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I see the silly, inane posts in this thread are escalating. Knock yourselves out. Not my thing.

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Awesome win and a handful of recruits were in attendance to witness it. I saw Emch from 2025 & Sageer, Watson, Thompson, and Hoppe from 2026 all sitting together immediately behind the Zoo.

Fisher lit into the team in Set 3 at 15-12 or around there - he was really annoyed with the defense on the offspeed attacks from Louisville. May have also been irked with the conversion on crosscourt attacks, also.

They outdug us, outkilled us, and outassisted us again and yet we keep pulling out wins over them. Their errors continually are their undoing - we were +15 in errors. Their fans are crying about refereeing, but they continually make errors at pivotal points, as we all saw.

Kiana Dinn is finally off crutches & walking free. Fisher mentioned in his Penn State pre-game chalk talk that she wouldn't be out for the season. Doubt we'll see her this year, but putting it on the radar, in the event we do.

Sophomore class now 3-1 against the Cardinals...

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chrisran24 said:

Agreed that our back row attack was less effective than usual but it’s a huge drop off from Rachel to Nisa in terms of defense and coverage and where the first pass has to go for an effective set. I think that drop off is bigger than the benefit you get from Blaire’s blocking late in a set like that. And Nisa doesn’t disguise her sets as well as Rachel, hence the blocks at the end by Louisville on our pins. So I’d argue the drawbacks outweigh the gains on that move late in the 5th

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Agree with your previous post and this one. Sub Nisa in for Babcock's serve, then bring Liv right back in. Keep Fairbanks in unless they go on a run against her block, then spot sub Bayless. Fairbanks is just SO much better than Nisa, you can't keep her out that long. Nisa's sets were to obvious and too low so no chance of hitting the tops of the blockers' hands. Nisa also ignored the middle blockers, and as you stated, she's just too slow. It worked out, but that doesn't mean it should become the norm. Louisville's serving errors were a big boost in the 5th set.
Was a fun and stressful match. Pitt needs to watch the tape and see the tipping tendancies, and defend those better.
H2P

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Zeldas Open Roof said:

yeah, how crazy of me not to recognize our 1918 national championship where we went 4-1 and lost to cleveland naval reserve.

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Then Pitt needs to quit touting 9 national championships. We had 1, according to your criteria since we didn't play "real" football until after WWII.

My post stands. Your reply is foolish.

Joe the Panther Fan said:

And by the way, I just turned the game on in the 10th inning because I was at the volleyball game, so I only saw three, or really two, batters. Ohtani making an out on the great catch by Verdugo falling into the stands, then an intentional walk, and then Freddie Freeman hitting a ball that may not have landed yet.

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I'm just happy the Dodgers won so that good but overrated catch didn't become the story of the game. Reminded me of when Derek Jeter make a good catch and then proceeded to run 40 yards and dive into the stands like Iggy Pop.

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DC_Area_Panther said:

Likely losses to SMU, Louisville & Clemson and likely wins vs Virginia and BC. If so, 9-3 season. Will we still be happy with that given how we felt at the beginning of the season?

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a tad dissapointing losing 3 of our next 5 to be honest, especially with losses to SMU and Louisville. Two good but far from great teams.

HailToPitt1985 said:

Maybe you missed the criteria of the Peak list. It was list of ALL TIME Pitt greats. That means prior to WWII also. With your assumption, Pitt should not also list the 8 National Championships that we won prior to WWII. The only one that counts, according to you, is the one in 1976. They better change that to 1 NC in all of their ads and promotions. You know they won't.

As for the comment about dental students in leather helmets and turtle necks, I'll disregard as silly. But at least they were students.

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yeah, how crazy of me not to recognize our 1918 national championship where we went 4-1 and lost to cleveland naval reserve.

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