PITTSBURGH – No. 2 seeded Pitt (29-3, 17-1 ACC) continues its NCAA Tournament run this weekend at the Madison Regional in Madison, Wisc. The Panthers will take on No. 3 seed Florida (25-5, 15-3 SEC) in the regional semifinal with the hopes of advancing to the Elite 8 against the winner of No. 4 seed Penn State and the hosts, No. 1 seed Wisconsin.
MADISON REGIONAL SCHEDULE
All matches in this regional will be broadcast on ESPNU
NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
This is Pitt’s 18th NCAA Tournament Appearance. Pitt is 16-17 all-time in NCAA Tournament Matches with a 13-6 record under Dan Fisher. This is the Panthers third straight appearance in a NCAA Tournament Regional. Pitt is one of 9 teams to have not dropped a set yet this tournament and are tied with Texas for the second fewest sets lost (10) in the NCAA Tournament since 2020 one behind Nebraska & Wisconsin.
RECORD SETTING OPENING WEEKEND
Pitt set a multitude of records this past weekend in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament. A total of 5,481 fans were in attendance throughout the weekend, marking the highest attended NCAA Tournament weekend in program history. The 2,814 in the crowd for the win over BYU was the highest attended Volleyball NCAA Tournament match in venue history at the Petersen Events Center.
Pitt delivered its most efficient offensive display in Tournament history against Colgate, delivering 48 kills on .381 hitting. Against BYU, Fairbanks’ triple-double was the first in an NCAA Tournament match in Pitt history and the only three-set triple double in the NCAA Tournament in the modern scoring era. Buzzerio’s 23 kills on .475 hitting set a Pitt record for the most kills in a Tournament match and the highest hit % with 20+ kills.
That high-powered Panther offense led to 17.33 kills/set through the first two matches of the tournament – the highest of any team thus far.
AVCA AWARDS PITT WITH ALL-REGION HONORS
For the first time in program history, the University of Pittsburgh Volleyball program has been awarded both the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Regional Coach of the Year and Player of the Year awards as Dan Fisher and Courtney Buzzerio have been recognized as the best in the East Coast Region for the 2022…
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