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Fifth home in Oakland burglarized Emily Brindley
Assistant News Editor For the fifth time this month, an unknown person robbed a central Oakland home, the latest in a string of robberies that police say are not connected. This time, an unknown person broke into a home on the 3700 block of Dawson Street late Wednesday evening, stealing multiple valuables. Pitt and city police responded to the incident, which they believe took place between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 12:30 a.m. Thursday, while the residents of the home were gone. When the residents returned to their house, they said multiple valuable items were missing, though they never saw an intruder in their home or in the area. According to University spokesperson John Fedele, the victims of the burglary are Pitt students. Emily Schaffer, assistant public information officer for the city’s Department of Public Safety, said in an email that an iPad, gaming console, video games and headphones were stolen from the Dawson home, which the perpetrator entered through an unlocked window. The string of burglaries began at about 4 a.m. on Oct. 9, when Pitt and city police responded to a report of a burglary on the See Burglary on page 3
Fenice Thompson works on set pieces for the upcoming Pitt Stages production of “Hair,” opening on November 10th. John Hamilton STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Pi Lambda Phi: Third time’s a charm The fraternity returns to campus for the third time, but details on its past — and its time spent away — are still vague.
After a two-year absence, Pi Lambda Phi is back on campus as an officially recognized fraternity. The fraternity has spent much of the past 20 years under University suspension — Pitt suspended the group most recently in 2014 for supplying alcohol to a minor. National recruiters came to recolonize Pi Lambda Phi on campus
this year with the intention of starting fresh, with new brothers, new leadership and a renewed dedication to its creed. “Our chapter’s actions in 2014 were disappointing, but we are focused on the future,” Ian Lowe, executive director of the national organization, said in an email. “We are excited to be welcomed back to campus and are enjoying our
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recolonization process.” The organization is trying to move on from a turbid history at the University. The chapter first lost its place on campus in 1996 when a police raid of the house discovered drug paraphernalia. The fraternity sued the University and the city, along with individuals, for See Pi Lam on page 2
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Correction: Due to an editing error in Thursday’s story “Department of Defense to fund Pitt’s trauma research,” it was misstated that Pitt’s School of the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences received $90 million. Instead, Pitt’s Schools of the Health Sciences will receive up to $90 million over the next 10 years. The Pitt News regrets this error.
Educators learn how to create inclusive classrooms Jace Bridges
and education at San Francisco State University and the founder of Roses in Concrete Community School in Oakland, California — gave a talk to more than On the set of the 1993 film “Poetic Justice,” when 350 elementary-aged children, high school students, the cameras weren’t rolling, Maya Angelou saw two college students and professors. Pitt’s Center for Uryoung men cursing at each other and grabbing for ban Education sponsored the lecture, which Andrade each other’s throats. titled “A Note to Educators: Hope Required when She pulled one of the young men out of the budBuilding Roses from Concrete.” ding fight and told him that he mattered as tears Inspired by lyrics from Tupac’s “Mama’s Just A rolled down his cheeks. As Angelou walked away, Little Girl,” Andrade’s lecture title referred to Tupac’s someone on the set informed her the young man was lyrics about seeing a rose in the concrete, in which the famous rapper Tupac Shakur. A couple days later, the late rapper drew attention to its “tenacity” inShakur’s mother called Angelou and told her that she stead of its damaged petals. Andrade drew an analsaved her boy’s life. ogy between the lyrics and the public school system, Jeff Duncan-Andrade, in a lecture Thursday evewhich he said views students in low-income areas as ning, told this anecdote to a crowded room in the damaged petals rather than students with incredible University Club because of Tupac’s unprecedented resilience. ability to “reach to teach,” and Angelou’s use of hope Jeff Duncan-Andrade spoke at the University Club about to inspire him. underpriviledged students. John Hamilton Read the rest online at Pittnews.com. Andrade — associate professor of Raza studies Staff Writer
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Pi Lam, pg. 1 blaming the whole chapter for the actions of several students and subsequently “stripping” the chapter’s status, according to a case report. After the District Court ruled in favor of the University, the chapter appealed the ruling, which was upheld in the U.S. Court of Appeals. Just one year after Pitt reinstated the fraternity in 2013, it was booted again. Officials from the University would not confirm the 2014 incident, but Lowe; Alex Doyle, a former brother and John Palasits, a recruiter on the professional staff, all said it was due to a non-brother who returned to Nordenberg Hall drunk after a Pi Lambda Phi party. The University Office of Cross Cultural and Leadership Development, the Office of Student Conduct and Kenyon Bonner have declined to say specifically what the fraternity did to assure Pitt administration that it is ready to start clean this year. Even so, Pi Lambda Phi in its newest iteration currently has 20 new brothers — none of whom are previous members — and plans to
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have 25 to 30 by the second semester. A rededication to principles Current brothers of the fraternity, including Matt Serbin –– a Pitt sophomore planning to double major in marketing and supply chain management –– said the frat is coming back with a renewed dedication to the fraternity’s official mission of “eliminating prejudice.” “We are really accepting of everyone, and we just want to make a true difference here and try to be the best fraternity and organization on this campus at creating change,” Serbin said. The fraternity has built itself — through its service activities and on-campus involvement — on eliminating prejudice since its inception in 1895. At that point, it was the first nonsectarian fraternity in the United States, according to the fraternity’s national organization website. “In the late 1800s [at other fraternities], there was a specific ‘cookie cutter’ [image],” said Palasits, “but that’s not the case within our organization.” This mission is what originally attracted then first-year Alex Doyle, a junior biology pre-med/ See Pi Lam on page 3
Pi Lambda Phi was reinstated on campus at the beginning of the summer. Courtesy of Pi Lambda Phi
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Pi Lam, pg. 2 pre-vet student, who was a brother in 2014. He said the atmosphere of Pi Lambda Phi initially attracted him to the fraternity. “Everyone was really friendly –– the crowd of people at a Pi Lambda Phi gathering had a sample from nearly every demographic of student, whereas at a normal frat party the crowd is fairly homogenous,” Doyle said. Pi Lambda Phi’s shutdown upset the morale of the 2014 group, according to Doyle. After an initial misunderstanding that they would be allowed to rush this year, the former brothers were eventually denied based on a Pitt policy barring them from rejoining. “We aren’t allowed in now because of some things a kid none of us knew did two years ago,” Doyle said. Instead, 20 brand new members have joined the recently reformed chapter, updating the group’s status this October from colony to chapter. Serbin and his twin brother, Zach, were among the first students to join the chapter’s recolonization, but Serbin said the fraternity plans to have between 25 to 35 members by the end of this semester. “Everyone has been so supportive, and the
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men we have been recruiting are top-notch, involved student leaders,” said Lowe. “They are excited to join the Greek community and to leave a positive lasting impact as fraternity men.” After helping out with the Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes on Oct. 1, the Pi Lambda Phi brothers took on Homecoming week, handing out spirit beads –– Pitt-themed necklaces –– with the sorority Sigma Delta Tau. They also plan to partake in Pitt Make a Difference Day on Oct. 22. Through events like these, Palasits said he hopes to emphasize the fraternity’s creed, which reads in part that “no society of men can flourish unless members of that society are endowed with the opportunities and privileges of freedom.” Serbin said he joined hoping to make sure that motto sticks at Pitt and isn’t sullied by the fraternity’s reputation on campus. “My lasting impact I want to leave is to create a legacy here for the next Pi Lambda Phi to come on to and to really create a good fraternity on campus that doesn’t have a negative connotation,” Serbin said. A murky re-instatement Pitt’s silence on Pi Lambda Phi’s re-installment highlights the University’s closed door, case-based suspension and readmittance system.
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300 block of Semple Street and, less than an hour later, responded to a second report of a burglary on the 300 block of Meyran Avenue. Less than a week after these two incidents, another burglary was reported on the 300 block of Semple at about 4 a.m. on Oct. 14. A home on the 3600 block of Bates Street was then burglarized the following day, at about 2 a.m. on Oct. 15. Fedele said the University is responding to these crimes by increasing Pitt police patrol and amping up awareness through crime alerts sent through email and social media. Police said no one was injured in any of the five Oakland home burglaries. The victims of the Oct. 9 burglary on Semple were the only ones to report seeing the perpetrator, although the police only know the person was a man. Schaffer said all five burglaries are under investigation and are being investigated separately. Police have not updated the original crime reports from the previous four burglaries. See Pi Lam on page 4 In an unrelated case, police are also look-
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ing for a 50- to 60-year-old man involved in an Oct. 6 robbery. The man, about six feet tall with a deep voice, robbed a woman at the PNC Bank ATM at the corner of North Craig Street and Fifth Avenue. He reportedly reached over the victim’s shoulder as she stood at the ATM and took money from her hand and pushed her to the ground. The victim said she bit the perpetrator on his left arm before he fled the scene. The police departments are asking that anyone with information regarding any of the above incidents call the Pittsburgh Police Department at 412-422-6520 or Pitt police at 412-624-2121.
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- Those leaders also must be able to articulate the mission of their fraternity or sorority, they must have a faculty or staff member that plans to work with them on academic progress and they must meet the liability insurance requirements required for all fraternities and sororities. - The vice provost and dean of students –– Kenyon Bonner –– may assess the degree to which the chapter has fulfilled the terms of its suspension, as they have the ultimate authority for the decision. Bonner said in an email he generally agrees with the recommendation from the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. According to Bonner, the reinstatement process is “evaluative, reasonable and fair.” But Bonner would not comment specifically on how Pi Lambda Phi’s suspension length was determined or on how the length and requirements of any Greek Life suspension are determined. In an email on Rothrock’s behalf, Student Affairs spokesperson Shawn Ahearn declined to comment on what conditions led to Pi Lambda Phi’s suspension or its reinstatement. Ahearn said they could not discuss the details of specific cases. Rothrock said in an email that the Office of Student Conduct maintained detailed judicial
records, and fraternity and sorority life maintains all organizational judicial status information. Barbara Ruprecht, Pitt student conduct officer, confirmed the Office of Student Conduct keeps records of all violations of the student conduct, including but not limited to behavior of fraternities and sororities. Ruprecht declined to elaborate on how fraternities or sororities are suspended or reinstated, beyond what is outlined in the Student Code of Conduct, and did not elaborate on the office’s involvement in Pi Lambda Phi’s suspension or reinstatement. The University and the chapter have agreed to move forward, despite the chapter on Pi Lambda Phi’s past — and the details on just how it’s changed for the better — still remaining vague. Matthew Richardson, coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Life, said that because Pitt doesn’t want to make suspensions regular occurrences, the University doesn’t document fraternity suspensions and readmittances. “It’s obviously reactionary to situations that happen so, no, we don’t average them because, again, it’s not something we’re trying to have as a metric, a benchmark,” Richardson said.
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According to the list of University-affiliated social fraternities and sororities on the Office of CCLD’s website, one fraternity –– Delta Tau Delta –– is currently on interim suspension while its charges are adjudicated and two organizations –– fraternity Iota Nu Delta and sorority Theta Nu Xi –– are inactive. No social fraternities or sororities are suspended, according to the list, and 38 are listed as in good standing with the University. Pi Lambda Phi does not appear on the list as of Oct. 20. Summer Rothrock, interim director at the Office of CCLD, said the length of an organization’s suspension depends in part on the violation that got the group suspended in the first place — but would not confirm for what violation exactly Pi Lambda Phi was suspended. According to Rothrock, the CCLD office does not track how many fraternities or sororities have gotten kicked off Pitt’s campus. “We don’t want to see fraternities or sororities suspended,” Rothrock said. “That, by no means, is helpful to the community, so we don’t keep a count like that.” Punishments for fraternities and sororities are handled on a case-by-case basis, she said. Pitt
does not outline specific details of suspension or reinstatement requirements in a standard discipline system for Greek Life groups. Instead, their suspension process is governed by the same general guidelines as any other student organization. Rothrock also said there is no set regulations or policy for how long suspensions should be for certain violations. “The time is always set by the Student Conduct Process, so it’s going to vary from fraternity and sorority,” Rothrock said. What is clear about how the system works is this: - A chapter must obtain a letter of endorsement from the Interfraternity Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council or Pitt’s Pan-Hellenic Council. - After a chapter has received the letter, it may petition to the vice provost and dean of students for permission to recolonize. - In a petition for reinstatement, a fraternity or sorority must document its progress since its suspension for the vice provost and dean of students. - This documentation includes a working relationship with the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, meaning the office must know who the leaders of the organization are and their intentions to file a petition for reinstatement.
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Top 10 debate questions Chris Wallace didn’t ask Our weekly Top Ten is brought to you by the writers of Pitt Tonight and The Pitt News Editorial Board. In last night’s third and final presidential debate, we saw some interruptions and slight jabs, but overall, a strong and surprisingly composed performance from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. In contrast to NBC’s Lester Holt’s hands-off approach and CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC’s Martha Raddatz’s badgering, moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News may have been the strongest moderator of the three debates. But there are a few very important questions he happened to miss out on. Here are the top ten questions Chris Wallace should’ve asked at the debate: 1.“Are you registered to vote at your campus address?” Everyone else has been asking this question. How could Wallace have missed it? We have to know in case the election turns out to be rigged. 2. “Which member of One Direction are you?” The GOP may be breaking apart faster than Zayn’s departure, but we want to see who can talk the pillow talk and walk the pillow walk. 3.“Am I being impartial enough?” No, really. Because I can be more unbiased if you want. 4. “Who, in your honest opinion, let the dogs out?” He asked about the emails, audio-
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I was sitting next to a table full of snacks, hunkered down to watch a movie last Friday night, but I wasn’t necessarily relaxing. Instead, myself and a group of other students were gathered on the 35th floor of the Cathedral of Learning, our eyes fixated on the projector screen in front of us, taking in specific details of the movie in order to prepare for a discussion that would follow. Amid the sounds of candy wrappers crinkling and popcorn crunching, I sat in the second row watching the 2016 Coen Brothers film “Hail, Caesar!,” as part of the University Honors College Friday Night Movies Everyone Should See — MESS for short. MESS is a forum where students can bond over a film they watch together and discuss the film’s themes afterward. MESS was originally supposed to be student-run until Christopher Chirdon, the systems
analyst for the Honors College, created the program a bit more smoothly. He became the presenter of MESS in order to oversee the program and make it focus less on just watching a film and more on discussion. Student discussions like these are valuable to hear different views from peers, interact respectfully and make social connections. These discussions also make better Friday night alternatives than partying and drinking or holing up in your room. Furthermore, the movie night offers a space for students to express their opinions in a small group that fosters intellectual discussion — an escape I was especially grateful for during an election season rank with contentious debate and petty mudslinging. More student forums like this should exist on campus. These events are educational in a non-imposing way, and offer something productive to look forward to on Friday nights. See Koontz on page 8
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Koontz, pg. 7 Before “Hail, Caesar!,” Chirdon began by explaining the film’s historical context and pertinent background information and highlighting the general focus of the viewing. Specifically, he told us the film is set in the Hollywood Golden Age — a period of time loosely considered the 1930s to the late 1950s, during Hollywood’s cultural heyday — and functions as a commentary and critique of that age. All of the actors are based off real people. The film industry was concerned about the future success of movies due to the invention of the television, and the Cold War and the Red Scare were very prominent during this time. Because of this, there were a lot of escapist films created, such as westerns, epics, the aquatic musical and huge dance numbers, Chirdon said. During the following discussion, I had no problem voicing my opinion because everyone was so open-minded. The atmosphere has been carefully cultivated to be respectful and welcoming, while also inspiring thematic discussion and debate. “I believe that talking through ideas and
learning to disagree with people is important, and it’s one of the things that I make very intentional,” Chirdon said. We debated protagonist Eddie Mannix’s motivations and how he, as the main character, drove the plot. Mannix was given an offer for a stable job as a high-level executive that would be easier than managing actors at a film company. We speculated that the new job of fer might have driven his actions by forcing him to reevaluate his old job. Lauren Thomson, a senior and regular member, has been attending MESS since her first year. She was first introduced to the program because she lived in honors
housing in Sutherland West. She said she enjoys the films featured at MESS because they open her eyes to different genres and give her a new perspective on certain topics. “If I watch a film, I want to talk about it with someone usually,” Thomson said, adding that interaction is key to getting t h e most o u t of the film. Encouraged b y
Art is meant to open discussion, not to be viewed passively from the confines of our apartments and dorms.
She and I both agreed that forums like these were important in higher education — fostering community discussion and deeper thinking about everything from history and culture to entertainment. The benefit of being on a college campus is being able to engage with other intellectuals of your own age group. Additionally, art is meant to open discussion, not to be viewed passively from the confines of our apartments and dorms. Next time you’re thinking of “Netflix and chilling,” I suggest you move your movie session to a more productive setting — there’s a whole lot more you can do with your Friday nights.
Chirdon, Thomson started her own group this year centered around the discussion of graphic novels. This forum was inspired by the structure of MESS, and it has already had a couple of successful meetings this semester.
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Sophomore Gillian Schriever has been leading the Pitt cross country team since she arrived on campus. The Tuckerton, New Jersey, native is now entering the ACC Cross Country Championships coming off the best performance of her college career. The Panthers wrapped up their regular season at the Penn State National Open last Friday, where Schriever placed seventh out of 224 runners and posted a personal-best time of 20:36 in the 6k. Coming off her second top-10 finish of the season and the fourth of her career, Schriever and the Panthers now turn their attention to the ACC Championships in Cary, North Carolina, Friday, Oct. 28. The Pitt News caught up with Schriever to discuss the difference between her first and second year with the team, winning her first individual race and her preparation for the postseason. The Pitt News: You just wrapped up your second regular season at Pitt. How would
you compare your second season so far to your first? Gillian Schriever: As a freshman, I really didn’t know what to expect. Of course your teammates can describe to you what it’s like, but you really don’t know until you run at these big meets and feel the competitive energy in the air. So this season, I’m a lot more serious because I know how rewarding it can be to do well. So instead of just going in with the mentality of, ‘Oh, I’ll see what happens, and I’ll just have fun,’ I’m really hungry to do as well or better than I did last season. TPN: What was it like picking up the first individual win of your college career in your first race of the 2016 season? GS: It was pretty satisfying, though I wouldn’t say it’s one of the things I’m most proud of. I always like to gauge my success based off of past performances, not necessarily what others do. So, I think I’m more proud of doing better in races compared to how I’ve previously done than just getting a college win. TPN: Were you surprised when you See Q&A on page 10
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no. 18 unc silences pitt women’s soccer, 3-0 Alex Butelli
For The Pitt News The Pitt women’s soccer team fell to the No. 18 North Carolina Tar Heels, 3-0, in a weather-delayed ACC matchup at Ambrose Urbanic Field Thursday night. Coming off a road loss to the Syracuse Orange Sunday afternoon, Pitt (2-13-1, 1-70 ACC) sought to beat both the rain and UNC (9-3-3, 4-2-2 ACC) but couldn’t get a shot on goal in the shutout loss. The Panthers lost two previous games in the series against the Tar Heels after joining the ACC in 2013. “This game comes down to moments. If you don’t capitalize on those moments, whether it be defensively or offensively,
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you’re going to pay for it,” Pitt head coach Greg Miller said after the game. Following an almost 90-minute delay, the action began with a swift attack in the second minute from UNC. Pitt defender Seyla Perez stopped the first shot of the game with a fast-action kick on a wide-open net. In the 16th minute, Tar Heels forward Bridgette Andrzejewski found a clear path to the front of Panthers’ net and blasted a
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shot just inside the right post for a quick 1-0 UNC lead. Andrzejewski diced two Pitt defenders in her approach to the keeper. The Tar Heels held off two subsequent pushes from the Panthers’ offense, then spent the next 15 minutes applying pressure Seyla Perez in Pitt’s zone. Panthers Defender defender Arielle Fernandez denied a series of attacks by sending them out of bounds. Action stayed away from both nets for the remainder of the half until UNC re-
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ceived a corner kick in the 43rd minute. Tar Heels midfielder Dorian Bailey connected with midfielder Frances Reuland, but her shot went just wide. The half closed with a failed push by the Panthers, and UNC took a one-goal lead into the break. “The first half I think we played a lot better, we were more composed … they had three beautiful shots, but we could have prevented them,” Perez said. The Tar Heels entered the second half in control and unleashed a barrage of attacks deep in Pitt’s zone. UNC midfielder Annie Kingman fired a cross deep in Panther territory in the 50th See Women’s Soccer on page 10
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North Carolina held Pitt without a shot on goal in a 3-0 win Thursday night. Julia Zhu STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Q&A, pg. 9 crossed the finish line first, or is that something you expected by that point in your career? GS: I definitely didn’t feel surprised — I think I was too exhausted to feel much of that. I wouldn’t say I was expecting it, but I knew it was going to happen sometime, because before the championship season, we always have meets against schools that, as our coach says, we’re supposed to beat. They’re not Division I schools, and so we’re expecting to place pretty high up. So I knew it was going to happen eventually. TPN: What would you say is the best moment of your college career so far? GS: I’d say the best is probably the meet at Roy Griak last year. Although, from an outsider’s perspective, it might look pretty bad because we didn’t perform as well as we wanted to, in terms of effort, that was really, really tough for me, and I did PR [set a personal record]. So I’d say that was one of my
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proudest moments. TPN: Do you consider yourself a team leader even though you’re only a sophomore? GS: I think all of our upperclassmen, so sophomores and above, have a leadership role on the team. We really kind of diffuse that responsibility, with the exception of Ariel [Pastore-Sebring] being our de facto leader. We all try to help out when we can. TPN: You cut your time in the 6k by almost two minutes from 22:25.9 at this year’s Roy Griak Invitational to 20:36 at the Penn State National Open. How were you able to do that? GS: Well this is a great example of how you really can’t go by times in cross country, because every course is so different, you really can’t compare any of them. Roy Griak is on the golf course, yes, like Penn State. But it’s super hilly, whereas Penn State is relatively flat. So that explains how I cut the two minutes. TPN: What is the key to carrying over
your success into the ACC Championships next week? What have you been doing during this two-week break to prepare for the ACC Championships? GS: Just continuing the regime of training, doing the little things, eating right, sleeping right. And honestly, just listening to my coach [Adam Bray]. He, from day one, has never led me astray. He’s always there to give me the right workouts, say the right things when I’m feeling nervous before a race. So I really credit this past success to his coaching. This time in the season, instead of working on breaking down muscle to build it back up, we’re just looking at feeling good all the time. That’s what our coach says, we just want to feel good all the time. Now’s not the time to try anything new, or crush a workout to the point where you’re super sore the next day. You just want to put in a good effort but still know you have enough in there to go a little harder. TPN: Does it give you added confidence
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minute, just missing a follow-up strike. Less than two minutes later, Tar Heels midfielder Megan Buckingham received a cross from defender Julia Ashley and beat Pitt goalkeeper Taylor Francis, giving UNC a twogoal advantage early in the second half. The Tar Heels weren’t satisfied, pushing right back with a top-shelf shot from forward Ru Mucherera to increase the lead to 3-0. Francis saw the shot the entire way, but missed the save by inches. With three minutes left in the game, UNC midfielder Cameron Castleberry sent a cross off the fingertips of Francis, banking off the left post before being cleared by the Panthers defense. Pitt’s defense held out for the majority of the half, attempting several pushes throughout. But the Tar Heels’ physicality kept the Panthers from placing any accurate shots on goal, giving UNC a 3-0 win and a shutout for goalkeeper Lindsey Harris. “We missed some of those chances tonight to get back into the game, or make the game level, and that’s the frustrating part,” Miller said. Pitt will host the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils for Senior Day in its home finale at Ambrose Urbanic Field Sunday, Oct. 23, at 1 p.m.
going into this year’s NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals knowing it will be back at Penn State where you just set your personal record? GS: Yeah, definitely. I love that course. It’s pretty flat, especially compared to what we’ve ran in the past. I feel really comfortable on that course, especially with the performance we had last week. So yeah, I’m excited for regionals. TPN: What are your goals for this year’s ACC Championships and beyond? GS: At the ACCs, I’d love to place top-10, if not top-five. I know that’s a little ambitious based off my past performance, but, as my coach taught me, you can’t just be satisfied with what you probably can do. You should really push yourself to do things that you originally don’t think are likely to happen. Otherwise you’ll definitely never get there. So that’s the goal for ACCs. For regionals, because our region actually is a little less competitive than our conference, I’d say also top-10, if not top-five.
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