Feb. 8, 2009

Stockton, Calif. - The Tigers women's tennis team captured its first conference victory of the season with a 5-2 win against the Gauchos on Sunday, Feb. 8.

Pacific improved to 3-3 on the season, while UCSB fell to 2-1 overall.

Senior Jolanta Twarowska (Hamburg, Germany) sealed the win for Pacific with a hard fought victory in the No. 2 position against UCSB's Jill Damion. Twarowska battled Damion for three full sets dropping the first, 3-6, before making a comeback to win the final two sets, 6-2, 6-2.

The Tigers started the day by sweeping the Gauchos in doubles action, 3-0, to take the first point of the match.

In singles action the teams went back and forth with Pacific junior Svenja Arens (Bensberg, Germany) easily defeating UCSB's Asagi Onaga, 6-2, 6-0, for the second match point. Tiger sophomore Jenifer Widjaja (Sao Roque, Sao Paulo, Brazil), still undefeated for the season, put the Tigers ahead with 3 points effortlessly by winning two sets against the Gaucho's Michelle Murphy, 6-0, 6-2.

Pacific is back in action Saturday, Feb. 14 when the Tigers travel to Moraga, CA to battle Saint Mary's at 1 p.m.

Doubles: (Pacific wins doubles point, 3-1)

1. Jenifer Widjaja / Olga Gumenyuk (PAC) def. Michelle Murphy / Jill Damion (UCSB),  8-1

2. Jolanta Twarowska / Sasha Fisher (PAC) def. Natalia Lozano / Bryanna Ojeda (UCSB), 8-3

3. Svenja Arens / Kateryna Nezhura (PAC) def. Sofia Nojak / Asagi Onaga (UCSB), 8-5

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles:

1. Jenifer Widjaja (PAC) def. Michelle Murphy (UCSB), 6-0, 6-2

2. Jolanta Twarowska (PAC) def. Jill Damion (UCSB), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2

3. Svenja Arens (PAC) def. Asagi Onaga (UCSB), 6-2, 6-0

4. Sofia Nojak (UCSB) def. Kateryna Nezhura (PAC), 6-1, 6-2

5. Natalia Lozano (UCSB) def. Clara Schumacher (PAC), 6-2, 6-4

6. Olga Gumenyuk (PAC) def. Bryanna Ojeda (UCSB), 6-3, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (4)

Order of Finish: 3, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6