PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers added one more piece to the volleyball roster, ahead of the fall season. The program announced the addition of middle blocker Dalia Vîrlan, who hails from Brasov, Romania. Dalia's headed to the Burgh! The Romanian Senior National Team member will join us this fall ? ? https://t.co/H4hGJTaTw5 pic.twitter.com/rUuIoD8fdh Vîrlan stands at around 6-foot-2 and will join three other middle blockers on the program in redshirt junior Bre Kelley and incoming freshmen Ryla Jones and Bianca Garibaldi from Argentina. She turned 19 in February and will have four years of el ..read more

PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have increased their recruiting efforts in June, as they hosted a number of players this past weekend. They have 11 total commitments in the Class of 2025, including five commitments after the first round of official visits over the last weekend. All of these commits have a three-star ranking, except for defensive back Elijah Dotson, who holds a four-star ranking from 247Sports. Rivals has the current Pitt recruitng class at No. 40 overall, 247Sports has them at No. 42 and On3 has them at No. 53. In terms of the ACC, Pitt ranks No. 11 according to both Rivals an ..read more

PITTSBURGH -- Pitt Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi is heading into his 10th season as head coach of the program, serving as one of the most successful in its history. Narduzzi holds a 65-50 record in his first nine seasons, since starting in 2015, giving him the second most wins in program history. He is also 43-31 in the ACC, which is ranked tied third most wins in the conference with NC State, just behind Clemson and Miami. He also won two ACC Coastal Division titles in 2018 and in 2021, when they won the ACC Championship and had 10 wins in the regular season for the first time in Pitt hist ..read more

PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers will play again the ACC/SEC Challenge this upcoming season, and discovered who they'll play According to Jon Rothstein of College Hoops Today, Pitt will travel to Starkville, Miss. to face off against Mississippi State on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The two teams played each other in the First Four in 2023 in Dayton, Ohio in a thriller. Pitt led 58-52 after a logo 3-pointer from forward Blake Hinson with three minutes remaining. Mississippi State would go on a 7-0 run, capped off with a layup from Tolu Smith to give them the lead with 32 seconds remaining. Guard Jamarius ..read more

PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers football team is coming off a disastrous 2023 campaign. Finishing 3-9, the Panthers had one of their worst offensive seasons in team history. Across college football, they ranked 114th out of 130 FBS teams in yards per game. After the season was over, offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti Jr. was fired, with many seeing this as a positive change. On the other hand, it lifted a lot of weight off of head coach Pat Narduzzi. While Narduzzi led the Panthers to their first ACC Championship victory and more winning seasons than not, he was able to avoid much of the bla ..read more

PITTSBURGH -- Former Pitt Panthers safety Damar Hamlin's football future looked dicey just one year ago but he's completed a remarkable comeback to the NFL and isn't done yet, according to Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott. Per a report from Jon Scott of WGRZ, an NBC affiliate in Buffalo, New York, McDermott said he's been impressed with Hamlin, the former sixth-round pick who is entering the final year of his rookie contract, through three weeks of Organized Team Activities. Now with 34 games of NFL experience under his belt, Hamlin is putting that experience to good use. Sean McDermott ..read more

PITTSBURGH -- Pitt Panthers star freshman guard Bub Carrington is readying for the next phase of his life, with the NBA Draft two weeks away on June 26-27. ESPN released their latest mock draft, with both Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo picking where players might or should end up at. Givony looked at what player an NBA team would need and Woo looked at teams that would draft players based on their value. Woo picked Carrington to go to the Philadelphia 76ers in the First Round with the No. 16 overall pick. He compared Carrington to Tyrese Maxey, who fell to the 76ers with the No. 21 overal ..read more

PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers added another player of Scandinavian heritage to their men's soccer program, as they look to build the roster ahead of the 2024 season. The program announced the signing of Lasse Dahl, a right back who hails from Vildbjerg, Denmark. Welcome to the Steel City, Lasse! ? pic.twitter.com/MkuORaHT0H Dahl played this past season for Holstebro Boldklub, a team in the Danish Third Division, the fourth tier on the Denmark soccer pyramid. He also previously played for AC Horsens in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier on the Denmark soccer pyramid, at the U19 level. W ..read more

PITTSBURGH -- Pitt Panthers star freshman guard Carlton "Bub" Carrington Jr. is about two weeks away from figuring out where he will play next season, with the NBA Draft taking place June 26-27. ESPN released their latest mock draft, with both Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo picking where players might or should end up at. Givony looked at what player an NBA team would need and Woo looked at teams that would draft players based on their value. Givony picked Carrington to go to the New Orleans Pelicans, to fill their needs going forward. He looked at starting guard CJ McCollum heading towards th ..read more

PITTSBURGH -- The Backyard Brawl, featuring the Pittsburgh Panthers against the West Virginia Mountaineers, will serve as the biggest sporting event of the year in the "Steel City," which will cause some issues for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kickoff for the Backyard Brawl is 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14 at Acrisure Stadium, while the Pittsburgh Pirates had their first pitch time for the normal 6:40 p.m. slot on a Saturday night against the Kansas City Royals at PNC Park. The two stadiums sit on the North Shore on the bank of the Allegheny River, less than half a mile apart from each other. The ..read more