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Women's Tennis
at Kitty Harrison Invitational
Tuesday, March 12
Los Angeles, Calif.
TBA
Duke University
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UCLA
Duke Women's Tennis Falls at Eighth-ranked UCLA
3/12/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 12, 2002
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.- After falling behind 1-0 following doubles play, the eighth-ranked UCLA women's tennis team rallied to pull off its biggest victory of the season Tuesday, knocking off No. 4 Duke, 4-3 in a non-conference match at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. With the win, UCLA improves its record to 10-2 on the year, while the Blue Devils fall to 9-2.
With the score tied at 3-3, senior Catherine Hawley clinched the match for UCLA at No. 6 singles, where she defeated Duke's Katie Granson, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. It was the second time this season that Hawley clinched a match for UCLA, as she did the same thing in the Bruins' 4-3 victory over then-No. 7 Arizona State back on Feb. 22.
In the featured match of the day, fifth-ranked Megan Bradley of UCLA defeated third-ranked Kelly McCain of Duke, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Bradley has now won 11 of her last 12 matches while continuing to climb in the singles rankings.
At No. 2 singles, fourth-ranked Sara Walker needed three sets to defeat No. 37 Amanda Johnson of Duke, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2. Also winning in singles for UCLA on Tuesday was No. 90 Petya Marinova, as she upset No. 17 Julie DeRoo, 6-1, 6-4.
The Blue Devils got rolling quickly in doubles action as Duke notched victories at the second and third positions to take a 1-0 lead early. Duke got wins from the duo of Amanda Johnson/Julie DeRoo over fifth-ranked Megan Bradley/Lauren Fisher (9-7) and the tandem of Katie Granson/Susie Abromeit over Catherine Hawley/Sarah Gregg (8-1). The Bruins knocked off Duke's doubles team of Kelly McCain/Hillary Adams with an 8-1 victory from Carolina Mayorga/Sara Walker.
Duke will be at home for the five matches in a row. The Blue Devils will first take on seventh-ranked Texas on Saturday, March 16 at 1:00 PM.
FINAL SCORE: (8) UCLA 4, (4) Duke 3Doubles 1. (4) Marinova/Walker (UCLA) def. Adams/McCain (Duke) 8-1 2. DeRoo/Johnson (Duke) def. (5) Bradley/Fisher (UCLA) 9-7 3. Susie Abromeit/Granson (Duke) def. Gregg/Hawley (UCLA) 8-1 Duke Wins Doubles Point
Singles 1. (5) Megan Bradley (UCLA) def. (3) Kelly McCain (Duke) 6-4, 6-3 2. (4) Sara Walker (UCLA) def. (37) Amanda Johnson (Duke) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 3. (90) Petya Marinova (UCLA) def. (17) Julie DeRoo (Duke) 6-1, 6-4 4. Ioana Plesu (Duke) def. Sarah Gregg (UCLA) 6-1, 6-3 5. (73) Saras Arasu (Duke) def. Lauren Fisher (UCLA) 6-4, 6-4 6. Catherine Hawley (UCLA) def. Katie Granson (Duke) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3*
*Clinching Match
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