West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer

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
Founded	1995; 30 years ago (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]
Home Away
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, 2022
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, 2024
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)

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 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	Lauren Kaskie   Jessie Fleming   Courtney Proctor   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. 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. 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.
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8. WVU. "WVU women's soccer schedule". Retrieved 2016-07-26.
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11. WVU. "Mountaineers send message". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
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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.
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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

External links

• Official website