UC Riverside
Mustangs Stay Perfect in Big West Play with UC Riverside Sweep
2/27/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Cal Poly women's tennis program failed to drop a set on Sunday afternoon as the Mustangs stayed at the top of the Big West Conference standings with a 7-0 sweep at UC Riverside.
The Mustangs (8-3, 2-0) opened play by producing a sweep of the doubles action for the third-successive match. Junior Amy Markhoff and sophomore Alexa Lee opened the day by reversing a 6-5 deficit into an 8-6 triumph versus Taylor and Jamie Raney. Facing match point at No. 2, Mustang senior Ashley Pane and junior Jocelyn Davis recovered to down Nadia Sakhakorn and Natalie McKay, 9-7. Cal Poly completed the sweep at No. 3 as the freshman partnership of Florence Lehane (above) and Gabrielle Gatewood downed Angelique Corpuz and Kate Bergeson, 8-0.
Lee returned to open Cal Poly's singles effort with a 7-6, 6-3 defeat of Taylor Raney before Pane downed Sakhakorn, 7-5, 6-2. Cal Poly freshman Jennifer Cornea registered a 6-0, 6-0 whitewash of Jamie Raney at No. 3 before Davis topped McKay at No. 4, 6-2, 6-0. Mustang freshman Kathryn Webb produced a 6-1, 6-0 victory versus Corpuz at No. 5 before Gatewood finalized the Cal Poly sweep at No. 6 by posting a 6-1, 6-2 win against Bergeson.
"I thought we showed a lot of composure in doubles and played well at the end of the sets," said 11th-year Cal Poly head coach Hugh Bream, whose Mustangs continue Big West play at UC Santa Barbara on Thursday, March 3 at 1:30 p.m. "I was happy with the focus we showed in singles, especially with our bottom four players. Today was a good match for us to build on going forward and we know we'll need to play even better at UC Santa Barbara."
