W. tennis smashes Loyola Marymount
By Hye Kwon
Daily Bruin Staff
Wet surfaces at the Los Angeles Tennis Center postponed the
start of Thursday’s women’s tennis match between No.7 UCLA and
Loyola Marymount by a few hours, but the distraction the delay
caused wasn’t nearly enough to waver the Bruins, who came out on
top 7-2.
UCLA’s No. 1 player, Keri Phebus, sat out the match to tend to
personal business, but her services were barely missed against a
subpar LMU team. Playing in Phebus’ No. 1 singles spot for the
Bruins was Paige Yaroshuk. The senior righthander looked awesome as
she easily handled Mara Colaizzi 6-0, 6-0. Soon after Yaroshuk’s
match, other Bruins followed the pattern of domination.
With the exception of Kathy O’Daly, who lost to Lia Bunker by
the score of 6-3, 5-7, 4-6 at the sixth spot, the Bruins gave up
just four games total, while winning 60.
"Everyone did a great job," UCLA assistant coach Stella Sampras
said. "The score goes to show just how well we played."
Yesterday’s match marked the first dual match of the season for
the Bruins and the first ever for four Bruin freshmen. Brandi
Freudenberg, Jody Anglin, and twin sisters Alyson and Shana Gray
were impressive in their debut, notching two singles wins and a
gutsy doubles victory.
Next up for UCLA is Washington State, which represents a much
greater challenge than the Lions. The two teams will do battle at
the Los Angeles Tennis Center at 1p.m. on Saturday.
Daily Bruin file photo
Paige Yaroshuk led the Bruins to victory Thursday.
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