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Women of Troy Can't Get Past Bruins
April 01, 2000 | Women's Tennis
April 1, 2000
Westwood, Calif. -- Seventh-ranked USC women's tennis fell to No. 8 UCLA, 6-3, this afternoon at UCLA's Los Angeles Tennis Center. The Women of Troy suffered their second loss to Bruins this season and fall to 13-4 overall and 2-2 in the Pac-10.
The Bruins claimed four of six singles matches, needing only one doubles victory to clinch the dual match. USC held of UCLA by posting a win in the No. 1 doubles spot as Tiffany Brymer and Kara Warkentin upset ninth-ranked Amanda Basica and Sara Walker, 8-4. Despite the Trojans' win, the Bruins clinched the match on the No. 2 doubles court, where Elizabeth Schmidt and Abigail Spears beat Veronika Safarova and Anita Loyola, 8-4.
The Trojans USC's two singles victories came from seniors Warkentin and Jacqui Boyd. Boyd, who missed the last four matches due to a wrist injury, returned to earn a convincing victory over UCLA's Catherine Hawley, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 5. Warkentin upset No. 63 Amanda Basica, 7-5, 6-4, at center court.
The Women of Troy return to action next week as they host Cal on Friday (April 7) at 1:30 p.m., and Stanford on Saturday (April 8) at noon. Both matches will be played at Marks Tennis Stadium.
Singles
(1) Kara Warkentin (USC) def. Amanda Basica (UCLA) - 7-5, 6-4
(2) Annica Cooper (UCLA) def. Jewel Peterson (USC) - 6-2, 6-3
(3) Abigail Spears (UCLA) def. Veronika Safarova (USC) - 6-1, 6-4
(4) Elizabeth Schmidt (UCLA) def. Anita Loyola (USC) - 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
(5) Jacqui Boyd (USC) def. Catherine Hawley (UCLA) - 6-4, 6-4
(6) Petya Marinova (UCLA) def. Tiffany Brymer (USC) - 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Doubles
(1) Brymer/Warkentin (USC) def. Basica/Sara Walker (UCLA) - 8-4
(2) Schmidt/Spears (UCLA) def. Loyola/Safarova (USC) - 8-4
(3) Cooper/Marinova (UCLA) def. Peterson/Caroline Christian (USC) - 9-8(4)
