Feb. 12, 2006

San Francisco, Calif. - Pacific Women's Tennis defeated USF on Sunday afternoon at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, winning 4-3. The Tigers improved to 4-2 with the win, snapping USF's four match winning streak, as the Dons fell to 4-2.

The Tigers captured the win by winning the doubles point and getting wins at the top three singles spots. Senior Natalie Kostenko (Rostov-on-Don, Russia) won at No. 1, freshman Jolanta Twarowska (Hamburg, Germany) won at No. 2 and freshman Carla Tamborini (Arcadia, Calif.) won at No. 3 to decide the match for Pacific.

Pacific returns to action with a road match at Portland on Saturday, February 18 at 10:00 a.m.

Pacific def. USF 4-3 Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

DOUBLES

1. Vana Mrazovic /Twarowska (Pacific) def. Pamart/Macedo (USF), 8-4

2. Kostenko/Tamborini (Pacific) def. Taylor/Sperry (USF), 8-4

3. Oudomvilay/Martin (USF) def. Schumacher/Schneider (Pacific), 8-7 (3)

SINGLES

1. Natalia Kostenko (Pacific) def. Camille Pamart (USF), 7-5, 6-1

2. Jolanta Twarowska (Pacific) def. Emma Taylor (USF), 6-4, 6-2

3. Carla Tamborini (Pacific) def. Joana Macedo (USF), 6-2, 6-2

4. Jenny Sperry (USF) def. Clara Schumacher (Pacific), 6-0, 6-2

5. Mylene Martin (USF) def. Helen Schneider (Pacific), 6-1, 6-4

6. Sarah Oudomvilay (USF) def. Samantha Rodis-Jamero (Pacific) 6-0, 6-0