Pitt tennis picks up victory over Cleveland State

The Pitt women’s tennis team picked up another win last Thursday, defeating Cleveland… The Pitt women’s tennis team picked up another win last Thursday, defeating Cleveland State, 6-1. The win improved the Panthers’ record to 9-2 overall and dropped Cleveland State’s to 7-12.

Pitt won the doubles match and five out of six singles matches to knock off non-conference foe Cleveland State at the River Oaks Racquet Club in Rocky River, Ohio, on Thursday.

Pitt grabbed the early point in the doubles match by winning the final two matches of the three played.

Becky Emmers and Emily Hughes combined in the second doubles match to defeat Cleveland State’s Amanda Cerny and Paulina Reyes, 8-2.

The point awarded to the winning team was on the line in the third match, with both teams having won one match. Pitt’s Konita Jude, teamed up with Danielle Shuttleworth, recorded an 8-3 win over Rebekah Bicksler and Marcella Capozziello.

The Vikings quickly tied the score at one in the singles match when Sarah Galon collected her 12th win of the season, defeating Emmers in straight sets of 6-4 and 6-2.

Anne Davies, Shuttleworth, and Jude, Emily and Hayley Hughes would all follow up Emmers’ loss with wins of their own.

In the third singles match, Hayley Hughes defeated Morgan Ungerott after falling in the first set by a score of 6-0. She then came back to win in two sets, 7-6 and 6-3. The win gave Pitt a 3-1 lead and sent the Panthers on their way to their ninth win of the season.

In the fifth singles match, Jude convincingly beat Capozziello in two consecutive sets of 6-0, to give the Panthers a 5-1 lead over the Vikings. The Panthers will travel to Villanova to take on the Wildcats on April 2 at 3 p.m., in what will be the first of four consecutive Big East matchups for the Panthers.