First-year Panthers to get to know
By Stephen Thompson, Sports Editor
July 21, 2020
But don’t wait until you step into Heinz Field, the Pete or Fitzgerald Field House to start learning about your classmates. Get to know some of the stars of the class in 2020 before you join them in Pittsburgh.
ACC announces delay for some fall sports
By Stephen Thompson, Sports Editor
July 9, 2020
The Atlantic Coast Conference Board of Directors announced Thursday afternoon that the beginning of fall Olympic sports will be delayed until Sept. 1. Pitt’s men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball and cross country are among the affected sports. ACC field hockey programs will also be subject to the delay, but will not apply to Pitt, which does not have a program.
Pitt athletes ad-lib training at home
By Alex Lehmbeck, Staff Writer
April 13, 2020
Organized sports in the United States are now paused due to coronavirus concerns, and the athletic world has come to a grinding halt. But players still need to stay ready for next season.
VT washes Pitt away in season finale, 1-0
By Dominic Campbell, Senior Staff Writer
November 1, 2019
In a game played in awful weather conditions with heavy winds and rain, the Pitt women’s soccer team dropped its final game of the season, 1-0, against Virginia Tech at home.
Opinion | USWNT redefines what it means to be an athlete
By Loretta Donoghue, For The Pitt News
October 29, 2019
Other athletes should look to USWNT to understand how to use their voices and positions to create change in athletics and society in general.
Weekend Sports Recap: Soccer teams contrast triumph and tribulation
By Dominic Campbell, Staff Writer
October 27, 2019
This weekend in Pitt sports saw both highs and heartbreaks with the men’s and women’s soccer teams, as both programs continue their runs through the gauntlet of ACC competition. But as the soccer season began winding down, Pitt wrestling was only beginning its season by hosting an intrasquad scrimmage at the Fitzgerald Field House. And to no one’s surprise, No. 3 Pitt volleyball steamrolled some of the conference’s stronger teams.
Women’s soccer falls 3-2 on West’s record-breaking night
By Dominic Campbell, Senior Staff Writer
October 25, 2019
Wake Forest halted Pitt’s hot streak with a double overtime heartbreaker, but it wasn’t a total loss for the Panthers as Amanda West etched her name atop the program’s single-season points list.
Victory Lights burn bright during dominant weekend for Pitt athletics
By Dominic Campbell, Senior Staff Writer
October 20, 2019
Pitt athletics did its best to combat autumn’s shrinking days and growing nights by stacking win upon win over the weekend and lighting the top of the Cathedral. In what may be one of the best weekends in recent Pitt sports history, there were upsets, new milestones and continued dominance, all worthy of Cathy’s weekly light show.
Panthers soccer slowly catching up to ACC competition
By Dominic Campbell, Senior Staff Writer
October 17, 2019
While Pitt fans have primarily been fixated on football and volleyball teams this fall, the men’s and women’s soccer programs have also begun to make noise in the ACC.
Weekend Sports Recap: West’s OT header vaults women’s soccer to victory
By Stephen Thompson, Assistant Sports Editor
October 13, 2019
Pitt’s soccer programs posted a pair of historic wins this past weekend, but they still stare down the remaining gauntlet of ACC play. Meanwhile, Panthers volleyball continued to mow down weaker conference opponents and both swimming and diving teams combined for 25 event wins in a quad meet at Trees Pool.