2025 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team

2025 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer
2025 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	3–0–0 (0–0–0 ACC)
Head coach	Ben Waldrum (8th overall, 1st head coach season);
Assistant coaches	Jesse Goleman (3rd season); Brianna Alleyne (1st season);
Home stadium	Ambrose Urbanic Field

2025 ACC women's soccer standings
	Conf.						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	–	0	1.000
No. 2 Stanford ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	–	0	1.000
No. 15 Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	–	0	1.000
No. 10 Wake Forest ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	–	0	1.000
Boston College ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	–	0	1.000
No. 1 Duke ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	–	0	1.000
No. 3 Florida State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	–	0	1.000
No. 17 Virginia ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	–	0	1.000
California ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	–	1	.833
No. 7т Notre Dame ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	0	–	1	.833
Louisville ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	–	0	.667
Miami (FL) ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	–	0	.667
SMU ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	–	0	.667
Syracuse ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	–	0	.667
Clemson ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	1	–	1	.500
No. 12 North Carolina ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	2	–	0	.333
NC State ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.167

† – Conference champion ‡ – 2025 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of August 21, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

The 2025 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team will represent the University of Pittsburgh during the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers will be led by head coach Ben Waldrum, in his eighth season with the program, and first as head coach. They will play their home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This will be 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.^[1]

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
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Haylee Mersereau	2	DF	5'8"	Junior	Boca Raton, Florida	Transferred to UCF
Ellie Coffield	4	MF	5'6"	Senior	Mars, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Sarah Schupansky	5	FW	5'5"	Senior	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Graduated; signed professional contract with Gotham FC^[2]
Briana Rodriguez	6	MF	5'4"	Junior	Gurnee, Illinois	Transferred to Ole Miss
Deborah Abiodun	8	MF	5'4"	Sophomore	Oyo, Nigeria	Signed professional contract with Washington Spirit^[3]
Keera Melenhorst	10	MF	5'3"	Senior	Ottawa, Canada	Graduated
Mackenzie Evers	11	DF	5'9"	Senior	Oakdale, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Ashley Moon	13	DF	5'6"	Senior	Somers, New York	Graduated
Chole Minas	15	MF	5'3"	Graduate Student	Montreal, Canada	Graduated
Aliya Gomes	17	FW	5'3"	Sophomore	Bradford, Ontario	Transferred to South Alabama
Paige Dziedzic	18	FW	5'8"	Sophomore	Chicago, Illinois	Transferred to Marquette^[4]
Grace Pettet	19	DF	5'8"	Graduate Student	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Graduated
Samiah Phiri	23	FW	5'8"	Senior	Irving, Texas	Graduated
Emma Rhoades	24	MF	5'3"	Sophomore	Fenton, Michigan	Transferred to Toledo
Coco Dorfman	25	DF	5'9"	Freshman	San Diego, California	Transferred to Marquette^[4]
Ava Boyd	26	FW	5'7"	Sophomore	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast
Dakota Watterson	27	FW	5'4"	Freshman	Clovis, California	Transferred to UC Santa Barbara Gauchos^[4]
Chloe Brecht	28	FW	5'5"	Freshman	Powell, Ohio	Transferred to Butler
Olivia Duray	29	MF	5'3"	Sophomore	Woodridge, Illinois	Transferred to Creighton
Kaitlyn Killinger	30	FW	5'9"	Sophomore	Plum, Pennsylvania	Transferred to Duquesne^[5]
Erika Schneider	32	DF	5'10"	Freshman	Aldie, Virginia	Transferred to Richmond^[6]
Emma Van Meter	33	GK	5'8"	Sophomore	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	—
Rylee Keeley	34	MF	5'11"	Freshman	Wake Forest, North Carolina	Transferred to Brown^[4]
Emily Graeca	35	DF	5'5"	Freshman	DuBois, Pennsylvania	Transferred to James Madison^[4]

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Mya Archibald	2	DF	5'7"	Junior	Fall River, Canada	Illinois
Mariama Dabo	6	MF	5'5"	Junior	Paris, France	Jacksonville
Alia Jaidi	18	FW	5'6"	Graduate Student	Casablanca, Morocco	Barry

Recruiting class

Name	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Adi Bianchin FW	Oakville, Canada	Thomas Blakelock	N/A
Maya Bright FW	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	FC Delco	^[7]
Maya Bruce MF	Kennett Square, Pennsylvania	Penn Fusion	^[8]
Katie Ellermeyer MF	San Diego, California	San Diego Surf	^[9]
Hannah Minogue MF	Brambleton, Virginia	Virginia Development Academy	^[10]
Juidth Okah FW	Ebonyi, Nigeria	Remo Stars	N/A^[11]
Claire Pannier-Jacquemart DF	Toulouse, France	Toulouse FC	N/A
Sophie Rourke MF	Amherst, New York	WNY Flash	^[12]
Ellie Rowlands MF	Columbus, Ohio	Ohio Premier	^[13]
Holly Tickle DF	Preston, England	Liverpool	N/A
Roos Wittgen MF	Eindhoven, Netherlands	PSV	N/A^[11]
Krystina Wolf GK	Wayne, New Jersey	STA	^[14]
Adoo Philomina Yina MF	Makurdi, Nigeria	Nasarawa Amazons FC	N/A
Hannah Yusuf MF	Igarra, Nigeria	Confluence Queens	N/A^[11]

Squad

Roster

As of August 11, 2025^[15]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Ellie Breech
1	GK	USA	Abigail Reisz
2	DF	CAN	Mya Archibald
3	FW	USA	Maya Bright
4	DF	ENG	Holly Tickle
5	DF	FRA	Claire Pannier-Jacquemart
6	MF	FRA	Mariama Dabo
7	FW	CAN	Sofia Doheny
8	FW	USA	Lola Abraham
9	FW	USA	Lucia Wells
10	MF	NED	Roos Wittgen
11	MF	CAN	Magali Gagne
12	DF	USA	Sage Stelzer
13	DF	USA	Maya Bruce
14	DF	USA	Olivia Lee


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	CAN	Adi Bianchin
16	FW	USA	Margaret Wilde
17	MF	USA	Hannah Minogue
18	FW	MAR	Alia Jaidi
19	FW	USA	Emily Cooper
20	MF	NGA	Celine Ottah
21	DF	USA	Katie Zailski
22	FW	USA	Bailey Wagenknecht
23	GK	USA	Krystina Wolf
24	MF	USA	Kaite Ellermeyer
26	FW	NGA	Okah Adaobi Judith
27	MF	NGA	Adoo Philomina Yina
28	FW	USA	Ellie Rowlands
30	DF	USA	Sophie Rourke

Team management

Position	Staff
Technical Director	Randy Waldrum
Head Coach	Ben Waldrum
Assistant Coach	Jesse Goleman
Assistant Coach	Brianna Alleyne

Source:^[15]

Schedule

Source:^[16]^[17]

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 2* 5:00 p.m.	at West Virginia	L 0–1^[18]	—	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Morgantown, WV
August 9* 1:00 p.m.	at Michigan	None Reported^[19]	—	U-M Soccer Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 14* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Xavier	W 2–0	1–0–0	Ambrose Urbanic Field (516) Pittsburgh, PA
August 17* 1:00 p.m., FloCollege	at Monmouth	W 3–1	2–0–0	Hesse Field (175) West Long Branch, NJ
August 21* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	Ohio	W 1–0	3–0–0	Ambrose Urbanic Field (950) Pittsburgh, PA
August 24* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Dayton			Baujan Field Dayton, OH
August 28* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Cal State Fullerton			Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
August 31* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	Santa Clara			Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
September 4* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Cincinnati			Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
September 7* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	Bucknell			Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Regular season
September 11 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	California			Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
September 14 1:00 p.m., ACCNX	Stanford			Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
September 18 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Boston College			Newton Campus Soccer Field Chestnut Hill, MA
September 25 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	SMU			Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Duke			Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
October 5 4:00 p.m., ACCN	at North Carolina			Dorrance Field Chapel Hill, NC
October 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	NC State			Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
October 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Wake Forest			Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
October 26 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	at Virginia			Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
October 30 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	Notre Dame			Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer^[20]	—	—											Not released
TopDrawer Soccer^[21]	—	—

References

^ "Pitt's Ben Waldrum elevated to women's soccer head coach". Yahoo!Sports. The Tribune-Democrat. May 22, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
^ "Gotham FC Signs University of Pittsburgh Forward Sarah Schupansky to Multi-Year Contract". Gotham FC. December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
^ "Washington Spirit Starts Promising 2025 Rookie Class with Two Signings". Washington Spirit. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2025 Women's Division I Transfer Tracker". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
^ @duqwsoccer; (June 11, 2025). "Welcome to the Bluff, 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 ✍️ #GoDukes" – via Instagram.
^ @spidersoccer; (January 16, 2025). "Spiders, help us give a warm welcome to Erika Schneider as she officially joins the Web! 🕷️⚽️ @spiderathletics // #OneRichmond" – via Instagram.
^ "Maya Bright". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
^ "Maya Bruce". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
^ "Katie Ellermeyer". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
^ "Hannah Minogue". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2025 Women's DI International Signees". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
^ "Sophie Rourke". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
^ "Ellie Rowlands". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
^ "Krystina Wolf". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2025 Women's Soccer Roster". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
^ "2025 Women's Soccer Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
^ "Pitt Women's Soccer Announces 2025 Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. June 19, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
^ @wvuwomenssoccer; (August 2, 2025). "UE COUNTRY ROADS!!! 🎶 Sophomore Maddie Levy scores in the final minutes to give the Mountaineers a 1-0 win over Pitt in today's preseason exhibition! 👏 #HailWV" – via Instagram.
^ @umichwsoccer (August 9, 2025). "Exhibitions are over… We officially kick off our 2025 campaign Thursday @ Villanova" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer. TopDrawer Soccer. August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2025.

[1] "Pitt's Ben Waldrum elevated to women's soccer head coach". Yahoo!Sports. The Tribune-Democrat. May 22, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

[2] "Gotham FC Signs University of Pittsburgh Forward Sarah Schupansky to Multi-Year Contract". Gotham FC. December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.

[3] "Washington Spirit Starts Promising 2025 Rookie Class with Two Signings". Washington Spirit. January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.

[TDS-4] "2025 Women's Division I Transfer Tracker". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved July 5, 2025.

[5] @duqwsoccer; (June 11, 2025). "Welcome to the Bluff, 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 ✍️ #GoDukes" – via Instagram.

[6] @spidersoccer; (January 16, 2025). "Spiders, help us give a warm welcome to Erika Schneider as she officially joins the Web! 🕷️⚽️ @spiderathletics // #OneRichmond" – via Instagram.

[7] "Maya Bright". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

[8] "Maya Bruce". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

[9] "Katie Ellermeyer". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

[10] "Hannah Minogue". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

[INTL-11] "2025 Women's DI International Signees". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 14, 2025.

[12] "Sophie Rourke". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

[13] "Ellie Rowlands". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

[14] "Krystina Wolf". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

[auto-15] "2025 Women's Soccer Roster". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved August 11, 2025.

[16] "2025 Women's Soccer Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

[17] "Pitt Women's Soccer Announces 2025 Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh. June 19, 2025. Retrieved July 18, 2025.

[18] @wvuwomenssoccer; (August 2, 2025). "UE COUNTRY ROADS!!! 🎶 Sophomore Maddie Levy scores in the final minutes to give the Mountaineers a 1-0 win over Pitt in today's preseason exhibition! 👏 #HailWV" – via Instagram.

[19] @umichwsoccer (August 9, 2025). "Exhibitions are over… We officially kick off our 2025 campaign Thursday @ Villanova" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[20] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 19, 2025. Retrieved August 19, 2025.

[21] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer. TopDrawer Soccer. August 18, 2025. Retrieved August 18, 2025.

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