The 2025 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Ben Waldrum, in his eighth season with the program, and first as head coach. They played their home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is the team's 30th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 13th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Ben Waldrum replaced Randy Waldrum when Randy was elevated to the program's technical director in May of 2025.
The Panther's season started well as they won their first four non-conference games. The highlight of the four was a win over eventual Big East champions . The streak ended with two straight losses against teams from California in and . The Panthers finished the non-conference season with two draws, and had a final non-conference record of 4–2–2. To start the ACC season, they hosted the two California schools in California and third-ranked Stanford. The Panthers lost both matches, 1–2 and 0–6. They earned their first ACC victory on a trip to Boston College where they won 2–1. After the victory, the Panthers lost their next six ACC games. Three of those losses came against ranked opponents in fourteenth-ranked Duke, nineteenth-ranked North Carolina and third-ranked Virginia. They finished their season with an upset of the top ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish 1–0 at home.
The Panthers finished the season 6–10–2 overall and 2–8–0 in ACC play to finish in thirteenth place. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. Their six total wins and two total conference wins were the lowest since 2019.
Previous season
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.
Offseason
Departures
Departures 2 DF 5'8" Boca Raton, Florida Transferred to UCF 4 MF 5'6" Mars, Pennsylvania Graduated 5 FW 5'5" Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Graduated; signed professionalcontract with Gotham FC 6 MF 5'4" Gurnee, Illinois Transferred to Ole Miss 8 MF 5'4" Oyo, Nigeria Signed professional contractwith Washington Spirit 10 MF 5'3" Ottawa, Canada Graduated 11 DF 5'9" Oakdale, Pennsylvania Graduated 13 DF 5'6" Somers, New York Graduated 15 MF 5'3" Montreal, Canada Graduated 17 FW 5'3" Bradford, Ontario Transferred to South Alabama 18 FW 5'8" Chicago, Illinois Transferred to Marquette 19 DF 5'8" Tulsa, Oklahoma Graduated 23 FW 5'8" Irving, Texas Graduated 24 MF 5'3" Fenton, Michigan Transferred to Toledo 25 DF 5'9" San Diego, California Transferred to Marquette 26 FW 5'7" Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast 27 FW 5'4" Clovis, California Transferred to UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 28 FW 5'5" Powell, Ohio Transferred to Butler 29 MF 5'3" Woodridge, Illinois Transferred to Creighton 30 FW 5'9" Plum, Pennsylvania Transferred to Duquesne 32 DF 5'10" Aldie, Virginia Transferred to Richmond 33 GK 5'8" Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — 34 MF 5'11" Wake Forest, North Carolina Transferred to Brown 35 DF 5'5" DuBois, Pennsylvania Transferred to James Madison
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers 2 DF 5'7" Fall River, Canada Illinois 6 MF 5'5" Paris, France Jacksonville 18 FW 5'6" Casablanca, Morocco Barry
Recruiting class
Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating Oakville, Canada Thomas Blakelock N/A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania FC Delco Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Penn Fusion San Diego, California San Diego Surf Brambleton, Virginia Virginia Development Academy Ebonyi, Nigeria Remo Stars N/A Toulouse, France Toulouse FC N/A Amherst, New York WNY Flash Columbus, Ohio Ohio Premier Preston, England Liverpool N/A Eindhoven, Netherlands PSV N/A Wayne, New Jersey STA Makurdi, Nigeria Nasarawa Amazons FC N/A Igarra, Nigeria Confluence Queens N/A
Squad
Roster
Team management Technical Director Randy Waldrum Head coach Ben Waldrum Assistant Coach Jesse Goleman Assistant Coach Brianna Alleyne
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Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=""| Non-conference regular season
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Awards and honors Abby Resiz ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 12 October 31
Rankings
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