West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer

American college women's soccer team
   NCAA Tournament runner-up2016NCAA Tournament College Cup2016NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals2007, 2015, 2016NCAA Tournament Round of 162003, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019NCAA Tournament Round of 322002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019NCAA Tournament appearances2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022Conference Tournament championshipsBig East: 2007, 2010, 2011
Big 12: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022Conference Regular Season championshipsBig 12: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

The West Virginia Mountaineers are the intercollegiate women's soccer team representing West Virginia University. The Mountaineers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) as members of the Big 12 Conference. The first team was fielded in 1996. WVU plays its home games at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia.

The women's soccer team at WVU has been coached by Nikki Izzo-Brown since the team launched in 1996.

West Virginia has qualified for the NCAA Tournament each of the last 16 seasons, making the quarterfinal round twice (2007 and 2015).

Big 12 Conference (2012–present)

Since joining the Big 12 Conference, West Virginia women's soccer has won five straight outright regular-season championships, becoming the first program in league history to do so.[2] The Mountaineers are also the first team in the Big 12 to finish three seasons with an unbeaten league record.[3] In 2016, the Mountaineers became the second program in Big 12 history to finish league play with an unbeaten and untied league record (Nebraska accomplished that feat twice, finishing 9–0–0 in 1996 and 10–0–0 in 1999).[2]

WVU has posted a 35–1–3 record in regular-season league contests. The Mountaineers are 18–0–1 at home against Big 12 foes and have not lost a league game there since October 2, 2009 vs. Notre Dame.[4] West Virginia has a 6–2–1 record in the Big 12 tournament, winning back-to-back championships in 2013 and 2014.

The Mountaineers' five regular-season league titles ranks first among current Big 12 members and second all-time in the conference's history (Texas A&M had 7). West Virginia's eight combined (regular-season and tournament) championships is also first among current Big 12 members and tied for second best in Big 12 history (Texas A&M had 12 and Nebraska had 8[2]).

2015 season

2015 was a record-setting year for West Virginia women's soccer. Aided by Canadian national team stars Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence, the Mountaineers set school records for wins (19), goals scored (61), fewest goals allowed (11) and shutouts (15). WVU put together a streak of nine straight shutouts, the longest streak in the nation in 2015.[5] That run also tied the Big 12 record for consecutive shutouts (Nebraska posted nine straight shutouts during the 1997 season[6]).

WVU started the 2015 season by extending its program-best unbeaten streak to 20 games. The Mountaineers would restart that run following an early season loss to Virginia Tech, winning or drawing each of the next 16 games.[4]

2016 season

In 2016, the Mountaineers continued to run through the competition. West Virginia posted an 8–1–1 record in non-conference play, opening the year with a 1–1 tie at defending national champion Penn State. The non-conference slate also included a 3–1 road win at Duke, the program's first victory over the Blue Devils.[7]

WVU's hot start continued into league play, where the Mountaineers won all eight of their conference matchups via shutouts, becoming the first team in Big 12 history to shutout all of its league opponents. West Virginia claimed a fifth straight Big 12 championship with a 3–0 win at TCU on October 21, 2016. WVU currently owns a 22-game unbeaten streak in regular-season league games, the longest streak in the history of the conference.

Schedule

Date[8] H/A Opponent Score
F–A		 Goalscorers Record Ref.
West Virginia Opponent Overall Big 12
Regular Season
19 Aug 2016 A Penn State 1–1
(a.e.t)		 Michaela Abam 77' Laura Freigang 51' 0–0–1 – [9]
21 Aug 2016 N Buffalo 2–0 Heather Kaleiohi 22'
Grace Cutler 68'		 – 1–0–1 – [10]
26 Aug 2016 H Clemson 1–0 Amandine Pierre-Louis 57' – 2–0–1 – [11]
28 Aug 2016 H St. Francis (PA) 3–1 Sh'Nia Gordon 30', 88'
Kadeisha Buchanan 55'		 Shannon McGinnis 16' 3–0–1 – [12]
1 Sep 2016 H Purdue 2–0 Heather Kaleiohi 66'
Michaela Abam 70'		 – 4–0–1 – [13]
4 Sep 2016 H Ohio State 2–1 Heather Kaleiohi 20'
Hannah Abraham 77'		 Lindsay Agnew 70' 5–0–1 – [14]
9 Sep 2016 A Duke 3–1 Amandine Pierre-Louis 38'
Michaela Abam 50', 80' (pen.)		 Ashton Miller 66' 6–0–1 – [7]
16 Sep 2016 H Princeton 3–0 Alli Magaletta 41'
Michaela Abam 52'
Ashley Lawrence 58' (pen.)		 – 7–0–1 – [15]
18 Sep 2016 H Georgetown 0–1
(a.e.t)		 – Grace Damaska gold-colored soccer ball 102' 7–1–1 – [16]
23 Sep 2016 A Richmond 4–1 Heather Kaleiohi 1'
Hannah Abraham 42'
Carla Portillo 57'
Jade Gentile 85'		 Meaghan Carrigan 56' (pen.) 8–1–1 – [17]
30 Sep 2016 H Baylor* 2–0 Michaela Abam 4'
Sh'Nia Gordon 31'		 – 9–1–1 1–0–0 [18]
2 Oct 2016 H Oklahoma* 2–0 Hannah Abraham 78'
Michaela Abam 86'		 – 10–1–1 2–0–0 [19]
7 Oct 2016 A Kansas* 1–0 Alli Magaletta 38' – 11–1–1 3–0–0 [20]
9 Oct 2016 A Iowa State* 2–0 Carla Portillo 14'
Kadeisha Buchanan 27'		 – 12–1–1 4–0–0 [21]
14 Oct 2016 H Texas Tech* 1–0 Hannah Abraham 82' – 13–1–1 5–0–0 [22]
21 Oct 2016 A TCU* 3–0 Michaela Abam 52'
Carla Portillo 66'
Grace Cutler 76'		 – 14–1–1 6–0–0 [23]
23 Oct 2016 A Texas* 1–0 Carla Portillo 79' – 15–1–1 7–0–0 [24]
28 Oct 2016 H Oklahoma State* 3–0 Sh'Nia Gordon 49'
Grace Cutler 76'
Ashley Woolpert 81'		 – 16–1–1 8–0–0 [25]
Big 12 Tournament (Swope Soccer Village, Kansas City)
2 Nov 2016 N Texas Tech 3–0 Sh'Nia Gordon 15'
Heather Kaleiohi 57'
Carla Portillo 59'		 – 17–1–1 – [26]
4 Nov 2016 N Oklahoma 2–0 Grace Cutler 41'
Sh'Nia Gordon 90'		 – 18–1–1 – [27]
6 Nov 2016 N TCU 3–2
(a.e.t)		 Michaela Abam 59'
Kadeisha Buchanan 89'
Ashley Lawrence gold-colored soccer ball 97' 		Michelle Prokof 4'
Allison Ganter 40'		 19–1–1 – [28]
NCAA Tournament
12 Nov 2016 H Northern Kentucky 3–0 Heather Kaleiohi 1'
Michaela Abam 53'
Ashley Lawrence 76'		 – 20–1–1 – [29]
18 Nov 2016 H Ohio State 1–0
(a.e.t)		 Michaela Abam gold-colored soccer ball 104' – 21–1–1 – [30]
20 Nov 2016 H UCLA 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Sh'Nia Gordon 23' Jessie Fleming 89' 21–1–2 — [31]
Penalties
Carla Portillo soccer ball with check mark 
Michaela Abam soccer ball with red X 
Ashley Lawrence soccer ball with check mark 
Amandine Pierre-Louis soccer ball with check mark 
Kadeisha Buchanan soccer ball with check mark  		 soccer ball with check mark Lauren Kaskie
 soccer ball with red X Jessie Fleming
 soccer ball with red X Courtney Proctor
 soccer ball with check mark Sunny Dunphy
26 Nov 2016 H Duke 1–0 Alli Magaletta 16' – 22–1–2 – [32]
College Cup (Avaya Stadium, San Jose, California)
2 Dec 2016 N North Carolina 1–0 Michaela Abam 74' – 23–1–2 – [33]
4 Dec 2016 N USC 1–3 Ashley Lawrence 66' Morgan Andrews 2'
Katie Johnson 75', 87'		 23–2–2 – [34]
* Conference Game

Season-by-season results

[35][36]

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Big East Conference (1996–2011)
1996 Nikki Izzo 10–7–2 4–4–1 5th
1997 Nikki Izzo 11–6–2 4–6–1 5th
1998 Nikki Izzo 11–6–2 4–5–2 7th
1999 Nikki Izzo 9–9–1 2–4–0 5th
2000 Nikki Izzo-Brown 15–6–0 3–3–0 4th NCAA 1st Round
2001 Nikki Izzo-Brown 15–5–1 4–1–1 2nd NCAA Round of 64
2002 Nikki Izzo-Brown 18–3–1 5–0–1 1st NCAA Round of 32
2003 Nikki Izzo-Brown 17–4–2 4–1–1 2nd NCAA Round of 16
2004 Nikki Izzo-Brown 15–6–0 7–3–0 3rd NCAA Round of 32
2005 Nikki Izzo-Brown 12–6–3 7–2–1 3rd NCAA Round of 32
2006 Nikki Izzo-Brown 14–4–3 8–1–2 1st NCAA Round of 64
2007 Nikki Izzo-Brown 18–5–2 9–1–1 1st Big East Tournament Champions
NCAA Quarterfinal
2008 Nikki Izzo-Brown 14–3–6 7–1–3 1st NCAA Round of 32
2009 Nikki Izzo-Brown 10–7–6 5–3–3 3rd NCAA Round of 32
2010 Nikki Izzo-Brown 18–5–1 9–1–1 2nd Big East Tournament Champions
NCAA Round of 16
2011 Nikki Izzo-Brown 17–5–0 10–1–0 1st Big East Tournament Champions
NCAA Round of 64
Big 12 Conference (2012–present)
2012 Nikki Izzo-Brown 11–5–4 7–0–1 1st NCAA Round of 64
2013 Nikki Izzo-Brown 16–4–3 7–1–0 1st Big 12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Round of 32
2014 Nikki Izzo-Brown 16–2–4 7–0–1 1st Big 12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Round of 64
2015 Nikki Izzo-Brown 19–3–1 6–0–1 1st NCAA Quarterfinal
2016 Nikki Izzo-Brown 23–2–2 8–0–0 1st Big 12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Runner-up
2017 Nikki Izzo-Brown 16-4-3 7-1-1 2nd NCAA Round of 32
2018 Nikki Izzo-Brown 15-4-4 7-2-0 2nd NCAA Round of 32
2019 Nikki Izzo-Brown 12-8-2 5-3-1 4th NCAA Round of 16
2020 Nikki Izzo-Brown 10-3-1 7-2-0 2nd NCAA Round of 32
2021 Nikki Izzo-Brown 10-5-5 3-3-3 6th
2022 Nikki Izzo-Brown 11-5-7 4-1-4 4th Big 12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Round of 32
Nikki Izzo-Brown: 383–132–68
Total: 383–132–68

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  2. ^ a b c Big 12 Conference. "Big 12 Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ WVU. "No. 2 Mountaineers draw Oklahoma State". Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  4. ^ a b WVU. "2015 Review: One for the Record Book". Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  5. ^ NCAA. "NCAA Women's Soccer Records" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  6. ^ University of Nebraska. "2015 Nebraska Soccer Media Guide". Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  7. ^ a b WVU. "WVU takes down Duke". Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  8. ^ WVU. "WVU women's soccer schedule". Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  9. ^ WVU. "WVU comes back, ties PSU". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  10. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers, Izzo-Brown earn big win". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  11. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers send message". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  12. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers outmuscle St. Francis". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  13. ^ WVU. "Late goals deliver win". Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  14. ^ WVU. "WVU hands OSU first loss". Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  15. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers shutout Princeton". Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  16. ^ WVU. "WVU falls to Georgetown". Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  17. ^ WVU. "WVU squishes Spiders". Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  18. ^ WVU. "WVU blanks Baylor". Retrieved 2016-09-30.
  19. ^ WVU. "Late scores push WVU to win". Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  20. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers smother Kansas". Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  21. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers extend win streak". Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  22. ^ WVU. "Abraham delivers victory". Retrieved 2016-10-14.
  23. ^ WVU. "WVU wins Big 12 title". Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  24. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers outlast Longhorns". Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  25. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers earn historical win". Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  26. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers dismiss Red Raiders". Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  27. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers move on to championship". Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  28. ^ WVU. "Big 12 Champions". Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  29. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers move past NKU". Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  30. ^ WVU. "Abam delivers Sweet 16 ticket". Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  31. ^ WVU. "WVU kicks way to quarterfinals". Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  32. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers punch College Cup ticket". Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  33. ^ WVU. "Mountaineers advance to College Cup final". Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  34. ^ WVU. "Historic season ends in College Cup final". Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  35. ^ WVU Women's Soccer Media Guide https://issuu.com/wvusportspub/docs/2015_wvu_women_s_soccer_guide
  36. ^ 2015 WVU Women's Soccer Schedule http://www.wvusports.com/schedules.cfm?sport=wsoccer&thisYear=2015

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