May 20, 2002

STANFORD, Calif. - The opening day of the 2002 NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Championship was halted by rain on Monday at the Taube Tennis Center after only 42 minutes of competition.

Nine of the 32 first round singles matches began at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, but were halted by rain at 10:42 a.m. The competition was halted for the day at 1:56 p.m. after a 3-hour, 14-minute rain delay.

The nine singles matches that were suspended will begin on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The entire first and second rounds are scheduled to be completed on Tuesday.

North Carolina's Kate Pinchbeck trails in her match against Baylor's Katja Kovac, 6-3, 2-1. Julie Rotondi's match against Washington's Darija Klaic never began because of the weather. Marlene Mejia's match against Penn's Alice Pirsu was also postponed.

The NCAA Doubles Championship, which was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, will now start on Wednesday.

NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Championship
First Round (Round of 64)

Katarina Markovski (South Carolina) leads #2 seed Kelly McCain (Duke), 6-1, 0-1
Adria Engel (Arizona State) leads Jennifer Radman (South Carolina), 4-3
#5 seed Agata Cioroch (Georgia) leads Anca Deumitrescu (Florida State), 6-2
#9-#16 seed Maja Mlakar (Arizona) leads Mira Radu (Mississippi), 6-1, 2-1
#9-16 seed Sarah Riske (Vanderbilt) leads Bruna Colosio (LSU), 3-2
Luana Magnani (Southern California) leads Jessyca Arthur (William & Mary), 6-1, 2-0
Katja Kovac (Baylor) leads Kate Pinchbeck (North Carolina), 6-3, 2-1
Raquel Kops-Jones (California) leads Alena Jecminkova (Kansas State), 6-1, 1-1
Alicia Pillay (Tulsa) leads Erica Perkins (Washington State), 5-3
(All other first round matches did not start).

TUESDAY'S NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
9:00 a.m. --- Round of 64 singles @ Taube Tennis Center
10:00 a.m. --- Round of 64 singles @ Taube Tennis Center
11:30 a.m. --- Round of 64 singles @ Taube Tennis Center
1:00 p.m. --- Round of 32 singles @ Taube Tennis Center
2:00 p.m. --- Round of 32 singles @ Taube Tennis Center
3:30 p.m. --- Round of 32 singles @ Taube Tennis Center