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ACC Girls’s Soccer
FINAL: North Carolina 4, Pitt 0
Match Stats
Match Abstract
The No. 13-ranked Pitt girls’s soccer crew (11-2-0, 4-1-0 ACC) noticed its five-game profitable streak snapped with a 4-0 loss on the street to No. 5-ranked North Carolina (10-3, 3-2 ACC) Thursday at Dorrance Subject. The setback marked the primary for the Panthers in ACC play in 2022.
Pitt’s 4 targets conceded marked a season excessive. The Tar Heels outshot the Panthers, 22-5, and held the benefit in photographs on aim (10-4) and corners (9-5). Pitt was shutout for the primary time this season.
North Carolina struck on a aim by Sam Meza within the 12th minute. A aim by Tori Hansen made it a 2-0 benefit for the Tar Heels within the 33rd minute. Talia Dellaperuta prolonged UNC’s benefit with a aim within the thirty eighth minute, sending the hosts into the half up 3-0.
Maddie Dahlien netted the fourth and last aim of the sport within the 60th minute.
Mackenzie Evers accounted for 2 of Pitt’s 5 photographs, each of which have been on aim. Caitlyn Lazzarini performed the primary 75 minutes in aim, making a game-high 5 saves. She gave option to Ellie Breech, who performed the ultimate quarter-hour.
Avery Patterson, who assisted on the aim by Dahlien together with Emily Colton, totaled a game-high 5 photographs. Along with scoring the sport’s third aim, Dellaperuta assisted on the aim by Hansen together with Paige Tolentino and accounted for a game-high three photographs on aim.
UP NEXT
Pitt makes the quick journey from Chapel Hill to Durham to tackle No. 7-ranked Duke on Sunday. First contact is scheduled for 1 p.m., with the matchup streamed reside on ACC Community Additional.
Key Ultimate Stats
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5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
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UNC |
22 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
Match Updates
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FINAL: UNC 4, Pitt 0
Dahlien makes use of her velocity and toughness to internet her first profession aim. pic.twitter.com/Vzdf8OWFNO
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Preview / PSN Pitt girls’s soccer protection
Will probably be a battle of the final two remaining unbeaten ACC girls’s soccer groups and it begins a stretch of three-straight street video games when the No. 13 ranked Pitt Panthers pay a go to to Chapel Hill, N.C. to conflict with No. 5-ranked North Carolinahursday at Dorrance Subject.
Pitt has already made an announcement win this season by beating then 15-ranked Notre Dame at South Bend, however they’ll additional cement their standing as an ACC and Nationwide contender if they’ll get a end in Chapel Hill.
The Panthers take their second five-game profitable streak of the 2022 season into Thursday’s contest. Pitt opened the yr with six-straight victories, which matched its greatest begin to a season in program historical past.
Pitt remained unbeaten in ACC competitors after final week’s win at house towards Louisville. PSN’s Rachael Kriger was on the match, and filed this sport report.
Pitt continues scorching begin, keep excellent in ACC with 1-0 win over Louisville
Match Notes – Pitt vs North Carolina
MOVIN’ UP
Pitt moved up one spot to No. 13 within the nation within the newest United Soccer Coaches Rankings.
The Panthers entered the rankings at No. 14 per week in the past, marking the third-straight yr Pitt has appeared within the weekly ballot. Pitt reached as excessive as No. 19 within the ballot final season and No. 12 in 2020.
BATTLE OF RANKED TEAMS
Pitt’s matchup towards No. 5-ranked North Carolina on Thursday marks this system’s third showdown as a ranked crew towards a ranked opponent. Final season, then-No. 20-ranked Pitt hosted then-No. 6-ranked TCU and fell by a 1-0 rating. In 2020, the then-No. 14-ranked Panthers suffered a 2-1 extra time setback to then-No. 10-ranked Virginia.
TOP TWO
The Panthers have climbed all the best way to No. 2 within the NCAA’s third Score Proportion Index (RPI) report of the 2022 season after opening at No. 18 within the preliminary report after which transferring as much as seventh final week.
HOT START
With 11 wins in 12 makes an attempt, Pitt is off to its greatest begin in program historical past. With their subsequent victory, the Panthers will set this system commonplace for essentially the most victories in a single season.
AND THEN THERE WERE TWO
Pitt and Florida State are solely remaining unbeatens within the ACC in convention play and are tied atop the standings with 12 factors apiece. The Panthers have opened ACC play with 4 wins in 4 tries for the primary time in program historical past. Pitt earned its fourth ACC victory final Saturday at Ambrose Urbanic Subject courtesy of Samiah Phiri’s sport winner within the 79th minute, securing a 1-0 victory over Louisville.
A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
ACC play has seen Pitt document its first-ever wins over Virginia Tech (4-1) and Notre Dame (3-1). The Panthers have been beforehand 0-7-1 towards the Hokies and 0-15-1 towards the Preventing Irish.
BUILDING THE PROGRAM
The Panthers are actually 42-35-4 below the management of fifth-year head coach Randy Waldrum. After going 9-22-4 within the first two years of an enormous rebuild, Pitt has gone 33-15 over the past two-plus seasons.
PILING UP POINTS
With six video games nonetheless to play within the 2022 common season, Pitt has already set a program document for factors in a single season with 117 (40 targets, 37 assists). The earlier high-water mark was shared by the 2020-21 and 1998 groups with 104. The Panthers’ 117 factors are good for second in NCAA Division I behind Gardner-Webb’s 132 whereas their 9.75 factors per sport ranks third behind Gardner-Webb (10.15) and Florida State (9.75).
OFFENSIVE ONSLAUGHT
Pitt has outscored the opposition 40-9 up to now in 2022. The Panthers’ 40 targets rank because the second most in a single season in program historical past behind the 2021 crew’s 41 and are tied for the second-most in NCAA Division I this season with Saint Louis behind Gardner-Webb (44). Pitt ranks third within the nation in scoring offense with 3.33 targets per sport, sixth in photographs on aim per sport (9.67) and is tied for seventh in photographs per sport (20.00).
FINDING BALANCE
The Panthers have seen 13 totally different gamers discover the again of the online up to now this season. Leah Pais is pacing Pitt, scoring all seven of her team-leading targets within the final seven video games. She is tied for thirty first within the nation and third amongst ACC gamers in targets. Amanda West, who’s out for the remainder of the season following an damage within the win over Cincinnati, is tied for second on the crew with Landy Mertz with six targets. Mertz has compiled a team-high 4 sport winners, which is tied for fourth within the nation and tied for many amongst ACC gamers. Sarah Schupansky (5) and Ellie Coffield (3) spherical out Pitt’s high 5 aim scorers. Fleming Dean, Samiah Phiri, Emily Yaple and Katie Zailski have every cashed in twice. Anna Bout, Mackenzie Evers, Ashton Gordon and Bri Hilsenteger have every discovered the again of the online as soon as.
HOW MAY WE ASSIST?
Eleven totally different Panthers have distributed assists this season, with Anna Bout and Sarah Schupansky main the best way with six apiece, which is tied for 18th within the nation and third amongst ACC gamers. Bout’s 15 profession assists are good for the fifth-most in program historical past. Landy Mertz and Leah Pais are tied with 4 apiece. Ellie Coffield, Ashton Gordon, Samiah Phiri, Amanda West and Emily Yaple have every dished out three assists whereas Keera Melenhorst and Ashley Moon have all logged one helper. Pitt’s 37 assists rank because the second-most in program historical past behind the 2021 squad’s 47. The Panthers are at present tied for second within the nation in whole assists with Alabama, trailing solely Gardner-Webb (44). Pitt ranks third within the nation and second within the ACC in assists per sport with 3.08.
SHUT IT DOWN
The Panthers opened the 2022 season by incomes a pair of shutout victories on the Rumble within the Rockies in Missoula, Mont. Pitt blanked Gonzaga, 1-0, within the season opener, then stifled host Montana, 2-0, three days later. The Panthers began a brand new season with back-to-back shutout victories for the primary time since 2017. Pitt has added 4 extra shutouts to its whole courtesy of a 6-0 rout of Cleveland State, a 7-0 romp over Kent State, a 2-0 blanking of Cincinnati and a 1-0 win over Louisville. Pitt’s six shutouts are already tied for the third-most in a single season in program historical past. The Panthers had not allowed a aim over 315 minutes of play till VCU broke via for the primary aim of the match within the sixth minute.
SCOUTING NORTH CAROLINA
Pitt is ready to tackle North Carolina for the seventh time and is in quest of its first win over the Tar Heels. The Panthers suffered a 1-0 setback to North Carolina within the final assembly between the 2 groups on Oct. 7, 2021. Pitt’s final journey to Chapel Hill resulted in a 3-0 loss on Sept. 20, 2018.
North Carolina is guided by the longest lively head coach throughout all NCAA divisions in Anson Dorrance, who’s the game’s all-time wins chief with 910 victories towards simply 84 losses and 44 ties.
The Tar Heels have been tabbed to complete third within the 2022 ACC Preseason Coaches Ballot and acquired a league-high tying 4 first-place votes. North Carolina has began 2-2-0 in convention play, most lately falling to Virginia Tech on the street final Saturday, 2-1.
Avery Patterson is North Carolina’s main level scorer with 16 due to a team-high seven targets. Sam Meza leads the Tar Heels with 4 assists. Emmie Allen has began all 12 video games in aim, going 8-2-0 with 23 saves whereas giving up six targets.
UP NEXT
Pitt makes the quick journey from Chapel Hill to Durham to tackle Duke on Sunday. First contact is scheduled for 1 p.m., with the matchup streamed reside on ACC Community Additional.
