2008 BIG WEST WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
(#5) UC SANTA BARBARA (4) vs. (#4) CAL POLY (0)
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008
INDIAN WELLS TENNIS GARDEN • INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.
Avenging a loss in its regular season finale, No. 5 seed UC Santa Barbara toppled No. 4 seed Cal Poly, 4-2, in a Big West Women's Tennis Championship quarterfinal match at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday.
The Mustangs handed the Gauchos a 7-0 defeat on April 13, but UCSB was not to be outplayed on this day.
Cal Poly had a solid start to the match by winning the doubles point. Although UCSB won the No. 3 match, Cal Poly rebounded with wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots. The No. 47-ranked tandem of Brittany Blalock and Steffi Wong eked out a 9-7 win over Marta Simic and Charlotte Scatliffe to clinch the point.
But the deficit did not befuddle the Gauchos, responding with success especially at the top of the order. Simic overcame her setback in doubles, defeating Blalock 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 to tie the match at 1-1. Tova Hausman was next at No. 3, as the Gaucho sophomore won a hard fought, 6-4, 7-6 (3) match against the Mustangs' Whitney Peterson. Cal Poly tied the match up again when Diane Filip earned a 6-2, 6-2 win against Asagi Onaga at No. 4.
The Gauchos closed out the match with a pair of three-set victories. Leading 4-2 in the third set at No. 5, Scatliffe picked up point No. 3 for UCSB when her opponent, Amy Markhoff, retired due to injury. The match-clinching point came at No. 2 when Jill Damion came back from a one-set deficit to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 against Wong.
UC Santa Barbara improved to 10-13 on the year while Cal Poly's season ended at 12-12. The Gaucho women take the courts once again on Saturday, squaring off against top-seeded Long Beach State at 9:00 a.m. in a semifinal contest.
WOMEN’S QUARTERFINALS
DOUBLES
1. Blalock/Wong (CP) def. Simic/Scatliffe (UCSB) - 9-7
2. Malec/Brady (CP) def. Damion/Onaga (UCSB) - 8-3
3. Hausman/Kausen (UCSB) def. Filip/Markhoff (CP) - 8-2
SINGLES
1. Marta Simic (UCSB) def. Brittany Blalock (CP) - 6-3, 6-4
2. Jill Damion (UCSB) def. Steffi Wong (CP) - 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
3. Tova Hausman (UCSB) def. Whitney Peterson (CP) - 6-4, 7-6 (3)
4. Diane Filip (CP) def. Asagi Onaga (UCSB) - 6-2, 6-2
5. Charlotte Scatliffe (UCSB) def. Amy Markhoff (CP) - 4-6, 6-3, 4-2 (ret.)
6. Shannon Brady (CP) vs. Brittany Kausen (UCSB) - DNF
2008 BIG WEST WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
(#3) CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE (4) vs. (#6) UC DAVIS (2)
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008
INDIAN WELLS TENNIS GARDEN • INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.
No. 3 seed Cal State Northridge advanced to the semifinals of the Big West Women's Tennis Championship for the third straight year, doing so after winning, 4-2, against UC Davis on Friday at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
The Matadors meet No. 2 seed UC Irvine at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Cal State Northridge opened the match with wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots to take the doubles point and a 1-0 lead. The duo of Canna Furuta and Nina Jaworowski collected the point for Northridge with their 8-5 win at No. 3 against Emma Shapiro and Robin Guier.
The Matadors went up 3-0 in the match with wins at No. 5 and No. 2 singles. But the Aggies refused to fold and climbed back into the contest. Randi Schuler won 6-3, 7-6 at No. 1 against CSUN's Victoria Brymer, and Guier outlasted Furuta at No. 3, winning 7-5, 6-4.
With CSUN leading 3-2, the match came down to No. 6 singles where Jaworowski earned a 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 victory against Kaitlan Callan.
Cal State Northridge raises its record to 14-7 while UC Davis ends its first season in the Big West at 11-12.
WOMEN'S QUARTERFINALS
DOUBLES
1. Doane/Koichumanova (CSUN) def. Schuler/Legaspi (UCD) - 8-3
2. Brymer/Kukla (CSUN) vs. Athavale/Stone (UCD) - DNF
3. Furuta/Jaworowski (CSUN) def. Shapiro/Guier (UCD) - 8-5
SINGLES
1. Randi Schuler (UCD) def. Victoria Brymer (CSUN) - 6-3, 7-6
2. Kanykey Koichumanova (CSUN) def. Desiree Stone (UCD) - 6-2, 7-5
3. Robin Guier (UCD) def. Canna Furuta (CSUN) - 7-5, 6-4
4. Sandra Kukla (CSUN) vs. Herzyl Legaspi (UCD) - DNF
5. Brooke Doane (CSUN) def. Emma Shapiro (UCD) - 6-0, 6-0
6. Nina Jaworowski (CSUN) def. Kaitlan Callan (UCD) - 6-4, 2-6, 6-0