Kristy Borza

infobox NBA Player
name = Kristy Borza


position = First singles/doubles
height_ft = 5
height_in = 4
weight_lbs = 120
nickname = None, but known for signature catchphrase "That's Borztastic!"
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date|1986|5|29|mf=y
birth_place = Beaver, Pennsylvania
college = University of Pittsburgh
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career_start = N/A
career_end = N/A
former_teams = Beaver Area High School
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Kristy Borza (born May 29, 1986 in Beaver, Pennsylvania) currently plays first singles and first doubles for the University of Pittsburgh's Division I Women's Tennis team. She is a senior psychology major at Pitt and has held her position as the team's top player since she began her college career in September 2005. As a player for Beaver Area High School, Borza was a two-time placewinner in the PIAA singles tournament. Her favorite professional player is Kim Clijsters.

Early life

Kristy's father, Barry Borza, has served as her tennis coach for her entire career. In high school, under the official coaching of Riley Baker, Kristy's total record was 120-16. A four-year tennis letterwinner, she was also a three-time section champion. Borza qualified for WPIALs all four years of high school and was ranked seventh in the USTA Middle State Section's Under-18 group. [http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/borza_kristy00.html]

College career

Borza's Big East career started strong with an impressive 8-0 record, which set the pace for the rest of her successful freshman season. By the end of the spring, she had tied Pitt's record for singles and doubles wins in one season, 26-7. Additional wins from the fall pushed her overall victory record for the year to 47, and she led her team in singles and doubles wins. Her freshman year she also started the trend of earning first place in the Carnegie Mellon University Invitational, which she has championed for the last three years.

With 27 wins in the spring of Borza's sophomore year, she beat the record she had tied the previous season, giving her the best record for a single season in Pitt tennis' history. Early this fall as a junior, Borza entered the 2007 Eastern Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament at West Point as a seventh-seed player and won the tournament. In October, after only participating in 137 matches, Borza earned her hundredth career victory, making her only the tenth player to make the 100-win club in the school's history and the fastest to do so. [http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/101207aaa.html]

Borza has been honored with consecutive MVP titles for Pitt tennis in the last two years. On December 7, 2007, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranked her 26 for women's tennis singles in the Eastern Region. [http://www.itatennis.com/Div1Rankings/RegionalRankingsFall07/d1_east_women_fall07.htm] Borza currently holds 108 wins for the University of Pittsburgh and is expected to break the school's record of 126 early next spring with only a junior standing.

Coaches

* 1990-present: Barry Borza, father
* 2001-2005: Riley Baker, high school
* 2005-present: George Dieffenbach, Pitt head coach
* 2005-present: Scott Nagle, Pitt assistant coach
* 2005-present: Nikki Borza, sister and Pitt volunteer assistant coach

2006-2007 season

Results of fall tournaments

[http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/pitt/sports/w-tennis/auto_pdf/07records]

See also

*University of Pittsburgh
*Tennis

External links

* [http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/borza_kristy00.html/ Official website]
* [http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/pitt-w-tennis-body.html/ Pitt Women's Tennis]
* [http://www.collegetennisonline.com/view/team.asp?tmId=540/ College Tennis Online]
* [http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/pitt/sports/w-tennis/auto_pdf/07records/ Records]
* [http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/recaps/020207aaa.html/ Recent matches]
* [http://www.itatennis.com/Div1Rankings/RegionalRankingsFall07/d1_east_women_fall07.htm/ ITA Rankings]