The 2025 West Virginia University Women’s Soccer campaign is powered by the Mountaineers’ powerful defensive line. WVU has only conceded 0.7 goals per game, a number that is in the top half of the Big 12.

This defense has led WVU to a 6-2-2 record and to No. 14 in RPI this season.

These three players have been the Mountaineers’ dominant defenders in 2025.

Bailey Herfurth, goalkeeper, redshirt junior

The Mountaineer defense hit a second gear when Bailey Herfurth took the reins as the starting goalkeeper.

From the moment Head Coach Nikki Izzo-Brown made the move to the bench on Aug. 24, benching redshirt junior Mackenzie Smith in the 56th minute down 3-0 to The Pennsylvania State University for Herfurth to the 67th minute on Sept. 24 against Brigham Young University, WVU allowed no goal

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