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Pitt Returns Home to Face Ohio Thursday
8/20/2025 8:44:00 AM | Women's Soccer
PITTSBURGH – The Pitt women's soccer team (2-0-0) returns to Ambrose Urbanic Field to face Ohio (1-1-0) Thursday, Aug. 21 in the first game of a doubleheader with the men's team. First kick is set for 5 p.m. as the Panthers look to continue their winning ways under first-year head coach Ben Waldrum.
The Panthers are off to a 2-0-0 start to the season as freshman Katie Ellermeyer has recorded the game-winning goal in each of the first two matches of her college career. Ellermeyer is the first Pitt freshman since Amanda West (2019) to record goals in each of the first two games of the season.
Pitt is looking to start the season 3-0 for the fifth time in the past six seasons.
THE OPENING KICK
- Pitt has a 23-4-2 home record over the past four seasons at Ambrose Urbanic Field and is 43-17-5 at home during the Waldrum era (2018-present).
- Pitt has had four different goal scorers over the first two games with Magali Gagne, Lola Abraham, and Sofia Doheny along with Ellermeyer finding the back of the net. Gagne had a goal and an assist in Sunday's win over Monmouth for her second career match at Pitt with three or more points.
- Veteran forward Margaret Wilde assisted on both goals in the opener and leads the Panthers with two assists. Four of Pitt's five goals on the season have been assisted with Gagne, Adi Bianchin, and Emily Cooper also providing helpers.
- Junior Sofia Doheny scored her first career goal in the 3-1 win over Monmouth.
- Junior captain Olivia Lee has played the full 90 minutes in both games this season and in nine of the Panthers' past 12 matches.
- Transfers Alia Jaidi and Mariama Dabo have started both games this season, while Mya Archibald returned from injury to make her Pitt debut at Monmouth.
- The Panthers have recorded 10 or more wins in four of the past five seasons and have totaled 64 victories since the start of the 2020-21 season.
- Pitt returns 12 letterwinners from the 2024 squad that finished the year 9-6-3. The Panthers lost five of its top six goal scorers from last season but return a solid core of players led by goalie Ellie Breech, outside back Olivia Lee, forward Lucia Wells, forward Lola Abraham and midfielder Magali Gagne.
- The Panthers' roster entered the season with 13 career goals in the Pitt uniform. Katie Zailski has six career goals at Pitt but is currently sidelined due to injury, while Magali Gagne is the second leading returning goal scorer after finding the back of the net four times last season.
WHERE TO WATCH
- Fans unable to make it to Ambrose Urbanic Field for Soccer Night in Pittsburgh can tune in to ACC Network Extra with Jason Earle and Rachael Palmer providing the play-by-play and color commentary.
