Davies Moves Up On Career Doubles List

Tuesday, March 27

Pittsburgh, Pa.

4:00 PM

Pitt

Carnegie Mellon

Davies Moves Up On Career Doubles List

3/27/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

March 27, 2007

PITTSBURGH--Senior Annie Davies moved up the career records and claimed the second-best overall total in doubles wins with 61 victories, as Pitt's women's tennis team defeated cross-town rival Carnegie Mellon, 7-2, at the CMU Tennis Courts, this afternoon. The Panthers improved to 8-3 on the season, while the Tartans dropped to 7-5.

Davies (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg) improved to 15-7 in doubles with a win in the No. 2 slot, while teamed with sophomore Christie D'achille (Gibsonia, Pa./North Allegheny).

Currently, Davies has 122 victories on the season, which is two wins short of tying the all-time career record for wins set by Fran Davis (1994-98).

For the ninth time this season, the Panthers swept doubles, however it wasn't easy. Playing through injury in No. 1 doubles, junior Leah Friedman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Taylor Allderdice) teamed with sophomore Kristy Borza (Beaver, Pa./Beaver Area) to defeat the Tartans ranked No. 1 doubles team, 8-5.

Ranked 10^th in the nation, Carnegie Mellon (Division III) played the Panthers very close in singles action, forcing three matches into tie breakers

Borza was the first Panther to play a tie breaker in singles, as she battled back after being down 0-4 in the first set. She later took the second set, giving up just one point.

Continuing her success and adding on to the best-start ever for a Panther, freshman Sabrina Visram (Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep) moved up to No. 3 singles and improved to 10-0 on the season.

Freshman Anna Broverman (Asbury, W.Va./George Washington) played in her first match of the spring in the No. 6 slot, earning a win, while giving up just one point in both sets.

Junior Carlie Smith (Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Prep) earned a spot in No. 2 singles this afternoon and played a very tough match against one of Carnegie Mellon's ranked opponents. Smith dropped the first set, but forced tie breaker when she won the second set, 6-3. Smith had the upper hand in the tie breaker but had to take a break for injury. She returned strong but ended up dropping the match 13-11.

Pitt returns to action on Saturday, March 31, in a 10 a.m. match against Villanova at Club 4 Life in Monroeville, Pa.

Singles

1) Kristy Borza def. Amy Staloch 7-6 (5), 6-1

2) Mona Iyer def. Carlie Smith 7-6 (5), 3-6, 13-11

3) Sabrina Visram def. Andrea Meythaler 6-1, 6-0

4) Annie Davies def. Alisa Liebowitz 6-4, 6-0

5) Samantha Schultz def. Christie D'achille 5-7, 6-4, 10-4

6) Anna Broverman def. Claire Weiss 6-0, 6-1

Doubles

1) Borza/ Leah Friedman def. Iyer/Staloch 8-5

2) Davies/D'achille def. Meythaler/Liebowitz 8-2

3) Smith/Visram def. Schultz/Mai Otsuka 8-2