The Pitt News T h e in de p e n d e n t st ude nt ne w spap e r of t he University of Pittsburgh November 23, 2015 | Issue 69 | Volume 106
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Ejuan Price’s five sacks carry Pitt to win
Ejuan Price had a career-high five sacks on Saturday against Louisville. Meghan Sunners SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ing advantage of Cardinal mistakes. Pitt senior defensive end Ejuan Price Chris Puzia “It surprised me a couple times because registered five sacks, which tied for the Assistant Sports Editor their quarterbacks held onto the ball,” Price most in a single game by a Football Bowl Big numbers dominated Pitt’s shootout said. “There were a couple times where you Subdivision player this season, and was win over Louisville Saturday — 830 yards would think they would throw it away, and the fi rst time a Pitt player had at least four of total offense, 79 points scored — but deit was sort of throwing me for a loop.” since Bryan Knight against Bowling Green spite its small size, one stat stood above the He also led the team with 10 tackles in 2000. For Price, though, he was just takrest: five.
in the 45-34 win, and the whole defensive unit held the Cardinals to -1 total rushing yards. Louisville switched to backup quarterback Lamar Jackson in the first half, but Price said it didn’t matter who ran the ball, Pitt’s defense would prevent the big plays. See Football on page 8
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Student Health to distribute free condoms Casey Schmauder Staff Writer
Falling in line with the Centers for Disease Control and its partners in the ACC, Pitt said it will offer its students free condoms in the Student Health Center by the end of the semester. Pitt’s Student Health Center told Student Government Board’s Wellness Committee on Oct. 27, that it hopes to increase the availability of free condoms for students by placing a bowl of condoms in its waiting room. According to Marian Vanek, director of Student Health Service, the Health Center hopes to have the condoms available by the end of the semester. Pitt’s Student Health Center plans to provide educational materials along with all safe sex materials. Vanek said the Student Health Center has an obligation to supply preventive medicine to students, condoms included.
“As health care providers, we have a responsibility to encourage use of condoms and other safe sex products for students who choose to be sexually active,” Vanek said. Student groups on campus such as Campus Women’s Organization and Rainbow Alliance have advocated for free condoms on campus for the past several years before Vanek and the Wellness Committee began working independently on the initiative. The CDC encourages distributing free condoms to fight against sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. According to Vanek, until now, doctors at Student Health distributed condoms in exam rooms and to patients, and Pantherwell, Pitt’s peer health education program, distributed them at its events. However, student organizations — See Condoms on page 4
Terry Tan STAFF ILLUSTRATOR
After terror attacks, Pitt talks syrian refugees
Emily Migdal Staff Writer
As the shock of the attacks in Baghdad, Paris and Beirut, Lebanon, begins to fade, political leaders — and a group of Pitt students— met this weekend to discuss what will happen to the Syrian refugees. On Saturday, Nov. 22, 100 people gathered in the Kurtzman Room of the William Pitt Union for the Syria Advocacy Event from 7 to 9 p.m. to hear speakers discuss the Syrian refugee crisis, or revolution. Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment,which works with refugees in the Pittsburgh area and abroad and has a student branch at Pitt, hosted the event. In order to help students grasp the bigger picture and gain a new perspective on
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the issue, three speakers with different backgrounds gave 15 minute talks before opening up the room for a Q&A-format discussion. Junior Laila Al-Soulaiman, a political science major who spoke at the event, said she insists on calling the refugee crisis, which grew since the start of the Syrian revolution in 2011, a revolution to bring attention to the real issues that many misunderstand. “It is a civil war, yes, but I think that the word revolution is also an accurate depiction that is frequently lost,” Al-Soulaiman said. “It’s a shame to forget the conflict’s roots.” Although FORGE hosts a refugee advocacy event every fall semester, the recent attacks drastically changed the international attitude toward refugees in one week, making the conversation more important than ever, according to senior Apoorva Kandakatla, co-
president of FORGE. President Obama announced his support for accepting refugees while governors from 30 states have said they will refuse to accept them. French President Francois Hollande committed to accepting 30,000 refugees over the next two years, despite fear throughout the country. There are two major sides to the conflict: those who are pro-Assad and those who feel the Assad regime needs to end — which is the majority opinion — according to Luke Peterson, professor in the global studies department. “I feel like everyone has kind of heard about the refugee crisis that’s going on, but I feel like a lot of them don’t really know that big picture about it,” Kandakatla said. Mais Haddad, a Syrian lawyer and human
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rights activist, spoke first on ISIS and its involvement in the refugee crisis. Haddad called on able countries to take in refugees and stop blaming them for ISIS attacks. At the end of her piece, she posed a question to the room, directed at governors publicly blocking refugees from entering states: If you can’t distinguish between a refugee and a terrorist, how can you distinguish between a rebel and a terrorist? Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said the state will accept refugees, despite protests from state legislators, and has asked lawmakers for suggestions on beefing up the screening process. Mayor Bill Peduto, an early supporter of See Syria on page 4
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Robert Tessier’s plans
With only a six-month term, Robert Tessier has big plans Mark Pesto
Senior Staff Writer Before he graduates in April, Robert Tessier, Pitt Student Government Board’s newest member, plans to ignite human rights activism at Pitt through lecture and discussion. Tessier, who joined SGB more than half way through its longest term ever, has less than six months now to catch up with the other eight board members in planning and executing initiatives that aim to benefit Pitt students. Right now, he’s planning a conference on human rights for March and meeting with student Cross-Cultural and Leadership Development organizations on campus, getting familiar with their messages so he can help them communicate with students. For Tessier, who comes to SGB with experience as Medlife’s president, his conference’s March deadline may prove to be one of the toughest tests of his leadership yet. “I’m definitely aware that there is a certain limit on how much I can do,” Tessier said. “I have to just make sure that I am pushing that limit, but not going past it and overextending myself. I’m not someone who intends to leave any projects on the table.” SGB appointed Tessier, a senior neuroscience and sociology major, on Oct. 6, to the empty SGB seat left after former SGB president Graeme Meyer resigned in May. From May to October, SGB worked with eight members instead of the standard nine. Tessier’s most ambitious project is his planned human rights conference, which he said will probably happen next March. Plans are still vague, as he hasn’t invited
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speakers yet, but he said the conference will focus on how students can get involved with human rights — both on campus and in their future careers. Tessier said the speakers will be related to outreach inside and outside of Pittsburgh, and is not sure how many days the conference will span. “There are a million different things students can do with their lives,” Tessier said. Robert Tessier was elected in October as SGB’s ninth member. He said he hoped the conferHe also hopes to include a section for each Tessier is also looking for potential ence would make students aware of potenCCLD group on SGB’s website. funding sources for the conference. He tial future paths that involve human rights. “You have a network of students at said he will announce the sources of fundRight now, he’s holding a series of meetthe University of Pittsburgh who are reing at future SGB meetings once he has ings to gauge interest and putting together ally wonderful and really care about these secured it. teams to handle various aspects of preparacauses, but simply don’t hear about them,” Another of Tessier’s projects involves tion for the conference. At the first interTessier said. “It’s a humongous campus ... meeting with CCLD groups, student est meeting on Sunday, Nov. 15, which was and it’s really easy for things to just kind of groups focused on cultural identity and open to all students, attendees volunteered slip through.” awareness on campus. After he gets familfor teams working on logistics and event So far, Tessier has met with represeniar with Pitt’s CCLD organizations, Tesprogramming. Tessier hasn’t scheduled tatives from Rainbow Alliance and Asian sier plans to provide them with resources future meetings yet, but said he’ll adverStudents Alliance, and he has scheduled to spread their messages. The type of retise them on Facebook, on posters and by more meetings with other CCLD organizasources he’ll provide depends on what each email. tions in the coming weeks. organization wants, he said, but he’s comAlthough he hasn’t officially discussed piling lists of their needs, such as assignFind the full story online at the conference with Pitt’s administration, ing them each a section on the SGB webhe said he’s confident it will be well resite and making it easier for people in the ceived. community to find out about their work.
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Condoms, pg. 2 such as CWO and Rainbow Alliance — wanted free condoms to be more accessible to students who do not attend Pantherwell events or schedule appointments with Student Health, according to Sandra Saba, CWO vice president. In September, SGB member Jack Heidecker contacted Jasmine Butler, committee chair of SGB Wellness Board, and Steve Caucci, president of the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force’s Student Ambassadors, about increasing condom availability for students. The three began doing benchmark research and drafting a petition to get free condoms available in a bowl in the Student Health Center lobby. In late October, however, Ethan Baker, chair of the Student Health Advisory Board, a student group that acts as a liaison between Student Health Service and the student body, told Heidecker that Vanek had already begun the initiative. “After a couple of meetings with Jack about this initiative, we realized that it had already been passed,” Caucci said. “Stu-
dent Health did this independently, unbeknownst to [Heidecker] or I. But this was something that we wanted done, so we’re very happy.” Vanek said she is still searching for an inconspicuous location inside the waiting room so students don’t feel awkward taking them. Of the 15 schools in the ACC — Pitt’s athletic conference — only five, including Pitt, do not currently provide free condoms in either health service centers or a student center outside of appointment or specific program. Boston College and Notre Dame University choose not to distribute free condoms because doing so contradicts their Catholic values, according to Paul J. Chebator, Boston College’s dean of students, and Stephen Wandor, vice president of communications for Notre Dame’s Right to Life Club. The other three — Pitt, Virginia Tech and University of Virginia — do not provide free condoms but sell condoms at discounted rates in their student pharmacies and health service centers. Currently, Pitt’s pharmacy sells Trojan See Condoms on page 5
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refugees, was one of 18 mayors to sign a letter in September to President Barack Obama urging him to increase the number of refugees the United States will accept. The rhetoric surrounding the refugee crisis is political, Al-Soulaiman said, and presidential candidates who do not support taking in refugees use language such as “swarming” to inaccurately describe how Syrians are entering the country. “We know how war works, but when we say, for example, that 130 people died today in Syria, how did they die? Specificity is important,” Al-Soulaiman said. Using precise language, such as differentiating between terrorists and rebels, to specify and humanize the crisis is an important way to shift the conversation, Peterson said. “The term rebel versus refugee, the term terrorist versus asylum seeker, contribute to different frames of knowledge and different intellectual appreciation of events in the world, so we have to be very specific about the language we use, and we should be very vigilant in counteracting deliberately misleading
terms,” Peterson said. On Thursday, a bill passed in the House that would block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the United States unless they pass a strict background test. The Senate will vote on the bill when it resumes session Nov. 30. Although many throughout the country fear refugees, discussion attendees were firm in saying that the United States should accept them. “I don’t think that matters, like how hardworking someone is or what they contribute [are important], because everyone’s life is inherently valuable. And if you’re trying to escape persecution, then we should help you,” junior Christin Adams said. According to Peterson, Syria can either continue on as an anti-democratic regime or reconstitute itself as a democracy where all people are equal. Regardless of what side people stand on, the speakers encouraged the audience to support refugees in any way they can. “[We should take in refugees] because they are humans in need and we have the capacity to do so,” Al-Soulaiman said.
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Condoms, pg. 4 and Lifestyle condoms at a steep discount — a 12-pack of Trojan-ENZ Lubricated condoms costs $4.50 at the University Pharmacy as opposed to $12.49 at the Rite Aid on Forbes Avenue. Previously, only certain student organizations and studentled programs, such as Pantherwell’s “Sex in the Lounge,” distributed free condoms. Rainbow Alliance president Marcus Robinson, whose club gives out approximately 1,000 free condoms a year, said he was proud of the work CWO has done to achieve this initiative and the University for listening to the students. “I think the University is just trying to figure out how to better meet the needs of the students,” Robinson said. “I think it’s great that the University is taking steps toward promoting safer sex.” CWO, an organization that also provides free condoms in its office and at its events, has advocated for free condoms in the Student Health Center for the past two years, according to Suzy Hinkle, CWO
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president. Saba explained that the sixth floor of the union — where its office is located — does not get nearly the same traffic as the Student Health Center. “We support people in their decisions, and we want students to be able to make decisions about what happens to their own bodies,” Saba said. “We want students to be able to have the resources to protect themselves from illness.” In 2013, Boston College made papers, namely The New York Times, when they
refused student groups the right to distribute free condoms, citing violations against the university’s Catholic principles. Michael Nichols, h2o staff member and missionary, said while Evangelists such as himself do not condone premarital sex, he does think the availability of free condoms will change the current practices of students. “I don’t think that withholding free condoms from students is a significant deterrent to sex,” Nichols said. “I don’t think that’s the issue. I think for most evangeli-
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cals, the issue of sex outside of marriage in general is a bigger issue than condom use.” Similarly, Bobbi Perkins, University minister at Cornerstone, said although the Bible does not permit sex outside of marriage, she would want students who are having sex to have access to free condoms. “While we would obviously advocate for abstinence if you’re not married, if you are going to have sex, then condom use is for the common good because they prevent STDs and early pregnancy,” Perkins said.
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dating apps abroad: your guide to local culture
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Fight rhetoric with facts this Thanksgiving This Thanksgiving, don’t let a Donald Trump-inspired wall of rhetoric ruin your feasting. Last week, a Pew Research Center report found that more immigrants were leaving the United States than were entering the country. This is the first time that Mexican immigration has shifted this way since the ’70s when immigration from Mexico began to rise. In part, we can attribute this trend to the increase of border measures under the Obama administration. Despite this revelation, Republican candidates are still hemming and hawing over our border security, focusing the immigration debate on expanding walls and increasing border enforcement. This debate is likely to spill onto your Thanksgiving dinner table. But you don’t need to stock up on Advil to get through the holiday — just arm yourself with some good, old-fashioned knowledge. When your relatives try to tell you that Barack Obama is a lazy, immigrant-loving president who is singlehandedly ruining our country, show them this report. Immigration isn’t quite the hop, skip and jump over the border they think it is — legal immigration is a lengthy process already under heavy scrutiny. When they try to tell you that Mexican immigrants are stealing American jobs, cite the current unemployment rate — a low of 5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ October, 2015 calculation.
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They’re not stealing our jobs, and some immigrants are leaving our country for jobs of their own: According to the Pew Research Center report, about 6 percent of Mexican immigrants who left “of their own accord” had found jobs in Mexico. While you’re spouting facts against your relatives’ racist propaganda, here are a few other tidbits to enlighten them with — though you’re not likely to receive any thanks from them. Obama is not an immigrant, you can easily find his American birth certificate after a quick Google search. Take pity on grandma and grandpa, you’ll probably have to show them how to use the Internet if they actually still believe this propaganda. As for their scorn against Syrian refugees, kindly inform them that all of the Paris attackers were, in fact, French citizens. You’ll probably hear about safe zones as you pass the ham — and have a relative accuse you of being one of those coddled, liberal college students. Students may have a thing or two to protest, but telling them that may not be wise — it’s likely to start a protest at the table. Shall we suggest another large bite of stuffing? Don’t forget — no talking with your mouth full. Of course, we wouldn’t blame you if you handled this Thanksgiving like all of the others — rolling your eyes and asking your relatives to pass you the pumpkin pie. Sans rhetoric.
Aby Sobotka/Briner STAFF ILLUSTRATOR
Courtney Linder Senior Columnist
“Do you fancy a good chin wag and some drinks later?” a random rosycheeked Briton asked me at Brewdog, a local hipster-esque IPA bar and brewery in Shepherd’s Bush. “What in God’s name is a chin wag?” I thought. Trying to mask my utter confusion at English slang — a typical Yank problem — I feigned full knowledge of the word and scoffed at his proposal. “Thanks, but no thanks. I’m not going to chin wag someone I just met.” The guy looked at me like I was some sort of nun, or maybe like I had something on my face. Turns out, “chin wag” doesn’t mean making out. It just means having a chat.
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As the poor guy left his seat and walked away from me, I realized I needed some serious help in the assimilating-to-English-culture department. My saving grace? Hold your gasps — it’s dating apps. If you’re seeking out romance while abroad and using dating apps to do so, I applaud you . But dating apps like Tinder and OkCupid aren’t just forums for millennial hook-up culture — they’re vehicles for uncovering parts of new cultures we may otherwise have never gotten a chance to discover. Whether the apps help you decipher local lingo, discover the best spots to go out on the weekend or give you insight to the best, tourist-free hidden treasures in town, dating apps are the logical answer. See Linder on page 7
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Linder, pg. 6 For that reason, I suggest that all young people indulge in online dating apps while traveling or even just switching to a new university town. Dating apps, those stereotypically shallow pits of disappointment, can actually benefit you. When it comes to deciphering lingo, it’s usually not short quips like “lad,” “mate,” “anti-clockwise” or “cheeky” that will leave you stupefied. It’s the full-on sayings that will leave you drooling like a fool. The worst? When an English person approached me the first time to say, “You all right?” Immediately, I become self-conscious. Is there mayonnaise on my face? Did I draw one eyebrow on and forget the other? Do I look sick? I went on Tinder that night for investigative purposes, of course. I made sure my profile depicted my status as a clueless American. I also included what I was studying here and where I was interning. Surprisingly, more guys began conversations by questioning me about my internship at The Independent or life in North America than by dropping horrible pickup lines. Cue opportunity to ask about lingo — most guys would message me things like, “You all right? xxx,” to start the conversation. Turns out, “You all right?” is the ever-baffling way the English say hello. And, “xxx,” did not imply kisses, but was a term of endearment that the Britons consider a less cheesy way to imbed a smiley face into their written communications. As George Bernard Shaw — an Irish dramatist and socialist — once said, “England and America are two countries separated by a common language.” This couldn’t be more true, but with the help of Tinder, I had the opportunity to ask people what certain words and phrases meant without having to uncomfortably ask in person. This same rhetoric applies for U.S. students switching to a new school in a different state or even just a different city. In Pittsburgh, home of the worst local dialect according to Gawker’s 2014
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ugliest accent contest , jargon like “gumband,” “nebby,” “jagoff ” and “pop” can baffle the out-of-towner. Through connecting with people on apps like Tinder or OkCupid, you can use the slight differences in your lingo as either a conversation starter or a way to learn about your new home. These apps aren’t just great for learning how to decode a seemingly foreign language, though. The most useful way to utilize Tinder and OkCupid is for finding the places off the tourists’ radar. While the London Eye, Big Ben and Buckingham Palace are dazzling, after seeing them so many times, it gets to be a bit of a yawn — I apologize for the humble brag. Similarly, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Cathedral of Learning and Primanti’s start to lose their luster after a few weeks at Pitt. To find the hole-in-the-walls that will rekindle the love of your new city, make friends with locals on dating apps. By talking to people online, I discovered my favorite pub — and local source of embarrassment — in London, Brewdog, which actually brews all of its own IPAs. Similarly, I found out that Camden Lock Market is a more diverse shopping experience than hitting the tourist central of Oxford Circus. In Pittsburgh, let the locals tell you about Iron City beer, the Mattress Factory and Midnight Floyd shows at the Carnegie Science Center. Of course there’s always going to be online trolls who drop inappropriate lines to your inbox, but for every dimwit on a dating app, there’s an equally kind local who would genuinely love to help you get acquainted with the culture of your new city, whether in Europe or North America. So the next time someone tells me my attempt at a British accent is “a total cock up,” I’ll know that they aren’t referring to a DVD better kept under the mattress — they’re just telling me I did a horrible job. And isn’t that the English way, after all? Courtney Linder is a senior columnist at The Pitt News, primarily focusing on social issues and technology. Write to her at CNL13@pitt.edu.
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Sports Football, pg. 1 “It seemed like they were sitting ducks,” Price said. “[Jackson] is a really good scrambler. He makes people look stupid on film, so I was like, ‘That’s not going to be us. Just make sure he doesn’t scramble.’” Jackson rushed 11 times for 19 yards, or 1.7 yards per carry. That average was the highest among Louisville’s four ballcarriers Saturday — the other three each averaged negative yardage. Price had by far his best game as a Panther: His 10 tackles were a career high, as were his six tackles for loss, which was the highest total from a Pitt player since Aaron Donald recorded six against Georgia Tech in 2013. Price, though, said he and his teammates’ success comes from head coach Pat Narduzzi’s passion on the sidelines. “We get energy from him,” Price said. “He takes chances calling plays no matter what the score is, so we definitely get that energy, that confidence he exudes.” Narduzzi said the coaching staff wanted to continue calling plays to put Price in a position to hit the backfield because Louisville’s offensive line couldn’t contain him on Saturday. “Early in that first quarter I was like, ‘They can’t block Ejuan,’” Narduzzi said. “He’s fast. He’s feeling it. So five sacks, that’s a giant man’s game right there. I’m proud of him.” While Louisville did put up 34 points in the game — the third-highest point total Pitt has allowed all season — part of that total came because Pitt’s defense was on the field often,
due to the high number of possessions each team had in the game. Despite Louisville’s second-half comeback effort, when it outscored the Panthers 10-3, Narduzzi said his team’s play, particularly the defense, gave him confidence that Pitt would not relinquish its early lead. “We knew we weren’t going to lose the game. We set that tone at the halftime speech,” he said. “They made some plays, but we made more all day.” Price also said he never lost confidence, and when Louisville made the score a one-possession game late, he wanted his unit to be on the field and seal the win. “We knew that the defense was going to be on the field for a couple more drives, and we were going to have to stop them,” Price said. “We just had to make a play.” Most of those plays came from Price himself. Late in the third quarter, Louisville faced thirdand-long, and Price again found himself in the backfield. Jackson released the ball out of bounds just before the defense found him, but Price was moments away from bringing the sack total to six. Pitt corner Avonte Maddox said plays like that from Price and the defensive line helped the secondary all game.
hoops heroes Pitt basketball dominated on Friday when the women’s team beat Delaware State and the men’s team topped Detroit. Here are the stat leaders from the games.
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women’s basketball Kalista Walters 18 points Brenna Wise 9 rebounds Aysia Bugg 7 assists
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Volleyball drops first home match of year David Leftwich Staff Writer
With only four more conference games left when it entered the weekend, Pitt volleyball’s most impressive resumé chip for the NCAA Tournament was its undefeated home record — but now, that mark has one Orange blemish. The Panthers faced Boston College (11-17) Friday and Syracuse (20-7) Sunday in two matches at the Fitzgerald Field House. Pitt beat both of these teams on the road earlier this season and came in expecting wins, but split the weekend by beating Boston College 3-0 and losing to Syracuse 3-1, bringing its home record this year to 12-1. Despite some sloppy play and lapses in defensive intensity, Pitt still swept the visiting Eagles. To start the match, the Panthers jumped on the Eagles and took a 12-4 lead with senior middle hitter Amanda Orchard leading the charge, hitting four kills during that stretch. “I think we were really going for it and being aggressive offensively,” Orchard said. From that point, the Panthers maintained at least a four-point lead throughout the course of the set and finished it with a 25-20 win. Pitt’s offense made effective and precise hits to pull away early. Despite not recording a single block in the set, the Panthers hit .452 compared to .303 for the Eagles. After a dominating first set perfor-
mance, the Eagles responded and forced a more competitive second frame. The two teams traded points until they were knotted up at 17 apiece. After a Panther timeout, Pitt won eight out of the next 12 points to take the set 25-21. The Panthers elevated their defensive intensity to maintain their lead, as they recorded 5.5 blocks in the set. The Eagles had no answer to sophomore Mariah Bell and graduate transfer Kadi Kullerkann, who had six and five kills, respectively. Pitt struggled to put away Boston College in the final set of the match thanks to its sloppy play, as it hit its lowest percentage of the match at .233. Still, the Panthers held on long enough to close out the Eagles 25-23 in the set for a 3-0 match win. The win continued Pitt’s home winning streak this season, but two days later, Syracuse put an end to that mark. When the Panthers squared off against Syracuse in a Sunday matinee match, the Orange (11-6) only sat one notch below the Panthers (12-5) in the ACC standings. The match had important conference and NCAA tournament implications, as both teams have been jockeying for position in the ACC for the last couple of weeks. To start the first set, the Orange came out firing to a 12-4 lead with strong attacks. The Panthers responded with an 8-1 run of their own, but could not maintain the comeback. They lost five of the next
I think we were really going for it and being aggressive offensively.
Mariah Bell led Pitt with 13 kills against Boston College. Dagmar Seppala STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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“They were making all kinds of sacks,” Maddox said. “That’s what we need, the defensive line to play great, and then we’ll pick it up behind them.” Price even underestimated himself early on. When he had two first-half sacks, he said he told the team he would get two more in the second half. “I ended up with three more. So, yeah, I was feeling confident after the first half,” Price said. Pitt closes out its regular season on Friday against Miami at noon. The Hurricanes rank next to last in the ACC with 88 rushing yards per game, which has Price and the rest of the defensive front ready for their season finale. Narduzzi said the team will take that mindset through for the rest of the season. “You can’t play scared. You’re playing to win, you’re not playing to not lose,” Narduzzi said. “That’s our kids’ mentality. They came after [Louisville]. That’s what we’re going to do. That’s how we coach.”
six points by making errors and eventually went on to lose the set 25-19. Pitt head coach Dan Fisher said his Panthers focused their play in the second set on containing Syracuse’s talented outside hitters. “I think we started forcing our will on them a little bit at the net,” Fisher said. After maintaining a slight lead throughout the set, Pitt won four of the last five points to close out Syracuse 2520. From here, the two teams played a pretty even third set. Syracuse surged to win six out of seven points when down 20-19 to take the frame 25-21. The teams traded points throughout the set, but Syracuse’s attack made the difference. The Orange hit .364 in the set compared to .263 for the Panthers. The fourth and final set was a close, defensive struggle for the Panthers. Syracuse’s Silvi Uattara led with 10 kills while hitting .421. Despite this, Pitt kept the
set very close thanks to strong play from middle hitters Orchard and Jenna Potts. The two each had five kills in the set, and Potts reached a career-high 14 kills for the match. She said part of her success came from Syracuse’s isolation formations. “A lot of times I just had a single blocker against me,” Potts said. Syracuse eventually edged its way to a 24-22 lead with a match point to take the match. Behind thundering cheers from the home crowd, the Panthers rattled off three straight points to take a 25-24 lead and earn a match point of their own. In response, the Orange rebounded and won three consecutive points to win the set 28-26 and the match 3-1. The loss now pulls the Orange even with the Panthers in the ACC with matching 12-6 records. Moreover, Pitt’s 12-match home winning streak came to an end, with only two more home matches left to play in the regular season. The first of those matches comes Wednesday when Pitt hosts Virginia Tech at 6 p.m.
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