Pitt's softball team finished its best year ever, reaching the ACC Tournament championship game and also the NCAA Tournament regional finals. While the program does lose some key players, it returns an excellent core of its talent for next season.
The biggest losses look to be top pitcher Savannah King, who won 20 games for the team, and outfielder Carly Thea. Thea's .341 average was third-highest for the Panthers. But what Pitt returns is exciting.
Four of the Panthers' top five hitters in terms of batting average return. That includes the team's top hitter, Maggie Sevilla (.