{"id":697964,"date":"2026-01-23T03:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/697964\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T03:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:45:16","slug":"panthers-continue-acc-competition-at-no-13-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/697964\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers Continue ACC Competition at No. 13 North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

PITTSBURGH\u00a0\u2013 The Pitt Gymnastics team (0-2, 0-1 ACC) will continue ACC competition at No. 13 North Carolina (2-2, 0-1 ACC) on Friday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. at Carmichael Arena.\u00a0The meet can be streamed on\u00a0ACCNX.\u00a0Live stats for the meet are available\u00a0HERE<\/a>. Fans can also follow the action on X and Instagram via the Pitt Gymnastics handles @pitt_gym.<\/p>\n

A Beam Routine to Remember<\/p>\n


\n\tFreshman Mali Morgan<\/a> made her collegiate debut on beam against Cal on Sunday, earning an impressive 9.825.
\n\tThe performance was a team best and tied for second-highest in the meet. <\/p>\n

Title Winner Again<\/p>\n


\n\tMeika Lee<\/a> won the floor title once again with a 9.850 against Cal on Sunday.
\n\tThis marks her second straight title on the event this season. <\/p>\n

Cam Can<\/p>\n


\n\tCamryn Chiu<\/a> had an impressive opening weekend against Texas Woman’s University.
\n\tShe recorded a career-high 9.850 on beam for a share of the event title and tied her personal best with a 9.850 on bars. <\/p>\n

Floor Queen<\/p>\n


\n\tMeika Lee<\/a> came out of the gates hot in her sophomore campaign, recording a 9.900 on floor against Texas Woman’s University.\u00a0
\n\tShe is currently tied for 34th in the nation on the event. <\/p>\n

Seniors Leading the Way<\/p>\n


\n\tHallie Copperwheat<\/a>, Jaime Pratt<\/a>, Kennedy Duke<\/a> and Reyna Garvey<\/a> are set to lead the 2026 Panther squad as seniors.
\n\tCopperwheat, Duke and Garvey have competed in every season of their Panther careers, while Pratt is in her second year with the program after transferring from Arkansas. <\/p>\n

Last Time Out\u00a0<\/p>\n


\n\tMultiple Panthers recorded or tied career highs at the 2025 ACC Championship.
\n\tEmily Todd<\/a> tied her career high with a 9.900 on bars while Julie R\u00f8ttum Mads\u00f8<\/a> notched a 9.850. <\/p>\n

Copperwheat\u00a0Comes Back<\/p>\n


\n\tRedshirt senior Hallie Copperwheat<\/a> is back and better for 2026 after redshirting the 2025 campaign.
\n\tShe is a two-time NCAA Regional Qualifier, both as an All-Around athlete in 2023 and on bars and beam in 2022.
\n\tCopperwheat\u00a0was an\u00a0All-EAGL\u00a0performer in all-around, bars, beam, vault and floor in 2022 and 2023.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Panthers To Watch!<\/p>\n


\n\tThree Panthers were recognized by the ACC heading into the season.
\n\tJaime Pratt<\/a> and Hallie Copperwheat<\/a> were tabbed to the Preseason Watch List, and freshman Layla Bobek<\/a> was selected to the Newcomer List. <\/p>\n

Farewell to the Field House<\/p>\n


\n\t2026 marks the final season of competition in the Fitzgerald Field House before the Panthers move into the newly constructed Victory Heights. <\/p>\n

Head Coach Casey Jo MacPherson<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\tThird season at Pitt … coaching stops at Arkansas, Western Michigan, and Missouri.
\n\tLed the Panthers to tie for third at the 2024 ACC Championship.
\n\t8x All-American and two-time First Team All-SEC honoree at Arkansas. <\/p>\n

2026 Roster Highlights<\/p>\n

Representing Her Country!<\/p>\n


\n\tFreshman Mali Morgan<\/a> was a member of the Great Britain Senior National Squad for the past three years.
\n\tShe represented Great Britain and Wales at both an international and national level as a senior. <\/p>\n

Pitt Lineups<\/p>\n

Balance Beam \u2013 Meika Lee<\/a>, Camryn Chiu<\/a>, Layla Bobek<\/a>, Julie R\u00f8ttum Mads\u00f8<\/a>, Mali Morgan<\/a>, Hallie Copperwheat<\/a><\/p>\n

Floor Exercise \u2013 Mali Morgan<\/a>, Madi Bell<\/a>, Hallie Copperwheat<\/a>, Jaime Pratt<\/a>, Meika Lee<\/a>, Kenzie Clark<\/a><\/p>\n

Vault \u2013 Layla Bobek<\/a>, Makenzie Grant<\/a>, Madi Bell<\/a>, Kennedy Duke<\/a>, Olivia Giunta<\/a>, Lailah Green<\/a><\/p>\n

Uneven Bars \u2013 Kennedy Duke<\/a>, Camryn Chiu<\/a>, Julie R\u00f8ttum Mads\u00f8<\/a>, Jaime Pratt<\/a>, Emily Todd<\/a>, Hallie Copperwheat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH\u00a0\u2013 The Pitt Gymnastics team (0-2, 0-1 ACC) will continue ACC competition at No. 13 North Carolina (2-2,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2075],"tags":[235,260,2567,7,6,236],"class_list":{"0":"post-697964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-panthers","8":"tag-carolina","9":"tag-carolina-panthers","10":"tag-carolinapanthers","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-panthers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115942360601832965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}