March 30, 2008

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.--The University of Pittsburgh women's tennis team suffered its second Big East loss of the season, as Rutgers also snapped Pitt's six-match win streak with a 5-2 decision on Sunday. The Panthers slipped to 9-7 on the year and 5-2 in the conference.

Prior to the Pitt-Scarlet Knight match, the Panthers last loss was back on March 12th against San Diego. The six-match win streak was the longest for the Panthers since the 2002-03 season, where Pitt won nine straight and finished 13-9.

The Panthers have been on the road since March 11, and are 6-3 in that nine-match stretch.

Despite dropping the doubles point, freshman Elizabeth Adams (Reading, Pa./Wilson) and junior Kristy Borza (Beaver, Pa./Beaver Area) earned an 8-3 win in No. 1 doubles. The duo improved to 15-3 on the season.

Adams later won in a tiebreaker in No. 3 singles for Pitt's second point of the match.

Senior Carlie Smith (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright) garnered Pitt's first point in No. 5 singles with a 7-6 (3) and 6-4 victory. Smith has 131 combined victories, trailing slightly behind Borza's record of 135.

The Panthers travel to Bucknell on Friday, April 4, for their final regular-season road match of the season.

Singles
1. Kristy Borza (Pitt) def. by Katrina Elder-Bush (RU), 6-2, 6-1
2. Sabrina Visram (Pitt) def. by Amy Zhang (RU), 6-0, 7-5
3. Elizabeth Adams (Pitt) def. Katherine Arlak (RU), 6-2, 3-6, (10-5)
4. Christie D'achille (Pitt) def. by Caitlin Baker (RU), 4-6, 6-4, (10-6)
5. Carlie Smith (Pitt) def. Christine Tran (RU), 7-6(3), 6-4
6. Leah Friedman (Pitt) def. by Anela Dujsic (RU), 6-1, 6-3

Doubles
1. Borza/Adams (Pitt) def. Elder-Bush/Arlak (RU), 8-3
2. Visram/D'Achille (Pitt) def. by Zaretser/Tran (RU), 8-2
3. Smith/Friedman (Pitt) def. by Baker/Zhang (RU), 8-2