April 6, 2008

Stockton Calif. Looking for their second win of the weekend the Pacific women's tennis team did battle with the #53 UC Irvine Anteaters.

The Tigers started the day off strong capturing the doubles point, but would ultimately go on to fall to the Anteaters 5-2 Sunday April 6 at the Hal Nelson Tennis Courts in Stockton Calif.

The loss dropped Pacific to 5-11 overall on the season and 1-4 in Big West conference play, while UC Irvine improved to 11-7 overall and 6-1 in conference.

The Tigers began the match by picking up doubles victories behind the pairs of Twarowska / Fisher and Gumenyuk / Schuhmacher at the number two and three positions 8-5 and 8-6 respectively.

Sophomore Svenja Arens (Bensberg, Germany) earned the lone singles victory on the day for the Tigers with her triumph over Inna Agababian 7-6(4),6-3. Arens continues her stellar singles play at the number two position winning for the second time on the weekend and for the fourth time in her last five matches.

The Tigers return to the courts Saturday April 12 when they travel to Long Beach to take on the Cal State Long Beach 49ers at 1:30pm.

No.53 UC Irvine 5, Pacific 2
Singles

1) Becky Bernhard (UCI) def. Jolanta Twarowska (PAC) 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
2) Svenja Arens (PAC) def. Inna Agababian (UCI) 7-6(4), 6-3
3) Clare Fermin (UCI) def. Kateryna Nezhura (PAC) 7-5, 7-5
4) Rebecca Kwan (UCI) def. Olga Gumenyuk (PAC) 7-5, 6-3
5) Jessica Broadfoot (UCI) def. Clara Schuhmacher (PAC) 6-4, 6-1
6) Heidi Kaloi (UCI) def. Sasha Fisher (PAC) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles

1) Inna Agababian / Becky Bernhard (UCI) def. Svenja Arens / Kateryna Nezhura (PAC) 8-7(4)
2) Jolanta Twarowska / Sasha Fisher (PAC) def. Clare Fermin / Rebecca Kwan (UCD) 8-5
3) Olga Gumenyuk / Clara Schuhmacher (PAC) def. Brooke Bartlett / Lisa Shih 8-6

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1