Feb 9- It was another busy weekend in WCC Women's Tennis action, as six teams took the court       Printer-Friendly Format   E-mail this article         lt;bgt;Pictured:lt;/bgt;lt;igt; Casey Knutson picked up her first win of the season in Santa Clara's 4-3 loss to Pacific on Saturday.lt;/igt; lt;pgt; Feb 9- It was another busy weekend in WCC Women's Tennis action, as six teams took the court. San Diego shut out WCC rival Saint Mary's 7-0 on Saturday, while Santa Clara picked up its first victory of the new season with a 4-3 win over Bay Area rival San Francisco. LMU won five of six possible championships at the Cal State LA Tournament, while Portland fell to 41 ranked Oregon and 61 ranked Boise State. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;LMU at Cal State LA Tournamentlt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Loyola Marymount University women's tennis team completed an impressive showing at the 004 Cal State L.A. Invitational on Sunday as they won five of six championships at the annual tournament. lt;pgt; The Lions claimed the championship in every doubles flight, giving up a total of four games in the three title matches. In Flight 1 of doubles action freshman Kimi Kaloi and junior Carla Arguelles walked away with the title, defeating the team of Dehlia Feliz and Katrina Holmberg of Cal Poly Pomona 8-0. In three matches during the tournament, Kaloi and Arguelles dropped just three games. lt;pgt; In Flight , sophomore Patrycia Hubl and freshman Serena Fermin took care of business just as quick, defeating the team of Folgetova and May of Alliant International, 8-1. The Lions completed the doubles sweep with freshmen Robyn Baker and Tamara Tanner defeating Godoy and White of Cal State L.A. 8-3 in the Flight 3 championship. lt;pgt; The Lions finished taking two of three individual titles as the freshman Kaloi won her first collegiate tournament with a 6-, 6-3 win over Silvana Stans of Cal State L.A. in the Flight -6 championship. lt;pgt; Hubl had to go through teammate Erin Ivey to win the Flight 3-4 championship, defeating the freshman 6-3, 6- for the title. lt;pgt; In Flight 1-, Arguelles dropped a heartbreaker to the defending champion of the tournament from 003, Katalyn Nagy of Cal State Bakersfield, 6-3, 7-. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Oregon 7, Portland 0lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The University of Portland women146;s tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to No. 41 ranked University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore. on Friday, Feb. 6. The Pilots fall to 0- on the season. lt;pgt; The Ducks continue to roll and remain unbeaten on the season. Kaori Tanabe won Portland146;s only set of the morning in her 6-1, -6 (10-), loss to Oregon146;s No. 3 singles player Jamie Marshall. Oregon swept the doubles and singles matches. lt;pgt; This is Portland146;s second-straight loss to a ranked opponent after a -1 setback to No. 7 ranked Colorado on Feb. 1. 147;Our preseason is extremely tough as we face several ranked opponents early on.148; said Portland head coach Susie Campbell-Gross. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Boise State , Portland 1lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The University of Portland women146;s tennis team fell, -1 to No. 61 ranked Boise State at the Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center on Sat., Feb. 8. The Pilots move to 0-6 on the season. Kaori Tanabe won Portland146;s only singles146; match of the morning in her 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, loss to BSU146;s No. 3 singles player Megan Biorkman. Oregon recorded the doubles point, but the tandem of Becky Correll and Jackie Soltysik defeated Anna Curtolo and Jelena Koprivica, 8-6 at the No. 3 spot. lt;pgt; This is Portland146;s third-straight loss to a ranked opponent after a 7-0 sweep by No. 41 ranked Oregon on Feb. 6. lt;pgt; 147;We competed really well today even though we lost -1,148; said Head Coach Susie Campbell-Gross. 147;Our doubles were the best its been. We won at the No. 3 spot and the highlight was Kaori Tanabe, she won three sets, the only Portland singles victory. She did an amazing job. She is our only senior and she sets the standards high. My only criticism is that we need to start the matches with more belief instead of trying to play catch up.148; lt;pgt; lt;bgt;San Diego State 7, Saint Mary's 0lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Saint Mary's women's tennis team dropped to 1-3 on the season when they lost to No. 8 ranked San Diego State, 7-0. The Aztecs, who came into the match as reigning Mountain West Conference champions and made their 17th NCAA appearance a year ago, won all the matches except the 3 doubles on the day. lt;pgt; In singles action, Saint Mary's freshman Aude Lambert went up against tough competition in All-MWC singles player Katalina Romero. Romero handed Lambert her third loss of the season when she won, 6-4, 6-. lt;pgt; Saint Mary's sophomore Kate Harden, who earned her first victory of 004 on Thursday, February , suffered her third loss of the season as well, when she fell in straight sets to San Diego State's Dita Hauerlandova, 6-1, 6-4. lt;pgt; Saint Mary's Megan Schulman fell at the 3 position to San Diego State's Indra Erichsen, 6-1, 6-. At the 4 position, the Aztecs' Patricia Graf defeated Kristen Kummer by the score of 6-3, 6-1. At the and 6 positions, Nicole Hunstock dropped her match to Alesya Vidov 6-1, 6-1, and Dunya Stankovic fell to Julie Litrich 6-3, 6-. lt;pgt; In doubles action, the duo of San Diego State's Erichsen and Romero, the No. 36 ranked doubles pair in the country defeated Saint Mary's Hunstock and Lambert in a hard fought match, 8-6. At the doubles, San Diego State's pair of Vidov and Hauerlandova defeated Saint Mary's duo of Schulman and Stankovic by the score of 8-. Saint Mary's only win on the day came at the 3 doubles where Harden and Kummer combined to beat Sarah Sansom and Graf 8-3. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;San Diego 7, Saint Mary's 0lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The 46th-ranked USD Toreros earned their first victory of the season with today's 7-0 victory over visiting Saint Mary's College. Sophomore Lauren Perl, ranked 41st in the nation, won at No. 1 singles and teamed with freshman Jenna Anderson to win their No. 3 doubles match. USD won all six of its singles matches in straight sets. lt;pgt; Also winning for the Toreros was Emma Murphy at No. (6-0, 6-0), Tara Livesay at No. 3 (6-, 6-), Jenny Brown at No. 4 (6-3, 6-), Lauren Kazarian at No. (6-, 6-3) and Catherine Heppell at No. 6 (6-, 6-1). The Toreros return to the USD West Courts tomorrow for a 10:30 a.m. match with Cal Poly. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Cal Poly 4, San Diego 3lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The USD women's tennis team lost 4-3 today in a home match to visiting Cal Poly. The Mustangs swept all three doubles matches to earn the doubles point, then won the bottom half of the six singles matches. USD won singles matches at No. 1 by Lauren Perl, No. by Emma Murphy and No. 3 by Tara Livesay. USD falls to 1-3 on the season. lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Santa Clara 4, San Francisco 3lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Santa Clara University women's tennis team defeated West Coast Conference opponent San Francisco 4-3 this afternoon at Golden Gate Park. Newcomer Sofia Wendt capped the Bronco comeback with her win at No. 4 singles over Joana Laranjiha, 7-, -7, 6-. It secured the Broncos' first win of the season, as the team is now1-, 1-0 in the WCC. The Dons' record moves to 1-3, 0-. lt;pgt; Santa Clara fell behind after doubles, with losses on the first and second courts that allowed the Dons to take the first point of the afternoon. In singles, Kelly Leathers put Santa Clara's first point on the board with her win, but the Broncos' deficit worsened, as Anna Skogerboe defeated Casey Knutson on court five and Camille Pamart topped Janalle Kaloi at No. 1 singles to give San Francisco a 3-1 match lead. lt;pgt; The Broncos stayed in their remaining matches and Jessie Strunk added another point for SCU with her 6-, 7-6 (7) win over Michelle Duncan on the sixth court. Within five minutes, teammate Catherine Cochrane tied the match a three points apiece with her three-set victory, setting the stage for the deciding match at No. 4 singles. lt;pgt; "This is a great win for us," assistant coach Brett Masi said after the match. "We thought the girls competed well and stuck with it the entire the day." lt;pgt; lt;bgt;Pacific 4, Santa Clara 3lt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Santa Clara University women's tennis team dropped a hard-fought match to Pacific 4-3 this afternoon at the SCU Tennis Center. The Broncos' record drops to 1-3, while the Tigers' record evens to -. lt;pgt; Santa Clara secured its first doubles point of the season by winning two of the three matches. Partners Janalle Kaloi and Sofia Wendt topped Natalia Kostenko and Viktoria Hizo 8- on the second court to clinch the point, after the Bronco freshmen duo of Erika Barnes and Kelly Leathers put together an 8-4 win over Tigers Urska Dvorsek and Nicole Sakai. lt;pgt; In singles action, Jessie Strunk put the Broncos ahead -0 with her 6-1, 6-3 victory over Sakai. However, the Tigers struck back and recorded victories on courts two and four to even the team score at -. Pacific continued its momentum and clinched the team victory with Katharina Heil's win over Kaloi, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on court one. lt;pgt; After the match was already decided, Bronco Casey Knutson picked up her first win of the season in a super-tiebreak, besting Dvorsek 3-6, 7-, (10-3). lt;pgt; "We are making improvements every time out," assistant coach Brett Masi said. "Individually, we can see the progress, despite the score. We just ran into some tough opponents today, as shown in the fact that four of our six singles matches went three sets." lt;Pgt;