PITTSBURGH WOMEN?S TENNIS DEFEATS MERCYHURST 6-3
3/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
PITTSBURGH WOMEN?S TENNIS DEFEATS MERCYHURST 6-3
3/19/2004
ERIE, Pa. ? The Pittsburgh women?s tennis team improved to 5-1 as it claimed a 6-3 victory Friday over Mercyhurst College.
Pittsburgh claimed four of six singles matches and won two of three doubles contests for the win. Becky Emmers (Wilson N.C./Providence), Annie Davies (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg), Emily Hughes (Waynesburg, Pa./Canevin Catholic), and Konita Jude (Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King) all won singles matches for Pittsburgh while Laura Pegula (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and Emily Hughes teamed at No. 1 doubles for a 8-6 win and Emmers and Danielle Shuttleworth (Fairview, Pa./Fairview) won a decisive 8-3 match at No. 3 doubles.
Pittsburgh is next in action on Wednesday March 24 in a home match again Youngstown State. The match is slated to begin at 1 p.m. at the Oxford Athletic Club in Monroeville.
Pittsburgh at Mercyhurst
SINGLES
No. 1: Allison Hughes (MC) def. Laura Pegula (UP) 4-6, 4-1 (ret.)
No. 2: Becky Emmers (UP) def. Natalie Paparelli (MC) 6-2, 6-0
No. 3: Annie Davies (UP) def. Lindsay Zimm (MC) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
No. 4: Jamie Sutyak (MC) def. Hayley Hughes (UP) 6-3, 6-4
No. 5: Emily Hughes (UP) def. Joanna Olmstead (MC) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6: Konita Jude (UP) def. Toni Trombetta (MC) 6-2, 6-4
DOUBLES
No. 1: Laura Pegula/Emily Hughes (UP) def. Allison Hughes/Lindsay Zimm (MC) 8-6
No. 2: Joanna Olmstead/Natalie Paparelli (MC) def. Hayley Hughes/Annie Davies (UP) 8-5
No. 3: Becky Emmers/Danielle Shuttleworth (UP) def. Jamie Sutyak/Tori Trombetta (MC) 8-3