March 24, 2007

Los Angeles, Calif. - The Pacific women's tennis team fell to Loyola Marymount by a score of 7-0 on Saturday, March 24th at the LMU Tennis Center.

With the loss, the Tigers fall to 5-7, while Loyola Marymount improves to 8-7.

After LMU swept the Tigers in doubles action, Pacific fought hard with the Lions in singles competition, forcing extra points, a tiebreak, or a third game in all but one match. Freshman Svenja Arens (Bensburg, Germany) fought hard with No. 100 ranked Robyn Baker, falling 6-1, 7-6 at the No. 2 singles position. Junior Helen Schneider (Dernbach, Germany) dropped a tough 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (8) decision to Tamara Tanner, while sophomore Carla Tamborini (Arcadia, Calif.) fell to Serena Fermin 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.

Playing without No. 1 singles player, senior Vana Mrazovic (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro), The Tigers were forced to move each player up one spot in the lineup.

The Tigers will travel to Cal State Northridge on Sunday, March 25th for a Big West Conference matchup, set to begin at 11:00am.

Doubles
No. 1 Mesterova/Baker (LMU) d. Twarowska/Fisher (PAC) 8-1
No. 2 Fermin/Tanner (LMU) d. Arens/Tamborini (PAC) 8-6
No. 3 Ivey/Nixon (LMU) d. Schneider/Schuhmacher (PAC) 8-5

Order of finish: No. 1, No. 3, No. 2

Singles
No. 1 (No. 74) Pavla Mesterova (LMU) d. Jolanta Twarowska (PAC) 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 (No. 100) Robyn Baker (LMU) d. Svenja Arenas (PAC) 6-1, 7-6
No. 3 Tamara Tanner (LMU) d. Helen Schneider (PAC) 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (8)
No. 4 Serena Fermin (LMU) d. Carla Tamborini (PAC) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
No. 5 Elrien de Villiers (LMU) d. Sasha Fisher (PAC) 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 Bliss Nixon (LMU) d. Clara Schuhmacher (PAC) 7-5, 6-1

Order of finish: No. 1, No. 5, No. 6 (Deciding Point), No. 2, No. 4, No. 3