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PITT’S HISTORIC SEASON ENDS IN LOSS TO MICHIGAN

CELEBRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE NATIONS

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Assistant Sports Editor

quarterback Kenny Pickett threw for an almost unfathomable 8 yards — easily the least of his career. He completed just 4 of 16 passes while losing a fumble and tossing an interception.

After the game, Narduzzi adamantly defended his quarterback.

“Kenny Pickett is our starting quarterback.

You can’t criticize him,” he said. “You can criticize the football team, criticize me … he’s a competitor. I love that kid.”

The Panthers also committed eight penalties for 54 yards — including five for 30 yards in the first half — which helped Clemson build a 28-10 lead by halftime. Pitt’s lack of discipline was a problem all season long, with the team entering as the 23rd-most penalized team nationally. Throw in the fact that the Tigers

After losing in the second round of the NCAA tournament the past two years, Pitt volleyball thought 2018 was its year — but Michigan ended the Panthers’ dreams of dancing into the Sweet 16 on Saturday night.

“I told the team how proud I was and what a great season it was,” head coach Dan Fisher said after Pitt’s loss to Michigan. “A 30-win season is pretty special, but I know right now it just stings a lot.”

For the first time in program history, Pitt hosted the first and second rounds at home at the Petersen Events Center.

More importantly, they weren’t facing Penn State.

The Panthers had traveled to State College in 2016 and 2017, losing to Penn State in the second round both years.

“This is an opportunity we may never get again so we want to take advantage of that,” junior Layne Van Buskirk said after the game Friday night. “Not being at Penn State is also awesome.”

Pitt already made history this season with the most wins since 1990 and the best record in program history, finishing the season 30-2 with its only loss before Michigan on Saturday night coming against conference rival Duke. The Panthers also won their second consecutive ACC Championship.

In its 3-0 sweep against Iona on Friday night Pitt had 46 kills and a .306 hitting percentage. The Panthers were able to

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Senior molecular biology major Jerrica Jamison tells visitors about the Syria-Lebanon room during the Nationality Rooms Holiday Open House in the Cathedral Sunday afternoon. Sarah Cutshall | senior staff photographer

CLEMSON CLOBBERS PITT, 42-10, IN ACC CHAMPIONSHIP Trent Leonard Sports Editor

After ruining an opponent’s perfect season for two straight years — first Clemson in 2016, followed by Miami in 2017 — another upset victory seemed like a possibility for Pitt football, despite entering Saturday night’s ACC Championship game versus No. 2 Clemson as 28-point underdogs.

But after an ugly first five minutes, it quickly became apparent that this was no Cinderella story, and Pitt was drastically overmatched by the undefeated Tigers. In the end, the same weaknesses that plagued the Panthers all season — an anemic passing game and a tendency to shoot themselves in the foot — materialized Saturday night, leading to a discouraging 42-10 loss at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte,

North Carolina.

“Clemson is the best football we’ve played so far to this point,” Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi said. “They’ll probably win a national championship, in my opinion.”

Coming into the contest, it was no secret that Pitt had a one-dimensional offense. Senior running backs Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall carried the Panthers all year, spearheading the nation’s 14th-best rushing attack with 232.2 yards per game. Their production is what led the Panthers to their first ACC title game in program history.

Conversely, Pitt entered Saturday night with the country’s 10th-worst passing game, averaging 152 yards per game in that aspect.

Against Clemson, 152 yards would have been a massive upgrade. Instead, sophomore

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JEWISH STUDENTS REMEMBER TREE OF LIFE DURING HANUKKAH Erica Guthrie

words, drawings or other forms of art with a message of support and submit them before December began.

In the aftermath of the Tree of Life trag“After the tragedy happened at Tree of edy that claimed 11 lives Oct. 27, Sami RobLife, I knew I wanted to do something,” ertson’s perspective on the story of HanukCastle said. “I met with Professor Aaron kah changed.

Henderson, who’s [an] associate professor “I think for me, it brings into light the for studio arts here at Pitt, and he suggested idea that our light is still burning, and we the idea of utilizing the Forbes Digital Plaza should remember the people that have for something like this.” passed while persevering with our future Castle, the former Miss Teen of generations,” Robertson said.

America, plans on working with OBID to Robertson, a junior studying Spanish and take student-submitted works that demFrench who grew up in Philadelphia, is one onstrate peaceful and supportive mesof approximately 1,600 Jewish undergradusages for all people, and displaying them ates currently studying at Pitt. In light of the on the Forbes Digital Plaza through the recent Tree of Life massacre that occurred in holiday season. The submissions number neighboring Squirrel Hill, some students like about 15, which isn’t as many as Castle Robertson will spend their holiday reflecting hoped, but she wasn’t focused on the on what the celebration means to them. numbers when evaluating the success of Hanukkah, which means “dedication” in the project.

Hebrew, celebrates the rededication of the “My biggest thing wasn’t how many Second Temple in Jerusalem after the people we got, but that some people who felt of Israel revolted against oppressors trying to compelled would submit something,” convert them to Greek paganism in the sec- A mourner rests her hand on a Star of David that read the name of a victim in the Castle said. ond century B.C. This year’s celebration be- Tree of Life Synagogue massacre in October. Photo Courtesy of Rosalyn Yang “Messages of Hope for the Holidays” gan on the evening of Dec. 2 and is observed isn’t the only recognition of Hanukkah Europe and it’s very frightening and so I was not surprised that for eight nights, symbolizing the eight nights on campus.

Many Jewish student organizations, like Hilthe menorah remained lit in the Second Temple during the this happened, unfortunately,” Robertson said. “I think it just lel groups and Chabad, are hosting events for students makes me more melancholic that these people don’t get to celrevolt. celebrating Hanukkah.

One of the largest Jewish student Deirdre Nuebel, a first-year undecided student from New ebrate Hanukkah.” organizations, Pitt Hillel, is hosting a communal candle Nuebel doesn’t participate in any Jewish student organizaYork, said she’s always felt the importance of celebrating Halighting at the Hillel Jewish University Center on each of nukkah, but feels that it’s even more important to recognize tions, but she still wanted to find a way to celebrate the holithe eight nights of the holiday. day with other students this year. She crafted a menorah out her Jewish faith in the aftermath of the Tree of Life shooting.

Renee Cantor, a first-year English literature and writ“It just emphasizes that when a Jewish holiday comes, it of colored butcher paper and hung it up in her dorm hallway, ing major, is a part of Hillel’s Challah for Hunger. She said is nice to celebrate it and it is nice to be with people from the in hopes that it would make other Jewish students feel more at before leaving for college, she typically celebrated Hanukcommunity and recognize that our being Jewish is something home for their first Hanukkah at college. kah with her family by lighting their menorah after dinner “You can’t light a menorah, so I figured that we would do important, no matter how often you do or don’t go to temple,” and saying traditional prayers. the next best thing and have one in spirit. We plan on putting Nuebel said.

“I’m sad that I’m not going to be home, because I’m Due to the rise of anti-Semitic acts globally, Robertson said up the candles each night, cutting out paper candles and putmissing [Hannukah] by a few days, but I’m excited to she was not surprised to hear about anti-Semitic acts in the ting them on,” Nuebel said. “Doing something like this and spend it here with my new friends,” said Cantor.

United States — like the Tree of Life shooting, the vandalism putting a menorah up, even if it’s not an actual one, I think for After the recent events that have impacted the Jewish in a Jewish professor’s office at Columbia and swastikas found a lot of people it engrains a familiar sense of home to them.” community of Pittsburgh, Robertson said the origins of In hopes of supporting the Jewish community, Alana Casin a library book at Carnegie Mellon University. In addition Hanukkah had become more meaningful than ever. to the traditional prayers recited when the menorah is lit, she tle, a first-year student studying psychology and neuroscience, “Religiously for me, the whole story of Hanukkah is wants to include a traditional prayer of healing, mi shebeirach. created a public digital art project called “Messages of Hope that this light burned and that really, I think, is a meta“I’ve frequently gone on Wikipedia and looked up all of for the Holidays.” phor for us,” Robertson said.

“It is the idea that our light Castle, who is not Jewish, invited students to create a few the anti-Semitic acts that have occurred, most specifically in is still burning.”

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Recovering missionary’s body poses threat to Sentinelese people

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Ohio bills threaten reproductive freedom The latest fight over reproductive rights is seemingly developing only one state away — in Ohio.

A series of recently proposed bills in the Ohio legislature has the potential to end abortion access for women in the state and challenge the decades-old landmark Supreme Court case that legalized the procedure. The Ohio bills criminalize choice in a way that is pulling the pro-choice stance of the national conversation about abortion closer to a pronot-getting-arrested-for-exercising-autonomy stance.

The Ohio House passed an abortion bill in mid-November that would punish doctors for performing abortions when they can detect a fetal heartbeat, which can be as early as six weeks into the pregnancy, — a time when most women don’t even know they’re pregnant. If the bill passes the Senate, it would be one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. There are no exceptions for cases of rape or incest.

It’s both unreasonable and inhumane to only allow women the opportunity to end a potential pregnancy in the first six weeks, especially because very few women know they’re pregnant before that point. But now the Ohio House is taking this ban one step further by considering a bill that would ban abortion entirely, not just after a month and a half.

House Bill 565 would classify fetuses as “unborn humans,” making abortion illegal at any point during a pregnancy and allowing no exceptions for rape, incest or danger to the woman’s life. The procedure is not only illegal but opens both women seeking abortions and doctors performing them up to criminal charges. This could mean life in prison or the death penalty, due to the new classification of fetuses as “humans.”

The bill would force women to carry some-

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times unwanted pregnancies to term and seek unsafe abortions, which according to the United Nations Human Rights Council, is the third leading cause of maternal death globally. But on top of this cruelty, House Bill 565 would treat women attempting to exercise control over their own bodies as a criminal offense.

What’s most concerning about both Ohio bills is that they’re outrageous pieces of legislation that could never be upheld in court — and that’s the point. They’re both unconstitutional according to the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion up to the point of fetal viability. Today that point is considered to be at the 24th week of pregnancy.

These bills and many others like them in state legislatures across the country are likely purposefully written with the intent of challenging Roe v. Wade. And they act to pave the way for other, less extreme bills that are still highly restrictive of women’s right to an abortion.

Two years ago in Ohio, Gov. John Kasich vetoed a bill that would ban abortion at the point when a fetal heartbeat could be detected. But immediately after he vetoed that bill, he signed one to ban abortion at 20 weeks.

Ohio became the 18th state to ban abortion at 20 weeks, and the large number of states that have passed this kind of law shows that there is momentum to pass a similar law at the federal level. Compared to the more extreme bill Kasich rejected, the still-restrictive compromise seems a bit more palatable — but is still a restriction of women’s autonomy.

The same situation appears to be repeating itself in Ohio with the latest bills presented to the House. A war on women is happening through extreme legislation — we can’t allow radical proposals to desensitize ourselves to that fact.

Delilah Bourque

Senior Staff Columnist Evangelical Christian missionary John Chau dreamed of a crusade to spread Christianity that began when he first learned about North Sentinel Island in high school, believing he could spread the gospel to the indigenous people of the island.

He tried to make that dream a reality when he visited North Sentinel Island on Nov. 14, bringing a waterproof Bible and gifts for the Sentinelese, like scissors, safety pins and a soccer ball. By Nov. 17, fishermen who helped Chau get to the island saw the islanders dragging his body through the sand. Now the question remains whether or not to make efforts to

retrieve the body of the American missionary, which is believed to have been buried by the Sentinelese.

Retrieving Chau’s body poses a danger both to Indian officials and to the Sentinelese people, who remain some of the last uncontacted people on earth, which in anthropology means they live in isolation from the outside world.

Conflict between those making efforts to retrieve the body and the indigenous peoples has the potential to result in more death, and more contact with the outside world means introducing deadly pathogens to the population and therefore must be avoided.

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The Indian government monitors the Andaman Islands territories, including North Sentinel Island (pictured), home to the Sentinelese tribe — one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes that has little to no contact with modern civilization.

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Bourque, pg. 3 Chau’s missionary work put his beliefs over the wellbeing of the people of North Sentinel Island. He participated in missionary boot camp, where other evangelical missionaries acted as members of an isolated tribe, speaking gibberish and being physically aggressive. The purpose of the exercise was to practice in preparation for contact with the Sentinelese, who are known to be aggressive to outsiders. Despite all this, Chau was encouraged by fellow missionaries to try to make contact.

Already, the limited contact the Sentinelese people have had with the outside world has completely altered their way of life.

One of the first interactions with outside life was in 1981, when a cargo ship named the Primrose crashed on the island.

The ship was abandoned and can still be seen on Google Earth today. Before the crash of the Primrose, anthropologists believed the Sentinelese lived similarly to pre-Bronze age tribes, with no access to metal tools. They were also visited by British imperialists in the 19th century.

Teams of researchers visited North Sentinel island in 1991 to learn about the tribe.

The researchers offered the Sentinelese people coconuts as gifts. Recorded footage of men and women wading into the water to retrieve the coconuts shows some with metal knives hanging from their waists — most likely obtained when exploring the Primrose and other shipwrecks.

Confrontations with the people of North Sentinel Island and the outside world have already proven deadly. Chau is not the first outsider to die on the island and if retrieval efforts are made for his body, he certainly will not be the last.

The Sentinelese killed two fisherman in 2006 when their boats drifted and washed ashore onto the island.

Indian officials were already attacked trying to land on the island to find Chau’s body Nov. 24, and now are reluctant to return. If outsiders arrive armed, attempts to retrieve Chau’s body would most likely end in conflict and death for the Sentinelese.

Even if contact with the Sentinelese does not end in conflict, outsiders can still be deadly to the tribe. Most outsiders have vaccines and immune systems that have adapted to modern diseases. The indigenous people on the island have no vacci-

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nations or immunity to modern diseases, which can spread asymptomatically from a person with a vaccinated immune system.

Even diseases that outside people easily recover from, such as the common cold, could kill every single member of the tribe.

While Chau’s body likely still contains pathogens that could be dangerous to the Sentinelese, it is very unlikely contact with his body would spread disease. The World Health Organization guideline to risks posed by dead bodies outlines that most pathogens cannot survive post-mortem.

“Human remains only pose a substantial risk to health in a few special cases, such as … bloodborne viruses and gastrointestinal infections,” says the WHO website.

While it is unknown whether Chau carried any of these viruses, it is unlikely he would have attempted to contact the Sentinelese if he had a bloodborne or gastrointestinal pathogen, as he tried to ensure he was not sick before attempting to visit the island.

Chau was acutely aware of the risk he posed to the Sentinelese and that, if he died, retrieving his body would be dangerous for everyone involved.

“Don’t retrieve my body,” Chau wrote in a personal journal he kept during his time in India. “This is not a pointless thing — the eternal lives of this tribe is at hand.”

Chau knew the risks of trying to contact the Sentinelese. He was aware of their status as an uncontacted tribe, living separately from the rest of the world. Others had perished at the hands of the Sentinelese, who have made it clear they do not want contact with the outside world. Going to North Sentinel Island could spread deadly disease and kill every single member of the tribe.

Chau knew all of this, and went to the island anyway. That arrogance led him to be killed by the tribe he was trying to convert.

John Chau took his life into his own hands during his visit to North Sentinel Island. When he was killed by the indigenous tribe that lives there, he was facing the consequences of his decision to try to spread the gospel. The risks to officials and to the Sentinelese is too great to attempt to retrieve the body of one man who knew the risks he was taking with his life and with the lives of the native people. Putting more lives in danger would be a mistake.

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3 takeaways from Pitt versus Clemson Nick Carlisano Staff Writer

The Pitt Panthers fell 42-10 to the No. 2 Clemson Tigers in the ACC Championship game Saturday night. While an appearance in the title game was welcome, it was evident that there are still areas where this team needs improvement to have success in its bowl game. The Panthers were held back by several factors, but there were a few bright spots to build on for the season finale and next year. Here are three takeaways from Pitt’s performance against Clemson.

Discipline is an issue Pitt was penalized eight times for 54 yards in the ACC title game. Penalties have been a major problem for this team throughout the year, some games more than others, and this was one of those games. The nature of the penalties along with the number are particularly concerning.

On Pitt’s second drive of the game, a ridiculously puzzling sequence unfolded. The Panthers were called for a false start, then couldn’t get the next play off in time and were called for a delay of game. Head coach Pat Narduzzi then called a timeout. After regrouping, the Panthers committed another false start penalty, creating an impossible third-and-28 situation. Sophomore quarterback Kenny Pickett fumbled on the ensuing play, setting up Clemson’s second touchdown.

Shortly after, an impressive defensive sequence gave the offense a great field position. A drive that began to pick up steam lost its momentum with a third false start. The penalty turned a

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second-and-1 into a second-and-6 — the Panthers lost an opportunity at an easy first down and punted two plays later.

Narduzzi also called an ill-advised timeout to start the third quarter, likely to avoid a fourth false start. Had the game been close, that would have been a terrible waste of a timeout that could have been crucial down the stretch. Either way, the offense should have been more prepared coming out of the break.

This Pitt team lacks discipline and it starts with Narduzzi and trickles down to the players.

He’ll have to get things together for the bowl game. Self-inflicted errors alone didn’t lose the game for Pitt against an obviously superior Clemson team, but in a closer contest, penalties and timeout management often make the difference.

Pitt’s Jekyll-and-Hyde defense The Panther defense was much maligned for the first half of the season. Poor play led to a bad loss to UNC and blowouts at the hands of Penn State and UCF. But the defense’s habit of giving up huge plays overshadowed the fact that it had the ability to hold teams in check. That potential blossomed in the second half of the year against Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.

Both sides of the coin were on display against Clemson.

Clemson sophomore running back Travis Etienne took it to the house for 75 yards on the very first play of the game. A 45-yard Etienne rush later put the Tigers in Panther territory, setting up their third touchdown. The ACC Player

of the Year was running wild and it looked like things would get out of hand quick.

But things didn’t — Pitt’s defense had some exceptional moments, despite what the final score said, forcing several three-and-outs and many Tigers punts. On one Tigers drive, they tested the Panthers by going for it on fourth down and the defense came up huge by shutting it down.

Pitt’s offense twice turned the ball over to give Clemson the ball in or around the red zone. It’s unreasonable to expect the defense to be able to shut down such a high-powered offense in those situations.

The Panthers also shut down highly touted first-year quarterback Trevor Lawrence for the most part, as he completed only half of his 24 passes for a mere 118 yards.

With the season coming to a close, it’s finally clear what to expect from the defense. It will likely give up a few big plays due to missed tackles or blown coverages, but when the players are locked in, it’s a reliable unit. With so many seniors on that side of the ball, it’s a guarantee they’ll come to play for the bowl game.

Pickett must improve Sophomore quarterback Kenny Pickett has been a subject of discussion throughout the season. Two 1,000-yard rushers in seniors Qadree Ollison and Darrin Hall helped Pitt win games behind a tough offensive line. Pickett enabled the success of the run game by taking care of the ball.

This wasn’t the case against Clemson’s topfive defense. Pickett turned the ball over twice

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on Pitt’s own side of the field. One was a fumble and the other was an atrocious interception.

Both led to touchdowns and contributed to a 28-10 halftime deficit when it should have been a much closer game.

Pickett’s final stats were an abysmal 4-16 for a grand total of 8 yards. The sophomore also took three sacks.

Granted, he doesn’t deserve all the blame for the offense floundering. Pickett didn’t commit the five false starts. He had almost no time to throw the entirety of the game, and Clemson’s defense was exceptional.

But Pickett has to take care of the ball. Turnovers are unacceptable in big games and the team that wins the turnover battle almost always wins the game. He also needs to start completing some tough throws. Receivers aren’t always wide open, and as the leader of the offense, the quarterback should be expected to make some impressive plays.

Pickett did enough to maintain his starting job for the duration of this season. He’s only a sophomore and was playing against one of the country’s best teams in his first title game. Next year will be a true test for him. With Ollison, Hall and much of the line gone, he’ll have to do a lot more for Pitt to succeed.

Hopefully he can connect with sophomore receiver Taysir Mack and junior receiver Maurice Ffrench — but for now, Pickett needs to pick up his play for the Panthers to have success in the Sun Bowl versus Stanford and end over .500 this season.

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Panthers to take on Stanford in Sun Bowl Trent Leonard

wrong reasons, however, as Pitt’s unsightly 3-0 loss to Oregon State became one of the lowest-scoring bowl games It’s official — the Pitt football team will in history. take on Stanford in the Hyundai Sun Bowl Bowl games have not been kind to in El Paso, Texas, Dec. 31.

Pitt recently, with the team winning The matchup was announced Sunday just one of its last six postseason apafternoon, about 16 hours removed from pearances — a 30-27 victory over Pitt’s lopsided loss to Clemson in the ACC Bowling Green in the 2013 Little CaeChampionship the previous night. Had the sar’s Pizza Bowl.

Panthers pulled off an unlikely upset, they’d Head coach Pat Narduzzi is still have earned an automatic bid to play in a searching for his first bowl win since takhighly coveted New Year’s Day bowl as coning over the team in 2015. That year, the ference champions.

Panthers were smoked by Heisman-finalInstead, the Panthers (7-6) will play the ist quarterback Keenan Reynolds, who Stanford Cardinal (8-4) on New Year’s Eve, led Navy to a 44-28 victory in the Milialbeit in a historically rich bowl slot. The tary Bowl.

Even with future NFL talents Sun Bowl has existed since 1935, making James Conner and the (now infamous) it the second-oldest bowl game behind the Nathan Peterman, Pitt lost to Northwestprestigious Rose Bowl. It’s still considered Quadree Henderson kneels on the Yankee Stadium field during the ern in the 2016 Pinstripe Bowl. That was a Tier 1 bowl, and has pitted the ACC and 2016 New Era Pinstripe Bowl — Pitt’s last bowl game appearance, Pitt’s last bowl game showing, with the Pac-12 against each other since 2014. which ended in a 31-24 loss to Northwestern. TPN file photo team missing out on postseason contenPitt and Stanford share little history with tion entirely last season. one another, having last met in 1932 — a The Panthers also have some history with the Sun Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. New Year’s Eve, and the game Pitt won 7-0. The Cardinal will look to avenge Bowl itself, having made an appearance as a nine-win this Depression-era loss. team in 2008. That appearance made history for the game will air on CBS. Sports Editor

Championship, pg. 1 scored a touchdown off each of Pitt’s three turnovers, and it’s no wonder the game turned so ugly so quick.

There was nothing subtle about Clemson’s dominance. In fact, it was evident from the game’s very first play, when star sophomore running back Travis Etienne — elected the ACC Player of the Year earlier this week — took the opening handoff 75 yards for a touchdown, weaving through and torching past the Pitt defense.

The Panthers’ second offensive possession served as a microcosm for the entire game. On first down, Pickett completed a pass to Ollison for a loss of four. Pitt followed that up by committing false start and delay of game penalties on backto-back plays, marching the offense back 10 yards. Next, the team burned a timeout to avoid another delay of game, only to come back out and commit another false start. Without running a single play, the Panthers committed three penalties, backed themselves up 15 yards and burned a timeout, setting up a second-and-29.

From there, Clemson’s defense stuffed Hall for just one yard — Pitt’s first positive play of the game. Then on third-and-28, Pickett got hit hard while scrambling in the pocket, coughing up the ball to Clemson graduate defensive tackle Christian Wilkins and bringing Pitt’s nightmarish possession to an end.

Wilkins returned the fumble 18 yards to the Pitt 3-yard line.

Etienne scored from 3 yards out on the very next play, put-

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ting Clemson up 14-0 just six minutes into the game.

Pitt buckled down and performed competently for the remainder of the first quarter and much of the second, getting on the scoreboard with a 37-yard field goal from sophomore kicker Alex Kessman and drawing within 4 points on a 1-yard goal-line leap from Ollison.

Sensing a diminishing deficit, Clemson snapped out of its funk and began to flash its star power. Etienne, along with junior running back Tavien Feaster, single-handedly marched the Tigers downfield to move within Pitt’s 10-yard line. From there, first-year quarterback Trevor Lawrence threw the ball for the first time all drive and connected with sophomore wideout Tee Higgins for a 5-yard touchdown to put Clemson back up comfortably, 21-10.

The Panthers retained possession on their own 20-yard line with 1:03 remaining before halftime, facing a decision to either run the clock out or try and score. Narduzzi, ever the opportunist, kept the offense on the field and elected to go for the latter.

That choice backfired majorly when Pickett, facing pressure in the pocket on third-and-10, stepped up and threw an ill-advised pass that ended up directly in the hands of Clemson sophomore cornerback AJ Terrell, who returned the interception 31 yards to the Pitt 10-yard line. On the very next play, Lawrence again found Higgins in the end zone, putting the Tigers up by an authoritative 28-10 margin.

With the game essentially decided, the second half went by quickly with little to write home about. Pitt, a ground-based team designed to gain a lead and milk the clock by running the

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ball, found itself ill-equipped for a comeback — an issue seen earlier this season in blowout losses to Penn State and UCF. In fact, Pitt’s second half was even worse than its first, with the team rushing for 75 yards, while Pickett somehow underachieved on his first-half five passing yards by throwing for just three in the second. Unable to move the ball at all, the Panthers averaged a paltry 2.9 yards per play in the second half.

Meanwhile, the Tigers tacked on a touchdown at the start of the fourth quarter on a 1-yard rush from graduate running back Adam Choice.

Leading by 25 points, Clemson began to insert its backups as the game neared a conclusion. First-year quarterback Chase Brice came on in relief for Lawrence and rushed for 28 yards to Pitt’s 4-yard line. That set up the game’s final touchdown, which came on a 4-yard scamper from first-year running back Lyn-J Dixon and put the Tigers up 42-10.

Etienne stood out the most in the final box score, showcasing the skill that made him the conference’s best player by rushing for 156 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries. As a team, the Panthers gained a season-low 200 yards. If there was any positive takeaway, their 192 rushing yards marked the most allowed by Clemson all year.

“Obviously, it hurts,” senior defensive back and captain Dennis Briggs said. “We have to get over that because we have another game to go.”

The loss dropped the Panthers to 7-6, meaning they’ll have one last chance to keep their record above .500 in a Sun Bowl matchup versus Stanford (8-4) on New Year’s Eve.

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It looked like the Panthers were on pace to achieve their goal and become the first Pitt team to make it to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament.

“It was good to get the first win off our chest because we haven’t played since last Wednesday,” Fisher said. “I think there was a lot of anticipation, but I’m proud of the girls.”

After a shaky first set where the Panthers were behind a majority of the time, they battled back to win 26-24. Pitt regained its composure to win the second and third sets 25-18 and 25-15, respectively.

Junior Nika Markovic led both teams with 16 kills and finished the day with a .423 hitting percentage. She also reordered her 1,000 career kill during the second set.

“Before the game I wasn’t even thinking of it,” Markovic said. “And then during the game coach mentioned it and I was like, ‘Whatever.’ But now … I’m just really thrilled and grateful for being here.”

Despite its win, Pitt suffered a huge loss when sophomore outside hitter Kayla Lund was carried off the court with a right ankle injury during the third set.

Lund led the Panthers on the season in kills with 387 and aces with 36. She also contributed nine kills to Pitt’s win versus Iona.

Michigan defeated Navy 3-0 earlier Friday night to advance and face Pitt in the second round.

The Wolverines were ranked No. 18 in the AVCA polls Nov. 26 rankings, making them Pitt’s first ranked opponent since facing No. 21 Louisville on Oct. 21.

Pitt seemed to be the favorite on paper, having a higher AVCA ranking (11) and seeding in the NCAA Tournament – the Panthers were the 12 seed while Michigan was unseeded.

That seemed to be true when Pitt won the first set, 25-19. But the Wolverines used the next two sets to prove why they were there, winning 25-22 and 25-27, respectively.

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igan head coach Mark Rosen said. “I’m really proud of how our team fought and made adjustments throughout the match … I really liked how our team competed, especially in the fifth set.”

Redshirt sophomore Zoi Faki was filling in Lund. Before last weekend, Faki had only played in 29 sets. She was second for Pitt in kills against Michigan with 12, but was also charged with five attack errors and three serve receive errors.

“Zoi had a really good game,” Fisher said. “We had been playing one way for pretty much the whole year, so we were in the comfort of playing in the same system. I think [losing Lund] matters, but I don’t know how much.”

The Panthers were feeling the effects of missing Lund, having to change into 6-2 rotation going into the fourth set to counter Michigan’s attack. Pitt won the fourth set 25-21 — forcing a do-or-die fifth set.

“As you can tell, this was two pretty evenly matched opponents,” Fisher said.

“I thought we showed a lot of heart tonight … I thought we gained some momentum, ultimately we just dug a little too big of a hole in the fifth set to overcome.”

The Panthers came out quick in the fifth set — only their third game of the season to go into five sets — and took a 3-2 lead. But Michigan once again battled to go on a 9-0 run and take an 11-3 lead.

Pitt got some momentum going and made the score 13-9, but that was the closest it would get, as Michigan went on to win 15-9.

Michigan took advantage of 29 Pitt errors to end the Panthers’ season. The Wolverines also benefited from a sloppy Pitt serve receive, notching seven aces on the day.

Markovic once again led the Panthers in kills with 19. Michigan senior Carly Skjodt led both teams with 20 kills.

Even in its loss, Pitt once again managed to make history. For the first time in the past three years, the Panthers won at least two sets in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

“I definitely think it’s a step forward,” Fisher said. “But it still stings a lot. We clearly had a team we thought could make the run a little deeper and we fell short.”

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