Chinaza Ndee earns second ACC Freshman of the Week honor
By Mackenzie Rodrigues | Sports Editor
November 6, 2017
Filed under Sports / Other Varsity Sports
First-year volleyball player Chinaza Ndee earned her second ACC Freshman of the Week honor after her standout performance during the Panthers’ weekend domination of the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida State Seminoles. Ndee recorded five kills in Friday’s match against Miami and nine in Sunday’s match ag...
Q&A: Akeo talks tournament, travel from Hawaii
By David Leftwich / Staff Writer
August 21, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
When junior setter Kamalani Akeo arrived at Pitt in the fall of 2015, she didn’t quite know what to expect — either on or off the court. After all, she was traveling over 4,500 miles from her hometown of Kapolei, Hawaii, where she played on one of the best high school teams in the state. In her j...
Pitt volleyball team finalizes 2017 recruiting class
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
November 10, 2016
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Pitt head volleyball coach Dan Fisher has had plenty of reasons to smile this year. On Thursday, he had a new one — and the Panthers don’t play again until Friday. Already on a roll from five straight wins, the squad received a boost for the future early Thursday afternoon when Fisher revealed t...