Panthers Fall to Brown at Bulldog Invitational

Friday, October 9

New Haven, CONN.

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Bulldog Invitational

Panthers Fall to Brown at Bulldog Invitational

10/9/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

Oct. 9, 2015

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Pitt tennis team fell to Brown in its first day of competition at the Bulldog Invitational on Friday afternoon. The doubles duo of Callie Frey and freshman Clara Lucas were the lone Panthers to record wins on the day.

"Today we had a bad day in the office," head coach Alex Santos said. "We didn't get the outcome we were looking for and most importantly we didn't play the way we wanted to. The good news is that the main cause wasn't our tennis but the need to do a better job competing and controlling our emotions under pressure. Tomorrow we will find out if we have the toughness and confidence to rebound."

Frey and Lucas competed together today for the fifth time, notching their second win of the fall campaign. The tandem defeated Marisa Chamdani and Olivia Hsu, 8-6.

In singles action, freshmen Carina Ma and Gabriela Rezende continue to improve as they make their way through their first fall season. Ma collected her fourth singles victory as she defeated Victoria Traynor, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Although falling to Ammu Mandalap, Rezende took the second set from her opponent and finished with a score of 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.

Junior Lolade Ogungbesan faced one of Brown's top players in No. 118 Dayna Lord. Ogungbesan was shutout in the first set, 6-0, and was able to claim three games from Lord, but it wasn't enough as she was defeated, 6-3.

Pitt returns to action at the Bulldog Invitational tomorrow at 10 a.m., as the squad will face the host team Yale.

DOUBLES
Lord/Benotto (Brown) def. Ogungbesan/Washington (Pitt), 8-2
Camhi/Ta (Brown) def. Blakely/Rezende (Pitt), 8-5
A. Mandalap/Stearns (Brown) def. Okamoto/Ma (Pitt), 8-5
Frey/Lucas (Pitt) def. Chamdani/Hsu (Brown), 8-6

SINGLES
No. 118 Lord (Brown) def. Ogungbesan (Pitt), 6-0, 6-3
Camhi (Brown) def. Blakely (Pitt), 6-0, 6-4
Ta (Brown) def. Washington (Pitt), 7-6, 6-2
Steams (Brown) def. Frey (Pitt), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Mandalap (Brown) def. Rezende (Pitt), 6-4, 3-6, 7-5

Chamdani (Brown) def. Okamato (Pitt), 6-3, 6-4

Ma (Pitt) def. Traynor (Brown), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Hsu (Brown) def. Lucas (Pitt), 6-0, 6-3