Women's tennis briefs
By Daily Bruin Staff
Jan. 20, 2003 9:00 p.m.
UCLA takes doubles title in Washington
The UCLA women’s tennis team returned from the Pac-10
Indoor Championships hosted by the University of Washington this
past weekend with mixed results.
Freshman Shilpa Joshi and sophomore Anya Loncaric defeated
USC’s Melissa Esmero and Maureen Diaz 8-4 to claim the Flight
II-doubles title.
In the Flight I doubles group, UCLA’s Jackie Carleton and
Laura Gordon advanced to the semifinals before falling to
Washington’s All-American team of Claire Carter and Darija
Klaic. The Bruins’ other Flight I doubles team, Sarah Gregg
and Suzi Wild lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champions,
USC’s Jewel Peterson and Tiffany Brymer.
In singles, the Bruins did not fare as strongly, failing to
reach beyond the quarterfinal round in any of the four flights.
Second seed Sara Walker was upset in the quarterfinals by
Oregon’s Daria Panova 6-1, 7-6 (2).
Carleton, the other Flight I singles player, battled and upset
Cal’s 12th ranked Raquel Kops-Jones 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), but
was unable to get past Arizona’s Emilie Schibot in the
quarterfinals.
In Flight II, Gregg won her first-round match, but lost to the
eventual finalist, Dea Sumantri of Washington, in the next round.
Both Bruins in Flight III, Anya Loncaric and Laura Gordon, advanced
to the quarterfinals.
The three freshmen playing in Flight IV, Nina Yaftali, Shilpa
Joshi, and Kate Jolson all lost in the first round.
