Women¹s tennis rallies to victory in two dual meets

Monday, March 3, 1997

By Christie DeBeau

Daily Bruin Contributor

The UCLA women’s tennis team swept its two dual meets this
weekend at the LATC over the weekend.

On Friday, the Bruins (6-3) defeated No. 22 Boise State, 5-4,
and followed it with a 9-0 whitewash of Loyola Marymount on
Saturday.

"It was a tough match with the conditions," UCLA head coach
Stella Sampras said after Friday’s match. "It was pretty windy out
there and some of our players are a little tired."

The teams were tied at three after the singles matches, leaving
the pressure for a win lying heavily on the doubles players.

"I didn’t know much about Boise State, but their one and two
players were excellent," Sampras said. "They came out and they
played pretty well against us, but I was really proud that our team
came together and won it in doubles.

After the Bruins split the first two doubles matches, the team
of Brandi Freudenberg and Kelly Rudolph sealed the team win with an
8-5 victory over Boise State’s No. 3 team.

On Saturday, UCLA defeated the Lions with relative ease.

All six Bruin singles players won their matches in straight
sets. In fact, the Lions took only 25 of the 99 games played.

The closest doubles match was Rudolph/Freudenberg’s 8-5 victory
at number two.

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