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The independent student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh | PIttnews.com | December 7, 2016 | Volume 107 | Issue 91
PITT HIRES PSYCHIATRIST Lauren Rosenblatt News Editor
National Public Radio broadcaster Cokie Roberts signs a copy of one of her books for Mt. Lebanon resident Sharon Biasca evening giving a speech on the 2016 election and its results at Alumni Hall. Stephen Caruso SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
TWO ARRESTED FOR 23RD BURGLARY Emily Brindley
Assistant News Editor After the 23rd burglary in Oakland this semester occurred last week, police have arrested two men for this most recent incident. Pittsburgh police arrested 18-year-old Jamal Kyte-Saverly and an unnamed 17-year-old man in connection with the Dec. 1 burglary in the 300 block of Meyran Avenue. Kyte-Saverly was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit burglary and overnight accommodation with person present, one count of theft
by unlawful taking, one count of burglary and four counts of receiving stolen property. In Kyte-Saverly’s court documents, Jakeem Booker, a 17-year-old man, is listed as a co-defendant. It was not clear on Tuesday if Booker is the same 17-year-old police arrested. Emily Schaffer, the assistant public information officer for Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Safety, said police are still investigating whether or not the men are involved in the other Oakland burglaries this semester. No arrests have been made or suspects
identified in the 22 other burglaries that have taken place in Oakland since August. In most of these burglaries, the burglar, or burglars, entered the home through an unlocked door or window while the tenants were either sleeping or not home. In addition to the burglary on Dec. 1, two other homes were targeted that day, one on the 3700 block of Parkview Avenue and another home in the 3400 block of Ward Street. The home on Ward Street had also been burglarSee Burglaries on page 3
Even as students complained that Pitt hadn’t hired replacement psychiatrists to staff its Counseling Center, it appears administrators had actually — and quietly — filled one of the open positions. In an email sent Dec. 6, University spokesperson Shawn Ahearn said that Dr. Jennifer Prins, a board-certified psychiatrist, joined the Student Health Service staff nearly a month ago, on Nov. 11. Prins works two full days a week at Student Health Service and is usually there on Tuesdays and Thursdays, although her schedule is subject to change, Ahearn said. In an interview on Oct. 27, Pitt said it had not yet hired a part-time or full-time psychiatrist. In an email on Nov. 16, Ahearn refused to answer any additional follow-up questions, including those related to the process of hiring new psychiatrists. The University did not formally announce the hire, and the counseling center’s website hadn’t been updated as of Tuesday evening. In repeated interviews with The Pitt News, most recently on Nov. 16 — five days after the hire — the University said the search was ongoing and would not comment further. After the email confirming the new hire on Dec. 6, Ahearn was not available for further comment, so it is unclear why the University did not announce the hire of a new psychiatrist after a six-month search and repeated student concerns that there wasn’t one. Prins, who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, See Psychiatrist on page 1
News NPR CORRESPONDENT TALKS TRUMP, ELECTION Rebecca Peters Staff Writer
Cokie Roberts wants it on the record that she thought Donald Trump would win from the beginning. Roberts, a veteran reporter at National Public Radio and author of four books about women’s role during the Revolutionary and Civil wars, appeared frequently on television during the 2016 Presidential election cycle as a commentator on ABC News’ “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” which airs every Sunday morning. Roberts said she believes President-elect Trump won the election because of “him, her and history,” meaning Trump won because of his ability to unite discouraged citizens and Hillary Clinton lacked connection to voters, as well as the historical rarity for a single political party to be in office for more than two consecutive terms. “I kept saying [Trump] would win. Everyone thought I was out of my mind,” Roberts
said. Lecturing to more than 150 people as part of the event hosted by the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy and the University Honors College, Roberts spoke on Tuesday evening in Alumni Hall attempting to answer a question on many people’s minds, “Why Trump and what next?” Dick Thornburgh, a friend of Roberts and the namesake of the forum, invited Roberts to speak because of her experience as a political commentator and historical author in Washington, D.C., according to Kimberly Carson, an Honors College administrator. Thornburgh and Roberts’ relationship goes back nearly four decades to when Roberts was covering the 1978 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race and the two sat next to each other at a cattle auction in York, Pennsylvania. Thornburgh, the Republican candidate, defeated Arlen Specter — the Democratic candidate and later U.S. Senator of Pennsylvania — in the primaries and made a lifelong friend in Roberts.
The lecture served as more than a reunion. For students who attended, it highlighted the importance of learning from history. Emma Creighton, a junior non-fiction writing major, heard about the lecture from Pitt professor Cynthia Skrzycki. Creighton has a minor in Political Science and follows Roberts’ work with NPR. “I see Cokie as a reliable source in an unreliable news atmosphere,” Creighton said. “Her belief in the strength of the system of checks and balances to shine through whatever political worries people may have at this moment was most intriguing.” Creighton admires Roberts’ political experience and attended the lecture to hear if Roberts’ opinions align with what Creighton has read in the New York Times about the supposedly low chance of a Trump presidency. Creighton said they didn’t. “[Roberts] held firm that the possibility that a Trump presidency was plausible See Cokie Roberts on page 3
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NPR correspondent Cokie Roberts spoke about the presidential election results on Tuesday night. Stephen Caruso SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
PITT GRAD TO BE DEPORTED FOR CHEATING After forging passports, cheating on an entrance exam and helping many other students to do the same, a former international student at Pitt is facing deportation. by Lauren Rosenblatt | News Editor
Pitt alum Han Tong was sentenced on Monday to three years probation and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after a Western Pennsylvania district court determined he took part in a scheme to cheat on college entrance exams. U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti sentenced Tong Monday after he, along with 14 other Chinese individuals, used counterfeit passports to take fraudulent college entrance exams for other students, like the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Graduate Record Examination and the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Tong, who graduated from Pitt in 2011 and used a fraudulent exam to guarantee his admission, now runs the risk of being deported. The 15 conspirators, who were indicted in May 2015, made and sent counterfeit Chinese passports to the United States where imposters
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used them to trick administrators into thinking they were the conspirators. From 2011 to 2015, the conspirators used this system to take fraudulent college and graduate school entrance exams, the majority of which were in Western Pennsylvania, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. The defendants were indicted with conspiracy, counterfeiting foreign passports, mail fraud and wire fraud. Tong, who was considered an organizer or leader in criminal activity, was charged with conspiracy, three counts of making and using forged passports, two counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud. His case involved seven counterfeit passports. According to court documents, Tong did not have any other criminal history. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will decide whether or not he will be deported, and
his probation will be enacted if he is not deported immediately, according to James Kitchen, an assistant attorney for the US. According to Kitchen, most of the defendants involved in the test-taking scheme have already been sentenced and deported. Now that Tong has been sentenced, Gong Zhang is the only defendant who has not received the same sentence, though he has plead guilty and been convicted. Kitchen said they are just waiting for him to go “through the system.” Tong’s attorney, James Brink, said on Tuesday he could not comment on the case. At Pitt, if the University is informed of misconduct on entrance exams, they will revoke admission, according to University spokesperson Joe Miksch. Before submitting an application, Miksch said all undergraduate applicants are informed that they will be asked to “verify the
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completeness and accuracy of each component of [their] application with [their] online signature.” Besides Tong himself, it’s unclear if any other Pitt students were admitted through the scam, Miksch said. At the time of their indictment, U.S. attorney David J. Hickton said the defendants were not only securing fraudulent admission to American institutions but also bypassing certain student visa requirements. The case, he said in the press release, established that the U.S. Attorney’s Office will “protect the integrity of our passport and visa process, as well as safeguard the national asset of our higher education system.” The most recent prosecution “underscores the need to assure that admission to the United States and its educational institutions is honestly and fairly obtained,” acting U.S. attorney Soo C. Song said through a spokesperson.
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Burglaries, pg. 1 ized on Halloween. Kyte-Saverly is currently in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on Dec. 15. His bail is set at $10,000, which he has not yet posted, according to the court documents. Kyte-Saverly was previously arrested on
Psychiatrist, pg. 1 graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Pittsburgh’s Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in 2011. She owns a local clinic that specializes in sports psychiatry. Junior Anna Shaw first drew attention to lack of psychiatrists in mid-October when she created an online petition after hearing her psychiatrist, Dr. John Brooks, would be leaving. The university’s other psychiatrist, Dr. Patricia Passeltiner, had previously left in May. Director of Student Health Service Marian Vanek told The Pitt News in October that there were at least two potential candidates “showing some interest to join Student Health, at least for a limited basis” and that they had been looking
Oct. 20 for fleeing or attempt to elude an officer, driving without a license, resisting arrest and receiving stolen property. Because the police have not yet determined whether or not the Dec. 1 Meyran Avenue burglary is related to the other burglaries, Schaffer advised students to continue taking precautions and to “lock all doors [and] windows and secure air conditioning units.” for a replacement psychiatrist since May. Ahearn said the University is continuing a local and national search to hire a full-time psychiatrist to work on a permanent basis and recruit for three vacant staff psychologist positions. Over the summer, the University Counseling Center has hired five staff psychologists, according to its website: a group therapy coordinator, a care coordinator, an outreach coordinator and a counselor. The counseling center’s website also has a notice alerting students to the “temporary capacity limitation on psychiatry.” The statement says Pitt is still recruiting psychiatrists to “replace those that have departed” but is making sure students who have been receiving psychiatric services from Pitt have access to their medications and assistance connecting with a psychiatrist in the community.
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and real. While the New York Times editorial board endorsed Clinton and condemned Trump, she kept an eye on part of the American population that was ignored,” Creighton said. Roberts said that Trump’s celebrity status appealed to people during the election, going so far as to compare him to Beyoncé. While she disagreed with Trump’s campaign slogan — “Make America Great Again” — Roberts said she understood the emotion behind it. Roberts related the current technological revolution, such as using social media as a news source, to the industrial revolution of the mid19th century and its societal disruptors, including jobs moving from the United States to Europe and employees switching to an hourly pay system rather than being paid by the value of their production. “You in Pittsburgh have already gone through this,” Roberts said, referring to Pittsburgh’s steel industry decline. “Where you were 25 years ago is where the rest of the country is now.” Imagining the situation of a Trump supporter, Roberts said union jobs that provide
families with basic necessities and a good future for their children don’t exist in America anymore. That change, combined with “social and demographic changes,” makes America today unrecognizable from America 30 years ago for industrial workers. According to Roberts, more than onethird of voters said the economy is good, but more people said the country was on the wrong track. Juli Stresing, a senior English writing and literature major, said Roberts’ background in historical writing allowed her to draw similarities between political atmospheres during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars that translate to today’s political atmosphere. “I search for articles that reach political or social commentary through the analysis of facts,” Stresing said. “What Cokie had to say gave the whole picture of the election as well as an understanding of why it happened.” Acknowledging President-elect Trump’s plan to build a Mexico-funded wall along the Mexican border, Roberts said Trump supporters stand behind the plan for abstract, rather than literal, reasons. “The wall is a metaphor for people to say, ‘Build something around me so that I can live in the world I want to live in,’” Roberts said.
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Future of Democratic Party requires change Even after a blistering and highly emotional defeat last month, it appears the Democratic leadership has learned next-tonothing. With the loss of the House, Senate and presidency in this year’s election with President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning victory, the future of the Democratic Party seemed grim. The often-problematic populist wave Trump rode to the White House made it clear that the United States wanted something different in Washington. And back in the primaries, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) had a similar message of change. Yet despite all of this, the leadership of congressional Democrats has showed no signs of changing. The latest indication of this came on Monday, when Vice President Joe Biden, who teased at run for the presidency this year, told reporters he may run for president in 2020. Before Biden’s announcement, Rep. Nancy Pelosi beat back a challenge from a much younger representative and was reelected as the House Minority Leader winning her eighth term despite calls within her party for her to step down. Sen. Chuck Schumer was elected as the Senate Minority Leader, a popular choice among Democrats and an unsurprising move. While the neoliberal Democrats remain in charge, they offer nothing new to the party. Some in the party have called for change, a shaking-up and refreshing of the status quo. Instead, the Democratic leaders fought for their old jobs, highlighted their new plans to having stronger recruitment and refocused their message on economic plans. But Democrats need more than a marketing strategy to convince voters they care about the issues facing working-class Americans. In an interview with CBS’s Face The Nation, host John Dickerson asked Pelosi what she would do differently with the party. Pelosi answered flatly, “I don’t think people want a new direction. Our values unify us,
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and our values are about supporting America’s working-class families. That’s one everyone is in agreement on.” Pelosi fails to understand the need for new leadership and the discontent among Americans for establishment politics and economics. Overwhelmingly, white working class men and women, who used to vote as blue-collar Democrats, went to Trump, finalizing their years-long transition from blue to red. Given the success of progressive leaders such as Sen. Bernie Sander and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, it would best serve their interests to bring in new people to the party. But the party needs new leaders and figureheads altogether. Even Sanders and Warren aren’t the change the party needs. It’s likely we’ve never even heard the names of the people who could best change the party. According to the national exit polls on Election Day, 83 percent of Republican voters thought the most important quality to a candidate was one who can bring needed change compared to qualities such as good judgement and experience. It is clear that Trump offered the change the American people wanted. And while rejecting the often racist rhetoric that has accompanied that message, Democrats should learn that they need to evolve as a result. Step one is replacing who gets to guide that change. The Democratic party could use some soul-searching as it navigates a Trump presidency and prepares for the 2018 midterm elections. Focusing on the policies that will help Americans the most, such as expanding Social Security, universal childcare, tuition-free college, expanding health care, paid maternity leave and increasing the minimum wage would be good places to start. The era of the Wall Street Democrat is over, and the Democratic leaders should work on being the party of the working people again. That will only come when we see fresh faces in those roles.
OMETS GIVE STUDENTS VOICES FOR IMPROVEMENT
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Amber Montgomery Columnist
I’ve had a sticky note on my desktop all semester where I jot down little thoughts about my classes and professors — notes about covering material too fast or taking too long to hand back grades. To an outside observer, it may seem trivial or even bizarre, but to me, it’s helpful preparation for the last few weeks of the semester. When the air turns colder and it’s time to break out my myriad of fuzzy hats, I know these comments will come in handy. While other students may ignore email after email, I rarely wait until after the first one to respond to the Office of Measurement and Evaluation of Teaching’s survey request, perhaps more affectionately known around campus as the
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OMETS. I, obviously, take OMET surveys very seriously. It’s weird, I know, and probably a bit of overkill. But it’s inherently more beneficial for the entire university community than just deleting those emails and ignoring the surveys. You don’t have to go to my borderline-obsessive lengths to complete your surveys, but you should be completing them and doing them thoroughly all the same. Most students who do submit their OMETS do so for a variety of reasons — to air grievances, express praise or share constructive criticism for instructors. The survey’s task isn’t too ambitious or complicated. The main goal of them, according to the Director of the Office of MeasureSee Montgomery on page 7
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Montgomery, pg. 6 ment and Evaluation of Teaching Nancy Reilly, is to supply instructors with information on how students are receiving their courses. “If they are not given feedback, [instructors] may be unaware of the thoughts and concerns of some students,” said Reilly. Even if it seems like your concerns or thoughts about a class might only be a drop in the bucket, when combined with the opinions of other students, those drops can accumulate into real change. OMETS are most effective when the large majority of students fill them out, but the number of surveys completed have been decreasing over the years. Reilly said that currently, the average response rates for the surveys is between 54 and 59 percent. In a standard 1000-level lecture course made up of 40 students, only 22 or 23 kids will complete their OMETS and get their voices heard. So by doing your own survey and adding even one more responses, statistically you can change the outcome of the surveys significantly. This rate, though, is too low to make the difference we want to see happen. But there may be a way to explain why
it’s so low. Pitt began allowing professors the option of choosing between paper or online OMET forms in the fall of 2012. In its first semester, of the teachers who chose the online forms, only half of their students completed them. But Pitt went on to upgrade the surveys to only digital forms by the fall of 2013, and the response rates have remained low. Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences Jeffrey Lawrence agreed that the response rates in his classes and the department were much higher when they were taken in-class. “The online system is more convenient and does not consume class time, but we sacrifice response rate,” said Lawrence. It makes sense — online evaluations save time, paper and probably a lot of hassle. There’s no need to administer them in the proctor-like fashion of the olden days or sift through sheet after sheet to compile the data. Now, at most, some professors give five to ten minutes at the end of class for students to fill them out on their laptops. This means students are often free to do something else online during this time or even just leave, claiming they’ve already done the surveys. I don’t spend an embarrassingly long time on mine critiquing professors because I think
I’m the epitome of knowledge about how to make their course or teaching style better. I do it because it makes me feel better and like I’m contributing something helpful to the class, especially when I’ve sat shoulderhunched and frustrated through a class that could use some updating all semester. It’s happened more than once in a class where I’ve commented on the rigidity of the reading lists. I’m a history major, and it’s common to read multiple books over the course of semester, oftentimes with authors who are of only one breed: old, white, male and liberal. I made the observation that perhaps the class could benefit from more diverse views and readings of history, one that represents a more accurate depiction of the demographics of the average class — a thought that may not have occurred to a professor if it hadn’t been pointed out. Filling out my OMETS makes me feel like I’m being heard. Because I’m a skeptic by nature, I’m not always convinced that anyone reads them, but the sentiment is nice all the same. Professor Lawrence would disagree with my skepticism, adding a bit of motivation for doing the OMETS. “While students may have a stereotypical impression that professors simply don’t
care about what students think, this is not true. If students are not learning and struggle with the course for reasons beyond those planned…then this nullifies the efforts we have made,” said Lawrence. As for those being surveyed, OMETS provide something different for each instructor. For tenured or tenure-track faculty, the surveys are more of an opportunity to get feedback on their teaching style or to see how students feel about new implementations to a course. For some professors, they can also be influential in advancing their careers. “Teaching evaluations are taken very seriously in evaluating my performance and have played a significant role in promotion decisions,” said Lisa Nelson, an associate professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. “I’m not sure if students understand how much power they wield.” Student evaluations of teachers shouldn’t be the end-all be-all of deciding teacher effectiveness, but it is important that this feedback is given its due weight in consideration by all parties involved. When used properly, OMETS are useful for inspiring change in the classroom and illustrating the potential for an instructor to become a career professor. None of those things should be taken lightly.
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Sports women’s basketball
PITT BATTERS BULLDOGS, 76-60 Ryan Zimba Staff Writer
The Pitt women’s basketball team won a decisive 76-60 contest against the Bryant Bulldogs on Tuesday night, scoring a staggering 28 points of turnovers in the game. The Panthers’, 7-2, defense proved to be too much for the Bulldogs, 4-4, as Bryant turned the ball over 25 times during the non-conference home game. But Pitt’s 24 fouls made the performance less than perfect in the eyes of Pitt head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio.
“I can’t say that it was the prettiest of games as far as defensively,” McConnellSerio said. “Us putting a team to the freethrow line 35 times … you look at half their points coming from the free-throw line …” First-year guard Jasmine Whitney led the Panthers early, scoring the team’s first six points on a pair of layups and a jump shot, but Bryant took an early 8-6 lead after a free throw by center Morgan Olander. With just under five minutes remainSee Basketball on page 9
Brenna Wise (50) scored 23 points for the Panthers against Bryant. Anna Bongardino STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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PANTHERS MAKE MOST OF THEIR SEASON David Leftwich Staff Writer
After losing two of the most decorated athletes in program history to graduation, 2016 could have easily been a down year for the Pitt volleyball team. But thanks to an influx of first-year talent, it instead turned into a season to remember. The Panthers finished 25-9 overall, making it back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004 and advancing to the second round of the tournament for the first time since 2003. While they fell short of NCAA glory, there are plenty of reasons for optimism looking forward. As a team with only two seniors — and only one of them, middle blocker Jenna Potts, starting — the Panthers had to rely on a very young nucleus of players. Five of Pitt’s seven starters
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were underclassmen, and redshirt freshman Stephanie Williams led the team with 467 kills while putting together a first-team All-ACC campaign. “This year was the biggest mystery, because we lost two All-Americans [Amanda Orchard and Kadi Kullerkann],” Pitt head coach Dan Fisher said before the start of the tournament. “So we felt like going in, we didn’t necessarily know our team as well as we did other years.” In the Panthers’ first ACC road trip of the season in October, it looked like the team’s young core was overwhelmed by the stiff competition. After losing three out of four matches on the road and then returning home to get shutout by Notre Dame, Pitt’s season seemed to be in a freefall, and the team’s NCAA Tournament chances seemed to be eroding. Yet this inexperienced team bounced back
and won 11 of its final 12 matches to sneak in the back door of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 12 years. And while the Panthers finally achieved their goal of making it back to the tournament, they weren’t satisfied with just getting there. Peaking at just the right time, Pitt continued its hot streak into the tournament and ended Dayton’s season by handing the Flyers only their second loss in 32 matches of the year. While leadership and coaching helped with this turnaround, another key factor was the emergence of true freshman Nika Markovic. Initially out of the lineup due to injury, she returned to the floor at just the right time against North Carolina State. “She kind of had a fluky injury: a skin condition on her foot that got infected and had to have surgery,” Fisher said. “And that was right when
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she kind of established herself in that role, and we were starting to lean on her pretty heavily offensively.” Her return helped the Panthers to an unthinkable comeback victory against NC State that ignited a six-game winning streak for the team. Pitt won nine out of its last 10 matches with Markovic in the lineup, as she averaged 2.08 kills per game and earned ACC All-Freshman team honors. The team started to hit its stride with three primary scorers at outside hitter in Williams, Markovic and junior Mariah Bell, who finished second on the team with 402 kills. Then, the Panthers had their six-game winning streak snapped against Duke in mid-November, and they knew they couldn’t afford any more mistakes. “It was a tough loss, but of course we can alSee Volleyball on page 9
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Basketball, pg. 8 ing in the first quarter, the Panthers cut the deficit to one after a shot by guard Aysia Bugg. Less than a minute later, Pitt took an 11-10 lead on a layup by forward Kalista Walters. The Bulldogs turned the ball over seven times in the first quarter, but Pitt allowed them to stay competitive and led by just one point after the opening 10 minutes of play. Bryant scored four straight points to open the second quarter and took a 19-16 lead. The Panthers responded quickly, going on a 7-0 run behind five points from leading scorer Brenna Wise. Fouls became a problem for Pitt in the latter part of the second quarter, as Bryant was in the bonus with over four minutes left. Regardless, the Panthers kept stretching the lead due to the Bulldogs’ poor shooting. Pitt took a 30-23 lead on a three-point play by Wise with 3:55 to go, but Bryant kept the score close, making the last four points of the half and going into the locker room down 32-27. The Panthers’ defense was the difference in the first half, as the Bulldogs turned the ball over 15 times in the first half. Pitt scored 15 points off those turnovers, resulting in their five-point lead. Determined to begin the second half aggressively, Pitt forced turnovers on each of Bryant’s first three possessions. The Panthers capitalized, going on a 6-0 run — including four points off turnovers. The Panthers took their double-digit lead of the game on a layup by Bugg with 6:30 to go in the quarter. Soon after, Wise added to the lead, forcing a turnover and making a transition layup to put Pitt up
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44-31. The Bulldogs were able to keep the game within reach to end the third quarter, as forward Alex Klein made eight consecutive free throws. Going into the fourth quarter, Pitt held a 52-43 advantage. Klein continued to cause the Panthers issues, getting to the foul line twice to start the quarter. She converted three of the four shots, cutting the Panthers’ lead to 52-46. “Watching [Klein] on film, she has been very effective,” McConnell-Serio said. “I think she’s very skilled on the block, and both post players ... watching them on film, they played really well together with the high-low game.” Pitt responded, taking a 61-48 lead with 5:43 to go after a three-pointer by Whitney, forcing the Bulldogs to take a timeout. The Panthers’ offense continued to have success against the Bulldogs’ defense coming out of the timeout, putting the game away. Pitt went on to win 76-60. Wise was again the star for the Panthers, achieving a double-double late in the game and finishing with a seasonhigh 23 points and 10 rebounds. Wise gave her teammates credit for her performance. “I think my teammates really look for me. They open up the floor for me,” Wise said. “I think my teammates created most of my points for me, so I think they deserve some of them as well.” The Panthers now travel east to play in-state rival Penn State in their first road game of the season. The game tips off at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. When asked if she was excited for the rivalry game, Wise simply said, “Oh yeah.”
The Pitt women’s volleyball team made it to the second round of this year’s NCAA Tournament. Anna Bongardino STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Volleyball, pg. 8 ways come back from it,” Bell said afterward. “If we just win the next four games, I think we are going to do well.” That’s exactly what Pitt did, and the fourgame winning streak to end the season helped carry the team into the tournament as an atlarge selection. Looking ahead to next year, the biggest loss for the Panthers will be Potts. The redshirt senior holds Pitt’s all-time record in blocks with 573 for her career and hit 1.75 kills per set this year as a middle blocker. Layne Van Buskirk, another true freshman starter for the Panthers, will look to fill that void and improve on her impressive rookie campaign as middle blocker. Van Buskirk hit 2.21 kills per set and was named a two-time ACC Freshman of the Week and ACC All-Freshman team member along with Markovic.
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While the losses of Potts and fellow senior Maria Genitsaridi will surely hurt, all of Pitt’s other starters will be returning next year — including the three-pronged attack of Williams, Bell and Markovic at outside hitter and the ACC Setter of the Year, Kamalani Akeo. The fluidity between these pieces of the offense should only improve with more time and more swings together during the offseason. Additionally, the Panthers have a strong core of returning underclassmen on the bench and two highly touted recruits in Kayla Lund and Chinaza Ndee coming to the team next season. Fisher called Lund and Ndee “possibly the most decorated recruits we have gotten” during his four-year tenure at Pitt. With all of the returning talent and strong recruiting class, the team’s performance this season looks to be only the beginning of an even more successful NCAA Tournament run in the near future.
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