Mar 28-In a busy day of WCC tennis action, two men's teams and two women's teams took the court Friday afternoon. On the women's side, USF defeated Santa Clara 5-2, while Pepperdine fell to Fresno State. For the men, Pepperdine was downed by top ranked Illinois 7-0, while San Diego fell to Harvard 6-1.

WOMEN'S TEAMS

Santa Clara 5, USF 2
The USF women's tennis team staged a rally, but Santa Clara closed out the last two singles matches with third set wins to defeat USF 5-2 in action Friday at Golden Gate Park.

Santa Clara won the match with third set victories by Catherine Cochrane over Carey Savage 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 and Casey Knutson outlasting Michelle Duncan 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Both Savage and Duncan had 2-1 leads in the third set but could not hold on.

Doubles

Limbers/Kaloi (SCU) d. Ruiz/Skogerboe (USF) 8-3
Bernhoft/Savage (USF) d. Campbell/Siegel (SCU) 8-4
Duncan/Rader (USF) d. Kawakami/Knutson (SCU) 8-1

Singles
Christine Limbers (SCU) d. Gabi Ruiz (USF) 6-0, 6-1
Janalle Kaloi (SCU) d. Ann Skogerboe (USF) 6-0, 6-3
Catherine Cochrane (SCU) d. Carey Savage (USF) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
Beate Bernhoft (USF) d. Patti Ruiz (SCU) 7-6, 6-3
Casey Knutson (SCU) d. Michelle Duncan (USF) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Mariko Kawakami (SCU) d. Jill Rader (USF) 6-0, 6-3

Fresno State 5, Pepperdine 2
Pepperdine lost its fourth consecutive dual match on Friday afternoon as the No. 67 Waves dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 23 Fresno State at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu.

Fresno State snapped a two-match losing streak and improved its dual match record to 8-7, while Pepperdine fell to 6-10 overall.

Freshman Merve Asimgil and sophomore Karin Schlapbach both won singles matches for the Waves. Asimgil defeated Sainz by a 6-4, 6-2 count at No. 3 singles, while Schlapbach ousted Vlatka Jovanovic by scores of 4-6, 7-5 (10-5) at the No. 4 position.

SINGLES
Chloe Carlotti (F) d. Natalie Braverman; 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
Lucia Tallo (F) d. Charlotte Vernaz; 6-7, 6-1, 6-0
Merve Asimgil (P) d. Lucia Sainz; 6-4, 6-2
Karin Schlapbach (P) d. Vlatka Jovanovic; 4-6, 7-5 (10-5)
Kathrin Winterholter (F) d. Anna Andersson; 6-3, 6-1
Kristy McRae (F) d. Monika Horvath; 6-3, 6-2

DOUBLES
Carlotti / Tallo (F) d. Horvath / Vernaz; 8-1
Sainz / Winterholter (F) d. Asimgil / Braverman; 9-8
Andersson / Schlapbach (P) d. Jovanovic / McRae; 8-5

MEN'S TEAMS

Harvard 6, San Diego 1

The University of San Diego men’s tennis team saw their four-match winning streak snapped today by the visiting Harvard Crimson, 1-6. Playing their first spring match on their newly renovated USD West Tennis Courts, the Toreros managed to win just one doubles match and one singles match. Torero junior Jason Pongsrikul (San Diego, CA; Point Loma HS) was the lone winner in singles, winning 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3 singles over Jonathan Chu. Pongsrikul and Nic Beuque, ranked No. 29 in the nation in doubles, won at No. 1 doubles, 9-7 over Harvard’s David Lingman and Mark Riddell. With the loss USD falls to 10-5. They’ll host Texas Tech on Saturday, March 29th at 12:30 pm.

Doubles
1. Pongsrikul-Beuque (USD) df. Lingman-Riddell; 9-7
2. J. Chu-C. Chiou (Harvard) df. Ysern-Blair; 8-5
3. Oli Choo-C. Nguyen (Harvard) df. Koristovic-Meschede; 8-2

Singles
1. David Lingman (Harvard) df. Pierrick Ysern; 6-1, 6-4
2. Mark Riddell (Harvard) df. Nic Beuque; 6-4, 6-4
3. Jason Pongsrikul (USD) df. Jonathan Chu; 6-3, 6-4
4. Cliff Nguyen (Harvard) df. Rob Blair; 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
5. Jason Beren (Harvard) df. Mirza Koristovic; 6-2, 7-5
6. Chris Chiou (Harvard) df. Mike Meschede; 6-4, 6-3

Illinois 7, Pepperdine 0
Top-ranked Illinois improved to 16-0 in dual match action as the Fighting Illini defeated No. 22 Pepperdine by a final score of 7-0 on Friday afternoon at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu.

Pepperdine had its three-match winning streak snapped and fell to 11-9 on the season.

The Waves freshmen tandem of Scott Doerner and Pedro Rico notched an 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles over Illinois' junior Michael Calkins and sophomore Chris Martin. Illinois was able to capture the doubles point with wins at the #1 and #3 doubles spots.

At No. 1 singles, Rajeev Ram outlasted Calle Hansen by a 6-4, 7-6 count.

SINGLES
Rajeev Ram (I) d. Calle Hansen; 6-4, 7-6
Phil Stolt (I) d. Diego Acuna; 6-4, 6-3
Brian Wilson (I) d. Pedro Rico; 7-6, 3-6, 7-5
Michael Calkins (I) d. Scott Doerner; 7-6, 6-1
Chris Martin (I) d. Alexis Rafidison; 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Pramod Dabir (I) d. Kevin Borzenski; 6-3, 6-7, 6-1

DOUBLES
Ram / Wilson (I) d. Acuna / Hansen); 4-0 default
Doerner / Rico (P) d. Calkins / Martin; 8-6
DeHeart / Stolt (I) d. Borzenski / Rafidison; 8-6