University Southern California Trojans
Women's Tennis Defeats Miami
June 21, 1999 | Women's Tennis
May 21, 1999
LOS ANGELES - The USC women's tennis team defeated Miami, 5-4, on Thursday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Championships.
The match came down to the last doubles match-up of USC's Jacqui Boyd and Caroline Christian against Miami's Eva Jimenez and Meredith Laughlin. Boyd/Christian earned the victory and clinched the match for USC with a 8-4 win.
The Women of Troy will advance to quarterfinal play on Friday (May 21) at 4:00 EDT against conference-rival Stanford. USC advances to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1990.
Singles 1. Lioudmila Skavronskia (UM) def. Ditta Huber (USC), 6-0, 6-4 2. Kara Warkentin (USC) def. Katia Bogomolova (UM), 6-4, 7-6 (5) 3. Jacqui Boyd (USC) def. Marcy Hora (UM), 6-1, 6-1 4. Karolina Bakalarova (USC) def. Eva Jimenez (UM), 6-3, 6-0 5. Veronika Safarova (USC) def. Alanna Broderick (UM), 6-1, 6-3 6. Meredith Laughlin (UM) def. Krissy Hamilton- Heinberg (USC), 2-6, 6-4, 7-5Doubles 1. Hora/Skavronskia (UM) def. Huber/Warkentin (USC), 8-4 2. Bogomolova/Broderick (UM) def. Bakalarova/Safarova (USC), 8-5 3. Boyd/Caroline Christian (USC) def. Jimenez/Laughlin (UM), 8-4
