Jan. 18, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The UC Davis women's tennis team completed a perfect road trip with a 6-1 victory over Portland, Sunday afternoon, at the St. John's Racket Center in Portland. The Aggies swept through the doubles matches before taking five out six in singles. UC Davis, which defeated Portland State on Saturday, completed a 2-0 road trip to open the season.
The Aggie duo of Herzyl Legaspi and Dahra Zamudio was the first to finish in doubles after an 8-2 victory over Lacey Pflibsen and Jenna Tanzer at No. 2. Next to finish was the match on court 3 where Sidney Brady and Jenna Kappel defeated Stefanie Doolittle and Anna Gullickson, 8-3. That win clinched the doubles point for the Aggies before Randi Schuler and Desiree Stone capped off doubles action with a win at No. 1.
Schuler was the first to finish in singles when she defeated Sporndli, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 1 to give UC Davis a 2-0 lead. The Pilots pulled within 2-1 with their only victory of the day by Lacey Pflibsen at No. 3, but the Aggies countered with four straight wins to close the match. The third point for UC Davis came from Zamudio, who posted a 6-2, 6-1 win over Doolittle at No. 4. Stone provided the clinching victory at No. 2 with the day's only three-set match, a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Stephanie Fuchs to make it 4-1. Additional victories came from Jessica Harris and Emma Shapiro to account for the final two points.
UC Davis returns to action Thursday when it faces No. 5 Stanford on the road.
UC Davis 6, Portland 1
Portland, Ore
Singles
1. Randi Schuler (UCD) d. Megan Sporndli (POR), 6-3, 6-4.
2. Desiree Stone (UCD) d. Stephanie Fuchs (POR), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
3. Lacey Pflibsen (POR) d. Herzyl Legaspi (UCD), 6-3, 6-4.
4. Dahra Zamudio (UCD) d. Stefanie Doolittle (POR), 6-2, 6-1.
5. Jessica Harris (UCD) d. Jenna Tanzer (POR), 6-3, 6-4.
6. Emma Shapiro (UCD) d. Anna Gullickson (POR), 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles
1. Schuler/Stone (UCD) d. Fuchs/Sporndli (POR), 8-5.
2. Legaspi/Zamudio (UCD) d. Pflibsen/Tanzer (POR), 8-2.
3. Sidney Brady /Kappel (UCD) d. Doolittle/Gullickson (POR), 8-3.
