Pitt
Nova Southeastern
Adams and Borza Remain Perfect in No. 1 Doubles
3/11/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 10, 2009
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-Sophomore Elizabeth Adams and senior Kristy Borza recorded another win in doubles to remain perfect this season, despite a 6-3 loss for the University of Pittsburgh women's tennis team to No. 11 Nova Southeastern, on Tuesday, at the NSU Courts at Broward Community College. The Panthers fall to 8-2 on the year.
Adams and Borza remained undefeated in doubles action with an 8-6 win over the strong No. 1 doubles pair of NSU. The Panthers outlasted their opponents to earn their 10th consecutive victory, this spring.
Pitt took a 2-1 lead in the match as the No. 3 single duo of sophomore Adela Aprodu and junior Shannon Benic earned an 8-4 win.
After Pitt lost a point in singles, junior Shannon Benic gave Pitt a 3-2 lead with a win in No. 6 singles over Monica Vieth. She held off a surge from Vieth in the first set, winning 6-0 before taking the second set 6-1.
Unable to stretch the lead, Pitt would then lose the next four matches, including three that went into an extra set. The Sharks improved to 7-3 on the year.
The Panthers are home on Friday, March 13, against Army at 12:30 p.m.
Singles
1) Ulia Talalenko (NSU) def. Kristy Borza (Pitt) 6-0, 6-1
2) Edita Kulichova (NSU) def. Elizabeth Adams 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
3) Justine Feaster (NSU) def. Minh Evans (Pitt) 6-3.2-6, 6-3
4) Karolina Porizchova (NSU) def. Christie D'achille (Pitt) 7-5, 6-2
5) Paige Lindsley (NSU) def. Adela Aprodu (Pitt) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
6) Shannon Benic (Pitt) def. Monica Vieth (NSU) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1) Adams and Borza (Pitt) def. Talalenko and Kulichova (NSU), 8-6
2) Feaster and Porizchova (NSU) def. D'Achille and Evans (Pitt), 8-6
3) Aprodu and Benic (Pitt) def. Lindsley and Vieth (NSU), 8-4
