@thepittnews Vol. 105 Issue 34 Monday, September 22 , 2014 Pittnews.com WPTS held a bike wash to raise money Sunday in the Quad. Jeff Ahearn | Staff Photographer WORKIN’ AT THE BIKE WASH After a fire in the early morning hours on Friday left four Pitt students without homes, the University has intervened. At 2 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, Pitt police responded with city police and the Pittsburgh Fire Department to the 911 call from Orpwood Street. The fire, which destroyed 3702 and 3704 Orpwood Street, left all residents without injury, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety release. Seven residents — four of whom are Pitt students — lived in the two homes. The residents of both houses lost all of their pos- sessions, and two cats left in the houses died during the fire. The body of a third cat has not been found. Patrick Buehler and Rachael Greenwalt, both students in the Graduate School of Public Health who lived in one of the homes affected, stayed with Buehler’s family in the Carnegie area after the fire, according to Greenwalt’s close friend Chelsey Engel. Greenwalt and Buehler shared their house with Melanie DiBello and Belle Gee, none of whom could be reached for comment over the weekend. Next door, three people — two of them Pitt students — also lost their home and pos- sessions. Cara Masset, director of University News, said the University could not release Two Oakland houses destroyed in fire Cristina Holtzer and Danielle Fox Pitt News Staff The nicotine market’s newest competitor, the electronic cigarette, is gaining popularity among teenagers and young adults — includ- ing Pitt students. Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, are battery- powered vaporizers that produce an aerosol vapor that resembles cigarette smoke. Pres- ently, little research exists on the health effects of e-cig vapor. No evidence has suggested that the vapor contains any contaminates detri- mental to health. According to a report in May by Public Health England, an executive agency in the U.K. Department of Health, electronic cigarettes first hit the market in China in 2003. In the chamber of an e-cig, the battery activates either by a button on the outside of the cartridge or by a sensor on the inside that activates when the user inhales. The battery then heats up a coil in the liquid chamber, which vaporizes the liquid. The user then in- hales the vapor. The liquid is a mixture of propylene glycol, a solvent, plus nicotine and, often, a flavoring component. In the Public Health England re- port, researchers said this liquid “is not known to have adverse effects on the lungs.” The nico- tine content of the liquid varies per producer. White Cloud Electronic Cigarettes, a com- pany based in Tarpon Springs, Fla., that pro- E-cigarettes give students new choices Dale Shoemaker Staff Writer E-Cigs 6 Fire 3
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WPTS held a bike wash to raise money Sunday in the Quad. Jeff Ahearn | Staff Photographer
WORKIN’ AT THE BIKE WASH
After a fi re in the early morning hours on Friday left four Pitt students without homes, the University has intervened.
At 2 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, Pitt police responded with city police and the Pittsburgh Fire Department to the 911 call from Orpwood Street.
The fi re, which destroyed 3702 and 3704
Orpwood Street, left all residents without injury, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety release. Seven residents — four of whom are Pitt students — lived in the two homes. The residents of both houses lost all of their pos-sessions, and two cats left in the houses died during the fi re. The body of a third cat has not been found.
Patrick Buehler and Rachael Greenwalt, both students in the Graduate School of Public Health who lived in one of the homes a! ected, stayed with Buehler’s family in the Carnegie
area after the fi re, according to Greenwalt’s close friend Chelsey Engel.
Greenwalt and Buehler shared their house with Melanie DiBello and Belle Gee, none of whom could be reached for comment over the weekend.
Next door, three people — two of them Pitt students — also lost their home and pos-sessions. Cara Masset, director of University News, said the University could not release
Two Oakland houses destroyed in fi reCristina Holtzer and
Danielle Fox Pitt News Staff
The nicotine market’s newest competitor, the electronic cigarette, is gaining popularity among teenagers and young adults — includ-ing Pitt students.
Electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, are battery-powered vaporizers that produce an aerosol vapor that resembles cigarette smoke. Pres-ently, little research exists on the health e! ects of e-cig vapor. No evidence has suggested that the vapor contains any contaminates detri-mental to health. According to a report in May by Public Health England, an executive agency in the U.K. Department of Health, electronic cigarettes fi rst hit the market in China in 2003.
In the chamber of an e-cig, the battery activates either by a button on the outside of the cartridge or by a sensor on the inside that activates when the user inhales. The battery then heats up a coil in the liquid chamber, which vaporizes the liquid. The user then in-hales the vapor.
The liquid is a mixture of propylene glycol, a solvent, plus nicotine and, often, a fl avoring component. In the Public Health England re-port , researchers said this liquid “is not known to have adverse e! ects on the lungs.” The nico-tine content of the liquid varies per producer.
White Cloud Electronic Cigarettes, a com-pany based in Tarpon Springs, Fla., that pro-
E-cigarettes give students new choices
Dale Shoemaker Staff Writer
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NEWSCorrection: In an article published Thursday, Sept. 18, titled “Community partners work together to improve language skills,” The Pitt News reported that the American Culture and
Language Exchange matches native English speakers with international students and members of the community who want to improve their English skills. However, the program is only available to English Language Institute students, not to international students at Pitt or the larger Pittsburgh community. The Pitt News regrets this error.
Update your resumé, and iron that blazer hiding in the back of your closet: It’s time to face the future.
On Wednesday, Sept. 24, the O! ce of Career Development and Placement As-sistance will host its annual Fall Career Fair, the largest on-campus recruiting event of the year.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Petersen Events Center will bustle with more than 200 employers and 3,000 Pitt students and recent graduates, according to a Student A" airs release. Representa-tives from various industries and fi elds of employers will be there, recruiting
not only for full-time positions, but also internships and part-time opportunities. Attending companies come from sectors including technology, pharmaceutical, fi nance, corporate retail and more — notable names include Chevron, Alcoa, Cisco, PepsiCo, PNC Financial Services and AT&T.
Cheryl Finlay, CDPA director, said every student should capitalize on this opportunity, regardless of their year.
“It’s obviously crucial that seniors en-tering the job market participate,” Finlay said. “But it’s also important for students considering internships in the spring or summer, or even next year, to be there to meet employers as well.”
Finlay added that fi rst-year students
should also come and familiarize them-selves with the networking process.
“I can’t emphasize enough how es-sential it is for our students — regardless of their year in school, major or career aspirations — to attend this event,” Fin-lay said.
CDPA’s Career Fair Prep Week events, which were held last week, supported Finlay’s statement and included a special session devoted to helping international students and a day dedicated to bring-ing employers in to review engineering students’ resumés.
Still, the most important benefi cia-ries are seniors looking to enter the job market after they graduate in December or April.
Many students lack “ins” for the in-dustries they want to enter, like industrial engineering major Charlie Sigaud, who sees the Career Fair as the perfect place to make those valuable connections.
“It seems like a good way to get my resumé out and fi nd opportunities I might have missed otherwise,” Sigaud said.
For David De Leon, a senior majoring in urban studies and political science, this is the fi rst year he’ll be attending as a student, having spent previous years working at the Career Fair.
De Leon said he’s looking for a ca-reer in urban planning and development, hopefully with a non-profi t organization
Mingle with employers, make connections at Career FairKathy Zhao
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or within the government.“I’m hoping that the career fair will
provide me with a better understand-ing of the companies and organizations whose work align with my career aspira-tions,” De Leon said.
Karen Lue, a senior majoring in histo-ry of art and architecture and economics, will attend Wednesday, looking to gain
work experience for a gap year before she enters graduate school.
Lue said she hopes to one day occupy an administrative position at a museum, but she’s interested in any job that in-volves creativity and active community engagement.
“I’m hoping that the Career Fair will present me with options I hadn’t thought of previously, open my eyes to intersect-ing fi elds and introduce me to progressive companies that are looking to hire people with di! erent skill sets,” Lue said.
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the names of any students involved. Masset said that when Pitt police discov-
ered that Pitt students were involved in the fi re, they immediately notifi ed Pitt Housing Services and Student A! airs, “so that those units could begin providing help as quickly as possible.”
“The safety and well-being of students is a fundamental priority for the University, so any time situations such as this one arise, departments across the University will rally together to assist students,” Masset said in an email on Friday evening.
All Pitt students a! ected by the fi re will have the option to fi nish the fall semester in University housing for free and will then have the option to continue living there in the spring with normal rate charges, Masset said. Engel said Greenwalt and Buehler plan to stay with Buehler’s family while they look for other options.
The Athletic Department will provide clothing and shoes to the students, Masset said, and Housing Services is o! ering Panther Funds to purchase food. The University Store on Fifth plans to loan the students laptops and provide “assistance with books.”
Last year, in March and November, several Pitt students lost their homes because of fi res on Zulema and Dawson streets, respectively. Pitt students received aid from Panther Cen-tral and Housing Services after those inci-dents, according to earlier Pitt News reports and word from Pitt spokesman John Fedele. Last February, the undergraduate Student Government Board created the Undergradu-ate Crisis Relief Fund to support undergradu-ate, non-College of General Studies students in the case of an emergency. Though the Gradu-ate and Professional Student Government does not o! er a relief fund, it can help students apply for “emergency student loans,” accord-ing to its website.
Engel, a Point Park graduate and longtime friend of Greenwalt’s, created a GoFundMe page three hours after the incident to raise money to ease her friend’s losses.
“She called me at 3:30 [a.m.] and was in tears and said she needed a ride home from work because her house burned down,” Engel said.
The cause of the fi re is still unknown and under investigation, according to the Pitts-burgh Public Safety release.
“A smoke detector in one structure did operate properly after all occupants had got-ten outside,” the release said.
The Graduate School of Public Health and Pitt’s Student A! airs O" ce are collecting in-person donations for the students a! ected this week, Engel said. The GoFundMe page has raised $3,540 as of Sept. 21 for Greenwalt, DiBello, Gee and Buehler.
“We got there and her one roommate talked to her and was obviously in hyster-ics,” Engel said. “There wasn’t anything for me to do.”
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OPINIONS
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Every time someone com-mits a heinous crime, we as a society search for answers. Is it simply a matter of mental health or upbringing, or is the root cause something deeper than that?
It has long been determined that the individual who com-mitted the violent act bears the consequences of said act. But, according to some, if that in-dividual should happen to be a minor, the blame rests with his or her parents, as has been pro-posed in the case surrounding the murder of Autumn Pasquale.
On Oct. 20, 2012, in Clay-ton, N.J., 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale was murdered by 15-year-old Justin Robinson. In
response to the tragedy, Autumn’s father, Anthony Pasquale, petitioned to
propose his “Autumn’s Law” to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
With Autumn’s Law, Pasquale hopes to hold Robinson’s par-ents criminally accountable for the 15-year-old’s violent act against his daughter. The prem-ise of Pasquale’s petition is that “minor children are rarely, if ever, born murderers” and that they, therefore, must be “culti-vated” to become so. Thus, he said parents who handle their children’s violent behavior in a neglectful or abusive man-ner should be held criminally responsible for their resulting actions.
While the premise behind Autumn’s Law may make con-siderable sense, holding par-
ents criminally accountable for their children’s violent acts de-fies the very nature of violent acts.
Autumn’s Law takes several variable factors for granted.
For instance, the proposed legislation deems that a child’s mental health is “the prima-ry responsibility of a child’s parents/guardians” and not that of “his/her school, state, teacher, counselor, law enforce-ment, community, neighbors or church.” This undermines the effect that these external so-cial forces also play in a child’s social development. For exam-ple, studies from the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services have found that poor emotional support in school is linked to an inclination for violent behavior, with strong
support associated with a de-creased likelihood to commit violent acts.
Pasquale said that when parents or guardians “know or should have known” that their child posed a threat to third parties, it is their responsibility to minimize the risk. But to be aware of the extent of a child’s violent tendencies and to de-termine a child’s likelihood to harm third parties is a difficult task, even for trained mental health professionals.
A 2009 study by Eric Elbo-gen and Sally Johnson for the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill found that violent behav-ior cannot be linked solely to mental health. Any tendency of those with a mental illness to commit violent acts are also
the result of a variety of oth-er factors, such as substance abuse, environment and violent history. In fact, an individual who has never exhibited vio-lent tendencies is just as likely to commit a violent act as an individual who ha so, according to the study.
A large aspect of Pasquale’s case results from his evaluation of the supposedly inferior home care provided to Robinson. He said Robinson was repeatedly victim to a tumultuous home-life — his father abandoned him, his mother neglected him and he received care that did not appropriately take into ac-count his neurodevelopmental disorder. Negligence, Pasquale ascertained, was his daughter’s
Violent acts by minors: Who should take the blame?Bethel Habte
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In college, recreation should not undermine educationEDITORIALEDITORIAL
When it comes to recreation, universities have been anything but “lazy,” as of late.
The New York Times cited a study by Nirsa: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation that found 92 schools across the country have reported spending more than $1.7 billion on recreation centers as of 2013. But these recreation centers don’t just include weight sets or basketball courts. Many are taking a much more aquatic theme.
Schools like Louisiana State University and Texas Tech have built lazy rivers for their students , while others, like North Dakota State, have zip lines for their stu-dents to ride before plunging into a pool of water. With students at said schools reportedly going to class with inner tubes in hand, universities are starting to look less like centers of higher learning and more like resort getaways.
But is that a necessarily a bad thing? These facilities are a testament to the
e! ort universities put toward recruitment. Studies conducted at Purdue University and Michigan State found that a healthy and active student body usually achieves better grades.
David Greusel of Convergence Design — a company that has constructed recre-ation products at universities, like a water slide at the University of Toledo — told The New York Times, “When you think about our sedentary lifestyle today, if you can get some kid out on a zip line, instead of playing video games and eating pizza, that’s a huge win.
“It’s also the logic of the grocery store: Once you get them in the door, they’re going to buy something else. Once you get them in the rec center for the pool, maybe they’re going to sign up for a yoga
class,” Greusel said. Other than recruitment, there are
other incentives for schools to invest in recreational facilities. Pitt is no stranger to the trend, either, spending nearly $1.23 million in renovations on the third fl oor of the William Pitt Union — which now includes a refl ection room, a Stress Free Zone and a fi tness center open to students.
But that’s no lazy river. A lazy river at Pitt wouldn’t exactly
work, considering we don’t see the sun for the majority of the year. But that’s not the point.
There is a line when it comes to a uni-versity’s emphasis on recreation. There is defi nitely value in recreation centers, especially for universities in rural areas where students may not encounter many activities outside campus.
But in a time when student debt and
the average college tuition rate is at an all-time high, schools are not justifi ed in spending billions of dollars on recreation facilities.
With the current job market and economy facing students, universities should focus on the practical benefi ts of attending college, like cost-e! ectiveness, return on investment — how much you pay for school, versus how much you make afterwards — employment training, job placement and internship opportunities.
In other words, universities should place more emphasis on making better lives for students after college, rather than trying to make it a vacation while they are in college.
There are benefi ts to providing ad-equate recreation facilities for the student body to unwind, but let’s remember what college is really about.
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ultimate murderer. Where do we place the line between
a parent’s negligence and their lack of ability to completely control their chil-dren’s behavior?
According to the trends, it’s impos-sible to accurately assess.
This situation illustrates the ironic paradigm behind the assertion that par-
ents be held criminally responsible for their children’s behavior because it is often not within their means to control.
Of course, parental intervention has been proven to be an important factor in preventing a child from becoming criminally involved, and it should re-main emphasized. It cannot, however, be assumed to be the sole driving force behind a child’s criminal involvement.
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duces e-cigs, said most e-cig liquids, in-cluding their own, contain between 0.8 percent and 2.4 percent nicotine by vol-ume. They also said that some of their liquids contain up to 5.4 percent nicotine by volume.
When inhaled, the vapor enters the bloodstream through the upper airway. This pathway is slower than the one tak-en by cigarette smoke, but the amount of nicotine in e-cigs is often greater than that of a traditional cigarette, the English report said.
University spokeswoman Cara Masset said Pitt does not yet have a policy regard-ing e-cigarettes in University buildings.
But health officials are concerned about the explosive popularity of e-cigs. In September 2013, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention published data that showed e-cig use by U.S. middle and high school students doubled from 2011 to 2012. More than 1.78 million middle and high school students tried electronic cigarettes nationwide in 2012, according to the CDC data.
“About 90 percent of all smokers be-gin smoking as teenagers,” said Dr. Tim McAfee, director of the CDC O! ce on Smoking and Health in the CDC press release. “We must keep our youth from experimenting or using any tobacco prod-uct. These dramatic increases suggest that developing strategies to prevent market-ing, sales and use of e-cigarettes among youth is critical.”
But other data is not as damning.The American Journal of Preventive
Medicine published a study in April 2011 that found using e-cigs could help cigarette smokers reduce or cease use.
In a survey of 216 smokers, 48.8 per-cent of respondents quit or abstained from smoking cigarettes for “some period of time” — the length of which went unspeci-fi ed — while 66.8 percent of respondents reported reducing the number of cigarettes
they smoked daily after beginning elec-tronic cigarette use.
As for the general public, the FDA doesn’t yet regulate electronic cigarettes. It issued a proposed rule earlier this year that would allow it to regulate electronic ciga-rettes as it does other tobacco products.
In the meantime, producers and dis-tributors of traditional cigarettes and electronic cigarettes profi t. Reynolds American, producer of Camel and Pall Mall, purchased Lorillard, producer of Newport cigarettes and now electronic cigarettes, in July for $25 billion.
Local businesses are also profi ting.An electronic cigarette typically costs
between $20 and $30, and refi ll cartridges of nicotine fl uid cost between $8 and $12 on electroniccigarettes.com. Ben Getty , district manager of several 7-Eleven con-venience stores in the Pittsburgh area, de-clined to release sales data but said e-cigs are “a new market” for 7-Eleven.
“We’ve received wonderful feedback [from customers],” he said.
Despite the popularity and success of e-cigs with consumers, an uneasy social stigma shrouds the use of e-cigs. Last spring, Graeme Meyer, a Student Govern-ment Board member, started an initiative to make Pitt’s campus smoke-free based on an online survey of students and faculty. He based his e" orts on policies at the Univer-sity of Georgia, which banned all smoking including e-cigarettes last October. Pitt’s smoking policies have not yet changed since Meyer’s survey concluded.
Last spring, Patricia Tuite encountered e-cigs for the fi rst time.
Tuite, a registered nurse and assistant professor at Pitt, was at her daughter’s high school soccer game. As she was walking around, trying to get a better view, she passed a man smoking. She was appalled.
“He shouldn’t be smoking here,” she thought.
As she passed him, however, she said she did not smell any smoke. She thought it unusual.
“Oh,” she thought, “it must be one of those e-cigarettes.”
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SPORTS
After a 24-20 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes, Pitt head football coach Paul Chryst described the contest in one sentence.
“I don’t think anybody in this game was trying to fool anybody,” said Chryst, whose Panthers fell to 3-1 on the season after being outscored 17-3 in the second half of Satur-day’s game.
Perhaps this was the biggest issue with how the Panthers played Saturday. Receiving national acclaim for its potent ground attack, spearheaded by sophomore running back James Conner, Pitt did a great job in the fi rst half against a premier run defense in Iowa, running for 132 yards.
But this success did not continue after halftime. Iowa snu! ed out most runs with ease, as Pitt only ran for 53 yards in the second half. According to Conner, Iowa did not make any noticeable adjustments.
“Nothing was di! erent,” said Conner, who ran for more than 150 yards for the
fi fth straight game. “They just did a good job focusing.”
What this means is, over time, Iowa picked up when Pitt planned to run. The o! ense be-came predictable — like Chryst said, no one was trying to fool anybody.
The problem with this mindset is that, with all the di! erent and diverse weapons on Pitt’s o! ense, there is plenty of room to try to fool opponents.
It’s easy to fall into the trap of simply hand-ing the ball o! to Conner when he’s rolling, but, with the depth of unique running backs Pitt has behind Conner in freshman Chris James, sophomore Rachid Ibrahim and senior Isaac Bennett, switching out Conner more often would keep him fresh, while providing di! erent looks and packages that defenses would have to account for.
Putting Ibrahim or James in would also open up the screen pass game more, as both are better than Conner at catching the ball out of the backfi eld. Screen passes would only
Pitt football should utilize all of its weapons on offenseDan Sostek Staff Writer
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Column 10 Quarterback Chad Voytik on one of his few scrambles in Saturday’s game. Heather Tennant | Staff Photographer
In its second ACC game of the season, Pitt men’s soccer came from behind to draw against NC State.
Forward Cory Werth tied the game in the second half o! a post rebound that found its way to his right foot. The goal was his fi rst of the season and saved the Panthers (2-2-2, 0-1-1) ACC) from a second consecutive year of starting 0-2 in conference play.
“You defi nitely want to win, but I feel like we took a big step forward today,” coach Joe Luxbacher said. “We played a complete game.”
The goal came after a frustrating fi rst half for Pitt, during which it clearly had more chances to score but still found themselves down at the break.
The Panthers spent the fi rst 20 minutes on the ball, showing attacking prowess. But, in the 20th minute, NC State (3-2-2 overall, 1-1-1 ACC) responded on the counterattack, maneuvering its way into the box and earn-ing a penalty.
There was little doubt about the severity of the foul, as defender Stephane Pierre received a yellow card. Michael Bajza blasted the penal-ty into the far corner, giving the Wolfpack a 1-0 lead, despite being outshot to that point 4-1.
“In every game there’s going to be mo-mentum shifts,” defender Ryan Myers said. “There was about a fi ve-, seven-minute gap where we dropped o! and were defending our line ... They slipped one through, and that can’t happen.”
Pitt’s best opportunities in the fi rst half came o! of set pieces when Myers and Michael
Tuohy hit free kicks around the wall formed by the NC State defenders. But Wolfpack goalkeeper Alex McCauely, who entered the game as the leader in saves in the ACC with 26, saved their shots.
Tuohy’s kick went low and to the left of the goal, while Myers curled the ball over the wall and towards the far post.
Raj Kahlon and Kevin Murray both had opportunities to score from corner kicks by Myers, but neither could convert. Pitt ended the half having outshot NC State 7-4, but still with nothing to show for it.
The Panthers were stagnant in the begin-ning of the second half, resulting in several non-threatening shots until Werth dramati-cally found the back of the net in the 70th minute.
“Darcy [Bloemen] volleyed it right out of
the air, it hit the post and came o! the goalie. I just happened to be standing right there, and I just fi nished the easy tap-in goal,” Werth said. “I’ll take them however I can get them. Someone’s got to be there in those kinds of situations,”
The goal ensured that neither team would be shut out, ending a streak of 14 consecutive games in which both Pitt and its opponent had failed to score a goal, and ended its season-worst 295-minute scoreless streak.
NC State responded well after giving up the game-tying goal, forcing Pitt goalkeeper Dan Lynd to make several sprawling saves in the fi nal minutes of regulation.
Both teams came close to getting the go-ahead goal near the end of the second half,
Werth’s second-half goal leads to tie with Wolfpack Mark Powell Staff Writer
MEN’S SOCCERMEN’S SOCCER
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The Pitt volleyball team enjoyed another weekend tournament at home when the team hosted the Pitt Panther Invitational. The Pan-thers continued their streak of dominance by sweeping South Florida, Sacred Heart and Delaware — its third tournament sweep of the year.
Libero Delaney Clesen was named Tour-nament MVP, while teammates Kate Yeazel, Amanda Orchard and Lindsey Zitzke were named to the All-Tournament Team.
So far this season, Pitt is 11-1 overall and 6-0 on its home court.
“It feels awesome,” Zitzke said. “It’s really good momentum to go into the ACC games. It gives us a lot of confi dence.”
Pitt was tested throughout the tourna-ment, fi ghting defi cits. Despite trailing on numerous occasions, the Panthers managed to fi nd a way to come back and win without dropping a match.
“The most important thing is to stay calm and to make sure we get a decent pass, a de-cent set and to get a good swing,” Orchard said.
The Panthers’ head coach Dan Fisher re-mained impressed with his squad.
“Kate [Yeazel] had three good [matches] in a row, which is something we hadn’t seen yet. Hopefully that’s a sign of her getting into a pretty good groove,” Fisher said. “Delaney was very consistent the whole tournament. She averaged over fi ve digs per set, and I think she did pretty well serving.”
The fi nal player who stuck out to Fisher was Zitzke. Fisher called the tournament the “best three matches in a row,” and he can remember her performance because she was “being consistent and making good choices.”
South FloridaThe Bulls (6-6) opened Friday evening by
outplaying Pitt in the fi rst set. The Panthers struggled to fi nd a rhythm against USF, com-mitting eight attack errors in the set before falling 26-24.
Pitt went on to win the next three sets, on its way to a victory, after seeing its hitting per-centage improve progressively. Four Panthers were hitting above .500 and outblocked the Bulls three to one in the second set en route to an easy 25-16 win. The Panthers continued to hit well during the third set on their way to a dominant 25-13 win. The fourth and fi nal set proved to be more di! cult for the Panthers, as they struggled at the net. As a team, Pitt held an edge in hitting and blocking, but the Bulls closed the gap in the score a few times before Pitt held on for a 25-18 win.
The team exposed a few weaknesses dur-ing this match — the Panthers’ passing wasn’t as crisp as usual, and serving was a struggle. Although Pitt had seven aces, the team also committed seven service errors. Wynn and Zitzke each recorded a double-double with 20 kills and 12 digs and 30 assists and 17 digs, respectively. Middle hitter Orchard also set a career-high in blocks with seven.
Sacred HeartSacred Heart (5-7) provided a test. Mid-
way through the fi rst set, the score remained close before Pitt ran away with a 17-12 lead and further extended it to 21-15. Clesen iced the set with an ace, and Pitt won 25-17.
Pitt took control of set two by scoring the fi rst three points and going up 10 points before the Panthers allowed the Pioneers to mount a comeback. Sacred Heart was only three points away from stealing the lead, as they lowered the margin to 21-18. Pitt came out of its timeout to fi nish o" the Pioneers — with the help of Sacred Heart committing back-to-back errors — as the Panthers took the set 25-21.
Set three followed the trend of earlier sets, as Pitt jumped out to an early lead. But the Pioneers didn’t go away and trimmed the Panther lead to 4. After a timeout, Jenna Potts and Yeazel added kills, and errors by the Pioneers helped Pitt build a 19-13 lead. Sacred Heart scored three straight points before Pitt
Panthers sweep second straight weekend tournamentCaitlin Hinsey
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Pitt’s two running back commits, Darrin Hall and Sekai Lindsay, had standout efforts on the
ground this weekend. Here’s how they and the rest of Pitt’s commits fared.
Darrin Hall (running back) — Austintown Fitch High School, Ohio
Hall ran for 159 yards and a touch-down on 20 carries in a 42-32 win over Dover.
Nick Bowers (tight end) — Kit-tanning High School, Pa.
Kittanning was defeated 24-14 by Highlands, though Bowers caught five balls for 112 yards. Bowers left the game in the third quarter with an apparent leg injury.
Kevin Givens (linebacker) — Al-toona High School, Pa.
Givens and Altoona were defeated 42-21 by Penn-Trafford.
DaVon Hamilton (defensive tackle) — Pickerington Central High School, Ohio
Pickerington Central got the win over Lancaster 27-12, improving their record to 4-0.
Malik Henderson (cornerback) — Hallandale High School, Fla.
Hallandale improved to 4-0 with a 28-20 victory over Coral Springs.
Quadree Henderson (wide receiv-er) — Alexis I. Dupont High School, Del.
Alexis I. Dupont lost to William Penn 56-23. Henderson scored two touchdowns in the game, a 59 yard
rush and two yard reception.
Alex Hornibrook (quarterback) — Malvern Prep, Pa.
Hornibrook completed 14 of 25 passes for a 149 yards and a touchdown in a 27-8 loss to La Salle.
Kraig Howe (defensive tackle) — Archbishop Alter High School, Ohio
Archbishop Alter beat Bishop Fen-wick 35-13, improving to 5-0.
Dane Jackson (cornerback) — Quaker Valley High School, Pa.
Jackson sat out again with an in-jured knee, though Quaker Valley routed Carlynton 46-6.
Sekai Lindsay (running back) — Palm Bay High School, Fla.
Lindsay ran 12 times for 163 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-0 shutout
over Rockledge. Alex Paulina (offensive guard) —
Canon-McMillan High School, Pa.Canon-McMillan was romped by
Bethel Park 48-0. Tony Pilato (offensive tackle) —
Hempfield Area High School, Pa. Hempfield dropped to 1-3 with a
34-26 loss to Connellsville.
Tre Tipton (wide receiver) — Apollo-Ridge High School, Pa.
Apollo-Ridge beat Shady Side Acad-emy 46-20. Tipton ran for 94 yards on 10 carries.
Rob Dowdy (offensive tackle) — Westerville South High School, Ohio
Westerville South improved to 3-1, as they defeated Canal Winchester 45-7.
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but the score remained even in regulation, meaning two 10-minute extra time periods to determine the result.
The Panthers led NC State in shots, 14-11, at the end of regulation — the narrow margin an indication of the equal play between the teams.
The Wolfpack dominated the fi rst overtime period, picking up fi ve shots and hitting the
post o! a corner in the 100th minute.By the end of the second 10-minute period,
NC State had reversed Pitt’s advantage in shot disparity, o! ering 19 times at goal compared to the Panthers’ 15 attempts. Still, neither team could score, and the game ended as a tie.
The game was Pitt’s second consecutive draw, with their last coming in disappoint-ing fashion against a sub-par Lafayette side.
The Panthers will end their three-game home stand on Tuesday against Niagara.
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help an inexperienced quarterback like Chad Voytik — a redshirt sophomore — get into a better rhythm and improve his confi dence.
As for the passing game, the Panthers need to do a better job of utilizing their options. Voytik has done a good job of playing mis-take-free football and has seemed to develop a good rapport with star receiver Tyler Boyd but needs to get the ball to his other weapons, particularly his pair of talented tight ends J.P. Holtz and Scott Orndo! .
Both went without a target in the loss to Iowa and have a combined fi ve receptions on the year. There were a couple plays on Satur-day when the tight ends were open, and, in one instance, Holtz showed visible frustration in not being targeted, throwing up his arms after Voytik threw into double coverage for an incompletion, rather than passing to the wide-open tight end.
“We certainly had a couple [passes] where the ball just didn’t go there,” Chryst said of his tight ends. “We want them to have touches.”
Voytik, who fl ashed his potential as a run-ner when he ran for 114 yards against Florida International, didn’t use his legs as much against Iowa. Voytik cited Iowa’s defense of the edges, which was better than Florida In-ternational, as a reason for this but also noted they simply didn’t have as many designed quarterback runs called.
While Voytik is a somewhat reckless run-ner for a quarterback — he tends to embrace contact more times than avoid it — he’s dis-played an ability to break the game open with his athleticism. Asserting himself as a dual threat quarterback would make opposing defensive coordinators’ jobs a lot tougher.
None of this is to say that Chryst needs to drastically change the way he runs his o! ense. The Panthers still rank 11th in the nation in rushing and 35th in points per game.
Instead, coaches and players must make some tweaks and improvements to get the most out of the o! ense against tougher com-petition. Conner should still get 25-30 carries a game. Boyd should still be targeted at least 10 times a game. What occurs when they aren’t touching the ball should be a focal point mov-ing forward.
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pulled away, recording seven out of the eight points to a 25-17 set and match victory.
Wynn and outside hitter Maria Genitsaridi led the Panthers with eight kills each, and Clesen led Pitt with 18 digs. Wynn, Orchard and Potts led the team with four blocks apiece.
DelawarePitt seemed to handle the Blue Hens (7-8)
easily in set one when the Panthers started the set o! with four straight points. The lead grew for the Panthers, with the team winning by eight when Delaware called a timeout. The Blue Hens adjusted during this time to score six straight against Pitt before the Panthers
created their own run to win 25-20.A back-and-forth battle ensued between
the two teams in the second set, and the score was tied or extremely close for much of the set as both teams exchanged kills . Pitt eventually built a four-point lead at 18-14, thanks to a Genitsaridi kill and Zitzke ace . Pitt fi nished o! the Blue Hens with kills by Orchard, Guess and Wynn, as well as a block, on its way to a 25-18 victory.
The Blue Hens forced Pitt to play catch up in third set. Pitt trailed early on, struggling o! ensively, and seemed to be in danger of losing Orchard when she went down with a hip injury. Orchard, though, was able to fi nish the set.
