Pitt
Seton Hall
Women's Tennis Falls 4-3 in Heartbreaker
3/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 19, 2011
PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh women’s tennis team fell 4-3 in a heartbreaker to Seton Hall, this afternoon, at Alpha Tennis and Fitness Club. The Panthers slipped to 6-7 on the year and 2-4 in Big East action.
For the third match in a row, the Panthers won the doubles point after sweeping all three matches.
In No. 3 singles, junior Minh Evans and freshman Taylor Washington improved to 3-0 on the year with an 8-4 victory.
Pitt’s No. 1 pairing of senior Elizabeth Adams and sophomore Gabrielle Catanzariti gave up just three games in their second-consecutive victory as the top doubles duo.
Then the team of freshmen Jocelyn Lu and Kimmy Borza won their ninth match of the season at 8-4.
In singles, Catanzariti and Lu earned wins for the Panthers. Catanzariti recorded a straight-set win, as she gave up just one game in each session of play.
Lu had to hold off her opponent in No. 3 singles after winning 6-2 in the first set. She then fell 6-2 in the second series before posting a 6-2 score in the winner.
The Panthers play Duquesne on Tuesday, March 22, at 12:30 p.m.
Doubles
1 Adams/Catanzariti (Pitt) def. Wing Sher/Portela (SHU) 8-3
2 Lu/Borza (Pitt) def. Verow/Sunbil (SHU) 8-4
3 Minh Evans / Taylor Washington (Pitt) def. Cordero/ Courtney Kilarski (SHU) 8-4
Singles
1 Pui Wing Sher (SHU) def. Elizabeth Adams (Pitt) 6-0 6-1
2 Gabrielle Catanzariti (Pitt) def. Rocio Portela (SHU) 6-1 6-1
3 Jocelyn Lu (Pitt) def. Belfin Sunbul (SHU) 6-2 2-6 6-2
4 Lizzie Verow (SHU) def. Kimmy Borza (Pitt) 6-2 0-6 6-3
5 Karina Cordero (SHU) def. Karma Parbhu (Pitt) 6-2 6-2
6 Michelle Weerasinghe (SHU) def. Brittney Russell (Pitt) 6-0 6-4
