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The Pitt News

Pitt volleyball celebrates scoring a point against Louisville on Friday Oct. 25

Pitt volleyball wins its third straight five-set match against Louisville

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor October 25, 2024

Pitt fans don’t prefer games like Pitt volleyball’s Friday night matchup against Louisville, or at least their hearts don’t. The teams went back and forth, the officials spent multiple minutes reviewing...

Pitt volleyball huddles at the volleyball game against Stanford in the Fitzgerald Field House on Sunday.

Volleyball prepares for another classic against Louisville

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor October 24, 2024

The best games of the entire volleyball season happen when No. 1 Pitt and No. 4 Louisville line up from one another across the net. Reverse sweeps, NCAA Tournament battles, conference championships and...

Sophomore right-side hitter Olivia Babcock (5) prepares to hit the ball at the volleyball game against Stanford in the Fitzgerald Field House on Sunday.

Pitt volleyball bounces back by dominating Stanford and Cal

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor October 21, 2024

No. 5 Stanford is the cream of the crop for collegiate women’s volleyball. It has nine national championships — the most in collegiate volleyball — and only missed one NCAA Tournament since 1981.  The...

Fans encourage Pitt volleyball at the volleyball game against Stanford in the Fitzgerald Field House on Sunday.

No. 1 Pitt volleyball sweeps No. 5 Stanford

By Patrick Diana, Staff Writer October 20, 2024

No. 5 Stanford (14-3, ACC 6-2) came into the Fitzgerald Field House boasting a .292 hitting percentage — the second-best in the ACC. It left Oakland with an overall hitting percentage of .283. No. 1...

Volleyballs in a cart at the Fitzgerald Field House.

Pitt hosts Stanford with tons of implications at stake

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor October 19, 2024

No. 1 Pitt volleyball (16-1, ACC 6-1) has one of its biggest matches of the season this weekend as perennial women’s volleyball powerhouse and new ACC foe No. 5 Stanford (14-2, ACC 6-1) comes to the...

Members of the student section extend their arms during Pitt volleyball’s game against Buffalo on Tuesday, Sept. 3 at Fitzgerald Field House.

No. 1 Pitt volleyball sweeps new ACC foe Cal

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor October 18, 2024

No. 1 Pitt (16-1, ACC 6-1) suffered its first loss of the season against No. 12 SMU last Saturday, but the Panthers came out with a vengeance against Cal (10-9, ACC 2-5) on Friday night.  “We wanted...

Pitt Volleyball huddles in a circle.

Column | No need to panic after Pitt volleyball loss

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor October 16, 2024

Formerly No. 15 and now No. 12 SMU, whom No. 1 Pitt beat handily on Wednesday, got its revenge in front of its home crowd, defeating the Panthers in five grueling sets. SMU looked like an entirely different...

Pitt volleyball poses for a picture in celebration of its win against SMU in the Fitzgerald Field House on Wednesday.

Pitt volleyball consistently overpowering ranked opponents

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor October 10, 2024

Pitt head coach Dan Fisher called an unbelievably early timeout in the third set against SMU. Pitt trailed 4-2 and the opposing team just earned two straight aces against the Panthers. Graduate student...

Sophomore right side hitter Olivia Babcock (5) serves the ball during a volleyball match.

No. 1 Pitt volleyball dominates No. 15 SMU in a sweep

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor October 9, 2024

Another top-15 match for No. 1 Pitt volleyball turned into another win for it. Pitt swept No. 15 SMU (25-17,25-18, 25-9) on Wednesday night, and the Panthers kept their undefeated record and advanced to...

Sophomore right side hitter Olivia Babcock (5) serves the ball during a volleyball match.

Pitt volleyball drops first set of its season, but remains undefeated

By Matthew Scabilloni, Assistant Sports Editor October 6, 2024

No. 1 Pitt volleyball’s undefeated set streak ended on Friday as it dropped its 37th set played this season to .500 Boston College, 25-23, on Friday night. It’s not the quality of team many Pitt fans...

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