Panthers to Honor Seniors Friday Night

PITTSBURGH – Pitt gymnastics (5-4, 2-3 EAGL) will honor its graduating senior class in a dual meet against West Virginia (6-6, 0-1 Big 12) to close the 2020 home slate Friday at 7 p.m. at Fitzgerald Field House.

HOW TO FOLLOW

The meet will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra, available via the WatchESPN app.

Live scoring will be available via PittsburghPanthers.com.
Fans can follow along with live updates on Twitter and Instagram @Pitt_GYM.
Tickets are available at PittsburghPanthers.com or by calling the Panthers Ticket Office at 800-643-PITT (7488).

PROMOTIONS

Senior Night: The Panthers will celebrate their graduating senior class at the meet.
Senior Poster: Pitt will give out its third and final 2020 schedule poster featuring the Panthers' seniors.
Junior Panthers Day: All Junior Panthers will receive free admission and a Pitt prize pack.
MVP Night: The Pitt gymnasts invited their "Most Valuable Professors" to be recognized at the meet between the first and second rotations.
Panthers Unite: All Pitt student-athletes are invited to sit in Stick City and cheer on the gymnasts.
Pizza for Students: All Pitt students will receive free pizza at the meet.

SUPER SENIOR SPECIALIST

Pitt senior Alecia Petrikis was named the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Specialist of the Week, as announced Tuesday.
The Specialist of the Week honor is the first of Petrikis' career, and she is the first Panther to earn the distinction since Lucy Brett in 2017. Petrikis was named Rookie of the Week during her freshman campaign in 2017.
A Grove, City, Pa., native, Petrikis is the second Panther to earn an EAGL weekly honor this season, joining classmate Michaela Burton. Burton has earned EAGL Gymnast of the Week honors twice in 2020, on Jan. 14 and Feb. 11.
Petrikis picked up individual titles on both events in which she competed Saturday afternoon to help lead Pitt earn tri-meet wins against Towson and Yale. She led off with a 9.850 on vault and closed with a career-best 9.900 on floor exercise. Her wins marked her third of the year on vault and her first on floor. Her 9.900 floor score is a team-best this season.

RANKING THE PANTHERS

Senior Michaela Burton is the EAGL's top performer on uneven bars with an average score of 9.829. She has earned the individual title for the event in five of the Panthers' six meets so far this season, recording a team-best score of 9.850 three times.
Burton ranks second in the league on beam with an average score of 9.821. She owns the Panthers' top score on the event this season, earning a 9.925 at the George Washington Quad Meet Jan. 31.
Sophomore Olivia Miller debuted in the EAGL beam rankings this week with a 9.800 average for the event.
After posting season-best teams scores on vault, beam and floor Saturday, Pitt moved up in each category in the EAGL rankings. The Panthers are third on vault (48.708) and bars (48.438), fourth on floor (48.742) and fifth on beam (48.317).

LAST TIME OUT

Pitt won a tri-meet at Fitzgerald Field House Saturday afternoon, defeating Towson (6-3, 1-3 EAGL) and Yale (8-4, 1-1).
The Panthers recorded program top-10 scores on balance beam (49.075, T-eighth) and floor exercise (49.275, T-ninth) en route to their third-highest overall score of the season at 194.700. Towson came in second at 193.200, with Yale in third at 193.050.
Pitt had season-best scores on three events: vault (48.975), beam (49.075) and floor (49.275).
The Panthers earned four out of a possible five individual titles, with senior Alecia Petrikis winning vault (9.850) and floor (9.900), and senior Michaela Burton picking up uneven bars (9.775) and beam (9.875). Petrikis' 9.900 on floor marked a career high.

SCOUTING THE MOUNTAINEERS

West Virginia (6-6, 0-2 Big 12) will compete against Pitt for the second of three times this season at Friday's meet.
In the teams' last meeting on Jan. 31, Pitt defeated WVU at a quad meet hosted by George Washington (195.700-194.850).
The Panthers will travel to Morgantown March 1 for a tri-meet along with Rutgers.
Last time out, West Virginia placed second in a tri-meet at Oklahoma, where the No. 1 Sooners emerged victorious with a score of 198.400. The Mountaineers produced a 195.575, defeating Texas Women's, which scored a 193.875.
The Mountaineers' highest score of the season, 196.025, came in a tri-meet against New Hampshire and Temple Jan. 26.
Friday will mark the 80th meeting between the Panthers and the Mountaineers, with WVU leading the all-time series 15-64. Pitt holds a 10-24 record against West Virginia when competing in Pittsburgh.

UP NEXT

The Panthers will fly to Cedar City, Utah, to take on No. 19 Southern Utah at 9 p.m. ET Monday, Feb. 24.

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Panthers to Honor Seniors Friday Night

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Players Mentioned

Lucy Brett

Michaela Burton

Olivia Miller

Alecia Petrikis

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Panthers to Honor Seniors Friday Night

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Players Mentioned

Lucy Brett

Michaela Burton

Olivia Miller

Alecia Petrikis

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