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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Senior Matt Johnson (5) started his final game as a Pitt Panther on Sunday. Ian Flanagan | Contributing Editor

WVU beats Pitt, 10-4, splits season series

By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor May 18, 2016

Pitt and West Virginia University’s football teams haven’t faced each other in the Backyard Brawl since 2011, but the baseball rivals met on the diamond at Charles L. Cost Field Tuesday night. The...

Alex Kowalczyk joins T.J. Zeuch and Charles LeBlanc as Pitts third player selected in the 2016 MLB Draft. Jordan Mondell | Staff Photographer

Pitt baseball swept in Miami

By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor May 15, 2016

The Pitt baseball team had three chances to shock the No. 4 Miami Hurricanes at Alex Rodriguez Park over the weekend, but came away empty-handed. Although the Panthers (25-23 overall, 10-16 ACC) put...

Penn State swept the season series against Pitt for the second consecutive year. Photo Courtesy of Linsey Fagan

Penn State defeats Pitt, 11-6, sweeps season series

By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor May 12, 2016

The Pitt baseball team drew 12 walks and knocked 12 base hits Wednesday night, but the number players and coaches will likely remember is 18. As in, 18 men left on base. Pitt (25-20 overall, 10-13...

Pitcher Collin Liberatore (32) picked up his third win of the season against Youngstown State on Tuesday night. Photo Courtesy of Linsey Fagan

Pitt baseball defeats Youngstown State in rain-shortened game, 5-3

By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor May 10, 2016

Mother nature may have erased five runs off the Pitt baseball team’s stat sheet, but she arrived too late to wipe out the Panthers’ win. Pitt (25-19 overall, 10-13 ACC) returned home after a successful...

Starter Sam Mersing pitched seven strong innings on Wednesday.

Pitt baseball splits series with Maryland Eastern Shore

By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor May 4, 2016

The Pitt baseball team let what should have been an easy home sweep slip away on Wednesday afternoon and had to settle for a series split against Maryland Eastern Shore. The Panthers (22-18 overall,...

Josh Falk helped lead Pitt to a series victory at Notre Dame.  Matt Hawley | Staff Photographer

Pitt baseball swept by defending champion Virginia

By Steve Rotstein / Sports Editor May 1, 2016

The Pitt baseball team had its six-game winning streak snapped against the reigning College World Series champion Virginia Cavaliers on Saturday afternoon. The home series began with a doubleheader...

The Toronto Blue Jays made T.J. Zeuch Pitts highest draft pick ever. Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer

Zeuch carries on family tradition

By Steve Rotstein / Staff Writer April 22, 2016

It was the bottom of the eighth inning March 7, 2015, in Cary, North Carolina, and an upset was in the making. The Pitt Panthers were facing the No. 1 team in the country — the eventual College World...

Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Pitt thwarts Youngstown State in mid-week showdown

By Ashwini Sivaganesh / Staff Writer April 20, 2016

In enemy territory, the Pitt baseball team had no problem icing the Youngstown State University Penguins. Thanks to a quick 6-0 lead against YSU, the Panthers defeated their Ohio rivals by a score of...

Frank Maldonado rounds third base against Georgia Tech.  Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Pitt baseball brings down Virginia Tech on the road

By Steve Rotstein / Staff Writer April 17, 2016

Although the Pitt baseball team maintained its reputation for dropping the series opener, it still picked up a road ACC series win in Blacksburg, Virginia, last weekend. Virginia Tech (12-25, 3-15 ACC)...

Summer Surveys: Ron Sherman

Summer Surveys: Ron Sherman

By Jessica Boddy / Staff Writer June 2, 2015

With Summer Surveys, The Pitt News hopes to better familiarize the Pitt community with some top Panther athletes. In this installment, we got to know Pitt baseball senior infielder Ron Sherman. What’s...

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