Pitt
Seton Hall
Women's Tennis Remains Perfect, 4-0
2/13/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 13, 2009
WEXFORD, Pa.—Pitt’s women’s tennis team improved to an unblemished 4-0, at the Oxford Athletic Club, this evening, as it recorded a 5-2 win over Seton Hall. The victory is the third consecutive Big East win for the Panthers.
The match began with Pitt earning the doubles point. In No. 1 doubles, senior Kristy Borza and Elizabeth Adams improved to 10-2 on the year with an 8-4 victory.
The No. 2 duo of junior Sabrina Visram and senior Christie D’Achille gave the Panthers the edge with an 8-5 win.
Visram later overcame a second-set loss in singles action to pick up another point for the Panthers.
Likewise, Adams dropped her first set in singles but battled back to win 6-4 in the second set and won the match with a 6-1 advantage in the deciding frame.
Sophomore Adela Aprodu earned a victory after a tough 7-6(3) victory in the first set. She then won 6-3 for the two-set victory.
Pitt is back in action on Sunday, Feb. 15, at 6 p.m. against A-10 foe St. Bonaventure at The Club, in Monroeville.
Singles
1)Elizabeth Adams (Pitt) def. Elizabeth Verow (SHU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
2)Sabrina Visram (Pitt) def. Denise Liebschner (SHU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
3)Kristy Borza (Pitt) def. Danielle Viola (SHU) 4-0 RET (Inj.)
4)Belfin Sunbul (SHU) def. Christie D’Achille (Pitt) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
5)Courtney Kilarski (SHU) def. Minh Evans (Pitt) 6-1, 6-1
6)Adela Aprodu (Pitt) def. Michelle Weerasinghe (SHU) 7-6(3), 6-3
Doubles
1)Adams and Borza (Pitt) def. Liebschner and Verow (SHU) 8-4
2)Visram and D’Achille (Pitt) def. Kilarski and Weerasinghe (SHU) 8-5
3) Sunbul and Viola (SHU) def. Aprodu and Benic (Pitt) 8-2
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