April 18, 2007

Davis, Calif. - The Pacific women's tennis team improved to 8-12 on the season with a 5-2 victory over UC Davis (10-11) at the Marya Welch Tennis Center on Wednesday, April 18th.

The match between the two evenly contested teams began to resemble more of a marathon than a tennis match as, after a closely contested doubles point went the way of the Tigers, four of the six singles matches went to three sets.

At No. 1 singles, senior Vana Mrazovic (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro) fought back from a 2-6 loss in game one to defeat Desiree Stone 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Sophomore Jolanta Twarowska (Hamburg, Germany) withstood a tough fight from the Aggies Herzyl Legaspi at No. 2 singles, pulling out a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) decision. Legaspi held match point before Twarowska staged a comeback in the tiebreaker to seal the victory 9-7.

The Aggies put up a fight, winning the No. 3 and No. 4 singles positions, but could not recover enough points to win as Pacific sophomores Carla Tamborini (Arcadia, Calif.) and Clara Schuhmacher (Zaragoza, Spain) posted victories at No. 5 and No. 6 singles.

The Tigers return to action at Fresno State on Saturday, April 21st at 5pm.

PACIFIC 5, UC DAVIS 2

DOUBLES:
1. Jolanta Twarowska / Helen Schneider (Pacific) def. Jenna Kappel / Herzyl Legaspi (UC Davis), 8-6
2. Robin Guier / Desiree Stone (UC Davis) def. Vana Mrazovic / Svenja Arens (Pacific), 8-7 (2)
3. Carla Tamborini / Sasha Fisher (Pacific) def. Emma Shapiro / Anita Athavale (UC Davis), 8-6

SINGLES:
1. Vana Mrazovic (Pacific) def. Desiree Stone (UC Davis), 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. Jolanta Twarowska (Pacific) def. Herzyl Legaspi (UC Davis), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (9-7)
3. Robin Guier (UC Davis) def. Svenja Arens (Pacific), 6-4, 6-3
4. Andrea Phillips (UC Davis) def. Helen Schneider (Pacific), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-5
5. Carla Tamborini (Pacific) def. Emma Shapiro (UC Davis), 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2
6. Clara Schuhmacher (Pacific) def. Yuka Otaka (UC Davis), 6-3, 6-3