u/DocSteel

My recap from the Pete last night — that 38-36 third set was truly bonkers.

Two years ago, Pitt Volleyball was 14-0 headed into a midseason home-and-home series against SMU, won in Pittsburgh, but lost in Dallas.

Will this 14-0 Pitt team create a different result against SMU?

The match itself was pretty much a laugher, so I used the opportunity to look at the Panthers in non-conference play and name MVP(s), best rotation and best surprise so far.

Pitt Volleyball head coach Dan Fisher only voiced one complaint about his team's new arena: it's a bit noisy.

"Some of those early timeouts were really hard for me to communicate with the players," Fisher said with a smile. "This place is an incredible environment. It's loud. There's a lot of energy...

I'm going to write 30 or so of these recaps, so I am *not sorry* for making it fun for myself with the Disney Parks metaphors.

My game story from overnight -- that is one difficult road environment in Provo, and Pitt really proved its mettle with how the defense improved over the course of the match.

Coach Sheffield's quote off the top didn't have much to do with the rest of my game story, but I had to lead with it because... WOW.

Great win for Pitt to begin the season -- hard to believe that was only Match #1 with how strong they looked in almost every element of the match.

Hello, r/pittsburghpanthers! I'm delighted that Panther-Lair has brought me on for volleyball coverage this season. I'll be recapping most matches and previewing several of the big ones (Sunday's match, a Top-5 battle, definitely counts). Hope you follow along!