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The independent student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | November 21, 2016 | Volume 107 | Issue 82

23-YEAR-OLD MAN DIES IN SINGLE CAR CRASH Emily Brindley

Assistant News Editor

Pitt’s First Class Bhangra competed on Saturday during Bhangra in the Burgh, held at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum. Li Yi STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

STUDENTS, ADMIN CLASH OVER THURS. PROTEST Lauren Rosenblatt News Editor

After several student-led protests since Donald Trump’s election, one march against student debt ended with two arrests, three people in handcuffs and, according to protesters, fear and concern among students.

The protests last week also drew sharp rebuke from Pitt’s administration on Friday, a stance some protesters took as disquieting.

The violence broke out during Thursday’s protest in Towers Lobby after protesters occupied the building as part of a demonstration against student debt. The protesters occupied Litchfield Towers lobby during the protest, singing and chanting, “You can’t stop the revolution.” Organizers of the protest stood on tables encouraging the more than 100 students at the occupation to take “back the spirit of the University” and “join us in waging this war.”

But as the students began to leave the lobby, the police detained a student, according to Raghav Sharma, a member of the Pittsburgh Student Solidarity Coalition, who helped to organize the march Thursday night. The detainment prompted the students to return to Towers, where police had blocked the main entrance with bicycles. The protesters entered through the side entrance of Tower B on Fifth See Letter on page 2

A single car crash near the Hill District and West Oakland boundary left one man dead Saturday night.

Police said Oscar Mazza, 23, was declared dead at 9:41 p.m. Saturday night, after his vehicle went off the road in the 300 block of Kirkpatrick Street. Mazza does not attend Pitt, according to Pitt’s database of currently enrolled students.

According to a press release from the police bureau Saturday, Mazza was the only passenger in his red Ford Escort SE when he lost control of the vehicle.

Mazza’s car went off the road and hit Lily Baptist Church — at 318 Kirkpatrick Street — resting on its passenger side.

Lily Baptist Church is near the Fifth Avenue entrance onto Birmingham Bridge, about one tenth of a mile north.

According to Saturday’s press release, there is an ongoing investigation into the accident, but police are not releasing any more information about the crash at this time, said Sonya Toler, the Department of Public Safety’s public information officer.

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20TH HOME BURGLARIZED IN OAKLAND Emily Brindley

Assistant News Editor Marking the 20th burglary in the Oakland area this semester, an unknown person entered a home in the 3400 block of Parkview Avenue over the weekend, stealing a laptop and other personal items.

Similar to the previous incidents, the intruder acted late on a weekend night, entering the Parkview home between 10:30 p.m. Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday, according to a crime alert that the Pitt police issued.

Although one resident was home during the burglary, they told police they did not hear anyone entering the home. Police reported that the intruder entered through the home’s unlocked front door. The intruder stole several items from

Letter, pg. 1 Avenue, screaming, “Let him go, let him go.”

Amid screams of “get out” from police and “the whole world is watching” from students filming the scene, police took other protesters to the ground, forcefully pushed them out of the building and wielded batons at the marchers.

The whole encounter, Sharma said, lasted only three to five minutes. In a video filmed during the protest, two police officers can be seen grabbing a female student by the neck and pushing her to the ground.

Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner responded to the events of Thursday night the next day with both a reminder that Pitt encourages students’ right to organize and a warning that if they did not do so peacefully, Pitt would take action.

Some students, involved in the protest and following on social media, have said the letter was a sign from the administration that it does not support students.

In the letter, Bonner said the incident Thursday night was a “blatant disregard for the safety, welfare and rights of members of our community” and that Pitt would not tolerate “failure to comply with lawful direction of a University official acting in the performance of

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the home, including a laptop and headphones, according to the Department of Public Safety’s Public Information Officer Sonya Toler. No one was injured during the robbery.

Toler said the residents of the Parkview home are Pitt students and said there are no leads, suspects or suspect descriptions for the incident. Police similarly have little to no information about the other burglaries.

Of the 20 burglaries, only one has yielded a suspect description. Police described the possible suspect in a Nov. 10 burglary on Ward Street as a black male, about 6-foot, 20 to 25 years of age with a slender build and short, curly, dread-like hair.

At this point, 18 of the burglaries have occurred since Oct. 9, including four on Ward Street, three in the 300 block of Semple Street and

two on Meyran Avenue. The most recent burglaries occurred in the late hours of Nov. 10, and the early hours of Nov. 11 — less than two hours apart — in the 3400 and 3200 blocks of Ward. In addition, two burglaries appeared in the media logs but not in the crime alerts — which are currently the only method of crime notification for the Pitt community. These burglaries occurred just before 10 p.m. on Nov. 10 in the 400 block of Atwood Street and just before midnight on Nov. 10 in the 3700 block of Ward.

With the exception of the Nov. 10 burglary in the 3400 block of Ward, most of the burglary victims were either not home or were sleeping when the intruder entered the home. In all of the incidents, police believe the intruder entered through an unsecured door or window. No injuries have been reported in connection with the

burglaries.

Joe Miksch, a Pitt spokesperson, told The Pitt News in an email earlier this month that Pitt police are “continuing targeted patrols in the area.”

No arrests have been made in connection with any of the burglaries, and Toler said there is no way to know at this point in the investigation whether or not the burglaries are linked.

“While the police are actively investigating and have focused patrols in the area, there is a need for college students to take an active role in prevention by keeping doors and windows locked,” Toler said in an email on Sunday.

The police departments are asking that anyone with information regarding the incidents call the Pittsburgh Police Department at 412-4226520 or Pitt police at 412-624-2121.

their duties and authority.”

Student protesters have said the incident was caused by the police while administrators have stood by the police saying the students were breaking the law.

Joe Miksch, a University spokesman, said in an email Thursday night that Pitt police arrested two people, one of which was a Pitt student, at the protest. Pitt police charged both arrestees with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and trespassing. Miksch said there were no injuries reported.

After the protesters forced entry into Tower B, police handcuffed three individuals — two females and one masked individual.

Sharma said the protesters that had been pushed out of Towers gathered on the patio outside the building. Footage of the encounter shows protesters screaming, “This is what a police state looks like,” as the officers continued to yell, “Get back, get back.”

“Whoever was holding the megaphone encouraged everyone to flee and return home,” Sharma said. “It was harrowing.”

Then, Friday afternoon, Bonner released a warning to student protesters saying they have the right under the University of Pittsburgh Student Code of Conduct to engage in “peaceful, orderly and nondestructive picketing, protests and demonstrations, to the extent they do

not violate public law, and do not interfere with the educational process or the rights of other members of the University.”

“Protesters do not have the right to act in a manner that disregards the safety or rights of others or damage property,” the letter reads.

“Therefore, we expect all members of this community to abide by directives and instructions provided by police and University administrators, and reserve the right to take appropriate action if these actions are disregarded.”

Bonner closed the letter with a warning that if protesters did not “follow the law and protest or demonstrate peacefully,” they risked “losing the great privilege of attending our great University.”

Seeing the letter as having an authoritarian tone, Tallon Kennedy, a junior studying English and gender and women’s studies, penned their own letter for NewPeople, a newspaper associated with the Thomas Merton Center, the same day counteracting Bonner’s statements.

According to Kennedy’s letter, the students did not attempt to damage property because they were acting out of emotion rather than intent to cause damage. Furthermore, Kennedy argued, the protesters were not acting in a way that would have caused legitimate harm to other people.

In their post, Kennedy requested that Bon-

ner retract his statement and “clear up the lies that he has espoused.”

“For me, it was very much a rhetorical move to quell the act of protest and pushback at this school,” Kennedy said. “I think it was definitely a power move to try to regain control of the student body.”

Kennedy said that the message of the letter is even more potent considering the slew of protests since the presidential election. A day before the march against student debt, Pitt students delivered a letter to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher requesting the protection of undocumented students and the assurance of diversity and inclusion on Pitt’s campus. The letter was a part of the National Walk-Outs for #SanctuaryCampus movement. As of Sunday night, Gallagher had not issued a response to the letter.

“To not respond to that request and then put out this letter, that is admonishing [sic].

That doesn’t sit well with me,” Kennedy said.

Moving forward, Sharma said he would like to see more “deliberate student aggression” toward the University, whether passively or disruptively.

“That’s what we need to be talking about,” Sharma said. “And there can’t be any of this we need to hear both sides things because one side has the guns and bullets.”

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Allegra Eidinger perfroms as part of her EP release show at the Mr. Roboto Project. Li Yi STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

GROWING UP Since she grabbed a mic and sang her ABC’s at age three, Allegra Eidinger hasn’t looked back. Now, she has a new EP and is ready to take her floaty, surfy rock back home.

by Caroline Bourque | Staff Writer One night, senior musician Allegra Eidinger jolted awake, still in that dreamy state between wakefulness and sleep, and quickly typed out on her phone a few words: “My Legs Are Growing.”

The phrase, crafted in the middle of the night, would become the namesake of Eidinger’s first solo EP, “My Legs Are Growing,” a project consisting of four songs she created after buying her own drum kit and finally having access to all the instruments, production tools and collaborators she needed to make it possible.

“I wanted to put out just a little bit of music first, so that when I put out a full length my stuff is already out there,” she said. “Just a little taste of it, I don’t want to give ‘em too much just yet.”

Eidinger, a communication major, has been playing music her entire life. In college, she’s been part of the a cappella group Pitches and Tones, as well as the band Yes Yes A Thousand Times Yes, who she played her last show with in October 2016, before quitting to create her own

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music. “My Legs are Growing” came out Sept. 25, on Bandcamp.

Navigating the uneasiness of growing up and self-discovery, Eidinger blends catchy pop music with clever lyrics, all highlighted by bare instrumentals which she records herself.

But now, with graduation looming, the self-produced, genre-bending musician is combining all of her talents to embark on a solo career.

AllegrA, the name of Eidinger’s full solo outfit, had its first live performance two weeks ago in front of a crowd of about 40 people at the Mr. Roboto Project. A one-foot-long platform extended from the back corner of the dark room, which was lit only by string lights dangling from the ceiling. The audience’s mood changed with the music, from the dreamy acoustic sounds of a band called Soda Club, to the head-banging, playful rock music of Manic Pixi.

Alexa Grazio, a friend of Eidinger’s in attendance for the release show, came to

see the end result of the countless hours she spent on her couch, listening to Eidinger mess around and make music.

“I usually just sit on her couch and listen to her play music,” she said, “and somehow it turns into a song.”

Getting involved with AllegrA was a matter of chance for Garrett Grube, who plays drums for live performances, the only time it’s impossible for Eidinger to do everything solo. On an otherwise ordinary day a few months ago, Grube heard a neighbor playing music through the walls of his North Oakland apartment. Following the sound, he knocked on the door where it was coming from and Eidinger answered, inviting him in for a jam session.

Later on, Eidinger and her bandmates finally ascended to the stage for their long-awaited debut performance. Though holding a guitar that was nearly bigger than herself, Eidinger’s voice filled the room during her set, captivating the audience nonstop throughout the rest of the

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night.

When the sounds of the last chords of their final song faded out, the room swelled with celebratory voices and hugs all around. Eidinger, who took the mic earlier to a roar of applause lasting several moments, described the experience as “A dream, truly.”

Her Roots For Eidinger, realizing that dream just seems logical. As a kid growing up outside of Philadelphia, Eidinger, nicknamed “Legs” for her tiny stature, was surrounded by music. Her dad was a drummer and her mom was a singer.

Music caught up with her at every corner — her family sang “Happy Birthday” to her in four part harmony, while her dad could be heard beatboxing, making drum sounds throughout the house. Eidinger decided to take it a few steps further, learning bass, drums, guitar, keys and singing as well.

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Today, she describes her sound as “floaty rock, a little bit dreamy, a little bit surfy, but with a lot of clean guitar.”

Niccolo Dante Porcello at Post-Trash online had compared it to the music of altrocker Courtney Barnett, but Eidinger’s sound isn’t something affixed to any one genre. With resonant vocals and simple melodies throughout, Eidinger’s music remains upbeat while expressing a sense of uncertainty and longing.

Her witty lyricism is soulful and simple, conveying its message in just a couple of words and phrases. In the third song on her EP entitled “Pass it Back to Me,” Eidinger sings, “Build the fantasy up / knock the cards down / and flip them over / do you feel like a queen?” In this song, Eidinger emanates a somewhat resigned sense of wistfulness, waiting for someone to reciprocate her own feelings.

It’s no surprise that she likens performance to poetry. Eidinger seems to have a poetic approach to her lyricism that complements her rhythmic upbringing.

“To me it feels like reciting a poem,” Eidinger said, “rather than having a discussion with a group of people about a poem.”

Grube always looks forward to playing with Eidinger and her quiet and clean style, which sets her apart from most musicians he’s encountered.

“Allegra has a unique musicality,” he said. “She just gets it. It translates regardless of the instrument she’s playing, which is cool to see.”

“I would describe her music as soft, yet groove and driving,” Grube said, “We sometimes joke and call it Charlie Brown, because it makes you want to dance like all those characters do — kind of happily bobbing back and forth.”

Her travels and growth Two years ago, Eidinger joined the indie rock band Yes Yes A Thousand Times Yes as a bassist. The band came together in late 2013 and now has more than 1,700 likes on their Facebook page. Last June, they released a record called “Not Once, Not Ever” with Broken World Media.

The band went on tour throughout the East Coast and parts of the Midwest, and Allegra remembers conditions being less than ideal.

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learn your first language, you don’t really realize you’re learning it until you know it, you can’t pinpoint it,” Eidinger said. “I was raised this way.”

Eidinger’s father, Ken, owner of the Independence Drum School and a musician in his own right, noticed his daughter’s musical ability from when she was barely old enough to walk.

“We have a video of her when she was maybe three, grabbing a mic and singing her ABC’s,” he said, “She’s always been a performer.”

With a name like Allegra, a variation on the musical term Allegro, meaning brisk or rapid in tempo, Ken believes that his daughter’s interest in music was almost guaranteed from the day she was born.

“There’s something called nominative determinism, that means what your name [is] has a direct effect on what you do,” he said, “For example there’s a lot of dentists named Denis, so with a musical name like Allegra, it was kind of semipredetermined.”

Her process

After years of building upon that raw talent, Eidinger found the time to create a full EP from her self-made basement studio, comprised of her drum set, guitar and the rest of her instruments. For hours on end, Eidinger disappears into her studio, recording each instrument and vocal separately, then playing with the sound on her computer’s music production program until she’s satisfied.

Her production skill came at an early age, too, recording music and putting it on the internet when she was 15. Back then, in order for Eidinger to create the sound she wanted, she would beatbox in place of drums and record through the microphone on her laptop, playing mostly ukulele and a bit of guitar.

“It feels like I wake up when I’m done.” she said, describing the feeling she now gets after working through and perfecting a song.

More than simply songwriting and performing, Eidinger focuses intently on the composition of her music, and how every aspect comes together to form a complete song.

“Each part is very intentional,” she said, “and creates a collective sound.”

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Opinions from the editorial board

Criminal charges should not follow arrested protestor It’s difficult to imagine that participating in a protest in college could lead to limited job prospects for those involved, but this very well may be a reality for some student protesters at Pitt.

A student protest turned violent last Thursday after the Pitt police forced students out of the Litchfield Towers lobby as they were occupying the space, despite police demands not to. One student involved — along with a 20-year-old man who doesn’t go to Pitt — allegedly got into an altercation with a police officer and now faces charges for aggravated assault, resisting arrest and trespassing.

In response, Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner issued a statement defending the University police’s directives and called for respect among students, “The incident in the Towers Lobby on Thursday was the result of blatant disregard for the safety, welfare and rights of members of our community, including our police officers,” Bonner wrote.

Because Bonner made clear that the results of these arrests will have to be settled in court (meaning Pitt won’t intervene), we will refrain from commenting on any of the protesters’ charges other than to assume those who were charged are innocent unless a jury convicts them.

But since a felony conviction remains a possibility for the student charged, such a conviction shouldn’t follow them after they settle up with the law. This is why it’s important to “ban the box,” and make it illegal for employers to ask job applicants if they’ve been convicted of a felony.

If the students are convicted, requiring them to tell potential employers will hinder their futures indefinitely. Such actions would be harmful for any student who is looking to graduate and find a job after-

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wards.

Regardless of the outcome of the arrests and charges, the student should not be denied employment opportunities in the case they have to face consequences. This is a type of discrimination on those with criminal records that keeps them from having the same rights to jobs, housing, public assistance and education. Why should people convicted of felonies be punished for the rest of their lives?

While Allegheny County implemented a “ban the box” policy in 2014 to county employers, following the city of Pittsburgh’s policy change to exclude questions about prior criminal convictions on its job applications, lawmakers need to do more. The policy should extend to private employers and Pennsylvania should adopt a similar policy for the state. In order to give former convicts the chance to re-enter society, Pennsylvania must pass a statewide policy that prevents private and public employers from asking questions about criminal history.

While the bans in both the city and the county were noble first steps, these do not include a majority of the 215,000 employers in Pennsylvania — including the private ones. When one in three Americans have some type of criminal record, we shouldn’t be denying people the second chance to rebuild their lives and contribute to the community.

As a community here at Pitt, we do not want to see our fellow students suffer indefinitely in the event they are convicted of a crime. We need to stand up for this student and those who are unjustly discriminated against for past crimes, instead of assuming they are a threat for life.

A criminal record should never be a life sentence for anyone who’s served their time.

letter to the editor:

condemn police use of force

John Hamilton SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER To the Editor: On the night of Nov. 17, at a non-violent anti-Trump protest, tuition-paying students at the University of Pittsburgh were forced out of the spaces that exist and are maintained solely for their use by brutal force wielded by police who are paid through these students’ tuition.

The action on Nov. 17 was initially planned

by Pitt Against Debt to protest tuition hikes.

After the election, it was decided that we can no longer pretend all of the issues that impact us are not connected. Pitt Against Debt, Pittsburgh Student Solidarity Coalition, NightShade, Socialist Alternative, Pitt Students for a Democratic Society, the Autonomous Student Network, the Fourth Wave, United Students Against Sweatshops local #31, the Pitt chapter of the International Socialist Organization and several other groups came together to mobilize in explicit opposition to this system.

While marching through Oakland, stu-

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dents were goaded and teased by cops who made remarks to Pitt students such as “Too bad Trump is your president — what are you going to do about it?”

After reaching Litchfield Towers lobby, students had a speak-out focusing on sharing and celebrating our stories. After a speaker led them in a song, they left on their own accord to the quad. When word spread that a friend who had brought a PA system had been suddenly and unjustly detained, the group went back to Litchfield Towers. Police, in full riot gear, had blocked the main entrance, but students entered through the public side entrance of Litchfield Tower B. Once in that space, between the guard desk and the main student mailroom, students began chanting, “Let him go.” Immediately and without any call for disbursement, plain-clothed cops began using force to remove students from the area and onto LitchSee Letter to the Editor on page 7

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Letter to the Editor, pg. 6 field Towers patio. Cops pushed their bikes into the building, shoving the bikes through the protestors. This resulted in students being pushed, shoved, hit with batons and intimidated with the threat of force. Students and community members sustained multiple injuries due to police violence. The police pulled and arrested two protesters — one of them a Pitt student — at random from the crowd.

Once students were on the patio, police continued to use force by pushing students on the ground and shoving their chests. One plain-clothed cop threatened students with a weapon.

It is unacceptable and intolerable that our University police — who we, as students of Pitt, pay for with tuition fees — would use excessive force and violence toward an unarmed, nonviolent, non-threatening protest.

Through the use of force, police escalated the situation and violently removed students from their own University buildings.

This same night, five students were arrested in Texas for protesting in a similar situation. What happened here is not an isolated incident. This is part of a nationwide struggle against continuous oppression and repression

and the rise of fascism.

As students at Pitt, with a common desire for freedom and justice, we must band together. We must demand that our University take responsibility for their violent police officers, their consent with oppressive systems, their tolerance of hate speech and their constant tuition hikes when the average Pitt student graduates with upwards of $30,000 in debt. We must demand that they take responsibility for the poverty wages that they pay their workers while members of the administration are paid upwards of half a million dollars. We must demand that their investment portfolio represent a sustainable and ethical future.

Our Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner issued a statement Nov. 18, condoning this police violence. This is absolutely unacceptable — our University should stand with students and protect the right to have our voices heard instead of defending the cops. We refuse to tolerate police violence on our campus and in our community, and we should hope that the dean of students would agree. Dean Bonner, we urge you to retract your statement and support Pitt students and our right to protest.

The Pittsburgh Student Solidarity Coalition

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SCHRIEVER PITT IMPROVES PASSING DEFENSE COMPETES IN CHAMPIONSHIPS Ryan Zimba Staff Writer

After becoming Pitt’s only crosscountry runner to qualify for the NCAA Championships this season, sophomore Gillian Schriever placed 106th in the 6k with a time of 20:52.1 over the weekend.

Last week at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals, Schriever became the first Panther in 12 years to qualify for the race held at LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Heading into the biggest race of her career, Schriever had high expectations, saying she wanted to finish in the top 40 and be named an All-American.

Matt Galambos (47) and Jeremiah Taleni (94) celebrate Pitt’s 56-14 win against Duke. John Hamilton SENIOR STAFF Although she came up short in PHOTOGRAPHER achieving her goal, ultimately finishing Steve Rotstein sive plays, all the team’s problems seemed to fresh,” Narduzzi said at his postgame press conroughly 28 seconds off the All-American Sports Editor resolve themselves other than the passing de- ference. pace, her coaches believe this race will Price immediately felt an advantage when fense — until this week.

It’s no secret that the Pitt football team has help Schriever moving forward.

“I know you guys [the media] worry about he realized the Blue Devils weren’t double“Today Gillian went out there and been explosive on offense this season. The Pan- the passing game, but I worry about the run- teaming him as opponents had the past couple gave it everything she had, like she al- thers’ 56-14 win Saturday over Duke gave them ning game,” Narduzzi said. of weeks. The sixth-year senior racked up a pair ways does,” Pitt women’s distance coach a program-record 432 points scored in only the For the first time since the season opener of sacks and three tackles for loss in another Adam Bray said in a press release Satur- team’s 11th game of the season. against Villanova, the Panthers excelled on standout performance, and he now ranks fifth But the real story in Pitt’s resounding win both phases of defense. The Blue Devils may be in the country with 11 sacks and 19 tackles for day. “Unfortunately, she came up a little bit short, but the experience that she over the Blue Devils was the statement made one of the least dangerous teams in the ACC, loss. gained from this meet will make her that by the defense, as it marked the team’s first but they were coming off a win over No. 17 “[Defensive line] coach [Tom] Sims was complete performance from start to finish this North Carolina last week. much better in the future.” asking me what I was seeing ... I said, ‘I don’t Schriever’s finish ranks second all- season.

After letting up an easy touchdown drive think they’re sliding to me,’” Price said. “He In Saturday’s game against Duke, Pitt found on Duke’s second possession, the Panthers kept was like, ‘Well if they aren’t sliding to you, you time among Panthers who have competed at the event, behind Maureen a way to pair its stout run defense — ranked the Blue Devils from scoring on their final 10 better make a play.’ Surprisingly, they didn’t McCandless’s 20:38 fifth-place finish in No. 4 in the nation with 98.1 yards allowed per drives and held them to only 243 yards passing double-team me in the first half, so that’s where game — with a much-improved pass defense. and a miniscule 25 yards rushing.

2004. most of my production came from.”

Schriever finished 1:10.5 after the And the team did it without the services of star Senior linebacker Matt Galambos — Star defensive end Ejuan Price returning to eventual winner of the race, Missouri’s safety Jordan Whitehead, who is out for the rest form after failing to make an impact the past named the ACC’s Co-Linebacker of the Week Karissa Schweizer, who finished with a of the regular season with an arm injury. two weeks certainly helped — and Rori Blair’s after racking up 12 tackles against Clemson The Panthers have been criticized for a return from injury at the other end was a big last week — finished with a team-high five solo time of 19:41.6. Oregon took home the team title with a score of 125, beating number of things this season, from failing to reason why. tackles and two quarterback hurries against the close out games in the second half to failing second-place Michigan by one point.

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VOLLEYBALL SCORES IN TWO WEEKEND WINS

David Leftwich Staff Writer

With only four games remaining in the season, the Pitt volleyball team picked up two more wins on the road, bringing them one step closer to solidifying a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

On Friday, in the first game of the weekend, the Panthers (overall 21-8, ACC 12-5) squared off against the Syracuse Orange (overall 7-20, ACC 6-11) at Syracuse, New York, before traveling to Boston College (8-20, 3-15 ACC) on Sunday.

To start the first set against the Orange, Pitt faced an early 7-2 deficit. Quickly making up for this, Pitt won six out of the next seven points to tie up the set at eight.

Moving along in the set, the teams remained close with neither team surpassing more than a two-point advantage.

At a 22-22 tie, Pitt won three out of the next four points to grab a narrow 25-23 set win and take a 1-0 match lead.

The second set remained close and made its way to a tie at eight before Pitt won four straight points to take a 12-8 lead. Syracuse responded by getting the next five points to gain a 13-12 advantage.

The teams went back and forth until Syracuse reached a 19-18 lead. From there, Pitt took the following six points to take the set 25-19.

Redshirt freshman Stephanie Williams won two out the last three points on service aces to propel the Panthers to victory.

Regaining momentum, Syracuse came out to start the third set with a 7-4 lead. Never Stephanie Williams (13) totalled 28 kills for the Panthers over the weekend. losing the lead from that point, the Orange Meghan Sunners SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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capitalized on the sloppiest Pitt offense of the match, complete with a .170 attack percentage, to take the set 25-22.

In the fourth set of the match, Pitt continued its mediocre play, but Syracuse’s offensive play deteriorated, helping the Panthers gain an advantage. Jumping out to a 10-6 lead, Pitt forced Syracuse into a timeout.

Working their way back into the set, the Orange stayed within one or two points of the Panthers, until the Orange were ahead 21-19.

Flipping the momentum, the Panthers took six of the next seven points to finish the set 25-22 and the match 3-1.

Leading the way for the Panthers was Williams, freshman Nika Markovic — with 15 kills each — and junior Mariah Bell with 12 kills.

“At this point in the season, we are talking a lot about how it doesn’t matter who gets the point as long as the team gets the point,” head coach Dan Fisher said in a press release Friday. ”It seemed like we were doing that tonight and that we were really pulling for each other.”

The second match of the weekend took place on Sunday at Boston College, where the Panthers put on a dominant offensive performance to gain an easy 3-0 match victory.

In the first and most competitive set of the match, Pitt came out and surged to an early 10-4 lead. Boston College remained at a deficit for the majority of the set but worked their way back into the match, eventually cutting the deficit to 19-17.

At this point, the Panthers and Eagles traded points until Pitt took the set 25-22. Markovic led the attack for the Panthers, tallying seven See Volleyball on page 10

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FORYS POWERS PANTHERS Volleyball, TO 2ND-PLACE FINISH Steve Rotstein Sports Editor

Pitt junior wrestler Dom Forys took home the 133-pound title at the 2016 Keystone Classic Sunday, his third straight championship at the annual open tournament in Philadelphia.

Forys’ tournament win highlighted a successful day overall for the Panthers, who finished in second place out of 12 schools at the competition with 121.5 team points.

The Penn State Nittany Lions — last year’s NCAA champions — easily took home the team title in their first year in the Classic, winning eight out of 10 weight classes and finishing with 245 team points.

Pitt sophomore L.J. Bentley ended a four-match losing skid to start the season at 125 pounds, picking up an 11-2 major decision over Rider’s Zach Valcarce in the round of 16. He then dropped a hard-

fought 5-4 decision to Drexel’s Zack Fuentes, knocking him into the consolation bracket.

Bentley battled back to win four straight matches, capped off by a 3-2 decision over Fuentes to secure third place.

Forys enjoyed a first-round bye as the No. 1 seed at 133 pounds, then cruised his way to the finals by pinning Drexel’s Anthony Canfora in the quarterfinals and taking out Appalachian State’s Colby Smith with a 17-9 major decision in the semis.

He defeated another Drexel wrestler, Kevin Devoy, by an 8-3 decision to claim the 133-pound title.

Pitt’s Robert Lee won three straight decisions at 141 pounds over Darren Ostrander of Virginia Military Institute, Patrick Munn of Penn and A.J. Jaffe of Harvard to advance to the semifinals. There, he dropped a 6-4 decision to the eventual champion, Eastern Michigan’s Kyle Springer.

Lee bounced back with a first-period pin over Irvin Enriquez of Appalachian State, but found himself on the receiving end of a first-period fall by Rider’s Evan Fidelibus and settled for fourth place.

Panthers 149-pounder Mikey Racciato advanced to the round of 16 via a firstround bye as the No. 4 seed, then took a 14-6 major decision over Appalachian State’s Miller Clark followed by a 6-4 decision over Eastern Michigan’s Nick Barber.

There, Racciato ran into the “Zain Train,” Penn State’s No. 1 ranked defending national champion, Zain Retherford. Racciato put up a fight early on, but Retherford pinned him late in the second period on his way to the tournament title. Racciato responded with a pair of wins in the consolation bracket to take home third place.

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kills out of the 19 total made by the team in the set.

In the second set, after the Panthers gained an early 11-6 margin, they widened the lead until taking the set 25-15. They continued to play efficiently on offense, hitting 18 kills at a whopping .459 attack percentage, compared to the nine kills made by the Eagles.

While the offensive output by Pitt dipped in the third set, Boston College’s careless play allowed the Panthers to continue their dominance on the court.

After being held at a 7-6 deficit, Pitt exploded to win the next 12 points and capture a 18-7 lead. Without any major significant obstacles to face, Pitt won the third and final set 25-16 and the match 3-0.

Markovic, Williams and Bell led the Panthers once again with 15, 13 and nine kills, respectively.

“I’m pleased that we [got] the result we needed,” Fisher said in a press release Sunday.

“Today was maybe our best offensive game this year. It’s the first time I can remember three pin-hitters hitting .400 since I’ve been at Pitt.”

The Panthers move into their last week of regular season play facing off against Virginia Tech Wednesday at the Fitzgerald Field House at 7 p.m.

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