Capel is more than capable
By Brandon Glass | Staff Writer
March 28, 2018
Filed under Men's Basketball, Sports
Just when it looked like Pitt would be left out in the late March cold without a head coach, Athletic Director Heather Lyke, unlike her predecessor, made a bold decision. Lyke hired Duke assistant coach Jeff Capel Tuesday — 17 days after firing Kevin Stallings. Capel’s hiring comes as a pleasant...
Take Five: Fouls, Fans, Hall of Fame
By The Pitt News Staff
January 25, 2018
Filed under Sports, Sports Columns
Another week, another glut of sports headlines to keep up with. The Pitt News sports staff is back to keep you up to date on everything happening across the sports landscape. Click here to see last week's five takes. Why Eagles Why? After the Eagles' 38-7 victory over the Vikings last week, it ...
Blue Devils dismantle Pitt, 87-52
By Trent Leonard | Staff Writer
January 10, 2018
Filed under Men's Basketball, Sports, Top Stories
A sizable crowd of Pitt fans were left in the stands watching Wednesday’s game, wondering if they would see their team score even half as much as the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils. The Panthers did, but not by much, as Duke crushed Pitt, 87-52. The Pitt men’s basketball team (8-9 overall, 0-4 ACC) continue...
Hall and Whitehead receive ACC honors
By Mackenzie Rodrigues | Sports Editor
October 23, 2017
Filed under Football
Two Pitt football players received ACC honors this week for their performances in Saturday’s defeat of the Duke University Blue Devils. Junior running back Darrin Hall earned the ACC Offensive Back of the Week title, and junior safety Jordan Whitehead was named Co-Defensive Back of the Week. This marks ...
Duke’s Grayson Allen to return to school for senior season
By Jessika Morgan | The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) (TNS)
April 18, 2017
Filed under National News
Duke junior guard Grayson Allen will return for his senior year, the school announced Thursday. Allen, a 6-foot-5 point guard from Jacksonville, Fla., averaged 14.5 points for the Blue Devils his junior year, one that was marred by controversy. After tripping an Elon player Steven Santa Ana in December, Allen was ...
Pitt baseball battles back against Blue Devils
By Kait French | Staff Writer
April 3, 2017
Filed under Sports / Other Varsity Sports
The Pitt baseball team seemed in for a long weekend after suffering a 14-0 blowout in the series opener against Duke Friday. But thanks to an extra inning comeback and an excellent performance from senior pitcher Josh Falk, the Panthers took two of three from the Blue Devils. “I was very please...
Pitt tennis falls in North Carolina to Duke, NC State
By David Leftwich | Staff Writer
April 3, 2017
Filed under Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Riding a four-game losing streak, the Pitt women’s tennis team looked to turn its season around during this weekend’s trip to North Carolina. Unfortunately for the Panthers (3-10, 0-8 ACC), the weekend brought no respite. The team played against No. 17 Duke in Durham Saturday and No. 26 North Ca...
Students fill out their brackets, with or without Pitt
By Elizabeth Lepro and Bayard Miller | Contributing Editors
March 15, 2017
Filed under Men's Basketball
As the snow stopped falling Tuesday night, basketball fans on Pitt’s campus were just getting warmed up for the upcoming NCAA Tournament — despite Pitt’s now-deceased season. In the library at about 11 p.m., where students were cramming for next-day exams and working together on group project...
Rozelle Nix: Big man on campus
By Kevin Bertha | Staff Writer
February 28, 2017
Filed under Men's Basketball, Sports, Sports Features
After years of rigorous work on various courts, Rozelle Nix finally saw his dedication pay off this season. Pitt trailed by five with seven minutes left in the game against the winningest coach of all-time, Mike Krzyzewski, and the No. 21 Duke Blue Devils. Sophomore guard Cameron Johnson missed a ...
Wrestler Ryan Solomon named ACC Wrestler of the Week
By Bayard Miller | Assistant Sports Editor
February 21, 2017
Filed under Sports / Other Varsity Sports
After defeating then-No. 3 ranked Duke wrestler Jacob Kasper, the ACC awarded Pitt’s Ryan Solomon Wrestler of the Week Tuesday afternoon. “[Kasper] — he’s a really tough guy,” Solomon, a heavyweight redshirt junior, said after Saturday’s win at the Fitzgerald Field House. “I had to wres...
Pitt wrestlers top Duke to end regular season
By Bayard Miller | Assistant Sports Editor
February 20, 2017
Filed under Sports / Other Varsity Sports
After a season filled with distractions and disappointments, the No. 24 Pitt wrestling team closed out its regular season on a three-match winning streak after defeating Duke Saturday night. The team endured a midseason coaching change, a wrestler falling out of his dorm room window and breaking se...
Pitt women fall to the No. 14 Blue Devils, 62-48
By Mackenzie Rodrigues | Staff Writer
February 13, 2017
Filed under Women's Basketball
The Pitt women’s basketball team’s once-promising season has lost direction and postseason hopes have diminished, as the Panthers seem destined for their sixth losing season in seven years. The Panthers (12-13 overall, 3-9 ACC) fell to another ranked opponent Sunday, losing to the No. 14 Duke...
Panthers’ woes continue in 72-64 loss at No. 21 Duke
By Varun Kumar | For The Pitt News
February 4, 2017
Filed under Men's Basketball, Sports
For the second straight game, the Pitt men’s basketball team gave one of college basketball’s most storied programs all it could handle. And for the second straight time, the Panthers (12-11 overall, 1-9 ACC) came up short. After an 80-78 loss at No. 12 North Carolina Tuesday night, Pitt lost anot...
Pitt football improves passing defense against Duke
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
November 21, 2016
It’s no secret that the Pitt football team has been explosive on offense this season. The Panthers’ 56-14 win Saturday over Duke gave them a program-record 432 points scored in only the team’s 11th game of the season. But the real story in Pitt’s resounding win over the Blue Devils was the...
Pitt football decimates Duke in highest scoring game of season, 56-14
By Dan Sostek | Senior Staff Writer
November 19, 2016
The last time the Pitt football team broke out its retro uniforms, the Panthers needed every page in their playbook to pull out a win, as a last-second stop sealed the game against Georgia Tech in early October. Donning the royal blue-and-mustard yellow outfits for the second time this season on Sat...
Volleyball splits weekend matches at home against Wake Forest and Duke
By David Leftwich | Staff Writer
November 13, 2016
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
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. On Friday at the Fitzgerald Field House, Pitt (overall 20-7, 11-4 ACC) crippled Wake Forest (overa...
Pitt women’s soccer baffled early on by Duke, 2-0
By Tiyanna Brown | For The Pitt News
October 23, 2016
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Pitt women’s soccer returned to Ambrose Urbanic Field for their last home game of the season, but fell 2-0 to No. 4 Duke within the first 10 minutes of the game on Sunday afternoon. The Panthers (2-14-1 overall, 1-7-1 ACC) struggled to keep Duke’s (13-3-2 overall, 7-1-1 ACC) offense away from the bal...
Volleyball loses first conference games in North Carolina
By David Leftwich | Staff Writer
October 9, 2016
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
The Pitt volleyball team left for North Carolina with a flawless ACC record, but returned with a pair of losses against the Duke Blue Devils and Wake Forest Demon Deacons over the weekend. The Panthers (13-5-0 overall, 4-2 ACC) first took on Duke (10-5-0 overall, 4-1-0 ACC) Friday in Durham, North...
Pitt baseball finishes season with two losses vs. Duke
By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor
May 21, 2016
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Although the Pitt baseball team didn’t achieve the goal it set at the beginning of the year, the 2016 season as a whole can be viewed as a successful one. The Panthers (25-26 overall, 10-18 ACC) remained in ACC Tournament contention until the final weekend after being picked to finish dead last before ...