LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Jan. 30, 2010) - Oxy is coming off a third
place finish in the SCIAC, a year ago, and opened the 2010 season
and conference by hosting the Cal Lu Regals. The Regals tied
for third last season, as well, but got the best of the Tigers
today. Dominating the doubles portion of the dual match and
held off the Tigers in singles to pick up the victory.
Cal Lu took the first two doubles matches without much trouble,
before Frances Hutton and Rachel
Washtien lost a tough match at the third position, losing
9-8 in a tiebreaker (7-4).
Singles was a different story, as Marissa
Cassman rallied after losing 6-2 in the opening set to
take the second set 6-2, before falling in a one game third set
10-8. Katrina Gould followed by also
dropping her first set 6-2, but then rolled to a 6-1 second set
win, and surviving in the third 7-5 to take the match and get Oxy
on the board.
Cal Lu swept the fourth and fifth singles matches before
Isabelle Ying cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 straight sets
win to finish the day but it wasn't enough at the Tigers fell to
the Regals by a final score of 7-2.
Next up the Tigers travel to UC Riverside to take on the
division one Highlanders, on Saturday, February 6th with
first serve at 11:00am.
Doubles:
Pohjalainen/Mouzes (CAL LU) d. Subbiah/Cassman (OXY) 8-5
Beaman/Leckness (CAL LU) d. Gould/Go (OXY) 8-0
Kolibas/Toohey (CAL LU) d. Hutton/Rachel Washtien
(OXY) 9-8 (4)
Singles:
Anette Pohjalainen (CAL LU) d. Krishnaveni Subbiah
(OXY) 6-3, 6-3
Jordan Leckness (CAL LU) d. Marissa Cassman (OXY) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0
(8)
Katrina Gould (OXY) d. Kim Kolibas (CAL LU) 2-6, 6-1, 1-0 (5)
Holly Beaman (CAL LU) d. Jessica Go (OXY) 6-1, 6-1
Lauren Toohey (CAL LU) d. Frances Hutton (OXY) 6-2, 6-2
Isabelle Ying (OXY) d. Melanie Anderson (CAL LU) 6-3, 6-
