April 27, 2007

Indian Wells, Calif. - The No. 4 seeded Pacific women's tennis team fell to No. 3 seeded Cal State Northridge 4-3 in quarterfinal action at the Big West Tournament on Friday, April 27th at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

The Tigers and Matadors played a marathon match that lasted close to four hours as Pacific fell to 8-14 with the loss, with CSUN improved to 12-6.

Both teams battled back and forth as, after the Matadors won the doubles point, Pacific posted two quick points at No. 6 and No. 5 singles as sophomores Clara Schuhmacher (Zaragoza, Spain) and Carla Tamborini (Arcadia, Calif.) both posted straight sets victories to give the Tigers a 2-1 advantage.

CSUN then marched off two straight victories of their own at No. 3 and No. 1 singles to retake the lead at 3-2.

Pacific tied it back at three apiece as sophomore Jolanta Twarowska (Hamburg, Germany) came back to stop Kanykey Koichumanova's 13-match winning streak at No. 2 singles with a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 triumph.

The deciding point came down to No. 4 singles as the Matadors Ana Matijasevic held on to defeat Pacific junior Helen Schneider (Dernbach, Germany) in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

DOUBLES
1. Gutierrez/Koichumanova (CSUN) def. Twarowska/Schneider (PAC) 8-2
2. Mrazovic/Arens (PAC) def. Krasinska/Matijasevic (CSUN) 8-1
3. Furuta/Kristy Fournell (CSUN) def. Tamborini/Fisher (PAC) 8-6

SINGLES
1. Silvia Gutierrez (CSUN) def. Vana Mrazovic (PAC) 7-5, 7-6 (2)
2. Jolanta Twarowska (PAC) def. Kanykey Koichumanova (CSUN) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
3. Canna Furuta (CSUN) def. Svenja Arens (PAC) 6-4, 6-4
4. Ana Matijasevic (CSUN) def. Helen Schneider (PAC) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
5. Carla Tamborini (PAC) def. Sonya Kumar (CSUN) 7-5, 6-3
6. Clara Schuhmacher (PAC) def. Kasia Krasinska (CSUN) 6-3, 6-4