Pittsburgh Women?s Tennis Defeats Providence
3/9/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Pittsburgh Women?s Tennis Defeats Providence
3/9/2004
MARATHON, Fla. ? The Pittsburgh Panthers women?s tennis team defeated the Providence College Friars 5-2 to improve their Big East record to 2-0 for the season.
In doubles action the pair of Laura Pegula (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and Emily Hughes (Waynesburg, Pa./Canevin Catholic) lost the first match to Cheri Lapane and Sara Bitetti 9-8 (6). Pittsburgh?s Annie Davies (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg) and Hayley Hughes (Waynesburg, Pa./Canevin Catholic) captured the only doubles win for the Panthers with an 8-2 victory over the Friars pair of Molly Gilbride and Nicole Rodger. In the final doubles match Becky Emmers (Wilson N.C./Providence) and Danielle Shuttleworth (Fairview, Pa./Fairview) suffered a loss to the team of Jen Daigle and Andrea Lee.
In singles play, Pegula defeated Daigle 7-6(5), 0-6, 6-2 at the No. 1 spot. Emmers and Davies followed suit with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots. Hayley Hughes had the only singles loss for the Panthers, as she was defeated by Gilbride in a 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 match. Emily Hughes and Konita Jude (Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King) rounded out singles play with wins over Rodger and Lee in the No. 5 and No. 6 spots.
Pittsburgh 5, Providence 2
Singles
No. 1: Laura Pegula (PITT) defeated Jen Daigle (PC) 7-6(5), 0-6, 6-2.
No. 2: Becky Emmers (PITT) defeated Cheri Lapane (PC), 6-2, 6-0.
No. 3: Annie Davies (PITT) defeated Sara Bitetti (PC), 6-4, 6-1.
No. 4 Molly Gilbride (PC) defeated Hayley Hughes (PITT), 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.
No. 5: Emily Hughes (PITT) defeated Nicole Rodger (PC), 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.
No. 6: Konita Jude (PITT) defeated Andrea Lee (PC), 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles
No. 1: Lapane/Bitetti (PC) defeated Pegula/E. Hughes (PITT), 9-8(6).
No. 2: Davies/H. Hughes (PITT) defeated Gilbride/Rodger (PC), 8-2.
No. 3: Daigle/Lee (PC) defeated Emmers/Shuttleworth (PITT), 8-5.