April 5, 2002

San Francisco, CA - The San Francisco women's tennis beat West Coast Conference and Bay Area rival Saint Mary's 4-3 in a thrilling match at the Olympic Club on Thursday. With the win, not only do the Lady Dons improve their overall record to 6-6 on the season, but they also defeat the Gaels for the first time in recent memory to build momentum heading into the WCC Tournament April 19-21.

USF number one Gabi Ruiz made short work of Catalina Fillol, 6-0, 6-3, while number two Caroline Tweeton won her match after her opponent retired with the score 5-5 in the opening set. Ana Skogerboe also won for USF at number four singles 6-3, 7-5. The Gaels won at number three, five and six singles.

San Francisco captured the doubles point with Ruiz and Skogerboe winning 8-2 at number one doubles, while Tweeton and Carey Savage won 8-3 at number two. Saint Mary's prevailed at number three doubles.

Saint Mary's returns to action on Sunday, April 7 when it travels to Santa Clara for an 11:00 a.m. match.

San Francisco 4 - Saint Mary's 3

SINGLES 1. Gabi Ruiz (USF) def. Catalina Fillol (SMC) 6-0, 6-3 2. Caroline Tweeton (USF) def. Annie Wolford (SMC) 5-5 (retired) 3. Valerie Verrier (SMC) def. Carey Savage (USF) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) 4. Anna Skogerbo (USF) def. Nicole Hunstock (SMC) 6-3, 7-5 5. Megan Schulman (SMC) def. Michelle Duncan (USF) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 6. Lindsay Herndon-Ortega (SMC) def. Nikki Kobayashi (USF) 6-4, 6-0

DOUBLES 1. Ruiz/Skogerboe (USF) def. Fillol/Schuman (SMC) 8-2 2. Tweeton/Savage (USF) def. Hunstock/Verrier (SMC) 8-3 3. Wolford/Ortega (SMC) def. Duncan/Kobayashi (USF) 8-1