The 2022 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represented University of Pittsburgh during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Randy Waldrum, in his fifth season. They played home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This was the team's 27th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 10th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Panthers finished the season 14–5–3 overall and 5–3–2 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament they tied Notre Dame 1–1, but lost the ensuing penalty shoot-out 5–4. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, the first tournament bid in program history. As the fourth-seed in the Florida State Bracket, they defeated in the first round and, fifth-seed in the second round before traveling to first-seed Florida State in the round of 16. The Panthers' run would end in Tallahassee where they lost 3–0.
Previous season
The Panthers finished the season 11–7–0 overall, and 4–6–0 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.
Offseason
Departures
Departures Katherine Robinson 0 GK 6'0" Senior Albuquerque, New Mexico Graduated Eva Frankovic 13 DF 5'7" Sophomore North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Transferred to Bucknell Sarah Sinnott 14 FW 5'4" Junior Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Signed with Maccabi Emek Hefer Kate McKay 19 DF 5'10" Senior Scottsdale, Arizona Graduated Celia Lopez 21 MF 5'2" Senior Pamplona, Spain Graduated Lacey Bernick 23 FW 5'6" Freshman North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Transferred to Akron Madison Vukas 25 GK 5'8" Freshman Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Transferred to Bowling Green Kelly Moss 26 MF 5'5" Senior Lumberton, New Jersey Graduated Hannah Knych 27 MF 5'4" Sophomore Manlius, New York Transferred to Binghamton Emily Harrigan 29 FW 5'7" Junior North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Graduated Katelyn Kauffman 30 FW 5'6" Freshman North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Transferred to Florida Gulf Coast Sara Darlington 31 FW 5'5" Freshman West Chester, Pennsylvania Transferred to Pennsylvania College of Technology
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers Samiah Phiri 23 FW 5'6" Sophomore Irving, Texas Oklahoma State Keera Melenhorst 29 MF 5'3" Sophomore Ottawa, Canada Oklahoma
Recruiting class
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Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania PA Classics Orange, California Slammers FC HB Koge Marietta, Georgia United Futbol Academy Oakdale, Pennsylvania Beadling SC Collegeville, Pennsylvania Penn Fusion SA Boca Raton, Florida Weston FC Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania Penn Fusion SA Summerville, South Carolina GSA N/A
Squad
Roster
Team management Head coach Randy Waldrum Associate Head Coach Ben Waldrum Assistant Coach Dustin Stein
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Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| ACC tournament
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Awards and honors Amanda West ACC Offensive Player of the Week August 23 Caitlyn Lazzarini ACC Defensive Player of the Week November 1 Landy Mertz All-ACC Third Team November 2 Katie Zailski ACC All-Freshman Team
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