
Pitt Closes Out Tournament Play at Louisville Slugger Invitational
2/27/2025 3:08:00 PM | Softball
Pitt Panthers (8-7, 0-0 ACC)
Louisville Slugger Invitational
Feb. 28-March 2, 2025
Long Beach, Calif. · LBSU Softball Complex
ESPN+ | Pitt Notes
SCHEDULE
Friday, Feb. 28: Cal Poly (12 PM ET), Omaha (2:30 PM ET)
Saturday, March 1: Utah Tech (7:30 PM ET), LMU (10 PM ET)
Sunday, March 2: Long Beach State (7:30 PM ET)
ESPN+
Sunday night's game against Long Beach State will be broadcasted on ESPN+. All other games will have live stats available through StatBroadcast.
QUICK HITS
- Senior Kyra Pittman leads the Panthers with three complete games and two shutouts. She recorded her first career complete game shutout against Kennesaw State (2/8) and led the Panthers to a shutout win over Quinnipiac (2/21), allowing four hits with a career-high six strikeouts.
- Sophomore Ahmari Braden leads the ACC with eight stolen bases and is 8-for-9 on stolen base attempts this season. She leads the Panthers with a .313 batting average (10-for-32), while ranking second on the team in runs scored (9) and on-base percentage (.389).
- Redshirt-junior KK Esparza returns as the starting catcher for the Panthers and currently leads the ACC with six caught stealings.
- Camryn Murphy entered the starting lineup at the Easton Classic (2/14-16) and has started nine of the last 10 games in left field for the Panthers. Murphy is hitting .321 (9-for-28) with three home runs, 10 RBI, and scored six runs since becoming a starter.
- Kaitlyn Brannstrom has started all 15 games at first after transferring from Grand Canyon. She leads thePanthers in RBI (11), on-base percentage (.429), multiple RBI games (3), and is tied for the most home runs (2).
Players Mentioned
2025 Hall of Fame Class | Jessica Dignon
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