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TRUMP LEADS IN FINAL HOURS The Pitt News Staff Editor’s note: We know by the time this story comes out in print, a winner will likely have been announced in the 2016 presidential election. But at the time of print last night, the race was too close to call. The version of this story that appears on pittnews.com will have the most updated information.

Student voters, many of them for the first time in their lives, turned out in droves to vote in the Allegheny County elections Tuesday — more than 4,400 just at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, the William Pitt Union and Posvar Hall.

As the race between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton remained tight, Republican Pat Toomey beat Democrat Katie McGinty for the United States senator seat. Democrat Josh Shapiro won the Attorney General spot and Eugene DePasquale won Auditor General. The Associated Press called the election for Trump in Pennsylvania at about 1:45 a.m.

But by 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, the most contentious race of this election was still too close to call. It was almost certain the race would tilt to the business mogul and reality television star, as he only needed six electoral votes to reach the 270 tipping point. As the polls came in, and the map began to bleed red from North Dakota to Texas, an election that to many seemed like a surefire Clinton victory began to slip into uncertainty.

Michael Walczak, a first-year mechanical engineering major, said Donald Trump’s national lead was “quite shocking,” despite his own political leanings.

“I still am a Trump supporter, but the way things were going within the past few weeks, it didn’t look very well for him,” Walczak said. “So I will admit that I had my doubts, but I will tell you right now, it’s shocking what I’m witnessing.”

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John Hamilton SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Other students, though, began gathering on Bigelow Boulevard to protest at about 1:30 a.m. For students on campus who identify with minority groups that Trump has threatened, his lead in the electoral college at that point was beyond a simple political concern.

Aya Shehata, a sophomore double majoring in psychology and sociology and the social chair of Pitt’s Muslim Student Association, was shocked. On Tuesday night, she sat in her apartment trying to study for a psychology exam, despite the distress she felt as the election reports poured in.

Shehata, who wears a hijab, said a Trump win will make her fear for her safety.

“I’m scared to leave my apartment building to take my exam,” Shehata said.

“I’ve got the signs right on me — screaming out ‘Muslim’ — and I don’t know what to expect.”

Shehata and her friend Zuri KentSmith — a sophomore economics major — started a petition to have exams moved so that students’ grades won’t suffer as a result of the election. As of 2 a.m., nearly 900 students had signed it.

Because she lives on a college campus and in a city, Shehata said she has hopes that others will be understanding. Shehata worries that her identity as a female minority group will prevent her from getting a job during the Trump presidency, but said she has faith that no one will be discriminated against without the consent of the public.

“Bigotry is only perpetuated through people. No matter what [Trump] says,

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you can form your opinions, you can form your own opinions of people,” Shehata said. “Every wall that’s built, we’re going to take that down. Nobody is going to be discriminated against if we stand together — against the racism, against the misogyny.”

Women, Hispanic citizens and Muslims have been victim of the brunt of Trump’s more vitriolic comments this election season. But on campus, even Trump supporters who fell into one of those marginalized groups remained faithful.

Ashley Ward-Willis, a sophomore studying political science, said that although she supports Trump’s policies, she does not condone any of his racist or sexist comments.

“Everything he said that’s racist and offensive and sexist and misogynistic and xenophobic –– we don’t condone that at all,” Ward-Willis said. “The election comes down to policies and real factual matters and not just emotions.”

Trump has campaigned on a far right platform, focusing on strict immigration reforms, increasing international issues of security and renegotiating trade deals to improve the country’s position in international deals.

Trump’s primary opponent, Clinton’s platform focused on increasing gun control, providing affordable health care and providing immigrants with a path to full citizenship.

Nearing 2 a.m., pundits on national broadcast channels said the election results were standing in “suspended animation,” leaving Pitt students at watch parties quite literally on the edges of their seats.

As the election results unfolded, students gathered at friends houses or in groups around campus to watch the polls together.

Pitt’s Black Action Society hosted their own watch party with about 80 students that was riddled with shouts, of both excitement and fear as Trump moved closer See Election on page 3

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Robert Gartei, a senior studying Anthropology and Africana studies, said the issue in this election is with the American education system, as opposed to being a simple matter of political ideologies.

“Trump is speaking from a position of ignorance to people who are ignorant. The public school system doesn’t teach Americans to think critically, they teach them to ingest stereotypes,” Gartei said. “That’s how we have Trump. If we teach people to engage others with a different perspective and how to understand perspectives different from their own, we wouldn’t have as many conflicts.”

Aminata Kamara, president of the Black Action Society, said her heart is hurting with the incoming results of Ohio and Florida.

“Trump winning would be a slap in the face to black people in America,” Kamara said. “It’s demoralizing that someone who has insulted multiple groups in America

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could become the Commander-in-Chief.”

While Trump supporters were the minority on Pitt’s campus, his voter base spread far and wide across the city.

John Delallo, a 67-year-old Vietnam War veteran, went to John McMillan Church’s this morning at 7 a.m. to work at its polling station, he was surprised to see over 150 people in the church’s vestibule that early.

“If there’s any salvation to the boorish behavior of Trump, and the lies of Hillary Clinton, it encouraged very likely the largest voter turnout ever,” he said.

At a Republican watch party in the South Hills, 57-year-old Sofia Janis of Upper St. Clair cupped her hands over her cheeks when Trump won Florida, a smile forming as she stared at the screen where results were displaying .

“Of course I was very happy, but more in disbelief that this is actually happening,” Janis said. “The people have spoken tonight.”

Other groups — and Hemingway’s Cafe, where TVs played the Penguins game instead — decided to steer clear of

watching the election.

The Rainbow Alliance office in the William Pitt Union hosted about 10 students for an election-free zone.

“I think this is an important space for people who care too much,” said sophomore Kayla Bradley, who was attending that night. “Especially if you get emotionally invested, it’s good to tune out for awhile.”

Bradley voted in the election but felt it was nice to not have the election constantly in the back of her mind. She occasionally drifted into the other room to check results, but promptly returned to the election-free zone to color and talk to fellow students.

President Peter Crouch wanted to make sure that anyone who didn’t want to get wrapped up in all the commotion of the election had a place to be with people who felt the same way.

“As far as the LGBT community goes, there is so much that is political,” Crouch said. “These are big issues, so it matters who is in charge of making those decisions.”

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Blaise Beebe, a first year philosophy and politics major, said to him, Trump’s policy will ultimately be unifying.

“We have to include everyone but we can’t always just surrender to a politically correct agenda,” Beebe said.

In the final minutes of the polls, Chelcie Alcorn, a senior psychology major, said her faith in polling has been destroyed because polls predicted Clinton for the whole electoral map and for Pennsylvania.

“I’m just really upset right now,” Alcorn said, her voice cracking. “I’m ashamed and disappointed. I’m hoping that we can come together and make a better tomorrow out of this and people will learn that their vote actually does matter.”

Ward-Willis said she understands how hard it must be for people who did not support Trump to see his victory.

Ultimately, she said the results were indicative of the state of America.

“He tapped into a very real emotion that a lot of people are very tired of the establishment,” Ward-Willis said. “Whether you like him or not, he accessed a very real emotion in so many everyday Americans.”

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Students, pg. 4 the polls. Koldhekar posted on Twitter about the incident to make sure that other voters, especially first-time voters, are aware of their rights.

“Minorities are more likely to have their registration challenged,” Koldhekar said.

“You shouldn’t have to fight for your right to vote.”

Closer to campus, Maddy Brannon also ran into unexpected issues at her polling station on Semple Street.

Brannon, a junior natural sciences major and a Trump supporter, said that when she got to the polls, the workers couldn’t find her name in the system. She had registered to vote through a Clinton-supporting group on campus. Brannon commented on the issue with her Republican ballot and said she thought the election was rigged to be begin

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Brannon said this election is important because the United States is at “the turn of a third world war” with fighting ISIS. “Hillary Clinton won’t do anything to stop ISIS,” Brannon said. “Honestly, we need to start a war. It’s not what I want, but those are not the kind of people you can sit down and have a conversation with.”

For most students, however, the only obstacles to voting on campus were long lines and difficult decisions.

Kim Rooney, a sophomore double majoring in English writing and communications, passed through the polling station in Soldiers and Sailors. Rooney, a first-time voter, cast her ballot for Clinton. “[Voting was] a little anticlimactic after the crazy campaign season we’ve had,” Rooney said. “It feels strange knowing nothing more can be done.”

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STUDENTS SWARM POLLS Many students sent in absentee ballots for their polls at home this election, but more than 4,400 others voted at the three closest polling places on Pitt’s campus.| by The Pitt News Staff In Posvar’s, Soldiers and Sailors’ and the William Pitt Union’s halls, thousands of Pitt students waited in snaking lines, many leaving wearing their first “I Voted” stickers.

For many students, this presidential election was the first cycle they could vote in, finally across the threshold and able to cast their ballots. Most students voted without any hitches except for long lines. Volunteers handed out stickers, coffee, pizza and sandwiches as repayment for their time.

In front of Soldiers and Sailors, students could even get free food, including hot dogs, from food trucks brought in by NextGen Climate, a political organization focusing on the prevention of climate change.

On Pitt’s campus, more than 4,400 students voted at the three stations heavily visited by student voters.

According to James Love, the judge of elections at Posvar Hall, the station saw 962 voters from 7 a.m. Tuesday morning to 8 p.m. that night.

The polling station at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall saw 1,642 voters while polls were open, according to Blithe Runsdorf, the station’s judge of elections. Runsdorf, who has been a judge of elections for five cycles, said the voter turnout at Soldiers and Sailors was “very high.”

“I think [voting is] a very important thing. Not enough people register, and not enough people vote,” Runsdorf said. “[Voting is] the only way to have a say in what our government does.”

A mishap at Runsdorf ’s station, though, caused an Allegheny County judge to issue a court order late Tuesday afternoon clarifying the roles of poll watchers and the ways that students can prove they are registered to vote.

Earlier on Tuesday, a Democratic poll watcher admitted to helping students who

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didn’t appear on Runsdorf ’s official rolls look up whether or not they were registered online. But while he did so, the poll watcher interacted with Runsdorf, which is not allowed. Judge Jill Rangos ordered that poll watchers could not interact with a judge of elections about a person’s registration but that students could show a judge that they were registered on the State Department’s website by using their laptops or phones.

Across the street, Alethea Sims –– who has been a poll worker since 2007 and a judge of elections since 2009 –– was the judge of elections at the Union. Sims, 60, said the polling station saw 1,880 voters on Tuesday but voter turnout dropped from the nearly 2,200 people who voted at that station in 2008, two election cycles ago.

“Everything went as smooth as can be expected,” Sims said.

Although all three judges of elections in Oakland said the voting this year went smoothly, Pitt medical student Amol Koldhekar ran into some difficulties when he walked into his polling station in Bloomfield on Tuesday morning.

Koldhekar got to his polling center at the Shepherd Wellness Community Center before 7 a.m. to ensure he had plenty of time to vote. Koldhekar had voted in his precinct before, so he shouldn’t have needed to bring photo ID with him.

When he arrived at the polling place, however, one of the workers said he needed to show his ID before he cast his ballot.

Koldhekar presented his Pitt ID, which the worker claimed was insufficient since it wouldn’t be considered acceptable ID to get Koldhekar into a bar.

Although the workers eventually allowed Koldhekar to cast his vote for Clinton, he was frustrated by the difficulty he ran into at Kait Pendrak handed out ‘I voted” stickers on campus Tuesday.

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AT THE POLLS:

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MAURA HILSEY, FIRST YEAR

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First-year nursing student Maura Hilsey voted for Constitution Party Presidential candidate Darrell Castle and vice presidential Hudson Carter, sophomore microbiology major, voted for candidate Scott Bradley. Down the ballot, she voted Republican.

Clinton. “Between her and Trump, I feel like her policies are “I felt like both [Clinton and Trump] were very extreme, and I better. Trump doesn’t have a policy plan per say. Maybe he can didn’t necessarily agree with all of the policies of each person. I just figure it out, but that’s kind of a wildcard.” wanted to be able to vote for what I believed in,” Hilsey said. “[The Constitution Party candidates] have a lot of the same values and morals I think that I hold to be true. It was kind of like a combination, I thought, between the two parties.”

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Julia Stein, a senior psychology major, voted for Hillary Clinton at St. Paul Cathedral’s Synod Hall.

“I’m appalled at Trump, and the world seems very sad right now,” Stein said. “I hope it’ll be better tomorrow — I’ll feel excited only if it’s all okay tomorrow.”

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HARLIE CURCIO, SOPHOMORE; BAILEY SMITH, SOPHOMORE; PRAGNYA LYENGAR, SOPHOMORE

Pitt students Harlie Curcio, Bailey Smith and Pragnya Iyengar all voted for Hillary Clinton at St. Paul Cathedral’s Synod Hall.

Curcio, a sophomore computer science major, was surprised at how quickly it went. “The campaigns have been Kyle Jasko, a Pitt alum who majored in finance, said he voted for going on for so long, and now, it’s all over,” she said.

Trump based on his immigration and Second Amendment policies.

Smith, a sophomore biology major, said that the whole election season felt unreal and she felt a weight had finally “It’s everyone’s right as a citizen to come out to vote,” Jasko said. been lifted.

“Honestly, I would just tell people [who voted for Clinton] to grow Iyengar, a sophomore neuroscience major, was happy that she did her part. “I felt like I was finally contributing up. Everyone has their right to their own choice.” instead of just being a bystander,” she said.

KYLE JASKO, ALUM

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Smooth Election Day in Oakland offers hope With music playing outside the Union and Posvar, food trucks lining Fifth Avenue giving away free food to voters and students eagerly lining up at the polls, Oakland was vibrant on Election Day. After months of ruthless campaigning, rallies, speeches, debates and scandals, Americans finally had the chance to cast their votes. Despite the contentious battle between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump that was often ugly and divisive — and news reports that western Pennsylvania could be a hotbed of voter intimidation, suppression and infighting — Pittsburgh set an overwhelmingly positive and supportive tone on Election Day. The strong community support, active volunteers and voter enthusiasm was a clear contrast and a sign of hope, however small, to the divisive nature of the election.

As Election Day approached, Trump’s encouragements for supporters to watch polling places and controversial accusations of harassment against Republicans in states like North Carolina preceded concerns of voter intimidation and voter suppression in the state. In response, the Justice Department ensured voters were protected by sending out more than 500 personnel in 28 states, including Pennsylvania, to guard against voter intimidation.

But ultimately, the worry and speculation proved to be hollow — at least during the day.

Across Oakland and Pittsburgh, voters seemed to succeed in performing their civic duty, which was a testament to both the strength of our democratic process and the commitment of Pittsburghers to conclude this national struggle as a city united.

On Pitt’s campus, the longest wait reached 45 minutes in the William Pitt Union. The Union reported an 1,800 student turnout at the station and 927 voters had voted at Posvar Hall by 6:15 p.m. One student reported trouble early in the day — Amol Koldhekar said he was asked to show his ID despite voting in the precinct before, we found the majority of students had positive voting experiences. And at

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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, an Allegheny County judge had to issue a court order reinforcing existing rules about poll watcher and election judge interaction, but otherwise, voting was relatively smooth.

Everyone in the community came out and fulfilled their responsibilities in making sure the voting process was smooth, efficient and — most importantly — simple.

Social media played a large role in contributing to the way the day functioned . On Twitter, helpful residents reminded others what Pennsylvania’s tricky ballot initiative extending the age of retirement to 75 was really asking.

Local news outlets, from the Pittsburgh PostGazette, to PublicSource to reporters working for the polling campaign ElectionLand, offered helpful tips and reached out to voters who were self-reporting problems with malfunctioning machines and unnecessary voter ID enforcement.

Calling centers, including Allegheny County’s elections office, both campaign offices and 8600-VOTE remained open all day accepting reports of issues at the polls. Members of the community — despite which candidate voters were supporting individually — seemed determined to support each other.

And the City deserves credit for that, too.

Amie Downs, director of communications for Allegheny County, answered questions directly, sent out mass emails and kept the public and the press regularly updated about voting problems.

Additionally, ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft offered free trips to polls throughout the day. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette offered free access to its site for Election Day and the day afterwards in order to keep citizens updated.

We applaud the community for coming together as whole to ensure every person had their chance to vote without any hassles.

There’s a lot to be upset about after this election season — and yesterday’s results — but the community’s wholehearted effort to see everyone to the voting booth is a silver lining.

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WHO WILL JUMP IN FOR CLARK? Steve Rotstein

unavailable for the 2016-17 sea- Pitt’s nine-man rotation, that leaves two spots son, Stallings must look else- up for grabs. One of them is almost certainly where to fill the gap on the designated for a big man like Rozelle Nix or The regular season hasn’t even started wing left by Clark’s ab- Corey Manigault, leaving Wilson and Milyet, and the Pitt men’s basketball team is alligan to vie for the final backcourt sence. ready dealing with adversity. spot.

“I would say JusWhen sophomore guard Crisshawn Wilson is a 6-foot-5, tice [Kithcart] has Clark suffered a season-ending knee injury 195-pound sophomore p r o b a b l y Monday –– just four days before the Panwith the ability to play worked his thers’ season officially gets underway –– it either point guard or way to w h e r e forced new head coach Kevin Stallings to shooting guard.

He he’s in [ t h e completely rethink the way his rotation is has more experience nine],” Stallstructured. with the Panthers than ings said.

“I It will also force Pitt’s other perimeter would say that players –– namely Justice Kithcart, Damon See Column on Wilson and Jonathan Milligan –– to step up now this puts page 10 the spotlight more and fill the void.

“It limits the options,” Stallings said at a on Damon Wilson press conference Tuesday afternoon. “Cris- and Jonathan Milligan shawn had a very good chance of being a guy in terms of who that other perimeter player that was in the nine.”

That “nine” Stallings speaks of is the core will be.”

Kithcart, one of just group of nine players –– five starters and four two true reserves -– freshmen on that Stallthe team, is a ings prefers quick, dynamto roll with ic point guard as a coach. who has shown It doesn’t Stallings enough mean playin preseason pracers outside tices and scrimthe nine Kevin Stallings mages for the new won’t see Pitt Men’s Basketball Head Coach coach to trust him the floor, as a backup point but the core guard. players are expected to see the bulk of the Originally viewed as Pitt’s playing time. point guard of the future, Clark, a sophomore guard who transKithcart is slated for a key ferred to Pitt from Canada College before role right from the start and the start of the school year, wasn’t expected might even become a starter to earn a starting role in Stallings’ offense –– before the season is over. at least not this year. But he was acclimating With Stallings appointing himself well in the new coach’s system, and Kithcart and junior forward had been considered for a role off the bench Crisshawn Clark (0) will miss another season Ryan Luther as two of the Panin 2016-17. because of a knee injury. Matt Hawley STAFF Now, with the 6-foot-4, 210-pound guard thers’ four reserve players in PHOTOGRAPHER Sports Editor

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CLARK INJURED AGAIN Steve Rotstein Sports Editor

Sophomore guard Crisshawn Clark is officially out for a second season after suffering a left knee injury at the Pitt men’s basketball team’s practice Monday, Nov. 7.

According to Pitt head coach Kevin Stallings, doctors diagnosed Clark with a torn MCL and a torn meniscus, and he may have torn his ACL as well. Stallings didn’t know whether it was related to last year’s injury — to the same knee — and only said that Clark had been cleared to play in August and went down in practice without any contact.

“We are very disappointed to see this happen to a terrific young man and an emerging player in our program,” Stallings said in a press release Tuesday. “He is a true team player who has done everything asked of him since his arrival here. His mental strength and character will enable him to tackle the surgery and rehab with the same effort and intensity that he brings to practice.”

Clark scored six points and grabbed three rebounds in just six minutes of action in Pitt’s 95-65 exhibition win vs. Pitt-Johnstown on Saturday, and Stallings also came away impressed with how he looked in the Panthers’ intrasquad scrimmage on Oct. 22.

“I thought Crisshawn Clark played well,” Stallings said after the scrimmage. “I just think that he was active and he played hard.

He got to the boards, he was physical, he was aggressive. I thought that Crisshawn looked like he was in as good a shape as anybody out there.”

Clark, who transferred to Pitt from Canada College before the season, sat out the entire 2015-16 season after a standout first year in 2014-15.

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Q&A WITH NICK WOLK

The first-year runner gears up for one of his final races of the season, while reflecting on his past season competing for the Panthers. | by Ashwini Sivaganesh | Assistant Sports Editor Before driving 45 minutes home to McMurray, Pennsylvania, to cast his vote in the election, first-year runner Nick Wolk caught up with The Pitt News prior to Friday’s NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals.

Wolk is wrapping up a standout first season with the Panthers, including a 50th place finish at the ACC Championships over the weekend.

He finished third for Pitt’s men’s team with a time of 24:28.9 in the 8k race.

With his first collegiate 10k race this weekend, Wolk spoke about the reason he chose Pitt, teammates he looks up to and individual and team goals for the regional tournament in University Park, Pennsylvania.

The Pitt News: So what made you decide to come to Pitt? And what was it like to meet the coaches and get recruited out of high school?

Nick Wolk: Well, both my parents went here, and my brother goes here, so it was kind of always a dream for me to represent Pitt athletically.

Coach [Jackson]’s first day here, actually, I came to his office and talked to him. I just expressed my interest and then had a good [final] cross country season [in high school], and he started to show interest in me.

TPN: Earlier in the season, you won ACC Cross Country Freshman of the Week. What did that mean for you to get that recognition so early in your collegiate career?

N W : That meant a lot to me.

Being in the ACC has always been a dream of mine — the power conference — with some of the best runners in the country and be recognized at that level. I definitely want to be competing with the best freshmen in the country.

TPN: What was it like to start practicing with the other guys on the team for the first time?

NW: I love the atmosphere with the other guys. I’ve never had such a competitive group Nick Wolk will run the 10k in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals on Friday.

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Being in the ACC has always been a dream of mine.

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of guys around me that could push me everyday. They’re great friends and great athletes.

TPN: Are there any guys on the team that you look up to, whether they’re fellow firstyears or upperclassman runners?

NW: Oh yeah. Matt McGoey, he’s a sophomore on the team, through high school he was always the guy I looked up to. I always thought I wanted to be like him. We were from the same area, so I’d competed against him, behind him before. But when I got here, there’s a bunch of guys with attitudes I respect. Mike Runco and Aaron Lauer — the two guys who are usually ahead of me — I respect them a lot.

TPN: Is there anyone on the women’s team that’s been a motivating factor?

NW: Gillian Schriever — first of all, having an amazing year — has given me a little bit of advice. She was in a similar position as a freshman: she was making huge strides but made a big jump. I hope to be like that someday. She went from 41st to fifth two years in a row, and after a great freshman year, she had an even better sophomore year.

TPN: Coming off of the ACC Championships, what are some of your goals for the

NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals?

NW: Coming into the season, as a team, we wanted to be top seven, and we definitely think that we can do that — even exceed that.

And for me, personally, I want to be in the top group of freshmen, racing up with the top pack. Other than that, just having solid time for my first 10k.

TPN: What was the hardest race for you this season? And with the season’s end approaching, what would you say is your biggest takeaway so far?

NW: The Roy Griak Invitational race in Minnesota. The conditions were pretty terrible, and it was a new experience for me being in a tough competition. I learned a lot about myself and changed my attitude in that race.

It was a very fast start and a big pack of very condensed runners going very fast, so that being my first very fast race made it challenging.

I learned that I have to be a little more aggressive, both in my training and in my racing.

First year was a bit of an adjustment, and I’ve learned. Definitely didn’t make the same excuses I made in high school — that I’m just a freshman, I’m just a sophomore or those guys should be better than me. So I’ve got to learn to leave that behind and compete at the top level now.

Clark, pg 8 A native of Dayton, Ohio, Clark became the 2015 NorCal Freshman of the Year after averaging 15.0 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in his first year at Canada College. He helped the team to a 24-7 record and trip to the CCCAA state semifinals.

Pitt will open the season at home vs.

Eastern Michigan in the opening round of the 2K Classic Benefiting Wounded Warrior Project. Tipoff at the Petersen Events Center is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m.

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Milligan, having played in 30 games last year while averaging more than 10 minutes per game.

Milligan is a 6-foot-2, 170-pound redshirt junior with plenty of college experience, just not at the Division I level. He played two seasons at Kilgore College, earning first-team all-region honors before transferring to Pitt after the 2014-15 season. He played in four of the team’s first five games last year before opting to redshirt because of family issues.

Both players can provide plenty of speed and athleticism off the bench, but it will be tough for Stallings to replace Clark’s physicality in the backcourt. Without even playing in his first official game, Clark is leaving a huge hole in the Panthers’ lineup.

“It’s hard to see somebody that you’ve seen rehab so hard to get back to this point … to see him go down yesterday, it hurt. You really feel for that,” Pitt sophomore guard Cameron Johnson said on Tuesday. “I feel like it’s just something that we need to come closer as a team … make sure he’s OK, keep him involved with the team. And then everybody else has to pick up their game.”

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November 9, 2016

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