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Feb - Seven WCC teams took the courts over the weekend, with Gonzaga and San Francisco earning first wins for 004
lt;bgt;Pictured:lt;/bgt;lt;igt; Jamie Buterbaugh led Gonzaga to a - win over Utah State, winning her singles match in straight sets and teaming with Angela Fry for a doubles victory.lt;/igt; lt;pgt; Feb - Seven WCC teams took the courts over the weekend, with Gonzaga and San Francisco earning first wins for 004. The Zags fell to Idaho on Saturday before rebounding to hand Utah State a - defeat. The Dons dropped UC Santa Cruz on Friday, but then fell to Hawaii on Saturday. LMU fell 7-0 11 ranked UCLA, while 46 ranked San Diego fell to both Oklahoma and 7 ranked Arizona. Saint Mary's and Santa Clara were both swept by 3 ranked California over the weekend. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Idaho State , Gonzaga lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Gonzaga University women's tennis team was able to pick up two singles victories, but it wasn't enough as the Bengals of Idaho State University defeated the Bulldogs, - on Saturday. lt;pgt; Senior Jamie Buterbaugh and senior Katie Sanders won the lone matches for Gonzaga, both in straight sets over their Idaho State opponents. Buterbaugh defeated Melanie Kranz (6-, 6-4) and Sanders grabbed a win over Katherine Zigars (6-3, 6-4). lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Gonzaga , Utah State lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; Senior Jamie Buterbaugh led the Gonzaga University women's tennis team to its first spring victory as the Bulldogs claimed victory over Utah State University, -, on Sunday afternoon. With the win, Gonzaga improved to 3-1, while the Aggies dropped their home opener. lt;pgt; Buterbaugh won her singles match in straight sets over Lindsey Bennion (6-, 6-3) and paired with teammate Angela Fry to defeat Bennion and Carolyn Stephens, 8-3, in one of two Gonzaga doubles victories. Connie Head and Sirrah Williams won their match over Andrea Hansen and Richelle Moon (9-7) for the doubles point. lt;pgt; Fry, Williams and Head all won their singles matches as well for the win. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;UCLA 7, LMU 0lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Loyola Marymount University women's tennis team opened the season with five newcomers playing singles and four newcomers on the double teams in their first match of the year against 11th-ranked UCLA. The Bruins experience was evident in a 7-0 win over the Lions at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Wednesday afternoon. lt;pgt; In his 9th year as head coach, Jamie Sanchez wanted his young team to get experience playing the best. Mission accomplished as four freshman and a junior transfer joined sophomore Patrycia Hubl in singles competition against one of the top programs in the nation. Junior transfer Carla Arguelles took on the 17th-ranked player in the nation in Jakie Carleton and fell 6-3,6-4 in the best match of the day. Arguelles had a 4- lead in the second but could not hang on. lt;pgt; In doubles play a freshman was on all three teams as Arguelles and freshman Kimi Kaloi were teamed at number one doubles and battled the third-ranked doubles team in the nation in Carleton and Lauren Fisher. UCLA jumped out early to post an 8-4 win. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;California 7, Saint Mary's 0lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Saint Mary's women's tennis team fell to No. 3 ranked Cal Berkeley, 7-0, at the Hellman Tennis Complex. With the loss the Gaels drop to 0-, while the Bears improve to -0 on the season. lt;pgt; In singles play the Gaels had to face three players that are ranked in the top 100 in the nation. Freshman Aude Lambert made an impressive showing going up against the No. player in the nation, senior Raquel Kops-Jones, but fell 6-, 6-4. Freshman Dunya Stankovic lost in straight sets to the No. 8 player in the nation, senior Catherine Lynch, 6-0, 6-0. Junior Megan Schulman fell to the No. 99 player in the nation, senior Nicole Havlicek, 6-0, 6-. Nicole Hunstock was the only Gael that took her opponent to three sets, as she lost to Jessica Shu, -7, 6-1, (10-). lt;pgt; In doubles play the Gaels had to go up against another nationally ranked opponent in senior Jody Scheldt, who is currently ranked No. 9 in the nation. The duo of Scheldt and Havlicek defeated Schulman and Stankovic 8-1. Saint Mary's sophomores Kristen Kummer and Kate Harden battled tough before falling to Shu and Lynch 8-6. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Oklahoma , San Diego lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The USD women's tennis team, ranked 46th in the preseason ITA poll, dropped their season opener this afternoon to Oklahoma in Tucson, Arizona by the score of -. San Diego will next take on the Arizona Wildcats in a match to be played this coming Sunday. Sophomore Emma Murphy and senior Catherine Heppell both won their singles matches at No. and No. 6, respectively. The Toreros were without the services of first year player Lena Baensch who is out with an ankle injury. lt;pgt; Oklahoma swept all three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Murphy defeated Gabby Baker at No. (6-1, 6-0) and Heppell downed Bethany Griffin at No. 6 (6-4, 6-4). At No. 1 singles, Lauren Perl won her first set 6-4 over Anda Periauna, then lost a tough 7-6 second set before falling 6-1 in the third. Tara Livesay at No. 3 and Jenny Brown at No. 4 also dropped three-set match lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Arizona 6, San Diego 1lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The No. 7 Arizona women's tennis team (1-0) played in its third match of the weekend and defeated No. 46 San Diego (0-), 6-1, Sunday, Feb. 1. The Wildcats swept the doubles matches, and won five of the six singles matches for the overall victory. USD's lone point came at No. singles where Emma Murphy upset 9th-ranked Maja Mlakar, 7-6, 6-3. lt;pgt; In doubles action, juniors Maja Mlakar and Dianne Hollands defeated San Diego's team of Jennifer Brown and Lauren Kazarian, 8-4. The team of junior Kelly Perry and senior Debbie Larocque also won their match, 8-, as they competed against San Diego's Emma Murphy and Tara Livesay. On court 3, sophomore Iza Ferreira and freshman Jessie Rochefort defeated San Diego's team of Lauren Perl and Jenna Anderson, 8-. lt;pgt; Playing in the third position, senior Debbie Larocque was the first to finish her match as she won, 6-1, 6-1, over San Diego's Tara Livesay. On court 4, freshman Jessie Rochefort defeated Jennifer Brown, 6-, 6-. Junior Kelly Perry was the third to finish her match. She competed against San Diego's Lauren Kazarian and won, 6-4, 6-. No. 8 ranked junior Dianne Hollands played in the first position and defeated No. 41 Lauren Perl, 6-, 6-4. The longest match of the afternoon came on court 6 where Iza Ferreira eventually defeated Catherine Heppell, 6-4, 7-6. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;San Francisco 6, UC Santa Cruz 1lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; USF women's tennis opened the 004 season with a 6-1 victory against UC Santa Cruz Friday at Golden Gate Park. The Lady Dons swept the singles point and took victories in the top-five singles spots, with the Banana Slugs breaking through for a win at 6. lt;pgt; Camille Pamart debuted at 1 for USF cruising to a 6-1, 6-4 win against Katie Frick, while Megan Tiegs earned the win at , 6-4, 6-4 against Sara Moglen. Gabi Ruiz battled Courtney Armstrong for a 6-4, 7- victory at 3, while 4 Anna Skogerboe cruised to a 6-1, 6- win against Jocelyn Werner. Michelle Duncan captured a victory against Erica Lee, 6-1, 6-1 at . lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Hawaii 4, San Francisco 3lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The USF women's tennis team lost their first match of the season Saturday, falling to the University of Hawaii, 4-3. The loss drops the Don's record to 1-1. lt;pgt; USF won three singles matches, getting three-set victories from Megan Tiegs, Gabi Ruiz, and Anna Skogerboe. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;California 7, Santa Clara 0lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Santa Clara University women's tennis team fell to third-ranked California 7-0 Saturday evening at the Hellman Tennis Complex. The Broncos fall to 0- with the loss. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Hawaii-Santa Clara- Cancelledlt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Santa Clara University women's tennis non-conference match against Hawaii, scheduled for noon today, has been cancelled due to inclement weather. lt;pgt; Originally scheduled for a noon first serve, rainy weather hit the Bay Area this morning and has not let up. There are currently no plans to reschedule the match. The Rainbow Wahine (-) will return to the Islands and host UC Irvine on Friday. lt;pgt; The Broncos (0-) also return to action on Friday, visiting West Coast Conference opponent San Francisco. First Serve is set for 1 p.m. at Golden Gate Park. lt;Pgt;13; lt;Pgt;
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