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MEN’S SOCCER WEST VIRGINIA 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 8/14 ROBERT MORRIS^ Completed 8/21 at Maryland^ Completed #3 SERIES HISTORY PITT • WEST VIRGINIA 8/26 DUQUESNE W, 7-0 Meeting ..............................................................50th 8/30 @ West Virginia 7 PM PITT PANTHERS Series Record .........................WVU leads 34-10-5 9/3 LEHIGH 7 PM 2021 Record [ACC] 1-0 [0-0] First Meeting ....................1962 / H / Pitt won 5-1 2020-21 Record [ACC] 16-4 [9-1] Last Meeting ...................2018 / A / WVU won 2-1 9/6 @ Akron 7 PM United Soccer Coaches Poll 3 TopDrawer Soccer Poll 3 Last Pitt Win .....................................2017 / H / 7-0 9/10 NORTH CAROLINA* 7 PM College Soccer News Poll 3 Last WVU win .....................................2018 / A / 2-1 Last Tie.............................................2009 / H / 0-0 9/13 @ Penn State 7 PM Head Coach Jay Vidovich (6th season) Career Record 317-166-56 Vidovich vs. West Virginia ............................3-1-0 9/17 @ Wake Forest* 8 PM 9/25 @ Clemson* 7 PM 10/1 SYRACUSE* 7 PM 10/5 CLEVELAND STATE 7 PM WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS MATCH INFORMATION 10/9 DUKE* 7 PM PITT • WEST VIRGINIA 2021 Record [MAC] 1-0 [0-0] Date 8/30/21 2020-21 Record [MAC] 6-3-1 [4-3-1] 10/16 @ Notre Dame* 7 PM United Soccer Coaches Poll N/A Time 7 PM Location Morgantown, W. Va. 10/22 @ Virginia* 7 PM TopDrawer Soccer Poll N/A Soccer America Poll N/A Field Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium 10/25 UMASS 7 PM Head Coach Dan Stratford (2nd season) 10/29 VIRGINIA TECH* 7 PM Career Record 68-7-6 HOME GAMES STATISTICAL COMPARISON LIVE SCORING ^ - Exhibition 2021 Season Pitt vs. West Virginia Aug. 30 | 7 p.m. EST * - ACC game All games are subject to change Link bit.ly/3jpxU1b All games are EST 1 Matches 1 BROADCAST 7 Goals Scored 2 Pitt vs. West Virginia ESPN+ Aug. 30 | 7 p.m. EST MEN’S SOCCER STAFF 7.00 Goals Per Game 2.00 Link es.pn/3jpAynJ Head Coach .....................................Jay Vidovich Alma Mater, Year .................. Ohio Wesleyan, 1982 0 Goals Allowed 0 Years / Record at Pitt ....................Sixth / 45-45-6 Career Record ..............................317-166-56 (.640) 0.00 Goals Allowed Per Game 0.00 ACC Record .......................................93-74-25 (.550) MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION 16 Shots 12 Assistant Coach ......................Michael Behonick MSOC SID.......................................Nick Macdonald Alma Mater, Year ...........................American, 2003 16.0 Shots Per Game 12.0 Years at Pitt ........................................................Sixth Cell Phone ..........................................412-523-4199 Assistant Coach ........................... Rich Costanzo .438 Shot Percentage .167 Email [email protected] Alma Mater, Year ...........................Maryland, 2008 Years at Pitt .........................................................Fifth 6 Assists 3 Athletic Trainer ....................................Sam Cervantes 9 Corner Kicks 6 Strength & Conditioning ...................... Frank Barone 0 Yellow Cards 0 0 Red Cards 0 PITT PANTHERS GAME NOTES 1 MEN’S SOCCER NOTES THE BACKYARD BRAWL - 50TH EDITION two goals and tallying two assists for a PITT’S 2021 RECORD WHEN... • West Virginia leads the all-time series 34- career-high six points in Pitt’s 7-0 victory. Situation ................................................. Record 10-5. • Petkovic scored two goals midway Overall ........................................................................ 1-0-0 • The Mountaineers won the last Backyard through the first half one minute and Brawl, 2-1, Oct. 23, 2018 in Morgantown. eight seconds apart, setting a school Home .......................................................................... 1-0-0 Current graduate student Alexander record for fastest consecutive goals Away...........................................................................0-0-0 Dexter scored Pitt’s lone goal, assisted scored by one player. Neutral ......................................................................0-0-0 by current senior Rodrigo Almeida. • The Queens, N.Y., native was named vs. United Soccer Coaches ranked opponents ......0-0-0 • Monday marks the 50th edition of the TopDrawerSoccer’s Player of the Year vs. ACC opponents .................................................0-0-0 Backyard Brawl. last season and was named to its Pre- vs. Non-conference opponents ........................... 1-0-0 • Pitt last won Sept. 26, 2017 at home with Season Best XI First Team. Pitt scores first ........................................................ 1-0-0 a 7-0 shutout. The win was the first of the Opponent scores first ...........................................0-0-0 series for the Panthers since 2000. RECAPPING A HISTORIC 2020-21 Pitt scores zero goals ...........................................0-0-0 • The Pitt men’s soccer program endured Pitt scores 1 goal ....................................................0-0-0 SCOUTING THE MOUNTAINEERS its best season in program history last Pitt scores 2 goals .................................................0-0-0 • West Virginia enters the match 1-0 as it year, highlighted by an ACC Coastal Pitt scores 3+ goals ................................................ 1-0-0 defeated Robert Morris 2-0 on the road Division Championship and a trip to the Opponent scores zero goals ................................ 1-0-0 Thursday. College Cup for the first time ever. Opponent scores 1 goal ........................................0-0-0 • The Mountaineers return 15 letterwinners • The Panthers finished 16-4 overall and Opponent scores 2 goals .....................................0-0-0 from a team that finished 6-3-1 a year 9-1 in ACC play - both program records Opponent scores 3+ goals ...................................0-0-0 ago. Headlining the returnees is senior for wins in a single-season - and earned Leading at the half ................................................. 1-0-0 goalkeeper Steven Tekesky, senior Ike the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tied at half ...............................................................0-0-0 Swiger and junior Luke McCormick, all of Tournament. Trailing at half .........................................................0-0-0 who All-MAC First Team last season. • Pitt had a program best 14 ACC postseason Playing one OT ........................................................0-0-0 • West Virginia as a team finished seventh awards, including Offensive Player of the Playing double OT ..................................................0-0-0 in the country in shot accuracy a year Year (Valentin Noel), Defensive Player of Day games (before 6 p.m.) ..................................0-0-0 ago with .532 mark. the Year (Jasper Löeffelsend), Freshman Night games (after 6 p.m.) ................................... 1-0-0 • Tekesky finished sixth in the nation in of the Year (Bertin Jacquesson) and Outshooting opponent .......................................... 1-0-0 shutouts (six) and 15th in save percentage Coach of the Year (Jay Vidovich). Getting outshot ......................................................0-0-0 (.838) a year ago. • The Panthers produced their first All- Shots are even ........................................................0-0-0 Americans in school history in Noel PITT OPENS SEASON WITH 7-0 SHUTOUT and Löeffelsend. Noel was named First • The Panthers opened the 2021 campaign Team All-America by United Soccer with a 7-0 shutout victory over Duquesne Coaches and College Soccer News, while at Ambrose Urbanic Field. Löeffelsend garnered Second Team All- • The seven goals were the most since America from both outlets. Pitt’s seven in a shutout victory against • In addition to total and conference wins, West Virginia at home Sept. 26, 2017. Pitt set new single-season school records • Six different Panthers scored while six in total points (142) and assists (44). assists were tallied. Veljko Petkovic • Pitt was ranked No. 1 in the country by recorded two goals and two assists, the United Soccer Coaches Poll for the while Luke Mort registered two assists. first time in program history Oct. 20, 2020. Men’s Soccer became the third Pitt PETKOVIC PRECISION athletics program in school history to be Junior Veljko Petkovic highlighted Pitt’s 7-0 season-opening victory vs. Duquesne, scoring two • Junior midfielderVeljko Petkovic began named No. 1 in its respective sports’ poll, goals and tallying two assists for a career-high the 2021 season with a career night joining football and men’s basketball. six points. against Duquesne at home, scoring PITT PANTHERS GAME NOTES 2 MEN’S SOCCER NOTES NOEL MAKING NOISE • Junior midfielderValentin Noel had one return for a Pitt team that finished with THE LAST TIME... of the best single-season performances the fifth best scoring offense in the PITT SCORED... in Pitt men’s soccer history a year ago. country. 4 goals ................... W, 4-0 vs. UCF ........................5/6/21 • He finished second in the nation in goals • A notable returner is Alexander Dexter, 5 goals ................W, 5-0 vs. Virginia .................... 4/8/21 (14), third in points (30), 13th in goals per who begins his fifth and final campaign 6 goals ....................W, 6-1 vs. UCF .........................5/2/21 game (.74) and 23rd in points per game as a Panther. Dexter began his career as 7+ goals ............W, 7-0 vs. Duquesne ................8/26/21 (1.58). a freshman in 2017 and has since totaled • The Niort, France, native scored eight 18 assists, ranking