Pitt ends ACC losing streak with 89-86 overtime win over Louisville
By Tessa Sayers, Assistant Sports Editor
January 10, 2019
Filed under Men's Basketball, Sports, Top Stories
Pitt guard Trey McGowen broke a 39-year record and Pitt ended a 690 day losing streak on Wednesday night in its 89-86 win over Louisville.
No. 4 Cardinals clobber Panthers, 81-49
By Trent Leonard | Staff Writer
February 25, 2018
Filed under Sports, Women's Basketball
The Pitt women’s basketball team dropped its sixth straight — and final — regular season game, 81-49, at No. 4 Louisville Sunday, finishing with a 2-14 ACC record heading into the postseason conference tournament. A day after the men’s basketball team suffered a 29-point loss to the best team ...
Panther plunders: Pitt’s worst homecoming games
By Brandon Glass | Staff Writer
October 12, 2017
Filed under Football
While the homecoming court trots out onto the field at halftime this Saturday — and two lucky students are crowned king and queen — the Panthers will be in the locker room discussing strategy, diagramming plays and trying to figure out how to make the biggest home game of the season count. As...
Glick, Newkirk, Palmer win at Louisville Invitational
By Dominic Campbell | Staff Writer
April 16, 2017
Filed under Sports / Other Varsity Sports
The Pitt track and field team traveled to the Bluegrass State this weekend for Louisville Invitational. In the city famous for the Kentucky Derby, first-year Drew Glick, junior Quadaisha Newkirk and senior Desmond Palmer ran well in this weekend’s meet, with all three completing the weekend with i...
Preview: No. 20 Panthers prep to take on No. 21 Louisville Cardinals
By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor
January 14, 2016
Filed under Men's Basketball, Sports
PREDICTION: PITT 88 LOUISVILLE 81 Pitt has surrendered 80-plus points to opponents in its last two contests, and after Louisville suffered through a poor shooting performance in its loss to Clemson Sunday, it’s unlikely that the Cardinals will lay another egg. Pitt hasn’t won at Louisville since 2007, ...
Fearsome foes: Pitt men’s basketball’s five toughest teams
By Joe Rokicki / Staff Writer
November 2, 2015
Filed under Men's Basketball, Sports
After a difficult season one year ago, the Pitt men’s basketball team’s road to rebounding won’t get any easier. With the 2015-16 college basketball season imminent, the Panthers will return to the hardwood trying to improve upon a 19-15 overall finish last season. Pitt will feature several new f...
Pitt women’s soccer defeats Louisville 1-0, extends winning streak to eight games
By Jeff Carpenter / Staff Writer
September 27, 2015
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports, Top Stories
Pitt women’s soccer has never had more than eight wins in a season. Now, it has an eight-game winning streak. Coming off a 2-1 overtime victory against Wake Forest, which Pitt head coach Greg Miller described as “the biggest win since I’ve been here,” the Panthers (9-1-1, 3-0-0 ACC) traveled to...
Pitt football schedule looks winnable but tough
By Joe Rokicki / Staff Writer
September 3, 2015
On paper, everything looks easy. And on paper, Pitt’s schedule seems deceptively easy. But it’s easy to forget that Pitt has lost at least once to each of this year’s opponents in the past three years, some losses nastier than others. But with a new coaching staff and fresh enthusiasm, the futur...
Maria Nicholas
By Courtesy of Pitt Athletics
September 18, 2013
Filed under Archives
Senior Maria Nicholas will play a key role this weekend.