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2007-2008 News Archive

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May 26, 2008
Ruth Drops a Close Match 7-5 in First Round of NCAA's

Round one of the singles competition was finally completed at 1:15 p.m., and two more seeds fell during the round.Nicole Pontee of Vassar College came from behind to defeat #8-seed Becky Morse-Karzen of the University of Mary Washington 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.Meghan McCooey of Tufts University displayed her mental toughness after dropping the first set 6-1 to #2-seed Katie Tabb, before coming back to win the second set 7-5 and the third set 6-2. (more)

May 2, 2008
Slugs Lose to Redlands

In the second round of the NCAA tournament, the slugs lost a close 5-3 match to #2 Redlands University.  Starting with doubles, the #2 team of Furlong and Mannix got the first point for UCSC with a convincing 8-2 win over Miller and Yoshinaga of Redlands.  Ruth and Sweeney dropped a close decision to Waters and Sumida, losing 6-8 at the top spot.  At the third doubles spot, Rowe and Nichol were down 2-6 and played unbelievable tennis to come back and win the match 9-7.

The slugs fought hard in singles but lost four matches to lose 5-3.  Mannix was the only victory at #3 singles with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Katie Bell.  Ruth and Sweeney, playing #1 and #2 respectively, both lost hard fought three set matches.

Thank you to our friends and family who supported us throughout the season.  We had one of the best seasons in our program’s history by beating Claremont and having a slug qualify for the singles championships.  None of this would possible if it weren’t for you.  For the friends and family of Chayla Furlong, Jessica Ruth, and Megan Sweeney, thank you for everything you have done for this program over the past four years, and we will miss you.

University of Redlands def. UC Santa Cruz 5-3

1. Redlands 8-6
2. UCSC 8-2
3. UCSC 9-7

1. Redlands 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
2. Redlands 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
3. UCSC 6-4, 6-2
4. Redlands 6-1, 6-3
5. Unfinished. Redlands led 2-6, 7-6 (4)
6. Redlands 6-0, 6-0

May 1, 2008
Slugs Win First Round of NCAA's

UC Santa Cruz won their first round of the NCAA tournament with a 5-1 victory over Linfield College.  After a convincing sweep of doubles, Kyla Rowe was the first singles victory with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Nelson.  Jessica Ruth clinched the match for the Slugs by defeating Kuenzli 6-3, 6-2.  The Slugs will face #2 Redlands in the second round.

UC Santa Cruz def. Linfield 5-0
1) Ruth/Sweeney (UCSC) def. Kuenzli/Katter 8-5
2) Furlong/Mannix (UCSC) def. Sides/Nelson 8-2
3) Nichol/Rowe (UCSC) def. Watanabe/Click 8-3

1) Ruth (UCSC) def. Kuenzli 6-3, 6-2
2) Sweeney (UCSC) led Sides 6-4, 5-4
3) Mannix (UCSC) led Katter 6-0, 6-5
4) Furlong (UCSC) led Larson 7-6 (4), 0-2
5) Rowe (UCSC) def. Nelson 6-2, 6-0
6) Click (Linfield) def. Nichol 6-2, 6-1

March 20, 2008
Women's Tennis Start Division III Portion of Their Season 4-1

After going 0-4 in the beginning of the season against all Division 1 and Division 2 opponents, the slugs have started off their DIII part of the season with a strong start.  After dropping a close decision to the top ranked team in the west, Santa Cruz is currently on a four match win streak.  Their first victory was a convincing 9-0 win over the University of LaVerne in southern California .  The slugs finished their southern California trip with one of the biggest wins of the program’s history, beating Claremont 6-3.  Facing the adversity of only having six players, the slugs played with pure heart, pride, and determination to pull off the upset.

With a week off, the slugs played against Hardin-Simmons University and Linfield University at home.  The support of family and friends helped the slugs to a 6-3 and 7-2 win respectively.  Up next is a trip up to Washington where UCSC will face:

         E. Washington @ Whitworth on March 23 @ 3:00pm

         Gonzaga @ Gonzaga on March 24 @ 9:00am

         Whitman @Whitman on March 26 @ 4:00pm

         Willamette @ Whitman on March 27 @ 12:00pm

Thank you to all our friends and family who came out to watch us in southern California and here at UCSC.  We greatly appreciate your support.

October 10, 2007
Women's Tennis Has Successful Fall ITA Tournament

The 2007-2008 season for the slugs has started with a successful showing at the Fall Regional ITA tournament at the Claremont and Pomona colleges.  Going into the tournament, three of our players were ranked in the singles draw.  Jessica Ruth (senior) was the #3 seed, Megan Sweeney (senior) was the #6 seed, and Kyla Rowe (sophomore) was the #12 seed.  In the doubles draw, Kyla Rowe and Chayla Furlong (senior) were the #4 seed, and Jessica Ruth and Megan Sweeney were the #2 seed.  The slugs received eight entries into the tournament and three of them were freshmen.

After a long day of tennis with players averaging three to four matches that day, Kyla, Megan, and Jessica went through to the round of 16 in singles, and the two seeded doubles teams went through to the round of 16 for doubles.  Sunday started off with Jessica winning a tough match against a freshman from Occidental 6-2, 6-2.  Megan battled through a 3-hour long match against a senior from Redlands and pulled out a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory.  Kyla faced the #2 seed in the tournament and played well but fell short, losing 6-2, 6-3.  In the quarterfinal round of singles, Megan turned around after only a one hour break and fell 6-1, 6-1 to the #1 seed in the tournament.  Jessica played a very well fought and smart match to beat a talented freshman from Redlands 6-4, 6-4.  This victory put her through to the semifinals and to the farthest she’s ever been in this tournament. Doubles was next and both teams had strong wins over their opponents.  Chayla and Kyla played a great match against a Pomona team, winning 8-2 and getting to the semifinals.  Megan and Jessica defeated the #6 seeded team from Claremont 8-5. Both teams were in the semifinals for doubles and this marked the one of the strongest showings the lady slugs have ever had in this tournament.  Chayla and Kyla played against the defending champions from last fall and the #1 seed in the tournament.  They fought well but came up short, falling 8-3.  Megan and Jessica were each playing their fourth match of the day and fell the to #3 seed in the tournament and eventual champions 8-3.

In the singles semi finals, Jessica faced off against the #2 seed in the tournament.  She played very well and fought hard, but lost to Yassie Entekhabi 6-4, 6-0.  That same morning the semis and finals for the consolation draw were played.  One of the new freshmen, Taylor Mannix, won the consolation bracket for people who lost in the second round of the tournament.  She beat a player from Chapman University 6-2, 6-2.  Chayla Furlong won her consolation bracket for people who lost in the first round of the tournament 6-4, 6-4. 

This was one of the best showings we as a team have had at the fall ITA tournament in our program’s history.  Our success has paved the way for a great season to come, and we are now one more step closer to going to nationals in May.  Thank you to our friends and family who came out to watch and support us, and we look forward to seeing you at our future matches this season.