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Faculty members introduce union push

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and maintaining Second Amendment rights. College Democrats have voiced support for gun control and minimum wage increases, but have focused more on encouraging students to vote rather than supporting a particular candidate.

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A Pitt professor has publicly announced that University faculty will begin a campaign to organize a faculty union.

After gauging faculty interest, William Haywood Carey, lead organizer of the campaign and United Steelworkers employee, said the committee will direct faculty members to send union authorization cards to the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board. Once the PLRB receives enough cards, they will send ballots to every eligible faculty member.

If more than 50 percent of eligible faculty members vote for a union, the process of forming a union will begin.

The union will include faculty of all ranks, including adjunct and visiting professors. The campaign also includes the faculty of Pitt’s four branch campuses.

University spokesperson, Ken Service said Thursday night the University had no comment on the faculty union.

On Thursday afternoon, Pitt profes-

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Students picked up apples at Harvest Festival Farmer’s Market outside of the William Pitt Union Thursday afternoon.

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College Democrats, Republicans weigh in Elli Warsh, Megan Tingley and Mark Pesto The Pitt News Staff

With the 2016 presidential election nearing the one-year mark, Pitt’s two major political organizations - the Pitt College Democrats and Pitt College Republicans - are forging separate paths to

secure votes.

The Pitt News talked to Republican and Democrat students to map out where the groups’ members stand this election season. In short, while campus Republicans are not supporting the current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, they’re pushing for GOP hardline issues, like building the Keystone XL pipeline

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Cameron Linton decided he was a Republican when he received his first paycheck.

“Roughly 25 percent of my money was taken out of my check before I even got any money,” Linton said. “I found that ridiculous.”

Now, Linton is president of the Pitt College Republicans, a group that has largely narrowed down its support to presidential hopeful Marco Rubio. The Campus Republicans have also decided against hosting “get out the vote” tactics in the largely democratic atmosphere of a college campus in favor of working with party offices in Pittsburgh.

Linton said about 50 students attended the College Republicans’ first meeting earlier this semester on Sept. 3. At the time, 17 Republicans had announced their bids for the party’s nomination. In order to gauge the members’ support for a specific GOP primary candidate, Linton said the group held a straw poll in which members ranked their top three preferred candidates.

The Republicans allocated points to candidates based on their national poll rankings. According to Linton, Marco Rubio, the junior senator from Florida, had the most points, which Linton attributed to his “charismatic” appeal. In the group’s poll, Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon, and John Kasich, the current governor of Ohio, followed behind Rubio.

According to the Real Clear Politics poll, which compiles polling data from Monmouth and the five major news channels in the United States, frontrunner Donald Trump currently has a 6-point lead over Carson, an 18-point lead over Rubio and a 25-point lead over Kasich.

Linton, who personally supports Kasich, said being a student and identifying as a conservative makes him a minority on campus.

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Issues Republicans

Democrats Benefits are not worth the potential social and environmental harm

Keystone xl Pipeline

Raising minimum wage will put more money into the economy and keep workers from relying on government programs In light of recent mass shootings, stricter gun control laws are necessary

In the 2012 presidential election, 67 percent of young people aged 18-29 voted for Obama, compared to just over 35 percent for Romney, according to an analysis from the Center for Information and Research on Civic and Learning Engagement at Tufts University.

“College has traditionally been a place

Environmental risks are miniscule compared to those created by transporting oil by ship or train

minimum wage

Raising minimum wage could have ripple effects, such as higher prices

gun control

Second Amendment rights trump federal gun control, shootings are not a gun problem, but a criminal problem

where students are liberal,” Linton said.

“As we get older, it is proven that many people actually begin to move right on the political spectrum.”

Overall, Linton is optimistic about the Republicans’ chances in the general election.

“If we nominate a legitimate candidate,

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Clinton can be beaten,” Linton said.

Much of the news coverage around the Republican primary elections has highlighted controversial current frontrunner Donald Trump. Linton has been unpleasantly surprised by Trump’s continued popularity with Republican voters.

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Politics, pg. 2 “I hope [support for Trump] peters out,” Linton said, adding that he thought Trump would have dropped out of the race by now. He said he still believes Trump won’t win the Republican nomination, although he has no idea when, or how, Trump’s support will falter.

According to Linton, there is little — if any — pro-Trump sentiment among the Pitt College Republicans.

“Most of us are not large fans of Trump,” Linton said, adding that only one anonymous person voted for Trump in the College Republicans’ September straw poll.

The Democrats Gabbi Hill, President of Pitt College Democrats, said the group is focusing less on picking a candidate and more on encouraging students to vote. She added that many of the members are currently involved in the upcoming Pennsylvania Supreme Court elections.

On Sept. 20, the College Democrats collaborated with the Black Action Society

and Pi Sigma Alpha to register students to vote for National Voter Registration Day through the state’s new online registration form.

“I believe that it is important for college students to vote because decisions that are being made right now are going to be influencing me, my family and the future of their famil i e s ,” Hill said.

Hill said the group will organize additional “get out the vote” activities in the future, but there are no concrete plans right now.

Based on a straw poll, the majority of Campus Democrat members turned out to be Bernie Sanders supporters.

Stephen Berry, a sophomore, said Sanders is a “genuine” candidate whose views on banks and income inequality have been consistent for the past 30 years, but Berry is hesitant to support a self-proclaimed socialist.

“The word ‘socialist’ scares people,” Berry said.

In light of the upcoming election, Hill said the Campus Democrats mainly discuss foreign policy matters and the economy. “ O f course,” Hill said, “environmental issues are also playing a role in the current discussions of [the 2016 presidential election].”

One environmental concern that democrats at Pitt have taken a stance on is the Keystone XL Pipeline—which, if ap-

If we nominate a legitimate candidate, Clinton can be beaten.

Cameron Linton, president of College Republicans

proved, would carry oil from Canada to Nebraska.

In a campus political debate on Oct. 15, campus democrat Chelcie Alcorn said the possible environmental and social harm the pipeline could have on the United States outweigh any of its benefits.

College Democrat member Jacob Pavlecic, a freshman political science and philosophy major, said he became a Democrat because he “believe[s] that government should actively work to help its citizens.”

Unlike the majority of campus democrats, Pavlecic supports, the current Democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton.

“The Republican candidates still have yet to offer any realistic, specific policy details,” Pavlecic said. “Ultimately, Independents will vote for Hillary because she will give details about what she will do in office rather than focus on mere vague promises.”

For an issue-by-issue breakdown of what the Campus Republicans and Campus Democrats discussed at their debate and a rundown of their views, see The Pitt News website.

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Union, pg. 1 sor Robin Clarke made the announcement at the Iris Marion Young Award for Political Engagement awards ceremony, where she was receiving the award. The organizing committee for the union made the decision to announce their campaign five days ago when Clarke found out she would receive the award.

“The University is not, at it’s heart, a business. It is a social, community enterprise,” said Clarke, a professor in Pitt’s English department and core organizer of the union. “I’m really excited at the prospect of having solidarity across all ranks.”

Clarke and four other members of the committee would not release how many people were on the committee.

Clarke said the campaign is affiliated with United Steelworkers, a union organizer that has worked with several other universities in the area, including Robert Morris, Duquesne and Point Park.

According to Jason Beery, a parttime Pitt instructor and member of the

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organizing committee, the committee will send out a press release announcing the campaign next week, in honor of Campus Equity week, an annual event to bring awareness to unfair conditions for contingent faculty nationally.

Last fall, an undisclosed number of professors formed an organizing committee to discuss a possible union, according to Joshua Zelesnick, a visiting lecturer at Pitt and member of the organizing committee. The organizing committee began reaching out to other faculty members last spring to discuss their concerns and improvements.

Beery said the committee cannot release how many faculty members are in-

volved in the campaign already.

According to Paul Elliott Johnson, assistant professor and member of the organizing committee for the union, faculty members are expressing three main concerns, job security, transparency in decision making and academic democracy.

C a r e y said the discovery process will continue until the faculty is ready to vote on forming a union.

“The vote will take place when the faculty is ready. The whole campaign is up to the faculty,” Carey said.

Carey said there was no definitive way to determine when the faculty was ready, and that there was no way to put a “one size fits all model” on the cam-

The University is not, at its heart, a business. It’s a

social, community enterprise.

Robin Clarke, Pitt professor

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paign. Rather, they will proceed based on faculty input.

Clarke said she does not expect any backlash from the University.

Clarke has been waiting to make this announcement for quite some time.

Tonight, she said, the time finally “felt right.”

“The longer you talk about it, the more engaged people become,” Clarke said. “Enough of the people who weren’t ready to speak up are speaking up now.”

In a July 24 interview with The Pitt News, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said while unions are free to organize, they usually do not do so because they feel the administration isn’t serving their interests.

“I certainly hope is that’s not the case here, we’re trying to work on these things here, and I hope that faculty feel that we’re willing to work with them,” Gallagher said. “But if it’s being done because they don’t feel like they’re being listened to, that would be a concern to me because we certainly try to do everything we can.”

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Opinions from the editorial board

Casual Friday Mac attack On Wednesday, the University of Connecticut issued a no trespassing order to former student Luke Gatti after his drunken, obscene pursuit of macaroni and cheese grated on food service workers’ nerves. Gatti got disorderly when workers refused to fill his Oct. 4 order of jalapenobacon macaroni and cheese. Following his arrest, police officers told Gatti to say “cheese” for his mug shot.

Phantom leg On Monday, a thief took bootlegging a bit too literally and stole a leg from the back of a van belonging to an organ and tissue donation organization. The van’s staffers had stopped to eat at a restaurant, but knew something was afoot when they returned to find the cooler containing the leg had run off. The thief managed to get a leg up on authorities, and has not been caught. Of course, he had to heel-toe it out of there to make sure that he got away before the workers’ lunch break ended. The leg’s recipient is hoping for a speedy recovery in his time of knee-d.

Ruff break On Monday, owners of an English bulldog invited authorities for a game of fetch. Suspects Jamill Slaughter and Carla Martinez stole the bulldog, Gunny, during a robbery last Saturday.

They later posted the bulldog for

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sale on Craigslist. They should probably have taken a moment to paws and think about their decision. The owners found the Craigslist posting and arranged to meet the thieves, with investigators in tow to send the suspects to the doghouse.

Change for change On Nov. 3, one lucky Philadelphia voter will get a bailout for filling out a ballot. In an effort to strengthen voter turnout for the mayoral election, election officials are entering voters into an election lottery worth $10,00 0.

Now, Philadelphia voters can both cast a vote and cash a vote.

If the lottery is successful, officials may just convert the ballot box into a slot machine for next year’s election. In other news, the voter turnout is expected to triple.

Provocative statements A Romanian education ministry official is taking a walk of shame after backlash from his sexist comments forced him to resign from his post. During a press conference on Tuesday, Vasile Salaru said that Roman schools should teach women to wear high heels, dance the tango, be a good host and walk enticingly in public. In his opinion, girls should walk with “chest out, bottom out, let the boys faint,” and in the Romanian public’s opinion, Salaru should just get out, get out and leave all women alone.

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restrictivE legislation threatens voting rights

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Alyssa Lieberman Columnist

Every time I call home, the conversation follows the same route.

Once my dad gets past the pleasantries, he dives into what he really wants to talk about, the presidential election. Within three minutes, I’m fielding questions about one candidate’s gaffe or the winner of the last debate.

The presidential race is inescapable in my day to day life. While talk of the upcoming 2016 election captivates the United States, part of the nation

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struggles to even participate in the elections.

Recently, Alabama evoked national backlash after shutting half of its DMVs — most of which served areas populated by poor, black residents — due to “budgetary constrictions.” These shutdowns came a year after the state implemented legislation — which Hillary Clinton has referred to as a “blast from the Jim Crow past,” — that requires residents to present a driver’s license, employee ID, U.S. passport or other forms of identification to vote.

While states claim new voting laws protect the democratic integrity of our elections, they actually do the opposite . These policies constitute conservatives’ attempts to prevent America’s growing nonwhite, more liberal population from voting and pushing government policy to the left.

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Lieberman, pg. 6 states’ free reign to impose stringent voting requirements. The law was a culminated effort of the civil rights movement to ensure black Americans could easily vote, and protect them from states’ racist attempts to exclude minorities from the voting polls.

For 50 years, it did just that. But in 2013, the Supreme Court decision Shelby v. Holder stripped the VRA of many of its essential components by removing the states’ obligation to obtain preclearance from the federal government before altering their voting laws.

Since then, states have continued to exercise racist sentiments in new ways by implementing restrictive voting legislation that limit access to voter registration, ID requirements, early voting and other measures.

Republicans assert that voter fraud is the basis for new voter legislation, but this claim has little legitimacy, as voter fraud is extremely rare.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, in a massive state like Texas — populated by 25 million people — there have been only 100 federal prosecutions of voter fraud in the past 10 years.

For a while, this was the case in Pennsylvania. In March 2012, thenGov. Tom Corbett signed the Voter ID Bill, legislation that required voters to present photo-identification at the polls. This law made it increasingly difficult for many to vote, especially students, minorities and the elderly, who were the least likely to have the necessary documents to vote.

These groups are, coincidentally, the most likely to vote Democrat, as 59 percent of voters under 29 vote Democrat, while only 36 percent vote Republican, according to a 2014 Gallup poll. Similarly, nearly two-thirds of black voters identify as Democrats, and the majority of Hispanics who do not consider themselves independents identify as Democrats as well, according to a 2013 Gallup study.

These laws also affect the likeli-

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TNS hood of young minorities voting. 17.3 percent of black youth, 8.1 percent of Latino youth and 4.7 percent of white youth cited their lack of adequate ID as their reason for not voting, according to a 2013 study co-authored by Cathy J. Cohen of the University of Chicago and Jon C. Rogowski of Washington University in St. Louis.

Though Corbett claimed 99 percent of Pennsylvanians already had the ID

comparisons of voter registrations and PennDot ID databases.

Luckily, voting restrictions are now simply a piece of Pennsylvania’s past, as Pennsylvania judge Bernard McGinley struck down the restrictions in January 2014, stating that while “voting laws are designed to ensure a safe and fair election … the voter ID law does not further this goal.”

Residents in other states aren’t quite

While states claim new voting laws protect the democratic integrity of

In Alabama, the effects of voter ID requirements are already apparent .

Though a state issued ID is one of the accepted forms of identification at voting booths, these are not easily accessible to many poor or black residents, as many lack the time or transportation necessary to acquire an ID. While Republicans claim that these IDs are easily accessible, Alabama only issued 5,294 IDs last year to the half a million Alabama residents without the required identification for voting, according to state officials.

To combat this growing trend, we need to halt the changes to the Voting Rights Act. This halt may require additional legislation. This past June, Democrats in the state senate proposed new legislation, titled the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015, to restore the VRA’s original objective. The bill — which has only one Republican sponsor — will require states to clear future changes in voting laws, including ID requirements, with the federal government.

So far, this presidential race has gold-plated the vision of an America that works for all of its citizens. To hit this standard, people can’t simply talk about the election, they need to participate in it.

Alyssa primarily writes on social justice and political issues for The Pitt News.

Write to her at aal43@pitt.edu.

our elections, they actually do the opposite. needed to vote, according to data released by state election officials, 9.2 percent of Pennsylvanians did not have the required ID to vote in the 2012 election. This disproportionately affected urban areas likely to go blue in the 2012 elections, like Philadelphia, where 18 percent of its residents did not have the proper identification cards, based on

as fortunate. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, since 2011, 49 states’ legislatures have introduced 468 laws with new voting restrictions. Twentyone states have imposed new voting restrictions since 2010. Of these states, 15 have mandated legislation that will be effective for the first time during the 2016 presidential election.

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Sports Road Game at Cuse doesn’t intimidate No. 25 Pitt Jeremy Tepper

Senior Staff Writer Tyrique Jarrett will hardly hear the opposing fans in the enclosed Carrier Dome on Saturday, as Pitt’s football team prepared for the roar in practice with speakers simulating crowd noise.

“We go into the game thinking it’s not really their home field. It’s ours,” Jarrett, a junior defensive tackle, said.

“We look at our fans, and we look at one another. We just think we’re going to go up, and we’re going to do what we need to do in order to execute, in order to get this W.” On Saturday at noon, No. 25 Pitt (5-1, 3-0 ACC) will hit the road again against Syracuse (3-3, 1-1 ACC) at the Carrier Dome. Pitt’s 3-1 away record backs up Jarrett’s claim about having multiple home fields, a trend he and Pitt’s defense will try to continue at the Carrier Dome.

Even though Pitt’s played four of its first six games on the road in hostile, raucous environments, Jarrett and his teammates are ready for that atmosphere due to their practice routine.

The dome presents a different kind of environment because its enclosed roof amplifies crowd noise. Pitt center Artie Rowell, though, said it will be nothing they haven’t heard in practice, where the team uses its speakers to simulate crowd noise and make play calling more difficult.

“What we practice with will be louder than anything we’ll play with, unless they show up with 40,000 people that have blow-horns,” Rowell said.

Besides a noisy environment, the Panthers expect a hard-fought game, as two of their last three contests with Syr-

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Center Artis Rowell leads a block for running back Chris James. Jeff Ahearn ASSISTANT VISUAL EDITOR acuse come down to one point. The Panthers won last year’s game 30-7, though senior cornerback Lafayette Pitts anticipates a game more similar to the other two. Pitt won the 2013 contest 17-16 and lost 14-13 in 2012.

“We know it’s going to be a dog fight,” Pitts said.

Coming off three consecutive losses after starting the season on a threegame winning streak, the Orange know this game is important for their bowl chances. The team must win three more games to become eligible and faces a difficult end to its schedule.

Syracuse’s strength comes on offense, where it averages 32.2 points per game, good for 53rd in the country. Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi said Syracuse splits the pass and run about 50-50, though he’s been especially impressed with quarterback Eric Dungey.

The freshman signal caller has compiled 810 yards and thrown nine touchdowns to one interception. His 167.1 QB rating ranks 10th in the country.

“I’m very impressed with their quarterback,” Narduzzi said. “The guy’s got some moxie at quarterback, and he’s a football player. He does some great

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things.”

Schematically, Pitts said Syracuse likes to spread out its receivers and run a lot of empty backfield formations. The Orange also like to throw it deep, mainly to receivers Steve Ishmael and Brisly Estime, who have season-long receptions of 62 and 89 yards, respectively.

“They take shots [downfield] a lot, so we’re going to have to actually be disciplined a lot in the backend and up front,” Pitts said.

Defensively, Narduzzi said he sees a lot of Pitt’s defense in Syracuse’s. The See Football on page 10

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Panthers drop second straight road game at No. 22 Duke Jeff Carpenter Staff Writer

Midfielder Sarah Krause gave Pitt its first lead on Thursday.

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In a stretch of road games against ranked teams, women’s soccer coach Greg Miller knows putting up shots and scoring first is paramount.

While Pitt did take a brief lead over No. 22 Duke on Thursday night — thanks to a 24th-minute Sarah Krause goal — the Blue Devils (9-4-4, 3-2-3 ACC) quickly regained the lead en route to a 3-1 win in Koskinene Stadium.

The loss follows a shutout defeat at No. 6 Clemson last Friday in which the Panthers registered just four shots.

“We have to have a little bit better attitude towards scoring goals. Creating is one thing, and scoring is another,” Miller said after the Clemson defeat.

With the late season conference loss, Pitt fell to 10-5-1 and 4-4-0 in the ACC. The Panthers started off strong against

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a Duke team which established itself in the conference last week by topping No. 5 North Carolina.

Early in the game , Krause, a freshman midfielder, got the Panthers on the board first when she put away a rebound from sophomore forward Taylor Pryce in the 24th minute. Krause’s goal was her third of the season and, despite an increasing role on the team, her first tally since Sept. 13 when Pitt topped Akron, 3-0.

Miller spoke highly of the freshman and said the team has made more attempts to facilitate her the ball.

“She did what she’s been doing all season. She’s so good with the ball on her feet. She has wonderful vision,” he said. “She’s so dynamic in what she does, and we’re just trying to get her the ball as often as possible.”

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Football, pg. 8 Orange’s tendency for zone pressures and their third-down package are similar to Pitt’s, Rowell said.

Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney sees both positives and negatives in the defense’s similarities.

“I think it’s good, but it’s also good for them. I think it’s going to benefit us because I do believe they run a similar defense to what we do,” Chaney said.

Syracuse ranks 70th in yards allowed

per game, and Pitt ranks 17th at 300 yards allowed per game. Rowell praised their defensive line, because it helped the Orange defense generate 15 total sacks this season.

“This is one of the best defensive lines we’ll play, so the offensive line has their hands full,” Rowell said.

Specifically, Rowell highlighted defensive end Ron Thompson as an impact player, as he’s accumulated five sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss this season.

Though the offensive line will have plenty to deal with in Syracuse’s defen-

sive line, the unit will try to replicate the success it had last week against Georgia Tech, when the offense scored 31 points, its second best total this season.

Rowell said Pitt’s offense is ready to play consistently dynamic.

“We show all the signs of it. We’re converting on third downs, fourth downs, driving the ball, holding the ball. We can do it. We just need to do it more consistently,” Rowell said.

The offensive line has been a large part of that optimistic prognostication, as defenses have generated minimal pressure

on Pitt quarterback Nathan Peterman, sacking him only 2.33 times per game.

“I don’t think I’ve ever had this good of pass protection in my life, even going back to Pop Warner,” Peterman said.

Saturday’s contest may hold more significance for Narduzzi, as he and Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer coached together at University of Rhode Island in the 1990s. Still, the two coaches will put aside any type of nostalgia come game time.

“It’ll be special before the game starts, and after that, it’s war,” Narduzzi said.

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ton Miller, who buried her second goal of the night, giving Duke a 3-1 lead. The Blue Devils outshot Pitt by a 22-14 margin and led in corner kick opportunities, which finished at 5-1 in Duke’s favor.

Pitt has now lost four of its last five games, all ACC battles. Three of the losses came against ranked opponents, with a strong Boston College squad also mixed in. A 1-0 overtime victory over Syracuse split up the two-game losing streaks.

Despite the string of losses, Greg Miller remained upbeat in the team’s improvement.

“I’m really pleased with our effort and the fact that we created wonderful goal scoring chances,” he said. “We feel good about what we set up, but we’re disappointed that we’re still unable to finish those chances to give ourselves a lead.”

With the season coming to a close, the Panthers will try to finish out the season on a positive note with another road game against a ranked team. They travel to Blacksburg, Va., to take on No. 7 Virginia Tech (13-2-2, 5-2-1 ACC) on Sunday, Oct. 25. The last time the two teams played, Pittsburgh was home in 2013 and fell by the score of 4-0.

The Hokies took on No. 1 Florida State on Thursday night and finished in a scoreless draw. The VT contest kicks off at 1 p.m. and will be the Panthers’ final road game, as well as Virginia Tech’s senior night. Pitt then comes home and closes out its home schedule against No. 2 Virginia (12-1-1, 6-1-0 ACC) on Halloween.

Pitt’s lead didn’t last long as Duke’s sophomore forward Imani Dorsey tied the game up just six minutes later. Dorsey shot a rocket with her left foot from 20 yards out for her third goal of the year on an assist from sophomore midfielder Ashton Miller.

Just a minute later, Ashton Miller notched her third goal of the season as well, putting the Blue Devils on top with an assist from junior midfielder Toni Payne. Ashton Miller’s 27-yard strike shot found its way past the outreached arms of Pitt junior goalkeeper Taylor Francis and into the bottom right corner of the net.

The matchup pitted together two of the top goalkeepers in the ACC, between Pitt’s Francis and Duke’s sophomore EJ Proctor. Francis, in 15 games played, has a 77.9 save percentage compared to Proctor’s 82.0 save percentage in 14 starts. Both goalies sit on top of the conference with seven shutouts each.

Francis made her 40th consecutive start for the Panthers, finishing the night with 10 saves to Proctor’s seven.

“When you have a good goalkeeper, sometimes you take it for granted,” Greg Miller said. “You just rely on what she does and does so well ... Having a good goalkeeper allows you to stay in games.

She comes up big more often than not.”

Duke put its finishing touches on the win in the 82nd minute, when a shot attempt from Payne found its way to Ash-

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