Boyd-Peterson Claim Pac-10 Invitational Doubles Championship
April 30, 2000 | Women's Tennis
April 30, 2000
OJAI, Calif. -- Jacqui Boyd and Jewel Peterson of the USC women's tennis team captured the 2000 Pac-10 Invitational doubles championship by defeating Jen Heiser and Sara Pestieau of Stanford, 6-4, 7-6, this afternoon in Ojai, Calif. The duo has only played 13 matches together this season for an 8-5 overall record.
The Women of Troy were also represented in the Pac-10 tournament doubles championship by partners Tiffany Brymer and Kara Warkentin. The duo lost in the finals to ninth-ranked Lindsey Blau and Michelle Gough of Arizona, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
Throughout the four-day tournament USC had six singles advance to the second round of play, and three to the quarterfinals. Among them, Warkentin dropped a narrow 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 loss to Stanford's Lauren Kalvaria in the quarterfinals of the main tournament.
The 12th-ranked Women of Troy will now await the 2000 NCAA tournament selections this Thursday, May 4, at 12:30 p.m. PT.
Pac-10 Invitational Women's Doubles - Jacqui Boyd/Jewel Peterson
First Round: Bye
Quarterfinals: def. Fusano/Mayes (Cal) - 8-6
Semifinals: def. Van de Van/Pienaar (Washington State) - 6-2, 6-3
Finals: def. Heiser/Pienaar (Stanford) - 6-4, 7-6
Pac-10 Tournament Women's Doubles - Tiffany Brymer/Kara Warkentin
First Round: def. Filipovic/Pine (Washington State) - 8-2
Quarterfinals: def. Cooper/Marinova (UCLA) - 9-8
Semifinals: def. Bradshaw/McCoury (Arizona State) - 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Finals: lost to Blau/Gough (Arizona) - 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
