Oct. 19, 2007

Stanford, Calif. - Pacific women's tennis looked sharp on the opening day of competition at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships on Friday afternoon, with five singles participants advancing after the first round.

Junior Jolanta Twarowska (Hamburg, Germany) soared into the round of 32 after gliding past Ashley Anderson from Washington 6-1, 6-4 and Ashley Pane from Santa Clara 6-3, 6-1. She will face No. 4 Jessica Nguyen from Stanford on Saturday morning.

Sophomore Svenja Arens (Bensburg, Germany) also advanced to the round of 32 after beating Cal's Daron Moore 6-1, 6-3 and Robin Guier of UC Davis, 6-1, 6-4. She faces No. 11 Whitney Deason from Stanford on Saturday morning.

The Tigers will be back in action on Saturday, Oct. 20 as play resumes at 8:30 am.

Results:
Singles First Round:

Svenja Arens (PAC) def. Daron Moore (CAL), 6-1, 6-3
Sasha Fisher (PAC) def Tina Snodgrass (ORE), 6-1, 6-2
Olga Gumenyuk (PAC) def. Andrea Wong (SCU), W/D
Clara Schumacher (PAC) def. Courtney Hull (SCU) 6-4, 7-6(4)
Jolanta Twarowska (PAC) def. Ashley Anderson (WASH) 6-1, 6-4

Second Round:

Svenja Arens (PAC) def. Robin Guier (UCD) 6-1, 6-4
No. 16 Hilary Barte (STAN) def. Sasha Fisher (PAC), 6-1, 6-0
Celia Durkin (STAN) def. Olga Gumenyuk (PAC), 6-2, 6-2
No. 14 Ekaterina Burduli (WSU) def. Clara Schumacher (PAC), 6-0, 6-0
Jolanta Twarowska (PAC) def. Ashley Pane (SCU) 6-3, 6-1

Svenja Arens / Sasha Fisher (PAC) def. Nisha Dixit / Mylene Martin (USF), W/D inj
Kateryna Nezhura / Clara Schuhmacher (PAC) def. Kristen MacWilliam / Rika Mehndiratta (GONZ), 8-1
Olga Gumenyuk / Jolanta Twarowska (PAC) def. Andrea Kwong / Carmen Pham (SCU), 9-8 (7-1)

Doubles Second Round:

Caroline Bailly / Maria Mizyuk (STAN) def. Svenja Arens / Sasha Fisher (PAC), 8-3
Whitney Deason / Carolyn McVeigh (STAN) def. Kateryna Nezhura / Clara Schuhmacher (PAC), 8-4
Joyce Martinez / Melissa Valenzuela (CSUS) def. Olga Gumenyuk / Jolanta Twarowska (PAC), 8-0