LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Feb. 14, 2009) – For the first time
of the 2009 season the women's tennis team took to the
courts. Occidental returned from the Burbank Tennis Center with a
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory
after defeating Caltech 9-0.
Four Tigers donned black and orange for the first time, each
picking up a win in singles play with each of the four also winning
in doubles action.
The doubles team of Kisa Ito and freshman
Frances Hutton swept their Beaver opponents 8-0
while the other two teams won 8-1.
In singles action both Hutton (at the no. 5 spot) and
Katrina Gould who was playing in the #3 slot were
victorious 6-0, 6-0 over their respective opponents.
Kris Subbia defeated Caltech's Leslie
Tong 6-2, 6-0 and Briana Cartwright defeated Lili
Yang 6-3, 6-1, respectively in the number one and two spots.
Ito outplayed Gloria Tran, winning 6-1, 6-0 and Isabelle
Ying rounded out the field today for the Tigers with a
6-0, 6-1 victory.
Next up for Occidental will be another SCIAC
match on Friday, Feb. 20 at the University of Redlands where the
Bulldogs and Tigers will begin play at 2:00 p.m.
