UCSanDiego Women’s Tennis
TRITONS SET FOR CCAA SHOWDOWNS
The No. 19 UC San Diego women’s tennis team is set to embark on its first road trip of 2010 and with three matches in a span of three days, the opponents featured will pose a significant challenge to the 1-0 Tritons. After topping No. 44 Sonoma State 8-1 last week in the season opener, UCSD will travel to play SSU again this Friday at 1 p.m. From there, the Tritons will visit No. 17 Cal State Stanislaus Saturday at 11 a.m. Based on the preseason Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll, UCSD will technically need an upset over the Warriors to keep its streak of 60 consecutive league victories alive. To conclude the road trip, the Tritons will play UC Davis on Sunday at 11 a.m. The Aggies have topped UCSD 6-1 in each of the previous three seasons.
UCSD AIMS TO REPEAT SUCCESS VS. SSU
The Tritons, after being dealt rain cancellations in their first three matches, finally played a contest that counted last Friday. UCSD topped SSU 8-1 at home to secure the squad’s 60th-straight California Collegiate Athletic Association victory. UCSD will look to repeat that success this Friday when it travels to SSU to play again. The Tritons defeated the Seawolves by scores of 9-0 and 8-1 last season.
BAINS EARNS CCAA WEEKLY HONOR
UCSD junior Taskeen Bains earned Penn/California Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Week honors for the week of Feb. 8, conference officials announced Monday. Bains, out of Cupertino, Calif., topped Sonoma State’s Stephanie Luk at No. 1 singles in the season opener last Friday. It was the first time in her career that Bains had played at the lineup’s highest position. In doubles earlier, Bains teamed with Natalie Varnay to take down Luk and Molly Maguire, 9-8.
SCOUTING THE WARRIORS OF CSUS
Cal St. Stanislaus finished second in the CCAA last year and now ranked ahead of UCSD in the ITA preseason poll, the Warriors hope to put an end to the Tritons’ league dominance. Although CSUS has started out 0-3 in 2010, the three losses have come against two Division I opponents - San Jose State and Cal St. northridge - and the No. 2 team in the NAIA - Fresno Pacific. Sophomore Verena Preikschas leads the Warriors in the singles leader and has gone 2-1 against the elevated competition.
SCOUTING THE AGGIES OF UC DAVIS
UC Davis finished 11-12 last season as a member of the Division I’s Big West Conference. The Aggies, returning six members of last season’s squad, have topped the Tritons 6-1 in each of the previous three years. The top UCD players include seniors Desiree Stone and Herzyl Legaspi, who combined for 46 wins in 2009. Rounding out the top three singles group is sophomore Dahra Zamudio, who led the Aggies last season with 26 wins while going 6-1 at the No. 2 position.
2/12 2/19 2/20 2/21 2/26 2/27
February vs. Sonoma State at Sonoma State at Cal St. Stanislaus at UC Davis vs. Fresno Pacific at Cal St. L.A.
3/3 3/6 3/10 3/13 3/24 3/25 3/26
March at Cal St. San Bernardino at Cal Poly Pomona vs. Western New Mexico vs. Hawaii Hilo at BYU-Hawaii at Hawaii Pacific at Hawaii Hilo
4/3 4/7 4/10 4/15 4/17 4/21 4/24
April vs. Cal St. San Bernardino 11 a.m. vs. Cal Poly Pomona 2 p.m. vs. Cal St. L.A. 11 a.m. at Point Loma Nazarene 2 p.m. vs. Cal St. Stanislaus 11 a.m. at Azusa Pacific 2 p.m. at Cal St. Northridge 12:30 p.m.
May 5/8 NCAA West Regional 5/12-15 NCAA Championships
W, 8-1 1 p.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 11 a.m. 1 p.m. 11 a.m. 2 p.m. TBD 2 p.m. 9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Match 2
UC San Diego (1-0) at Sonoma State (2-1) Friday, Feb. 19 1 p.m.
Match 3
UC San Diego (1-0) at Cal St. Stanislaus (0-3) Saturday, Feb. 20 11 a.m.
Match 4
UC San Diego (1-0) at UC Davis (1-4) Sunday, Feb. 21 11 a.m.
TBA TBA
Home matches played at Northview Tennis Courts
2010 UC San Diego Roster Name Class Hometown Athavale, Anita Sr. Los Gatos, Calif. Bains, Taskeen Jr. Cupertino, Calif. Barth, Katie So. Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Breisacher, Melissa Fr. Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Dao, Cindy Jr. Claremont, Calif. Davis, Jacquelyn Fr. League City, Texas Desai, Pooja Sr. Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Hardebeck, Lisa Fr. Orange, Calif. Lum, Sherise Fr. Mililani, Hawaii Mizuguchi, Krystal So. Hilo, Hawaii Mulloy, Katie So. Danville, Calif. Pourmirzaie, Roxanna Jr. San Jose, Calif. Sophos, Zoe Fr. Moorpark, Calif. Tang, Valerie Jr. Saratoga, Calif. Varnay, Valerie Jr. Tiburon, Calif. Yeung, Samantha So. Calabasas, Calif.
UC San Diego’s Projected Starters
Quick Facts GENERAL INFORMATION Location......................................... La Jolla, Calif. Founded.......................................................1960 Enrollment.................................................28,500 Colors............................................ Blue and Gold Nickname.................................................. Tritons Affiliation.................................... NCAA Division II Home Court.................... Northview Tennis Courts Chancellor............................ Dr. Marye Anne Fox Director of Athletics................... Earl W. Edwards Athletic Dept. Phone....................... 858.534.4211 Athletic Dept. Fax...........................858.534.8172
*Singles*
WOMEN’S TENNIS HISTORY First Year of Women’s Tennis........................1977 All-Time Record............................. 480-213 (.693) NCAA Appearances...........................................27 NCAA National Titles.............. 4 (‘85, ‘87, ‘89, ‘94) 2009 Overall Record .................................... 15-6 2009 Postseason................NCAA West Regional WOMEN’S TENNIS STAFF Head Coach..................................... Liz LaPlante Alma Mater......................... San Diego State, 1979 Record at UCSD/years.............468-195/30 years Overall Record/years................468-195/30 years Email Coach Gerckens.............. liztens@aol.com Assistant Coach/years............... Timmer Willing/9 Strength & Conditioning Coach... Stacy Peterson Staff Athletics Trainer......................Vanessa Yang Tennis Office Phone.......................858.534.8455 -- Season statistics
1 Taskeen Bains
(Jr.) KEY 2010 STATS - 1-0 in singles, 1-0 in doubles - Played at No. 1 singles for first time in career last week - Topped Sonoma State’s top singles player, Stephanie Luk, in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0
2 Natalie Varnay
(Jr.) KEY 2010 STATS - 0-1 in singles, 1-0 in doubles - Owns career singles record of 22-18, while going 25-13 in doubles - Paired with teammate Taskeen Bains as a freshman and duo went 12-9 at UCSD’s top position
3 Cindy Dao
(Jr.) KEY 2010 STATS - 1-0 in singles, 1-0 in doubles - Returned to action last week after not playing as a sophomore - Picked up straight-set victory against Sonoma State in opener - Compiled 10-5 singles record as a freshman in 2008
4 Valerie Tang
(Jr.) KEY 2010 STATS - 1-0 in singles, 1-0 in doubles - Only five singles losses in career, as opposed to 25 wins - Has teamed up with Cindy Dao once again in doubles - Dao and Tang duo went 12-8 in 2008
5 Katie Mulloy
(So.) KEY 2010 STATS - 1-0 in singles - Undefeated in singles, owning 4-0 career record - Has not played doubles yet in 2010 but is 5-2 in career
6 Samantha Yeung
(So.) KEY 2010 STATS - 1-0 in singles - Earned third career singles victory last week against SSU - Has yet to play doubles in her Triton career
*Doubles*
SPORTS INFORMATION Tennis SID............................................Ivan Alber SID Phone......................................858.246.0660 SID Fax..........................................858.534.8475 SID E-mail.................................ialber@ucsd.edu Overall record: 1-0 • Associate AD/SID................................. Ryan Hall• Web site.............................. www.ucsdtritons.com
1 Bains/Varnay KEY 2010 STATS - 1-0 as a doubles pair - Picked up hard-fought victory in season opener last week against Stephanie Luk and Molly Maguire of SSU, 9-8 2 Dao/Tang KEY 2010 STATS - 1-0 as a doubles pair - Own career 13-8 record as a doubles pair Season statistics - Went 12-8 together in the 2008 season 3 Athavale/Davis KEY STATS - 0-1 a doubles CCAA: 1-0 • Region: 0-0 • Home: 1-02010 • Away: 0-0 • as Neutral: 0-0 pair Athavale and Davis topped SSU in doubles, 8-3, last week vs National ranked: 0-0 • vs Regional ranked: 1-0
- Doubles win was first of Davis’ career
2010 UC SAN DIEGO STATS
vs Ranked SINGLES
Overall
Dual
Tour
CCAA
1
2
3
4
5
6
Nat'l
Reg'l
Streak
Last10
Taskeen Bains
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
1-0
---
---
---
---
---
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0
Cindy Dao
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
---
---
1-0
---
---
---
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0
Katie Mulloy
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
---
---
---
---
1-0
---
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0
Valerie Tang
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
---
---
---
1-0
---
---
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0
Natalie Varnay
0-1
0-1
0-0
0-1
---
0-1
---
---
---
---
0-0
0-0
L 1
0-1
Samantha Yeung
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
---
---
---
---
---
1-0
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0
Totals
5-1
5-1
0-0
5-1
1-0
0-1
1-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-0
0-0
Percentage
.833
.833
.000
.833
.000
.000
1.000 .000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
vs Ranked DOUBLES
Overall
Dual
Tour
CCAA
1
2
3
Nat'l
Reg'l
Streak
Last10
Taskeen Bains/Natalie Varnay
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
1-0
---
---
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0
Cindy Dao/Valerie Tang
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
---
1-0
---
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0
Anita Athavale/Jacquelyn Davis
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
---
---
1-0
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0
Totals
3-0
3-0
0-0
3-0
1-0
1-0
1-0
0-0
0-0