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Pittsburgh Panthers softball is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate softball program of the University of Pittsburgh, often referred to as "Pitt", located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Pitt softball team competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference and plays their home games at Vartabedian Field in the Petersen Sports Complex. In its short history, Pitt has produced two players that have gone on to play professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch league.
The inaugural season of Pitt softball was in 1998 with the program guided by its first head coach, Michelle Phalen. The program competed as an independent during its first season in NCAA Division I and then in the Big East Conference from 1999 to 2013. In 2009, Holly Aprile took over as the head coach of program. Pitt will move to the Atlantic Coast Conference where it will compete in softball beginning in the 2013-14 season.
