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The Pitt softball team remains undefeated this season after this weekend's ACC/Big Ten Challenge. TPN File Photo

Pitt softball continues flawless season over the weekend

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor February 20, 2017

The No. 24 Pitt softball team’s first weekend as a nationally ranked team went a lot like the opening weekend that earned the team its ranking — flawlessly. Coming off five wins in five games at...

Pitt softball reached new heights Tuesday afternoon when national polls ranked the team No. 24 in the country. John Hamilton | Visual Editor

Pitt softball earns highest ranking in program history

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor February 15, 2017

For the first time in the program’s 20-year history, Pitt has a nationally ranked softball team. The Panthers are now ranked in the Top 25 in both the USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll and the...

Junior Kayla Harris picked up two wins this weekend over the No. Kentucky Wildcats. John Hamilton | Visual Editor

Pitt softball starts with streak over the weekend

By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor February 13, 2017

Coming off a respectable 31-21 season and only two years after an NCAA Tournament run, the Pitt softball team had reasons to believe 2017 could be a big year. With a lineup featuring the return of top...

Giorgiana Zeremenko (21) broke Pitt softball's single-season home run record in 2016. Photo from Pitt News Archives

Q&A with Giorgiana Zeremenko, homegrown slugger

By Phoebe Gilmore / Staff Writer May 31, 2016

After leading Canon-McMillan High School to the PIAA softball championship as a junior, local talent Giorgiana Zeremenko has already enjoyed a record-setting career in her first two seasons at Pitt. The...

Jenna Modic pitched her last game as a Pitt Panther. | Wenhao Wu / Staff Photographer

Pitt softball concludes season at ACC Tournament

In a rematch of last season’s ACC title game, the Pitt softball team again ran into the vaunted Florida State Seminoles. Despite a hearty comeback effort from the Panthers, the results landed in the...

Erin Hershman made First Team All-ACC for Pitt softball. John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

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...

John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Pitt softball suffers series loss to FSU Seminoles

The Pitt softball team came up short this past weekend in its final home series of the season against the vaunted No. 6/7 Florida State Seminoles at Vartabedian Field. The senior day doubleheader on...

Jenna Modic winds up for a pitch.  Jordan Mondell | Staff Photography

Pitt softball takes the weekend versus Georgia Tech

A bang-up offensive performance this weekend led the Pitt women’s softball team to a series victory over Georgia Tech at home. The Panthers softball team (28-15, 7-9 ACC) topped Georgia Tech (17-27,...

Softball: Disappointing season has Pitt looking forward

Softball: Disappointing season has Pitt looking forward

By Caitlin Hinsey / Staff Writer May 13, 2014

The 2014 season was a trying time for the Pitt softball team.Pitt embarked on its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference with high hopes but ultimately struggled to string together consecutive victories,...

Softball: Pitt suffers season-ending sweep at Maryland

Softball: Pitt suffers season-ending sweep at Maryland

By Jasper Wilson / Sports Editor May 6, 2014

By the start of Pitt softball’s series against Maryland over the weekend, the players knew they wouldn’t likely make the eight-team conference tournament even if they won each game.Junior outfielder...

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