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.
| West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Founded | 1995 | ||
| University | West Virginia University | ||
| Head coach | Nikki Izzo-Brown (22 years season) | ||
| Conference | Big 12 | ||
| Location | Morgantown, West Virginia | ||
| Stadium | Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (Capacity: 1,650) | ||
| Nickname | Mountaineers | ||
| Colors | Gold and blue[1] | ||
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| NCAA Tournament runner-up | |||
| 2016 | |||
| NCAA Tournament College Cup | |||
| 2016 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals | |||
| 2007, 2015, 2016 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 16 | |||
| 2003, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 32 | |||
| 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 | |||
| Conference Tournament championships | |||
| Big East: 2007, 2010, 2011 Big 12: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022 | |||
| Conference Regular Season championships | |||
| Big 12: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |||
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)
editSince 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
edit2015 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
editIn 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
edit| 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  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 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 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  Michaela Abam  Ashley Lawrence Amandine Pierre-Louis Kadeisha Buchanan
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Lauren Kaskie Jessie Fleming Courtney Proctor Sunny Dunphy
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| 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
edit| 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 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
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- ^ a b c Big 12 Conference. "Big 12 Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-22.
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- ^ a b WVU. "2015 Review: One for the Record Book". Retrieved 2016-07-22.
- ^ NCAA. "NCAA Women's Soccer Records" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ University of Nebraska. "2015 Nebraska Soccer Media Guide". Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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- ^ WVU. "WVU women's soccer schedule". Retrieved 2016-07-26.
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- ^ WVU. "Historic season ends in College Cup final". Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ WVU Women's Soccer Media Guide https://issuu.com/wvusportspub/docs/2015_wvu_women_s_soccer_guide
- ^ 2015 WVU Women's Soccer Schedule http://www.wvusports.com/schedules.cfm?sport=wsoccer&thisYear=2015
