DAVIES BECOMES ALL-TIME WINS LEADER

Tuesday, April 3

Pittsburgh, Pa. (Club 4 Life)

1:00 PM

Pitt

Mercyhurst

DAVIES BECOMES ALL-TIME WINS LEADER

4/3/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

April 3, 2007

PITTSBURGH--Senior Annie Davies and junior Carlie Smith make history in Pitt's final home contest of the season, as the women's tennis team records a 7-0 shutout over Mercyhurst this afternoon at Club 4 Life. Pitt improved to 10-3 with the win.

Davies (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg) became the all-time career wins leader when she teamed with sophomore Christie D'achille (Gibsonia, Pa./North Allegheny) in No. 2 doubles and recorded a shutout victory in the match. Improving to 63 career doubles wins, Davies is second overall on the all-time doubles wins list.

Later, Davies also won her singles match, earning 63 career singles victories to tie current volunteer assistant coach Nikki Borza (1999-03) for the third-best mark on the singles career wins list.

"Annie is to be congratulated for her four years of making contributions to this University," said head coach George Dieffenbach. "It is not just because of her work on the court but in the classroom, as well.

"Since we still have plenty of tennis to play, we look forward to Annie putting an exclamation mark on the end of the season."

Smith (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) also made history for Pitt this afternoon, as she became the ninth member of the 100-Victory Club with a win over Chelsea Downing (6-0, 6-2) in the No. 2 singles slot. Smith became the first-ever junior to accomplish this feat.

"There hasn't been a player that's entered the 100-Victory Club level faster than Carlie," Dieffenbach said. "All of her victories have done a lot to support this team's accomplishments while she has been here. This puts her in a very unique place in history."

This is also the first time in program's history that two Panthers joined the 100-Victory Club in the same season.

"I appreciate all of the hard work, effort and talent these two have achieved in accomplishing there individual records today," Dieffenbach added.

Pitt heads to Huntington, W.Va. for two matches this weekend. First the Panthers face Cincinnati at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 6, before a 9 a.m. contest against host Marshall on Saturday.

Singles

1) Kristy Borza def. Jennifer Daly 6-0, 6-1

2) Carlie Smith def. Chelsea Downing 6-0, 6-2

3) Sabrina Visram def. Jamie Sutyak 6-0, 6-0

4) Annie Davies def. Jaclyn McLean 6-2, 6-1

5) Christie D'achille def. Meghan Raynor 6-0, 6-3

6) Anna Broverman def. Maria Franco 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

1) Borza and Visram def. Daly and Downing 8-2

2) Davies and D'achille def. McLean and Sutyak 8-0

3) Smith and Piccirillo def. Franco and Raynor 8-2

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