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The Pitt News

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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Brett Andrews (left) and Nikhil Khongbantabam practice at the Pitt Sports Dome on Monday evening.  (Photo by Sarah Cutshall | Staff Photographer)

Men welcome: Club field hockey encourages coed participation

By Grant Burgman | Staff Writer September 20, 2017

Every now and then you’ll read a story about a high school woman joining the football or baseball team. It’s a feat that defies gender norms and expectations. But rarely do you hear the opposite....

Students gather outside the $13.2 million Pitt Sports Dome for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Pitt unveils brand-new $13.2 million club sports facility

By Ryan Zimba | Staff Writer April 18, 2017

Pitt students and club sports athletes received a much-needed facilities upgrade Monday morning, as the University officially opened the Pitt Sports Dome to the student body. The sunny sky and warm...

First-year student Julia Lam, one of three Pitt students aiming to revive the Pitt Archery Club, participates at the 2016 US Olympic Team Trials. | Courtesy of Julia Lam

Archers Unite: First-year Pitt students come together to revive Pitt Archery Club

By Molly Appezzato | Staff Writer November 16, 2016

It was happenstance that first-year Pitt students Julia Lam, from East Brunswick, New Jersey, and Anjna Nair, from Fairfax, Virginia, got paired to share a practice target at the 2016 U.S. Archery National...

Pitt sophomore Thai Nguyen, vice president of the Pitt Ping Pong Club, lines up one of his signature curve shots. Brady Langmann | Contributing Editor

Paddle masters: Pitt Ping Pong Club serves up wins

By Brady Langmann | Culture Editor November 7, 2016

Shay Sinha likes to humble his opponents. When Sinha started at Pitt this fall, his go-to icebreaker was that he was a pingpong player. His fellow first-years weren’t impressed — they asked him...

Pitt's club tennis team finished in seventh place out of 36 co-ed club and intramural teams at the USTA Tennis On Campus Fall Invitational in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Pictured from left to right: Anita Jain, Andrew Friedman, Rithika Reddy, Nick Kshatri and Grace Wang. Courtesy of Pitt Club Tennis

Pitt club tennis posts record performance at USTA Fall Invitational

By Mackenzie Rodrigues | For The Pitt News November 3, 2016

A youth movement helped propel the Pitt club tennis team to a record performance at the 2016 USTA Tennis On Campus Fall Invitational last weekend. The Panthers built off their 13th-place finish at last...

Alyson Kornberg is the president, founder, head captain and only female member of Pitt's club football team. Theo Schwarz | Senior Staff Photographer

One woman show: Alyson Kornberg tackles club football at Pitt

By Ted Zhang | Staff Writer October 26, 2016

The Cost Center is never empty at midnight — at least not if Alyson Kornberg can help it. The rhythmic sound of shuffling feet fill the indoor field, as each movement requires precision and repetition,...

Pitt sophomore Katie Schreiber has earned a reputation for her "astounding" catches. Courtesy of Katie Schreiber

From Pitt to Poland: Katie Schreiber’s ultimate journey

By Stephen Caruso / Contributing Editor August 20, 2016

For sophomore business student Katie Schreiber, disc — not ball — is life. “I’d do anything to play a game [of ultimate],” said Schreiber, who competes for Danger, Pitt’s women’s ultimate...

All club and recreational sports teams and student groups will have access to the $13.2 million Pitt Sports Dome. Photo courtesy of Clare Sherry

Pitt building $13.2 million domed facility for club and recreational sports

By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor June 28, 2016

Pitt’s athletic facilities are getting another major upgrade — this one in the form of a new, domed field for club and recreational sports. On Friday, a committee of the University’s Board of...

Pitt Club Tennis at the national championships in Cary, North Carolina. Courtesy of Pitt Club Tennis

Pitt Club Tennis wraps up season at nationals

By Meg Millure / Staff Writer April 22, 2016

The Pitt Club Tennis team rallied together this year to save its season after budget reductions threatened to cut it short. Despite its funding concerns, the team finished 13th in the gold bracket at...

Photos Courtesy of Elizabeth Mahoney

Pitt equestrians riding with unbridled devotion

By Meg Millure | Staff Writer March 29, 2016

Thirty minutes outside of Pittsburgh at BarGee Farms, Elizabeth Morris eases a bridle behind the recently operated-on teeth of Wynn, an attentive and slow-trotting mare. Equestrians like Morris who ride...

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