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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University women's soccer team earned an at-large bid into the 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, the selection committee announced on Monday.

West Virginia will open tournament play against No. 5-seed Kentucky on Friday, Nov. 15, at the Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex, in Lexington, Kentucky. With the selection, the Mountaineers have qualified for 23 NCAA Tournaments all time, including appearances in 23 of the last 25 seasons. WVU is 24-20-5 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Additionally, West Virginia's at-large bid marks its first since 2020.

WVU enters the tournament with a 12-5-2 record, its highest win total since 2019 and 27th season with 10 wins or more all time. The Mountaineers finished Big 12 play with an 8-2-1 conference record, their most wins in league play since 2016, good for the No. 3 seed at the 2024 Big 12 Championship. After being picked to finish seventh in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll, the Mountaineers secured the program's ninth top three, regular-season conference finish since joining the league in 2012.

Junior forwards Ajanae Respass and Taylor White lead West Virginia with seven goals each, while Respass holds the team lead with 19 points. Respass ranks eighth in the conference with three game-winning goals this season. Fifth-year senior Lilly McCarthy paces WVU with five assists, ranking ninth in the Big 12 in total assists and assists per game.

In goal, redshirt sophomore keeper Mackenzie Smith has five solo shutouts on the year, while the Mountaineer defense has secured eight total clean sheets on the year. Smith also has notched 51 saves and a 0.739 save percentage.

WVU was one of 34 teams to earn at-large bid for this year's championship, while 30 teams earned conference automatic bids. The top 32 teams nationally are seeded.

First-round games will be played on Nov. 15-17, before the second and third rounds will be played on Nov. 22-24, leading into quarterfinals on Nov. 29-30.

The NCAA Women's College Cup will be played Dec. 6-9, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. The national semifinals will be on Dec. 6, ahead of Dec 9's national championship game.

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Nov. 12, 2024) – The No. 10 West Virginia University men’s soccer team is back at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium on Wednesday for the semifinals of the Sun Belt Championship against Kentucky. Kickoff against the Wildcats is set for 7 p.m.



The Mountaineers are the top seed after winning the Sun Belt regular season title and are coming off a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Georgia Southern. Junior Marcus Caldeira, senior Carlos Hernando, and graduate student Sergio Ors Navarro each scored to send the Mountaineers to the next round.



Nick Farrell and Adam Zundell have the call of Wednesday’s contest on ESPN+. The game also can be heard on 91.7 FM (WWVU) in Morgantown, and live stats are available at WVUsports.com.



Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance by visiting WVUGAME.com or calling 1-800-WVU GAME. Tickets are $12 while tickets for students are free with a valid student ID from any Sun Belt institution.



The Mountaineers took home numerous Sun Belt postseason awards with graduate student Sergio Ors Navarro claiming Sun Belt Player and Offensive Player of the Year while head coach Dan Stratford was named Coach of the Year. Ors Navarro, graduate student Ryan Baer, and graduate student Max Broughton were all named to the All-Sun Belt First Team while junior Marcus Caldeira and redshirt-senior Marc Bonnaire earned spots on the second team.

Ors Navarro leads the Sun Belt with 13 goals and 30 points while Caldeira is second on the Mountaineers with nine goals. Ors Navarro, freshman Isaac Sheer, senior Frederik Jorgensen, and graduate student Simon Carlson lead the team with four assists each.


Kentucky is the No. 4 seed in the SBC Championship and are 6-5-6 overall after defeating South Carolina, 1-0, in the quarterfinals.



Logan Dorsey was named All-Sun Belt First Team and has 13 goals on the year, including the game-winner against the Gamecocks on Sunday. Casper Mols has played 10 games in goal and made 44 saves.



For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUMensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.