University Southern California Trojans
No. 13 Women's Tennis Upsets No. 8 UCLA
June 21, 1999 | Women's Tennis
LOS ANGELES - USC's No. 1 doubles team of senior Ditta Huber and junior Kara Warkentin, ranked No. 30 in the nation, upset the No.12 doubles team in the country, UCLA's duo of juniors Amanda Basica and Annica Cooper, to clinch the No. 13 Women of Troy's 6-3 victory over the No. 8 Bruins on Saturday afternoon at Marks Tennis Stadium.
Trailing 2-0 in singles, the Women of Troy swept the No. 3 through No. 6 singles matches, giving them a lead of 4-2 entering doubles play. In doubles, the team of Huber and Warkentin jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but UCLA quickly fought back to tie the match at 4-4. Huber and Warkentin regained momentum and clinched the match for the Women of Troy with an 8-6 win. USC and UCLA split the remaining two doubles matches to complete the scoring.
"UCLA has a very good team," USC Coach Richard Gallien said. "This win speaks well for our girls. We put up a stiff wall and out-fought them. In the end we had just a little more left then they did."
USC improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the Pacific-10 Conference, while handing UCLA its first loss of the season. The Bruins fell to 5-1, 2-1.
The Women of Troy next compete at the ITA Indoor Team Championships in Madison, WI., on Feb. 18-21.
USC 6, UCLA 3
SINGLES
1. Cristina Popescu (UCLA) d. Ditta Huber (USC) 6-4, 7-5 2. Annica Cooper (UCLA) d. Kara Warkentin (USC) 6-2, 6-1 3. Jacqui Boyd (USC) d. Amanda Basica (UCLA) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 4. Veronika Safarova (USC) d. Brandi Freudenberg (UCLA) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 5. Krissy Hamilton-Heinberg (USC) d. Katia Roubanova (UCLA) 6-3, 6-3 6. Karolina Bakalarova (USC) d. Petya Marinova (UCLA) 6-2, 6-0DOUBLES
1. Huber/Warkentin (USC) d. Basica/Cooper (UCLA) 8-6 2. Bakalarova/Safarova (USC) d. Freudenberg/Roubanova (UCLA) 8-6 3. Marinova/Popescu (UCLA) d. Boyd/Christian (USC) 8-7
