UCSanDiego Women’s Tennis
TRITONS CRUISE AT CAL STATE L.A.
The No. 19 UC San Diego women’s tennis team cruised to an 8-1 victory over No. 31 Cal State L.A. Sunday, tacking on yet another match to its conference winning streak. Despite the fact that the two teams are ranked fourth and fifth respectively in the West Region, the Tritons overwhelmed the Golden Eagles Sunday and secured the convincing road win. UCSD (4-2 overall) has not lost to a California Collegiate Athletic Association opponents in 63 matches. CSULA falls to 0-3 in league play with the loss. In the singles ladder Sunday, Natalie Varnay and Anita Athavale picked up their first wins of 2010 in straightset fashion. Cindy Dao, Samantha Yeung and Katie Mulloy also collected singles victories, each improving their record to 4-2 this season. The Tritons’ top singles player, Taskeen Bains, suffered a close loss to Dora Kiss, 7-5, 6-7 (10-7).
UCSD FALLS TO FRESNO PACIFIC FRIDAY
The Tritons rallied to win two of three doubles matches last Friday but couldn’t overcome a rough start in the singles ladder, ultimately falling to Fresno Pacific at home, 6-3. The two squads started Friday’s match with singles play and the Tritons dropped five of the six scheduled contests. The only win for UCSD came at the No. 6 spot from freshman Melissa Breisacher, playing in her first match as a Triton. Breisacher, a Rancho Santa Margarita native, topped FPU’s Heidi Jackson in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0.
2/12 2/19 2/20 2/21 2/26 2/28
February vs. Sonoma State at Sonoma State at Cal St. Stanislaus at UC Davis vs. Fresno Pacific at Cal St. L.A.
3/1 3/6 3/10 3/13 3/24 3/25 3/26
March vs. Villanova 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 4/12 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 Cal St. San Bernardino 1 p.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 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 L, 0-7 L, 3-6 W, 8-1
3 p.m. 11 a.m. 2 p.m. TBD 2 p.m. 9 a.m. 12 p.m.
Match 7
UC San Diego (4-2) vs. Villanova (0-3) Monday, March 1 3 p.m.
TBA TBA
Home matches played at Northview Tennis Courts
ATHAVALE, DAVIS A TOUGH DOUBLES PAIR UCSD swept CSULA in the doubles portion Sunday, as the Golden Eagles only managed to win six games combined between the three positions. At the No. 2 position, the Tritons’ Athavale and Jacquelyn Davis improved to 5-1 in 2010 with their win. The two started out the season at the No. 3 position but have been playing out of the No. 2 spot recently with their improved play.
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS OF VILLANOVA
Monday’s match between UCSD and Villanova is the first part of a one-week trip to Southern California for the Wildcats. Villanova has struggled through the early going, dropping its first four matches of the spring season. The Wildcats will play Point Loma later this week.
SCOUTING THE BRONCOS OF POMONA
The Broncos have gotten off to a strong 5-2 start this season but the most recent result didn’t go in CPP’s favor. The Broncos fell 5-4 on Sunday at home against Cal State Stanislaus, with the loss dropping CPP to 2-1 in conference play. The Tritons came away with two wins last year against the Broncos, by scores of 9-0 and 8-1.
Match 8
UC San Diego (4-2) at Cal Poly Pomona (5-2) Saturday, March 6 11 a.m.
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 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
2010 UC SAN DIEGO STATS
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 -- Season statistics Strength & Conditioning Coach... Stacy Peterson Staff Athletics Trainer......................Vanessa Yang Tennis Office Phone.......................858.534.8455 -- Season statistics SPORTS INFORMATION Tennis SID............................................Ivan Alber Overall record: 4-2 • SID Phone......................................858.246.0660 • SID Fax..........................................858.534.8475 SID E-mail.................................ialber@ucsd.edu Associate AD/SID................................. Ryan4-2 Hall • Overall record: SINGLES Overall Dual • Web site.............................. www.ucsdtritons.com
*Singles* 1 Taskeen Bains
(Jr.) KEY 2010 STATS - 2-4 in singles, 3-3 in doubles - Playing at No. 1 singles for first time in career - Looking to break out of four-match losing streaks in singles after tough contests with Stanislaus, Davis, Fresno and L.A.
2 Natalie Varnay
(Jr.) KEY 2010 STATS - 1-5 in singles, 2-2 in doubles - Owns career singles record of 23-21, while going 27-16 in doubles - Recorded first singles win of 2010 on Sunday with victory at No. 2 over Cal State L.A.
3 Cindy Dao
(Jr.) KEY 2010 STATS - 4-2 in singles, 4-2 in doubles - Tied for team lead in singles victories with four - Helped Tritons with comeback win over Cal State Stanislaus - Took UC Davis’ No. 3 singles player to three sets
4 Valerie Tang
(Jr.) KEY 2010 STATS - 2-1 in singles, 3-2 in doubles - Only six singles losses in career, as opposed to 26 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 - 4-2 in singles, 1-0 in doubles - Picked up decisive singles points for Tritons at CSU Stanislaus - Owns 8-2 career singles record while going 6-2 in doubles
6 Samantha Yeung
(So.) KEY 2010 STATS - 4-2 in singles - Now has six career singles wins after going 1-1 last week - Has yet to play doubles in her Triton career
*Doubles* 1 Bains/Varnay KEY 2010 STATS - 3-3 as a doubles pair - Went 1-1 last week, losing to Fresno Pacific before defeating Cal State L.A. on Sunday Season statistics 2 Athavale/Davis KEY 2010 STATS - 5-1 as a doubles pair - Moved up to No. 2 and holds best doubles record for UCSD CCAA: 4-0 • Region: 4-0 • Home: 1-1 • Away: 3-1 • Neutral: 0-0 - Came up witih Tritons’ vs National ranked: 1-0 • vs Regional ranked: 4-0 only doubles win vs. Cal St. Stanislaus
Season statistics
2 Dao/Tang KEY 2010 STATS - 3-2 as a doubles pair vs aRanked Own career 15-9 record as doubles pair CCAA: 4-0 • Region: 4-0 • Home: 1-1 • Away: 3-1 • Neutral: 0-0 Went 12-8 together in the 2008 season Streak Last10 Tour CCAA 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat'l Reg'l vs National ranked: 1-0 • vs Regional ranked: 4-0
Anita Athavale
1-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
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---
1-0
---
---
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0
Taskeen Bains
2-4
2-4
0-0
2-2
1-4
1-0
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---
---
---
vs Ranked 0-0 0-0
L 4
2-4
SINGLES Melissa Breisacher Overall 1-0
Dual 1-0
Tour 0-0
CCAA 0-0
1 ---
2 ---
3 ---
4 ---
5 ---
6 1-0
Nat'l 0-0
Reg'l 0-0
Streak W 1
Last10 1-0
Anita Athavale Cindy Dao
1-0 4-2
1-0 4-2
0-0
1-0 4-0
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---
--4-2
1-0 ---
---
---
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0 4-2
Taskeen Bains Jacquelyn Davis
2-4 1-0
2-4 1-0
0-0
2-2 1-0
1-4 ---
1-0 ---
---
---
---
--1-0
0-0
0-0
L 41 W
2-4 1-0
Melissa Breisacher Katie Mulloy
1-0 4-2
1-0 4-2
0-0
0-0 4-0
---
---
---
--1-0
--2-2
1-0
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0 4-2
Cindy Dao Valerie Tang
4-2 2-1
4-2 2-1
0-0
4-0 2-0
---
---
4-2 ---
--2-1
---
---
0-0
0-0
W L 11
4-2 2-1
Jacquelyn Davis Natalie Varnay
1-0 1-5
1-0 1-5
0-0
1-0 1-3
--0-1
--1-4
---
---
---
1-0 ---
0-0
0-0
W 1
1-0 1-5
Katie Mulloy Samantha Yeung
4-2
4-2
0-0
4-0
---
---
---
1-0 0-1
2-2 2-0
1-0 2-1
0-0
0-0
W 1
4-2
2-1 20-16
2-1 20-16
0-0
2-0 19-5
--1-5
--2-4
--4-2
2-1 4-2
--4-2
--5-1
0-0
0-0
L 1
2-1
Natalie Varnay Percentage
1-5 .556
1-5 .556
0-0 .000
1-3 .792
0-1 .167
1-4 .333
--.667
--.667
--.667
--.833
0-0 .000
0-0 .000
W 1
1-5
Samantha Yeung
4-2
4-2
0-0
4-0
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---
---
0-1
2-0
2-1
0-0
0-0
W 1
4-2
20-16
20-16
0-0
19-5
1-5
2-4
4-2
4-2
4-2
5-1
Valerie Tang Totals
Totals Percentage DOUBLES
.556
0-0 0-0 vs Ranked
.556 .000 Dual .792 Tour .167 CCAA .333 .667 .833 Nat'l .000 Overall 1 .667 2 .667 3
.000 Reg'l
Streak
Last10
Taskeen Bains/Natalie Varnay
3-3
3-3
0-0
3-1
3-3
---
---
0-0
0-0
W 1
3-3
Cindy Dao/Valerie Tang
3-2
3-2
0-0
2-1
---
2-1
1-1
vs Ranked 0-0 0-0
W 1
3-2
DOUBLES Anita Athavale/Jacquelyn Davis Overall 5-1
Dual 5-1
Tour 0-0
CCAA 4-0
1 ---
2 2-1
3 3-0
Nat'l 0-0
Reg'l 0-0
Streak W 2
Last10 5-1
Taskeen Bains/Natalie Cindy Dao/Katie MulloyVarnay
3-3 1-0
0-0
3-1 1-0
3-3 ---
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--1-0
0-0
0-0
W 1
3-3 1-0
3-3 1-0