The Pitt women’s tennis team extended its losing streak to four games over the weekend with… The Pitt women’s tennis team extended its losing streak to four games over the weekend with two losses to non-conference opponents — Bucknell and Army.

As result, the Panthers will remain 2-3 in the Big East, but fall to 10-6 overall.

Bucknell 4, Pitt 3

It was three straight victories in the middle of the singles matches that gave the Bison a 4-3 win over the Panthers on Friday in Lewisburg, Pa.

Panthers Becky Emmers, Annie Davies and Hayley Hughes all fell in the second, third and fourth singles matches.

Emmers was defeated in straight sets, 7-6(4) and 6-0, by Bucknell’s Veronica Brown.

Davies put up a fight winning the first set 7-6 (2) over Nadezda Curcic. But Curcic fought back and won the final two sets 6-4 and 6-3 to tie the overall score at two.

The Bison (14-2) took the lead when Tanya Sichko defeated Hayley Hughes in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-1.

Emily Hughes tied the match at three with her victory in the fifth singles match. She defeated Samantha Berthod in a hard-fought match, 6-4, 5-7 and 7-5.

But in the final singles match, Pitt’s Konita Jude fell to Chelsea Mills in straight sets of 6-4.

The Panthers had a 2-0 lead, fueled by a win in the first singles match by Laura Pegula and by winning two out of three doubles matches.

After losing the first doubles match, Pitt’s Davies and Hayley Hughes battled to win the second match 8-6, over Bucknell’s Curcic and Mills.

The match point was awarded after Emmers and Danielle Shuttleworth partnered up to defeat Brown and Berthod 8-6.

Army 6, Pitt 1

Davies was the only Panther to collect a win on Saturday against Army in Lewisburg, Pa.

Her win came in the third singles match of the day against Army’s Megan Noble in two straight sets of 6-1.

The rest of the Panthers did not have the same luck, as they found themselves being swept in all three doubles matches, giving Army the early 1-0 lead.

Pegula and Emily Hughes paired up in an 8-1 loss to Marissa Limsiaco and Noble.

Army’s Melanie Bundoc and Ali del Moral worked together to defeat Davies and Hayley Hughes in the second doubles match 8-3.

Emmers and Shuttleworth lost the third doubles match 8-2 to Amanda Paluch and Pam Chavez.

Army then continued to dominate the Panthers, jumping out to a 3-0 lead after winning the first two singles matches, when Pegula and Emmers both fell in straight sets of two.

After Davies cut the lead to 3-1, Army came back to sweep the final three singles matches to walk away with a victory over Pitt.

Emily Hughes and Jude were the only Panthers, other than Davies, to win at least one set during the singles competition.

The Panthers will look to get back to .500 in the Big East when they take on West Virginia University at home on Friday at 12:30 p.m.