Pittsburgh Women?s Tennis wins Third Straight Against Youngstown State
3/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Pittsburgh Women?s Tennis wins Third Straight Against Youngstown State
3/24/2004
PITTSBURGH?The Pittsburgh women?s tennis team won its third straight in registering a 5-2 victory over Youngstown State Wednesday at the Oxford Athletic Club. The victory improves Pittsburgh to 8-2 on the season.
In doubles play Youngstown State claimed the No. 1 and No. 2 matches with an 8-6 victory over Laura Pegula (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and Emily Hughes (Waynesburg, Pa./Canevin Catholic) and an 8-3 victory over Annie Davies (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg) and Hayley Hughes (Waynesburg, Pa./Canevin Catholic) respectively. In the final doubles match an 8-4 victory was claimed by Becky Emmers (Wilson N.C./Providence) and Danielle Shuttleworth (Fairview, Pa./Fairview) over Heather Hagood and Andrea Dixon.
The Panthers also swept five of six singles matches as Becky Emmers claimed a 7-5, 7-6 (11-9) win at No. 2, Davies won a 6-4, 6-3 decision at No. 3, Hayley Hughes claimed her 103rd win with a 7-5, 6-2 victory at No. 4. singles, Emily Hughes won a 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) decision at No. 5, and Konita Jude (Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King) picked up the final win at No. 6 with a 6-2, 6-3 decision.
Pittsburgh is back in action Thursday at Cleveland State at 2 p.m.
PITTSBURGH 5, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2
Singles
No. 1: Whitney Thomas (YSU) def. Laura Pegula (Pitt), 6-4, 7-6, 7-4
No. 2: Becky Emmers (Pitt) def. Heather Hagood (YSU), 7-5, 7-6 (11-9)
No. 3: Annie Davies (Pitt) def. Karen Najbert (YSU), 6-4, 6-3
No. 4: Hayley Hughes (Pitt) def. Gina Peretti (YSU), 7-5, 6-2
No. 5: Emily Hughes (Pitt) def. Nicole Muzechuk (YSU), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
No. 6: Konita Jude (Pitt) def. Andrea Dixon (YSU), 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1: Najbert/Peretti (YSU) def. Pegula/E. Hughes (Pitt), 8-6
No. 2: Muzechuk/Thomas (YSU) def. Davies/ H. Hughes (Pitt), 8-3
No. 3: Emmers/Shuttleworth (Pitt) def. Dixon/Hagood (YSU), 8-4