The UCSD women’s tennis team concluded a seven-game home stand with a match against Pomona-Pitzer on March 30. The Tritons went from a two- to a three-game winning streak after defeating the Sagehens, 8-1.
Pomona-Pitzer’s only point came when the No. 1 doubles UCSD team of Julie Westerman and Jenna Ishii were defeated by Kelli Howard and Whitney Henderson in a tiebreaker. Jasmin Dao and Tara Siddiqui, at the No. 2 position, defeated Betsey Mork and Lauren Calton 8-3. At the No. 3 doubles court, Kristina Jansen and Allison Ishii defeated Vicki Chen and Kelsey Chance 8-4. Howard, Henderson and Mork were three of six members of the 2002 All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Second Team.
Neither Henderson nor Howard were allowed to continue their wins to the singles matches. No. 1 Westerman defeated Henderson in a rematch of the two players 6-3, 6-1. At No. 2, Dao defeated Howard 6-4, 6-2. Siddiqui defeated Mork 6-1, 6-2 on the No. 3 court. Jansen, at No. 4, defeated Chen 6-0, 6-1. Leigh Roberts defeated Chance at No. 5: 2-6, 6-4 (10-4). At No. 6, Marissa Hilker defeated Calton 6-0, 6-1.
Pomona-Pitzer’s record after their most recent game against UCSD is 9-4 overall and 4-1 in the SCIAC. The Sagehens are tied for second place in the SCIAC with Redlands, behind Cal Lutheran University. Last year, Pomona-Pitzer tied for first place in the SCIAC Championships, their second-straight title, with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
UCSD is ranked second in the California Collegiate Athletic Association and 13th nationally. Their official record is 13-2 overall and 7-1 against other CCAA teams. Rival Cal Poly Pomona holds the top spot with an overall record of 13-1 and 7-0 in the CCAA conference. They lost their first game on March 26 against Hawaii-Hilo. There is not a lot of pressure from Grand Canyon, who holds the third spot with a CCAA record of 4-2.
Traditionally, UCSD has competed in the annual Xenia Anastasiadou Memorial Tournament at Pomona, Calif., in April; however, the team traveled to Pensacola, Fla., for the University of West Florida Tournament, which began on April 3 and will continue through April 5. CCAA Rivals Cal Poly and CCAA fifth-ranked CSU Los Angeles will participate in the Xenia Tournament. The Tritons will finish the regular season in the following home game, a second against Point Loma Nazarene, which will take place April 14. UCSD will begin to compete in the CCAA Championship in Davis on April 18.
