Feb. 16, 2008

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.--The Pitt women's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to Marshall at Huntington Tennis Club on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers slip to 1-2 on the season, while the Herd improved to 7-2.

The Panthers closest double matchup was in the No. 2 slot, where junior Christie D'achille (Gibsonia, Pa./North Allegheny) and sophomore Sabrina Visram (Windermere, Fla./Lake Highland Prep.) won six games in the match.

D'Achille also played well in singles was she earned four games in the second set of her match in No. 4 singles.

Sophomore Anna Broverman (Asbury, W.Va./George Washington) saw her first action of the season in No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles.

Pitt faces Cincinnati at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Doubles
Kellie Schmitt/Jeanne Schwartz def. Elizabeth Adams/Kristy Borza <> 8-4
Jessica Keener/Yulia Kashelkina vs. Christie D'Achille/Sabrina Visram 8-6
Thaddea Lock/Isabell Raich vs. Carlie Smith/Anna Broverman 8-1

Singles
Schmitt vs. Borza 6-3, 6-2
Schwartz vs. Visram 6-1, 6-1
Raich vs. Adams 6-3, 6-3
Keener vs. D'Achille 6-2, 6-4
Lock vs. Smith 6-3, 6-1
Kashelkina vs. Broverman 6-1, 6-1