The 2023 Pittsburgh Panthers women's soccer team represented University of Pittsburgh during the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Randy Waldrum, in his sixth season. They played home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This was the team's 28th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 11th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Panthers started off the season as the 14th ranked team in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and won their first six games before losing to number 21 . They would win their second game of the road trip to Cincinnati to finish the non-conference season 7âÂÂ1âÂÂ0. Despite the almost perfect record, the Panthers fell out of the rankings as the ACC season started. They did not play a Power 5 team in non-conference play. They began their ACC season with a win, loss, and draw, with the draw coming against 10th ranked Notre Dame. They followed with four straight wins, including two against 22nd ranked Duke and 17th ranked Wake Forest. This saw them return to the rankings and number seventeen. They lost the next two games against 1st ranked Florida State and 8th ranked Clemson before winning their final conference game.
The Panthers finished the season 17âÂÂ6âÂÂ1 overall and 6âÂÂ3âÂÂ1 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament they upset nationally third ranked North Carolina in overtime in the Quarterfinals. They could not advance further than the semifinals as they were defeated by Florida State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the seventh-seed in the Florida State Bracket, they defeated 6âÂÂ0 in the First Round and, second-seed in the Second Round and sixth seed in the Round of 16. The victory against Memphis set up a third matchup with Florida State this season. The score in this matchup was the most lopsided of the three matches and the Panthers lost 3âÂÂ0 to end their season. Their seventeen wins were the most in program history, and their six wins were the most in program history. This marked the second overall appearance in the NCAA tournament for the team.
The Panthers finished the season 14âÂÂ5âÂÂ3 overall and 5âÂÂ3âÂÂ2 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament they tied Notre Dame 1âÂÂ1, but lost the ensuing penalty shoot-out 5âÂÂ4. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the fourth-seed in the Florida State Bracket, they defeated in the first round and, fifth-seed in the second round before traveling to first-seed Florida State in the round of 16. The Panthers' run would end in Tallahassee where they lost 3âÂÂ0.
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|- !colspan=6 style=""| <span style="color:white;">NCAA tournament</span>
Pittsburgh had two players selected in the 2024 NWSL Draft. This was the first time in program history that Pittsburgh had any players selected in the NWSL Draft.