Pitt volleyball fan favorite and serve specialist Cat Flood will transfer from the program, according to Talia Goodman.
Flood played for four seasons for the Panthers from 2020-23, with four consecutive Elite Eight appearances and three straight Final Fours. She is one of only four players in outside hitter Valeria Vazquez Gomez, middle blocker Chiamaka Nwokolo and setter Lexis Akeo to have been a part of every Elite Eight and Final Four team over the past four years.
Despite not featuring much her first two seasons at outside hitter, she started as a serve specialist the past two seasons, growing her popularity with the Pitt volleyball fan base and her importance on the team.
She played in 65 out of 69 games as a junior in 2022 and a senior this past season, with 16 service aces to 11 service errors in 2022 and 17 service aces to 16 service errors in 2023.
Flood excelled in both Elite Eights in 2022 and 2023. She had three service aces against reigning National Champions Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. in 2022, with a long service run to help her team win in five sets, propelling her to Pitt volleyball stardom. She also had two service aces and a dominant service run in the fifth set to help Pitt reverse sweep Louisville this past season.Â
Her six service aces in the 2023 NCAA Tournament tied her for fifth most in program history. Her three service aces against Washington State in the Sweet 16 also tied her for fifth most in a match in an NCAA Tournament.
She also had her career-high of three service aces against Virginia last season, doing so three times with Wisconsin and Washington State.
Flood is the first transfer to leave the program this season and did choose to walk on Senior Day. She will have one year left of eligibility, with the COVID-19 year given to student-athletes who competed during the 2020-21 academic calendar. She joins middle blockers in Emma Monks and Nwokolo, libero/defensive specialist Logan Mosley and Akeo, who all will graduate from Pitt volleyball with no more eligibility remaining.
Rising junior libero/defensive specialist Dillyn Griffin is the sole remaining serve specialist on Pitt heading into next season, but first-year libero/defensive specialist Mallorie Meyer is prolific on the service line herself.
Pitt Volleyball 2024 Roster Outlook + Eligibility
Graduate Student (One Year)
Outside hitter Valeria Vazquez Gomez
Senior (Two Years)
Outside hitter Julianna Dalton
Senior (One Year)
Setter Rachel Fairbanks
Libero/defensive specialist Emmy Klika
Redshirt Junior (Two years)
Middle blocker Bre Kelley
Junior (Two Years)
Middle blocker Rachel Jepsen
Libero/defensive specialist Dillyn Griffn
Sophomore (Three Years)
Outside hitter Torrey Stafford
Outside hitter Blaire Bayless
Right side hitter Olivia Babcock
Setter Haiti Tautua’a
Freshman (Four Years)
Middle blocker Ryla Jones
Setter/right side hitter Kiana Dinn
Libero/defensive specialist Mallorie Meyer
Congratulations on a wonderful career and graduation from the university. Good luck in your future endeavors.
I read the whole article and have no idea what school she is transferring to ?
She is entering the transfer portal. She has yet to decide where she will be going. Depends on who shows interest in here.
I wonder who bought her? Who she sold out to? Bow down to the money deity honey bow down. Make sure you worship that money. Put it in a pyramid on your dresser in your bedroom and kneel down to that every night.
Or, and this might sound crazy, but maybe she actually wants to play. Nobody who has been playing volleyball their whole life just wants to serve a few times a game. She should be able to find a program that can use her as a hitter as well. Exactly how much $$ do you think low to mid D1 womens volleyball is paying, lol
Tuffet …..Get a hold of yourself ! Nut job