Pitt Travels to UCF for SpaceU Classic, Thursday

Pitt Panthers (5-5, 0-0 ACC)
SpaceU Classic
Feb. 20-22, 2025
Orlando, Fla. · UCF Softball Complex

SCHEDULE
Thursday, Feb. 20: UCF (6 p.m. – ESPN+)
Friday, Feb. 21: Quinnipiac (11:30 a.m.); Columbia (2 p.m.)
Saturday, Feb. 22: Quinnipiac (9 a.m.); FGCU (11:30 a.m.)

ESPN+
Thursday night's game against UCF will be broadcasted on ESPN+. All other games will have live stats available through StatBroadcast.

QUICK HITS
• Camryn Murphy led the Panthers at the Easton Classic last weekend, batting .385 (5-for-13) with two home runs, a double, seven RBI and four runs scored. She hit a walk-off home run, her second homer of the game, against UIW to earn the 8-7 win for the Panthers.
• Saleyna Daniel joins the Panthers after spending the last three seasons at Mississippi State. She leads the Panthers in a batting average (.357) and slugging percentage (.679).
• Daniel was named to the NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament Team during the opening weekend after leading the Panthers with a .545 batting average, with three RBI, two doubles, and a home run over four games.
• Kaitlyn Brannstrom has started all 10 games at first base after transferring from Grand Canyon prior to the start of the season. She leads the Panthers in RBI (11), on-base percentage (.429), multiple RBI games (3), and is tied for the most home runs (2). She has recorded a hit in each of her last five games played.
• Tieley Vaughn, a redshirt junior from South Florida, has started all 10 games for the Panthers primarily at second base. She is batting .324 (11-for-34) over the opening two weekends with just one strikeout in 34 at-bats. She leads the Panthers in hits (34), with four doubles.