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 Desiree Stone has won three straight singles matches and has 25 wins overall in 2008-09. (Photo by Mark Honbo) |
April 15, 2009
DAVIS, Calif. - The UC Davis women's tennis team is gearing up for this week's Big West Tournament. The Aggies are the No. 7 seed at this year's championship and will face No. 2 UC Irvine Friday at 9:00 a.m. The tournament is taking place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, Calif.
All nine Big West teams will take part in the championship, which begins Thursday with No. 8 UC Riverside taking on No. 9 Cal State Fullerton. Long Beach State is the top seed, followed by UCI, Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, Pacific and UC Santa Barbara. UC Irvine is currently ranked No. 56 nationally.
UC Davis (11-11, 2-6 Big West) will be looking to avenge an earlier 7-0 loss at UC Irvine (14-7, 7-1 Big West) on Feb. 14. Overall, the Aggies finished the regular season with six wins in their final 10 matches. Two of the losses came against nationally-ranked teams. Four Aggies will bring in resumes that include 20 or more combine singles and doubles wins on the year. They include Dahra Zamudio, who leads the team with 26 victories. Desiree Stone, Jenna Kappel and Herzyl Legaspi have also topped 20 wins. Stone has won her past three matches and four of her last five.
The winner of the UC Davis/UC Irvine match will face either Cal Poly or UC Santa Barbara in Saturday's semifinals. The championship concludes Sunday with the winner receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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