April 25, 2008

Indian Wells, Calif. - The Pacific women's tennis team suffered a 5-0 defeat to the second seeded UC Irvine Anteaters in the quarterfinal round of the Big West Championships on Friday, Apr. 25.

The loss ends Pacific's season with a 6-14 record on the year, while the Anteaters advance to the semifinals with a 15-8 record.

After dropping the doubles point to fall behind 1-0, four Tigers suffered straight set defeats to clinch the match for UC Irvine. The best showing of the day for Pacific came from sophomore Svenja Arens (Bensberg, Germany) as she pushed Inna Agababian in the opening set before falling, 7-5, 6-2.

No. 2 UC Irvine def. No. 7 Pacific, 5-0
Indian Wells Tennis Garden (Indian Wells, Calif.)
April 25, 2008

Doubles (UC Irvine wins doubles point)
1) Inna Agababian / Becky Bernhard (UCI)vs. Svenja Arens / Kateryna Nezhura (PAC), DNF
2) Clare Fermin / Rebecca Kwan (UCI) def. Sasha Fisher / Jolanta Twarowska (PAC), 8-5
3) Ali Borowicz / Jessica Broadfoot (UCI) def. Olga Gumenyuk / Clara Schuhmacher (PAC), 8-4

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