The 2016 season is far-and-away the toughest schedule 21-year coach Nikki Izzo-Brown has ever constructed for the four-time reigning Big 12 Champion West Virginia University women’s soccer team.
Think about it.
As of tonight, the Mountaineers (5-0-1) will have met both the 2015 NCAA Tournament champion (Penn State) and the 2015 NCAA Tournament runner-up (Duke), as well as four ranked opponents, including three top-10 teams.
The squad opened the 2016 campaign in nothing short of a hostile environment, traveling to University Park, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 19 for a rematch of WVU’s NCAA Tournament Elite Eight match against the No.