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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

James Robinson and the team celebrate.  John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Robinson, Johnson carry Pitt over Syracuse to advance in ACC Tournament

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor March 9, 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C --- Wednesday could have been the last game of James Robinson’s career. The senior point guard and his Panthers needed a win, sitting on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament field of...

Suzie McConell-Serio coaches up players on team USA.  Photo courtesy of Pitt Media Relations

McConnell-Serio named head coach of USA U18 team

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor March 8, 2016

Pitt’s Suzie McConnell-Serio has added another prestigious honor to her already impressive resume on Tuesday, as USA Basketball named her the head coach of the country’s U18 National Team ahead of...

Panthers stung by Yellow Jackets in regular season finale

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor March 5, 2016

The Pitt men’s basketball team’s resume just got a little flimsier. Fighting for an NCAA Tournament berth, the Panthers fell in Atlanta to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 63-59. Pitt jumped out...

Jordan Mondell | Staff Photographer

Pair of club volleyball players reveling in final season

By Meg Millure / For The Pitt News March 3, 2016

Lexi Surunis and Emily Correia were playing volleyball together long before they became Panthers. But their partnership appeared destined to end, after a communication miscue following a tryout for Pitt’s...

Courtesy of Grant Salverson

Women’s basketball season ends in blowout loss to No. 21 Miami

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor March 3, 2016

One game after Pitt earned its first ACC tournament win by sticking it to the Tar Heels, the No. 21 Miami Hurricanes blew the Panthers away. After a rough second quarter, Pitt fell hard in the second...

James Robinson (0) jumps for the ball at Cassell Coliseum on March 2, 2016 (Courtesy of  Cat Piper / Collegiate Times).

Men’s basketball stumbles at Virginia Tech

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor March 3, 2016

The Pitt men’s basketball team was riding high Sunday, fresh off a victory over a ranked Duke team and looking like a comfortable lock for an NCAA Tournament game berth. But Wednesday night, it may...

Photo Courtesy of Grant Halverson

Pitt tops UNC for program’s first ACC tournament victory

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor March 3, 2016

Trailing by three, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels had 15.9 seconds to tie the Pitt women’s basketball team to remain alive in the ACC tournament. They used 15.8 of those seconds, and thanks...

Courtesy of Pitt Athletics.

Q&A: First-year pitcher Sarah Dawson makes waves

By Steve Rotstein / Staff Writer March 2, 2016

Four games in, Sarah Dawson, freshman pitcher for the Pitt softball team, has already thrown out any assumption that she can’t compete in the big leagues. On Saturday, Feb. 27, Dawson pitched a perfect...

Terry Tan | Senior Staff Illustrator

Panthers fans want more at Heinz

As a Panthers football game begins, Pitt’s marching band ushers the team onto the field through a tunnel backdropped by a Pitt script banner. Some of the players meet atop the Pitt logo at the 50-yard...

Coach Dixon hugs James Robinson as he walks off the court for his last time at home.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Pitt stays proud

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor March 1, 2016

Pitt junior forward Jamel Artis rarely lacks confidence, on or off the court. His pride was glaringly apparent following the Panthers’ beatdown of No. 15 Duke University Sunday, in his postgame press...

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