Pitt volleyball just keeps taking down Big Ten teams. First, Michigan came to town for the second round and the Panthers took them down to advance to the Sweet 16. On Thursday at Petersen Events Center, the matchup for a ticket to the Elite Eight was against Minnesota.

Coach Dan Fisher has history with Gophers coach Keegan Cook, too. The two coaches met in the 2020 NCAA tournament when Cook was coaching Washington. Pitt lost that match and missed out on what would’ve been its first Final Four.

This time, Fisher and the Panthers came out on top. The Panthers won all three sets of this matchup (25-16, 25-23, 25-22) against the Gophers, sending them to their sixth straight Elite Eight.

Match flow

The Panthers made a statement to open the first set quickly jumping out to a 6-1 lead, which

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