UCSanDiego Women’s Tennis
SATURDAY SHOWDOWN SET WITH CSUS
The No. 15 UC San Diego women’s tennis team has five regular season matches remaining in 2010 but none is more important than Saturday’s home contest against No. 19 Cal State Stanislaus. Considering the Tritons and Warriors are ranked third and fourth respectively in the West Region and UCSD edged CSUS 5-4 in Turlock on Feb. 20, the anticipation of this weekend’s match is creeping higher and higher. The top four teams in the region advance to the NCAA Division II postseason, which begins May 8, and the result of Saturday’s contest between the Tritons and Warriors will certainly clear up the cloudy playoff picture. Before challenging CSUS at 11 a.m. Saturday, UCSD will play a non-conference road match against Point Loma Nazarene on Thursday at 2 p.m.
LAST HOME MATCH FOR ATHAVALE, DESAI
Being the last home match of the season for UCSD, the team will honor the achievements of its two seniors Anita Athavale and Pooja Desai. After transferring from UC Davis, Athavale has been a force for the Tritons. To this point, she has compiled records of 14-11 in singles and 24-9 in doubles. As a freshman, Athavale was named to the All-CCAA Second Team and picked as the league’s Newcomer of the Year. Desai has put together career records of 11-8 in singles and 1-5 in doubles. As a freshman, Desai earned All-CCAA First Team honors and was named the league’s Newcomer of the Year.
UCSD CRUISES TO ROAD WIN VS. CSUSB
The Tritons cruised to a 7-2 road victory against Cal State San Bernardino on Monday afternoon. With the win, the Tritons improved to 12-5 overall and 8-1 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. After a delayed start, UCSD ended up topping the Coyotes in two of the three doubles contests and five of the six singles matches. Tritons’ head coach Liz LaPlante mixed the lineup Monday, inserting Krystal Mizuguchi and Katie Barth into the No. 5 and No. 6 singles positions. Both players collected victories and Barth’s win was the first singles win of her UCSD career. At the top spots in the ladder, regular starters Taskeen Bains, Anita Athavale and Samantha Yeung all picked up wins. Yeung holds the best overall record on the Tritons’ squad at 12-5, including an 8-1 mark in the CCAA.
SCOUTING THE SEA LIONS OF PLNU
Point Loma Nazarene, the third-ranked team in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), is 15-3 overall this season. UCSD and PLNU met on April 15 of last year and the Tritons earned a 6-3 win.
SCOUTING THE WARRIORS OF CSUS
Cal State Stanislaus has now won seven matches in a row and are on pace with the Tritons in the conference as the Warriors are 7-1 in the CCAA. UCSD rebounded from a 2-1 deficit in doubles to capture a narrow 5-4 road victory on Feb. 20 against the Warriors.
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 3/10 3/13 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/31
March vs. Villanova vs. Western New Mexico vs. Hawaii Hilo at BYU-Hawaii at Hawaii Pacific at Hawaii Hilo at Cal Poly Pomona
4/3 4/7 4/10 4/12 4/15 4/17 4/21 4/24 4/26
April vs. Cal St. San Bernardino W, 7-2 vs. Cal Poly Pomona L, 3-6 vs. Cal St. L.A. W, 6-3 at Cal St. San Bernardino W, 7-2 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. at San Diego State 2 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
W, 8-1 W, 9-0 W, 7-2 L, 0-9 L, 4-5 W, 7-2 W, 6-3
Match 18
UC San Diego (12-5) at Point Loma Nazarene (15-3) Thursday, April 15 2 p.m.
Match 19
UCSD (12-5, 8-1 CCAA) vs. CSUS (7-4, 7-1 CCAA) Saturday, April 17 11 a.m.
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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.