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No. 14 UCLA Women's Tennis Upsets Seventh-Ranked USC
March 01, 2000 | Women's Tennis
UCLA gained an early lead when freshman Sara Walker defeated Kara Warkentin, 6-3, 6-2 at Court 1. USC swept the Bruins at the Nos. 2, 3, and 4 positions. Amanda Basica, Abigail Spears and Elizabeth Schmidt were each defeated in close sets. At No. 5, Annica Cooper easily defeated Anita Loyola, 6-3, 6-2. Catherine Hawley fell to Tiffany Brymer, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 6 singles.
The Bruins relied on doubles play to achieve victory. Schmidt/Spears defeated Veronika Safarova/ Loyola, 8-5, at the No. 2 spot. At No. 3, UCLA's Cooper/ Petya Marinova defeated Jewel Peterson/Jacqui Boyd, 8-6. At No. 1, Basica/Walker defeated USC's Brymer/Warkentin, 8-5, to clinch the win.
With the victory, UCLA improves to 7-2 overall and 3-1 in Pac-10 play. The Trojans are 8-3 overall, 2-2 in the Pac-10. The Bruins' next match is Saturday, March 4, in Austin, Tex., where they will face the Texas Longhorns. Sunday, March 5, they will go head to head with the University of Georgia, also in Austin.
Singles
(1) Sara Walker (UCLA) def. Kara Warkentin (USC) - 6-3, 6-2
(2) Jewel Peterson (USC) def. Amanda Basica (UCLA) - 6-1, 6-7, 6-3
(3) Veronika Safarova (USC) def. Abigail Spears (UCLA) - 7-5, 6-1
(4) Jacqui Boyd (USC) def. Elizabeth Schmidt (UCLA) - 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
(5) Annica Cooper (UCLA) def. Anita Loyola (USC) - 6-3, 6-2
(6) Tiffany Brymer (USC) def. Catherine Hawley (UCLA) - 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
(1) Basica/Walker (UCLA) def. Brymer/Warkentin (USC) - 8-5
(2) Schmidt/Spears (UCLA) def. Safarova/Loyola (USC) - 8-5
(3) Cooper/Marinova (UCLA) def. Peterson/Boyd (USC) - 8-6
