PITTSBURGH – No. 7 Pitt (7-1) finished the first home match day of the year with a pair of sweeps, taking down Bowling Green (25-17, 25-16, 25-19) on Friday evening inside Fitzgerald Field House. Six different Panthers recorded six or more kills as Pitt out-hit BGSU .362 to .130.
QUICK HITS
- Valeria Vazquez Gomez led the team with 10 kills today, her fourth 10+ kill performance of the season.
- Serena Gray led the team in hitting percentage, making eight kills on .667 hitting. It is the second time in her last three matches that she has hit over .600.
- Four Panthers posted six kills as Cam Ennis and Rachel Fairbanks did well distributing the ball.
- Ennis led the way with 20 assists, her second 20+ assist effort of the year, while Fairbanks finished with 11.
- Sabrina Starks posted a season-best six blocks, including four in the final set.
- Emmy Klika made her first start of the season at libero, finishing with a season-best 12 digs.
- Pitt out-dug BGSU, 38-31. Extending its streak to eight straight matches to start the season.
- Pitt has now won 42 consecutive matches against unranked opponents, dating back to the start of the 2020 season.
SET 1: PITT 25 – BGSU 17
The Panthers established their dominance early, winning 16 of the first 22 points to go in front, 16-6. The lead would swell to as many as 20-9, before eventually resulting in an eight-point set victory. Vazquez Gomez was the offensive star of the show early on, making five kills on eight swings and four digs in the opening…
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