Pitt will earn the No. 2 seed in Sunday night’s 2022 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament, where she will face Colgate in the first round.
It was the Panthers’ seventh consecutive and seventh overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament under head coach Dan Fisher, the longest streak in program history. It is also the Panthers’ 18th overall appearance in the tournament. Meanwhile, the Panthers have improved their performance, reaching the Elite Eight in the 2020-21 season and reaching the Final Four for the first time last year.
The second seed means Pitt will host the first and second rounds if he wins the first match. A No. 1 seed like last year would have hosted the Final Four, but Wisconsin (he’s 25-3 overall and a 19-1 Big Ten) seeded them first. Did. They’ll likely travel to Madison if they attend Sweet 16 on Thursday, December 9.
Pitt finished the season with an overall record of 27-3 and an ACC record of 17-1. Earned them a share of the ACC title with No. 1 seed Louisville. They finished with a 5-2 record against ranked opponents and earned a program record four times against top-10 ranked teams.
Pitt will face Colgate in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, December 2 at 7:00 pm at the Petersen Event Center. They’ve played against Colgate before and ended up in a pit sweep at home in 2015.
If he wins, he will face No. 7 seed BYU or James Madison.pit defeat After that, he ranked 7th at BYU in 4 sets on the road in September, First ranking win of the season. They’ll face either team again at the Petersen Event Center on Saturday, December 3rd at 7pm.
This season proved to be a difficult one for Pitt with 12 schools competing in the NCAA Tournament that they have already played in this season. This includes his three ACC opponents, No. 7 Florida State, No. 7 Miami, and No. 5 Georgia Tech, along with Louisville.
Pitt sweeps Miami When straight set florida Same weekend in October.they were defeated Georgia Tech 2 times, 4 sets in the trip When Last Wednesday, a five-set thriller was held at the Petersen Event Center. pit On October 23, he held out in a classic five-set match against then-second-place Louisville. When Got hit by a sweep on the road with them on November 18th.
Other seeded teams that Pitt has played include No. 2 San Diego, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 8 Hawaii, and No. 8 Towson.
After that, San Diego, ranked 25th, breaks the pits in the first race of the season. Five sets at the Texas A&M Invitational. Towson beat Pitt in four sets. The only team to beat Pit at home in 2022.
Pitt sweeps Hawaii at the Texas A&M Invitational When swept No. 5 in Ohio on September 18, First home top 5 win in program history.
The last four teams Pitt has played are High Point, Bowling Green, Utah State University, and Tennessee. Pitt hits Utah At the BYU Nike Invitational on September 2nd. Pitt also dominates Bowling Green When Consecutive Weekends in September in Tennessee When Beat the high point in 4 sets At the final non-conference game on October 2nd.
The Panthers are looking forward to this challenging competition and will be heading to their first-ever NCAA Tournament Finals on December 17 in Omaha, Nebraska.
