Women's Tennis Defeats Bucknell 5-2
3/25/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Women's Tennis Defeats Bucknell 5-2
3/25/2003
PITTSBURGH?The Pittsburgh women?s tennis team picks up another win at home, defeating Bucknell University 5-2.
Jill Williams and Laura Pegula started off the doubles matches going 8-3 against Nada Curcic and Ronnie Brown of BU. Next, Nikki Borza and Hayley Hughes took on Tanya Sichko and Rheanna Gaskin. Borza and Hughes came out on top, finishing up at 8-3. Jena Fiore and Emily Hughes finished out the doubles matches, defeating Jill Wurzburg and Sam Berthod 8-3.
In singles, Jill Williams started off for the Panthers, defeating Nada Curcic 6-0 and 6-1. Next, Nikki Borza took on Ronnie Brown from BU. Borza came out the winner after 3 sets, going 6-4, 1-6 and 10-4 against Brown. Laura Pegula had two close matches against Jill Wurzburg, and finished victorious at 6-4 and 6-3. In another 3 set match, was Becky Emmers and Tanya Sichko. After a rough start Emmers game out with a win, going 0-6, 6-0, and 6-1 against Sichko.
In the last two singles matches, BU defeated the Panthers. Rheanna Gaskin took on Hayley Hughes from Pittsburgh, going 6-4 and 6-0. The other win came from Sam Berthod of BU defeated Jena Fiore 6-2 and 6-3.
Despite the two losses for Pittsburgh in the singles matches, the Panthers defeated Bucknell 5-2. Pittsburgh?s season record is now 7-8.
PITTSBURGH 5, BUCKNELL 2
Singles
No. 1: Jill Williams (PITT) defeated Nada Curcic (BU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 2: Nikki Borza (PITT) defeated Ronnie Brown (BU) 6-4, 1-6, 10-4
No. 3: Laura Pegula (PITT) defeated Jill Wurzburg (BU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 4: Becky Emmers (PITT) defeated Tanya Sichko (BU) 0-6, 6-0, 6-1
No. 5: Rheanna Gaskin (BU) defeated Hayley Hughes (PITT) 6-4, 6-0
No. 6: Sam Berthod (BU) defeated Jena Fiore (PITT) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1: Williams/Pegula (PITT) defeated Curcic/Brown (BU) 8-3
No. 2: Borza/H. Hughes (PITT) defeated Sichko/Gaskin (BU) 8-3
No. 3: Fiore/E. Hughes (PITT) defeated Wurzburg/Berthod (BU) 8-3
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