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2021 QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION HISTORY Name of School .......................................................................... University of Pittsburgh First Year .............................................................................................................................1974 City/Zip ..................................................................................................Pittsburgh, Pa. 15261 All-Time Record ..............................................................................1,119-491-1 [47 Seasons] Founded .............................................................................................................................. 1787 All-Time ACC Record ..............................................................................119-33 [8 seasons] Enrollment .....................................................................................................................36,028 All-Time Big East Record ............................................................................................ 178-84 Nickname...................................................................................................................Panthers Yrs. in NCAA Tournament ....................................................................................................16 School Colors ...............................Royal Blue & University Gold [PMS 661/ PMS 1235] .................................‘82, ‘84, ‘86, ‘87, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘03, ‘04, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19, ‘20 Facility ...............................................................................................Fitzgerald Field House ACC Reg. Season Titles .........................................................................................................3 Affiliation .......................................................................................................NCAA Division I .....................................................................................................................................‘17, ‘18, ‘19 Conference ...........................................................................................Atlantic Coast [ACC] Big East Reg. Season Titles .................................................................................................6 Chancellor .......................................................................................Dr. Patrick D. Gallagher ............................................................................................................‘90, ‘91 ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘03 Athletics Director ............................................................................................Heather Lyke Big East Tournament Titles .................................................................................................11 ................................................................... ‘82, ‘84, ‘86, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘03 COACHING STAFF Most Single Season Wins ..........................................................................41 [‘78, ‘80, ‘82] Head Coach ............................................................................................................Dan Fisher Highest Single Season Win % ......................................938 [twice, 30-2 in ‘18 and ‘19] Alma Mater.............................................................................................................Pacific, ‘99 Overall Record at Pitt ..........................................................................197-54 [9th Season] SPORTS INFORMATION ACC Record at Pitt .................................................................................119-33 [9th Season] Volleyball SID............................................................................................Carly Weisenbach Career Record ...................................................................................... 272-56 [11th Season] Office Phone ......................................................................................................412-648-9014 Cell Phone ..........................................................................................................412-277-8860 Assistant Coach ................................Lindsey Behonick [Concordia, ‘08 | 9th season] Email ................................................................................cweisenbach@athletics.pitt.edu Assistant Coach ......................................Kellen Petrone [Duquesne, ‘08 | 8th season] SID Mailing Address .........................................................................................P.O. Box 7436 Director of Ops......................................................Kamalani Akeo [Pitt, ‘19 | 1st season] ......................................................................................................Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213-0436 Volunteer Assistant. ..........................Morgan Thomas [USC-Upstate ‘12 | 1st season] Overnight Address ...................................................................... Petersen Events Center ...................................................................................................................3719 Terrace Street TEAM INFORMATION .................................................................................................................Pittsburgh, Pa. 15261 2020-21 Overall Record [H/A/N] ........................................................ 19-5 [8-1 / 5-3 / 6-1] 2020-21 ACC Record [Finish] ...............................................................................14-4 [3rd] WEB / SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION NCAA Finish .................................. Regional Final (Omaha, Neb. - CHI Health Center) Website ..........................................................................................PittsburghPanthers.com ................... Defeated LIU (3-0), No. 14 seed Utah (3-0), No. 3 seed Minnesota (3-2) Twitter ........................................................................................................................ @Pitt_VB ................................................................................... Lost to No. 6 seed Washington (3-2) Instagram .................................................................................................................. @Pitt_VB Starters Returning / Lost..............................................................................6 + Libero / 0 Facebook ................................................................................................................ /PittVolley Letterwinners Returning / Lost ...................................................................................11 / 2 Athletics Twitter ....................................................................................... @Pitt_ATHLETICS Newcomers ..............................................................................................................................6 1 2021 PITT VOLLEYBALL QUICK FACTS 2021 TEAM BREAKDOWN STARTERS RETURNING [2020-21 STATISTICS] # POS. PLAYER YR. MP-MS K/S PCT. A/S SA/S D/S B/S 2 OH Valeria Vazquez Gomez R-SO 24-21 1.98 .197 0.15 0.21 2.41 0.31 4 L/DS Ashley Browske JR 23-16 0.00 0.00 0.84 0.07 2.73 0.00 5 RS/MB Chinaza Ndee 5Y 24-24 3.38 .302 0.11 0.08 0.72 0.94 6 S Kylee Levers GR 23-14 0.02 -.067 5.55 0.14 1.36 0.01 11 MB Sabrina Starks SR 24-24 1.55 .377 0.11 0.13 0.33 1.32 20 MB Chiamaka Nwokolo JR 24-24 1.73 .411 0.08 0.03 0.41 0.88 23 OH Kayla Lund GR 24-24 3.74 .236 0.26 0.41 2.95 0.51 OTHER KEY RETURNERS [2020-21 STATISTICS] # POS. PLAYER YR. MP-MS K/S PCT. A/S SA/S D/S B/S 1 S Lexis Akeo JR 24-10 0.08 .200 5.85 0.18 1.76 0.05 3 OH Cat Flood SO 7-0 0.00 -.500 0.00 0.15 0.31 0.00 8 MB Anastasia Russ R-SO 8-2 0.92 .474 0.08 0.00 0.00 1.54 9 OH Jordan Lockwood SR 23-0 1.50 .149 0.00 0.00 0.24 0.58 STARTERS LOST [2020-21 STATISTICS] NONE OTHER PLAYERS LOST [2020-21 STATISTICS] # POS. PLAYER (departure) YR. MP-MS K/S PCT. A/S SA/S D/S B/S 9 L/DS Marija Popovic (transfer) SR 20-8 0.00 0.00 0.54 0.04 2.35 0.00 10 OH/RS Zoi Faki (transfer) R-SR 24-3 0.32 .222 0.13 0.14 0.57 0.06 15 OH/RS Sadie Dick (transfer) R-FR 2-0 0.00 -1.000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NEWCOMERS # POS. PLAYER YR. HT. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL / LAST SCHOOL 10 S Rachel Fairbanks FR 6-0 Tustin, Calif. Foothill HS 12 L/DS Emmy Klika FR 5-7 Novelty, Ohio Glimour Academy 13 OH Leketor Member-Meneh SR 5-8 St. Louis, Mo. Lutheran HS South / Missouri 18 RS Eliana Posada FR 6-2 Houston, Texas Obra D. Tompkins HS 19 MB Makayla Jackson FR 6-2 Plum, Pa. Plum HS 21 MB Serena Gray SR 6-2 Temple City, Calif. Temple City HS / Penn State 2 2021 PITT VOLLEYBALL QUICK FACTS 2021 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (ET) Saturday Aug. 14 # Blue vs. Gold Fitzgerald Field House 1 p.m. Saturday Aug. 21 # at Cincinnati (exh.) Cincinnati, Ohio 1 p.m. Friday Aug. 27 $ vs. Rice Columbia, S.C. 5 p.m. Saturday Aug. 28 $ vs. Washington State Columbia, S.C. 12:30 p.m. Saturday Aug. 28 $ at South Carolina Columbia, S.C. 7 p.m. Saturday Sept. 4 vs. Baylor Knoxville, Tenn. 4 p.m. Sunday Sept. 5 at Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. 1 p.m. Friday Sept. 10 ^ High Point Fitzgerald Field House 10 a.m. Friday Sept. 10 ^ BYU Fitzgerald Field House 7 p.m. Saturday Sept. 11 ^ Bowling Green Fitzgerald Field House 7 p.m. Friday Sept. 17 & at Morehead State Morehead, Ky. 2 p.m. Saturday Sept. 18 & vs. Marshall Morehead, Ky. 2 p.m. Friday Sept. 24 * at North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m. Sunday Sept. 26 * at NC State Raleigh, N.C. 1 p.m. Wednesday Sept. 29 * Virginia Fitzgerald Field House 6 p.m. Friday Oct. 1 * Duke