Feb. 20, 2003
Moraga, CA- The Saint Mary's women's tennis team lost to the undefeated San Francisco Dons this Thursday in a tight match, 4-3. Saint Mary's won three of the six singles matches, and one of the three doubles matches. With the loss the Gaels fall to 5-3 while San Francisco improves to 6-0.
Saint Mary's was able to capture one of the doubles matches today, with team Verrier and Hunstock beating out Ruiz and Skogerboe of USF, 8-5. Unfortunately, the Dons won the other doubles matches for the point.
The Gaels played hard in singles, only to come up short. Lindsay Herndon-Ortega at the #6 spot gave SMC its first point of the night when she beat Courtney Chung in back to back sets 6-4, 7-6 (9-7). Kate Harden then added another point with the win at the #2 singles spot, defeating USF's Anna Skogerboe in three sets, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3.
Catalina Fillol had a thrilling match against Carey Savage, as the two battled it out late into the night. The match, which started hours earlier, was not finished until 8:00 PM when Fillol finally closed out her opponent in a tiebreak for the third set. Fillol jumped out early to take the first set, 7-6, followed by Savage's win in the second set 4-6. The last set was pushed to its limit until Fillol earned the victory 7-6 (7-5). Fillol gave SMC its final point of the match and improved Fillol's singles record at the #3 to 3-0.
"Fabulous effort," said Coach Alipaz regarding the match. "The match could have gone either way."
The Gaels go to the road for their next match, against UC Davis beginning at Noon this Saturday.
University of San Francisco 4 - Saint Mary's 3
Singles#1 Gabi Ruiz (USF) d. Valerie Verrier (SMC) 6-1, 5-7, 5-7#2 Kate Harden (SMC) d. Anna Skogerboe (USF) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3#3 Catalina Fillol (SMC) d. Carey Savage (USF) 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5)#4 Beate Bernhoft (USF) d. Megan Schulman (SMC) 6-3, 6-1#5 Michelle Duncan (USF) d. Nicole Hunstock (SMC) 6-4, 6-3#6 Lindsay Herndon-Ortega (SMC) d. Courtney Chung (USF) 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
Doubles#1 Verrier/Hunstock (SMC) d. Ruiz/Skogerboe (USF) 8-5#2 Savage/Bernhoft (USF) d. Fillol/Harden (SMC) 9-7#3 Duncan/Chang (USF) d. Herndon-Ortega/Schulman (8-4)
