin the 2024 NWSL Draft Fleming Dean 7 MF 5'5" Sophomore Marietta, Georgia Transferred to Stanford Amanda West 9 FW 5'6" Graduate Student Sundsvall, Sweden Graduated; drafted 36th overallin the 2024 NWSL Draft Anna Bout 12 MF 5'5" Graduate Student Cambridge, Canada Graduated Evie Craven 14 FW 5'6" Freshman Stockport, England Transferred to Charlotte Delaney Evers 22 FW 5'7" Freshman Oakdale, Pennsylvania Transferred to Charleston Southern Emily Edwards 25 GK 5'9" Freshman Holly Springs, North Carolina Transferred to Purdue Kaley Simqu 28 DF 5'3" Freshman Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Transferred to Bowling Green Ashton Gordon 32 DF 5'11" Graduate Student Tulsa, Oklahoma Graduated
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers Abby Reisz 1 GK 5'9" Sophomore Upper Arlington, Ohio Tennessee Magali Gagne 3 MF 5'6" Junior Montreal, Canada Kansas Grace Pettet 19 DF 5'8" Graduate Student Tulsa, Oklahoma Missouri Bailey Wagenknecht 22 FW 5'6" Sophomore Peachtree City, Georgia Mississippi State Ava Boyd 26 FW 5'7" Sophomore Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Michigan State
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Recruiting class
Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating Oakmont, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Riverhounds Powell, Ohio Ohio Premier San Diego, California San Diego Surf Dubois, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Hotspurs N/A Canton, Michigan Michigan Hawks Wake Forest, North Carolina North Carolina Courage (ECNL) Aldie, Virginia TSJ FC Virginia Clovis, California Clovis Crossfire SC
Squad
Roster
Team management Head coach Randy Waldrum Associate Head Coach Ben Waldrum Assistant Coach Jesse Goleman Assistant Coach Ashton Gordon
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Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=""| Non-conference regular season
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Awards and honors Deborah Abiodun Pre-season All-ACC Team August 8, 2024 Sarah Schupansky Deborah Abiodun All-ACC Second Team November 6, 2024 Sarah Schupansky
Rankings
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