The West Virginia Mountaineers women's soccer are the intercollegiate women's soccer team representing West Virginia University. The Mountaineers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic 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.
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. The Mountaineers are also the first team in the Big 12 to finish three seasons with an unbeaten league record. 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).
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. 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).
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 consecutive shutouts, the longest streak in the nation in 2015. That run also tied the Big 12 record for consecutive shutouts (Nebraska posted nine straight shutouts during the 1997 season).
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.
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.
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 its 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.
Season-by-season results
Current roster
Individual Awards All-Americans No. Player Year5Taylor White2025 United Soccer Coaches (3rd team)10Jordan Brewster2020 United Soccer Coaches (2nd team), 2021 United Soccer Coaches (3rd team), 2022 United Soccer Coaches (3rd team)25Rylee Foster2018 United Soccer Coaches (3rd team)4Bianca St. Georges2018 Senior CLASS (1st team), 2018 United Soccer Coaches (2nd team)11Amandine Pierre-Louis2017 United Soccer Coaches (2nd team)5Michaela Abam2016 NSCAA (2nd team), 2017 Senior CLASS (2nd team), 2017 United Soccer Coaches (2nd team)27Amanda Hill2015 Senior CLASS (2nd team)9Ashley Lawrence2015 NSCAA (1st team), 2016 NSCAA (1st team), 2016 Senior CLASS (2nd team)99Kate Schwindel2014 Senior CLASS (2nd team)88Kadeisha Buchanan2013 NSCAA (2nd team), 2014 NSCAA (1st team), 2015 NSCAA (1st team), 2016 NSCAA (1st team), 2016 Senior CLASS (1st team)9Frances Silva2013 NSCAA (2nd team)33Bry McCarthy2012 NSCAA (3rd team)31Carolyn Blank2008 Soccer Buzz (2nd team), 2008 NSCAA (2nd team), 2009 NSCAA (2nd team)10Amanda Cicchini2007 Soccer Buzz (3rd team), 2007 NSCAA (2nd team)4Greer Barnes2007 Soccer Buzz (2nd team), 2007 NSCAA (2nd team), 2008 Soccer Buzz (2nd team), 2008 NSCAA (3rd team)6Ashley Banks2007 Soccer Buzz (2nd team), 2007 NSCAA (3rd team)15Deana Everrett2006 Soccer Buzz (3rd team)57Laura Kane2004 NSCAA (3rd team)7Lisa Stoia2002 Soccer Buzz (2nd team), 2002 NSCAA (2nd team), 2003 Soccer Buzz (1st team), 2003 NSCAA (1st team)5Chrissie Abbott2002 Soccer Buzz (1st team), 2002 NSCAA (1st team), 2003 Soccer Buzz (2nd team), 2003 NSCAA (2nd team)4Katie Barnes2000 Soccer Buzz (3rd team), 2001 Soccer Buzz (2nd team), 2001 NSCAA (1st team)
Stacey Adams Big East Female Scholar Athlete of the Year 1998 Stacey Sollmann Big East Female Scholar Athlete of the Year 1999 Katie Barnes Big East Offensive Player of the Year 2000 Lisa Stoia Big East Rookie of the Year 2000 Katie Barnes Big East Offensive Player of the Year 2001 Nikki Izzo-Brown Big East Coach of the Year 2001 Chrissie Abbott Big East Offensive Player of the Year 2002 Melissa Haire Big East Female Scholar Athlete of the Year 2002 Nikki Izzo-Brown Big East Coach of the Year 2002 Lisa Stoia Big East Midfielder of the Year 2002 Lisa Stoia Big East Midfielder of the Year 2003 Ashley Banks Big East Rookie of the Year 2004 Ashley Weirner Big East Female Scholar Athlete of the Year 2004 Ashley Banks Big East Offensive Player of the Year 2007 Kiley Harris Big East Female Scholar Athlete of the Year 2007 Carolyn Blank Big East Midfielder of the Year 2008 Kate Schwindel Big East Rookie of the Year 2011
Nikki Izzo-Brown Big 12 Coach of the Year 2012 Bry McCarthy Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year 2012 Kadeisha Buchanan Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year 2013 Kadeisha Buchanan Big 12 Newcomer of the Year 2013 Nikki Izzo-Brown Big 12 Coach of the Year 2013 Frances Silva Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year 2013 Frances Silva Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year 2013 Michaela Abam Big 12 Newcomer of the Year 2014 Kadeisha Buchanan Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year 2014 Nikki Izzo-Brown Big 12 Coach of the Year 2014 Kadeisha Buchanan Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year 2015 Nikki Izzo-Brown Big 12 Coach of the Year 2015 Bianca St. Georges Big 12 Newcomer of the Year 2015 Michaela Abam Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year 2016 Kadeisha Buchanan M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Winner 2016 Kadeisha Buchanan Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year 2016 Nikki Izzo-Brown Big 12 Coach of the Year 2016 Amandine Pierre-Louis Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year 2017 Bianca St. Georges Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year 2018 Jordan Brewster Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year 2020 Jordan Brewster Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year 2022 Kayza Massey Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Year 2022
All-Big East Honors
Chrissie Abbott 2000 Katie Barnes 2000 Katie Barnes 2001 Lisa Stoia 2001 Lisa Stoia 2002 Chrissie Abbott 2003 Laura Kane 2003 Lisa Stoia 2003 Laura Kane 2004 Marisa Kanela 2005 Amanda Cicchini 2006 Deana Everrett 2006 Ashley Banks 2007 Greer Barnes 2007 Amanda Cicchini 2007 Greer Barnes 2008 Carolyn Blank 2008 Amanda Cicchini 2008 Carolyn Blank 2009 Bri Rodriguez 2010 Blake Miller 2011
Stacey Sollmann 1997 Katie Barnes 1999 Rachel Kruze 2000 Lisa Stoia 2000 Chrissie Abbott 2001 Laura Kane 2002 Rachel Kruze 2002 Ashley Banks 2004 Marisa Kanela 2004 Ashley Weirner 2004 Ashley Banks 2005 Amanda Cicchini 2005 Lana Bannerman 2006 Greer Barnes 2006 Carolyn Blank 2007 Deana Everrett 2008 Kerri Butler 2010 Blake Miller 2010 Megan Mischler 2010 Sara Keane 2011 Bry McCarthy 2011 Kate Schwindel 2011 Frances Silva 2011
Lana Bannerman 2005 Kambria Riggins 2005 Kim Bonilla 2006 Deana Everrett 2007 Megan Mischler 2008 Nicole Mailloux 2009 Megan Mischler 2009 Bry McCarthy 2010
All-Big 12 Honors
Bry McCarthy 2012 Bri Rodriguez 2012 Kate Schwindel 2012 Kadeisha Buchanan 2013 Ashley Lawrence 2013 Kate Schwindel 2013 Frances Silva 2013 Kadeisha Buchanan 2014 Ashley Lawrence 2014 Kate Schwindel 2014 Michaela Abam 2015 Maggie Bedillion 2015 Kadeisha Buchanan 2015 Ashley Lawrence 2015 Kailey Utley 2015 Michaela Abam 2016 Kadeisha Buchanan 2016 Ashley Lawrence 2016 Amandine Pierre-Louis 2016 Carla Portillo 2016 Michaela Abam 2017 Amandine Pierre-Louis 2017 Bianca St. Georges 2017 Rylee Foster 2018 Sh'Nia Gordon 2018 Easther Mayi Kith 2018 Bianca St. Georges 2018 Jordan Brewster 2020 Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel 2020 Alina Stahl 2020 Jordan Brewster 2021 Jordan Brewster 2022 Kayza Massey 2022 Annika Leslie 2024 Lilly McCarthy 2024 Taylor White 2025
Frances Silva 2012 Amanda Hill 2013 Cari Price 2014 Kailey Utley 2014 Amanda Hill 2015 Carla Portillo 2015 Bianca St. Georges 2015 Hannah Steadman 2015 Rylee Foster 2016 Vanessa Flores 2017 Rylee Foster 2017 Easther Mayi Kith 2017 Carla Portillo 2017 Jordan Brewster 2018 Grace Cutler 2018 Vanessa Flores 2018 Jordan Brewster 2019 Rylee Foster 2019 Nicole Payne 2020 Lauren Segalla 2020 Kayza Massey 2021 Nicole Payne 2021 Dilary Heredia-Beltran 2022 Gabrielle Robinson 2022 AJ Rodriguez 2022 AJ Rodriguez 2024 Taylor White 2024 Anna Hauer 2025 Nyema Ingleton 2025 Maddie Levy 2025
Note ‡ indicates player was Big East Player of the Year † indicates player was Big East Rookie of the Year
All-Big East Rookie Honors Stacey Sollmann 1996 Vanessa Heppeler 1997 Rachel Kruze 1999 Chrissie Abbott 2000 Lisa Stoia † 2000 Laura Kane 2001 Marisa Kanela 2002 Kambria Riggins 2002 Nicole Cauzillo 2003 Bri Rodriguez 2009 Caroline Szwed 2009 Frances Silva 2010 Sara Keane 2011 Kate Schwindel † 2011
Note ‡ indicates player was Big 12 Newcomer of the Year † indicates player was Big 12 Freshman of the Year
All-Big 12 All-Newcomer/Freshman Honors Kara Blosser 2012 Leah Emaus 2012 Kelsie Maloney 2012 Carly Black 2013 Kadeisha Buchanan ‡ 2013 Ashley Lawrence 2013 Michaela Abam ‡ 2014 Amandine Pierre-Louis 2014 Carla Portillo 2014 Hannah Steadman 2014 Sh'Nia Gordon 2015 Bianca St. Georges ‡ 2015 Rylee Foster 2016 Lauren Segalla 2017 Jordan Brewster 2018 Addison Clark 2018 Enzi Broussard 2019 Nicole Payne 2019 Lilly McCarthy 2020 Dilary Heredia-Beltran 2021 Jordyn Wilson 2023 Gianna Koss 2024 Ava Arnold 2025
Individual Records
+Career Goals Chrissie Abbott 2000–03 53 Katie Barnes 1998–2001 45 Michaela Abam 2014–17 42 Deana Everrett 2005–08 39 Frances Silva 2010–13 38
+Season Goals Chrissie Abbott 2002 20 Deana Everrett 2006 18 Katie Barnes 2000 17 Frances Silva 2013 15 Ashley Banks 2007 15 Chrissie Abbott 2001 15
+Career Assists Lisa Stoia 2000–03 33 Katie Barnes 1998–2001 30 Ashley Lawrence 2013–16 29 Ashley Banks 2004–07 26 Deana Everrett 2005–08 24
+Season Assists Frances Silva 2013 13 Lisa Stoia 2003 12 Kim Bonilla 2006 12 Taylor White 2025 10 Ashley Lawrence 2016 10 Katie Barnes 2001 10 Lisa Stoia 2002 10
+Career Points Chrissie Abbott 2000–03 125 Katie Barnes 1998–2001 120 Deana Everrett 2005–08 102 Michaela Abam 2014–17 100 Frances Silva 2010–13 98
+Season Points Chrissie Abbott 2002 47 Frances Silva 2013 43 Deana Everrett 2006 43 Katie Barnes 2000 43 Ashley Banks 2007 38
+Career Saves Stacy Adams 1996–98 347 Lana Bannerman 2003–06 241 Kerri Butler 2007–10 231 Sara Keane 2011–13 231 Kayza Massey 2019–23 207
+Season Saves Stacy Adams 1998 125 Stacy Adams 1997 113 Stacy Adams 1996 109 Melissa Haire 2000 88 Rylee Foster 2019 87 Kerri Butler 2010 87
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