2014 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SOCCER GUIDE
2014 Notebook The Next 250
Morgantown Magic
International Experience
In just 18 seasons, the West Virginia University women’s soccer team has earned 251 program wins, an average of 14 victories per season.
The Mountaineers have developed a true home field advantage, going 80-15-12 at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium since its opening in August 2004. Including a 4-0 showing in 2013, WVU has not dropped a conference match in Morgantown since losing, 3-2 in overtime, to then-No. 8 Notre Dame on Oct. 2, 2009.
The 2014 WVU roster features four student-athletes who gained experience on the national level throughout the offseason.
The Mountaineers scored program win No. 250 with their 1-0 victory over Baylor at the 2013 Big 12 Soccer Championship semifinal on Nov. 8, in Kansas City, Missouri.
A season-high 1,610 fans were in attendance for WVU’s thrilling NCAA Tournament first-round match against Rutgers in 2013, the fifth-best attendance in program history. There were 1,553 fans in attendance for WVU’s 2-1 win over Texas, the sixth-best mark in program history. Over the past five seasons, more than 52,000 fans have packed the stands to make Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium one of the toughest environments in the Big 12.
Three Mountaineers were selected to represent Canada at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada: sophomores Kadeisha Buchanan (defender) and Ashley Lawrence (forward), and freshman Amandine PierreLouis (forward). Buchanan, the 2013 Canadian U-20 Player of the Year, and Lawrence also gained experience with the Canadian Women’s National Team. Buchanan scored her first career international score, as she put a shot past the United States’ Hope Solo in a 1-1 draw against the USA on May 8. Additionally, freshman defender Michaela Abam was named to the United States’ Under-18 Women’s National Team 20-player roster and trained in Mexico City with the squad from July 22-28.
A season-high 1,610 fans packed Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium for WVU’s thrilling 2013 NCAA Tournament first round match vs. Rutgers.
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