Pitt Softball loses ACC Championship game
By Stephen Cuddy | Staff Writer
May 15, 2018
The Panthers softball team finished its most successful season yet with a 33-18-1 record, earning head coach Holly Aprile the ACC Coach of the Year honor. With two victories over Louisville earlier this month, the Panthers ended the season as ACC Coastal Champions for the first time in school history — and...
Pitt falls to Florida State, 66-59
By Trent Leonard | Staff Writer
February 4, 2018
For the second straight Sunday, Pitt women’s basketball took a ranked team down to the wire, but ultimately couldn’t hold on for the victory. The Panthers fell to the No. 10 Florida State Seminoles, 66-59, at the Petersen Events Center. “I’m so proud of the effort our players gave the entire game...
Chinaza Ndee earns second ACC Freshman of the Week honor
By Mackenzie Rodrigues | Sports Editor
November 6, 2017
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...
McKayla Taylor named ACC Player of the Week
By Bayard Miller | Assistant Sports Editor
April 11, 2017
Thanks to an excellent week at the plate and in the field, junior Pitt shortstop McKayla Taylor became the ACC’s Softball Player of the Week Tuesday afternoon. The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the honor Tuesday afternoon. The Florida State Seminoles swept the Panthers in Tallahassee the weekend ...
Have mercy: Pitt softball swept by Seminoles
By Rebecca Sauers | Staff Writer
April 3, 2017
The Pitt softball team needed mercy this weekend in Florida battling against the best team in the country. In NCAA softball, if a team is leading by eight or more runs after five innings, the game is ruled so uncompetitive that it doesn’t need to be played any longer. That’s what happened this...
Pitt women’s basketball team falls at No. 8 Florida State, 79-48
By Mackenzie Rodrigues | Staff Writer
February 24, 2017
Once again, Pitt sophomore forward Brenna Wise lit up the scoreboard for the Panthers, but it wasn’t enough to get the win. The Pitt women’s basketball team (13-15 overall, 4-11 ACC) lost its final road game — and its last chance at a winning season — in a 79-48 defeat to the No. 8 Florida ...
Shel-don Je-ter: Fans praise senior’s sensational showing vs. FSU
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
February 20, 2017
It was happening again. The fans knew it. Pitt’s players knew it. Hell, even Florida State’s players probably knew it. The Pitt men’s basketball team had built a 15-point second-half lead against the No. 17 Florida State Seminoles after a 3-pointer by senior point guard Jamel Artis with 13:1...
Jeter’s career-high 29 points power Panthers past No. 17 Florida State, 80-66
By Kevin Bertha | For The Pitt News
February 20, 2017
There must be something special about those throwbacks. “The shorts were a little short, but besides that, it’s all good,” Pitt senior forward Sheldon Jeter said. Rocking their retro royal blue jerseys, the Panthers (15-12 overall, 4-10 ACC) knocked off the No. 17 Florida State Seminoles (21-...
Pitt divers excel, but Seminoles swim past Panthers for victory
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
January 17, 2017
After inclement weather forced the Denison University Big Red to cancel their trip to Pittsburgh over the weekend, the Pitt swimming and diving teams were left with only one opponent — the formidable Florida State Seminoles. The Panthers picked up several individual wins in both swimming and diving...
Hershman, Modic and Sevilla earn All-ACC softball honors
By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor
May 12, 2016
Three players on the Pitt softball team earned All-ACC honors on Thursday morning. The conference named sophomore outfielder Erin Hershman First Team All-ACC, while seniors Jenna Modic and Maggie Sevilla made the All-ACC Second Team. A graduate of Mars High School, Hershman was a go-to player f...