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The Pitt News

The Pitt volleyball team placed six players on the 2016 All-ACC teams, highlighted by first-team members Stephanie Williams (13) and Jenna Potts. Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt volleyball places six on All-ACC teams

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor November 29, 2016

After discovering they were heading to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004 on Sunday night, Pitt’s volleyball players had a new reason to celebrate Monday. The Panthers placed six players...

Stephanie Williams (13) accumulated 14 kills for the Pitt volleyball team in a season-ending 3-1 loss to Penn State. Meghan Sunners | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt volleyball makes NCAA Tournament after pair of weekend wins

By David Leftwich | Staff Writer November 27, 2016

The Pitt volleyball team finished its regular season with a flourish, recording two big wins in its final two games and claiming a spot in the NCAA Tournament. With most of Pitt’s students home for...

Stephanie Williams (13) accumulated 14 kills for the Pitt volleyball team in a season-ending 3-1 loss to Penn State. Meghan Sunners | Senior Staff Photographer

Volleyball captures weekend wins against Syracuse and Boston College on the road

By David Leftwich | Staff Writer November 21, 2016

With only four games remaining in the season, the Pitt volleyball team picked up two more wins on the road, bringing them one step closer to solidifying a spot in the NCAA Tournament. On Friday, in...

Dom Forys was one of two Panthers to record a win during Friday's match against Lehigh. | Matt Hawley, Staff Photographer

Forys powers Panthers to 2nd-place finish in Keystone Classic

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor November 21, 2016

Pitt junior wrestler Dom Forys took home the 133-pound title at the 2016 Keystone Classic Sunday, his third straight championship at the annual open tournament in Philadelphia. Forys’ tournament win...

Gillian Schriever placed 106th at the NCAA National Cross Country Championships | Courtesy Barry Schenk

Gillian Schriever places 106th in NCAA Championships

By Ryan Zimba | Staff Writer November 20, 2016

After becoming Pitt’s only cross-country runner to qualify for the NCAA Championships this season, sophomore Gillian Schriever placed 106th out of 250 runners in the 6k with a time of 20:52.1 over the...

133-pounder Dom Forys was one of two Pitt wrestlers to win against No. 11 Lehigh Friday night.  Theo Schwarz | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt wrestling suffers first loss in home opener vs. No. 11 Lehigh

By Ryan Zimba | Staff Writer November 19, 2016

The No. 21 Pitt wrestling team opened its home slate on Friday night against the team’s toughest non-conference opponent of the season — the No. 11 Lehigh Mountain Hawks. Lehigh’s lineup — consisting...

This will be Pitt baseball head coach Joe Jordano's 20th season with the Panthers.
Photographer: Pete Madia/Pitt Athletics

Pitt baseball, track and field coaches announce 2016-17 schedules

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor November 16, 2016

For Pitt head baseball coach Joe Jordano and head track and field coach Alonzo Webb, revealing their teams’ respective 2016-17 schedules on Tuesday meant new opportunities for their teams to show significant...

Pitt redshirt junior Ryan Solomon's victory in the 285-pound match secured the Panthers' 20-16 victory against Edinboro Sunday. Courtesy Pete Madia / Pitt Athletics

Wrestlers edge out Edinboro in final matches, 20-16

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor November 13, 2016

The No. 22 Pitt wrestling team faced its toughest test of the season against the Edinboro Fighting Scots, but came away unscathed to return home undefeated. The Panthers (3-0) used back-to-back victories...

Gillian Schriever is the second ever Pitt runner to race as an individual competitor in the NCAA Cross Country Championship. Photo courtesy of Pitt Athletics

Pitt’s Gillian Schriever to race in NCAA Cross Country Championship

Sophomore runner Gillian Schriever told The Pitt News two weeks ago that she’s had to push herself to achieve the unlikely. After placing 41st out of 131 competitors in last year’s ACC Championships,...

Mariah Bell (10) accumulated 30 kills over the weekend for the Panthers. Edward Major II / TPN File Photo

Volleyball splits weekend matches at home against Wake Forest and Duke

By David Leftwich | Staff Writer November 13, 2016

After losing to both the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Duke Blue Devils on the road in October, the Pitt volleyball team managed to vanquish only one of the two hellish opponents over the weekend....

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