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Cal Upsets UCLA 6-3 in Women's Tennis
April 08, 2000 | Women's Tennis
April 8, 2000
WESTWOOD, Calif. - The No. 5 California women's tennis team upset the fifth-ranked UCLA Bruins 6-3 Saturday afternoon at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. With the win, Cal improves to 14-4 overall, while UCLA drops to 11-7.
After pulling ahead 4-2 at the end of singles play, Cal clinched the dual-match when the duo of Jenny Lee and Emeka Mayes defeated UCLA's Zana Zlebnik and Petya Marinova 8-2 on court No. 3. UCLA's lone doubles win came on court No. 2, where the tandem of Annica Cooper and Sara Walker upset the No. 3 doubles team in the nation, Amy Jensen and Claire Curran, 8-6.
Earlier in the afternoon in the singles competition, the score was locked at 2-2 before Cal pulled ahead to grab two close wins on courts No. 4 and 5. UCLA's singles wins came on courts No. 1 and 3. In the top position, Walker, who is ranked No. 6 in the nation, bageled Anita Kurimay 6-0 in the third set after claiming the first set 6-4 and dropping the second 2-6. Court No. 3 also went the distance, with UCLA's Abigail Spears pulling out the win 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 over Curran.
The UCLA Bruins will be in action again next week when they host Washington at 1:30 pm on Friday April 14. The following day, they face Washington State at noon. Both matches will be held at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Admission is free.
Singles No. 1 (6) Sara Walker (UCLA) def. (35) Anita Kurimay (Cal) 6-4, 2-6, 6-0 No. 2 (17) Amy Jensen (Cal) def. (76) Annica Cooper (UCLA) 6-3, 6-2 No. 3 Abigail Spears (UCLA) def. (60) Claire Curran (Cal) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 No. 4 Karoline Borgersen (Cal) def. Elizabeth Schmidt (UCLA) 7-5, 7-6(4) No. 5 Christina Fusano (Cal) def. Catherine Hawley (UCLA) 7-5, 7-5 No. 6 Morisa Yang (Cal) def. Petya Marinova (UCLA) 6-3, 6-0Doubles No. 1 (6) Karoline Borgersen / Anita Kurimay (Cal) def. Abigail Spears / Elizabeth Schmidt (UCLA) 9-7 No. 2 Annica Cooper / Sara Walker (UCLA) def. (3) Amy Jensen / Claire Curran (Cal) 8-6 No. 3 Jenny Lee / Emeka Mayes (Cal) def. Zana Zlebnik / Petya Marinova (UCLA) 8-2*
* Denotes clinching match
Final Team Score: Cal 6, UCLA 3
