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March 31, 2008

NO. 60 ANTEATERS AT UC DAVIS, PACIFIC: The No. 60 UC Irvine women's tennis team (10-7, 4-1) will travel to Northern California to take on a pair of Big West Conference opponents this week. The team will travel to Davis Saturday to face UC Davis at 11:00 a.m. at the Marya Welch Tennis Center and to Stockton Sunday to face Pacific at 11:00 a.m. at the Hal Nelson Courts.

 

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The Aggies are 9-6 overall and 2-2 in Big West play. Robin Guier is the No. 1 singles player for UC Davis.

 

The Tigers are 4-10 overall and 0-4 in Big West play to start the week and host Cal State Fullerton before hosting UCI.  Jolanta Twaroska is the No. 1 singles player for Pacific.

 

WEEK IN REVIEW: The Anteaters went 1-1 on the week with a 5-2 loss to Boise State and a 5-2 win over Cal State Northridge. Senior Becky Bernhard (Roseville/Oakmont HS) and freshman Brooke Bartlett (Fountain Valley HS) each went 2-0 in singles to lead the team for the week.

 

ANTEATERS RANKED 60^th: The Anteaters are ranked 60^th in the country by the ITA rankings. UCI had it's highest preseason ranking ever as they started the year off ranked 37^th.

 

The Anteaters finished the 2006-07 season ranked 35th nationally after a first round loss to Texas in the NCAA Tournament to finish with a 21-5 record. UCI was ranked as high as No. 28 in the country during the season as the team won the Big West regular season championship with a perfect 7-0 record in conference play.

 

ANTEATER LEADERS: Brooke Bartlett leads the team with a 11-3 record. Senior Jessica Broadfoot (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School) is second on the team with a 10-6 record. The doubles team of Borowicz and Bartlett is 5-1 on the year at the No. 3 position to lead the team.

 

SENIOR Becky Bernhard IN THE RECORD BOOKS: Senior Becky Bernhard was ranked as high as No. 81 in the Fila/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings in 2007. Bernhard was named Big West Player of the Week six times last season and a total of nine times in her career, more than any women's tennis player in Big West history and more than any athlete at UCI in Big West sports.

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