Sunday, March 31, 2013

No. 13 Cal women edge No. 4 UCLA in thriller

   The No. 13 Cal women did not have sophomore All-American Zsofi Susanyi for Saturday's match at No. 4 UCLA.
   Fortunately for the Bears, they did have Annie Goransson.
   With the match tied 3-3, Goransson outlasted Courtney Dolehide 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to give Cal a split of their weekend series in Los Angeles. The Bears lost at No. 6 USC 6-1 on Friday.
   Goransson, a senior from Sweden, has won six of seven singles matches since returning to action this month. An undisclosed injury sidelined her for much of the winter.
   "For Annie, getting her groundstrokes back on track has been important," Cal coach Amanda Augustus said on calbears.com. "She's always been a great competitor. She played really smart and got inspired by the situation and the moment, which is what you want."
   Susanyi, ranked fourth nationally in singles and 23rd in doubles with Klara Fabikova, missed her second straight match. The reason was not disclosed.
COLLEGE RESULTS
Women
   No. 13 Cal def. No. 4 UCLA 4-3 in Los Angeles. No. 1 singles: No. 3 Robin Anderson (UCLA) def. No. 6 Anett Schutting 7-5, 6-3. Team records: Cal 11-5 overall, 5-1 Pacific-12 Conference; UCLA 13-4, 4-2. 
   No. 6 USC def. No. 14 Stanford 6-1 in Los Angeles. No. 1 singles: No. 2 Sabrina Santamaria (USC) def. No. 20 Nicole Gibbs 6-1, 6-4. Team records: USC 17-2 overall, 6-0 Pacific-12 Conference; Stanford 11-3, 5-1. Note: The Cardinal's seven-match winning streak ended.
   No. 43 Saint Mary's def. BYU 5-1 in Moraga. No. 1 singles: No. 17 Jenny Jullien (SM) def. Desiree Tan 6-1, 6-0. Team records: Saint Mary's 10-7 overall, 5-0 West Coast Conference; BYU 7-9, 1-4.
   USF def. No. 61 Loyola Marymount 5-2 in Los Angeles. No. 1 singles: No. 78 Andrea Ka (USF) def. April Bisharat 4-6, 7-6, 6-2. Team records: USF 11-6 overall, 2-3 West Coast Conference; Loyola Marymount 7-7, 0-2.
   No. 73 San Jose State def. Texas-Arlington 4-2 in San Marcos, Texas. No. 1 singles: Klaudia Boczova (SJS) def. Katar Dikosavljevic 6-0, 6-1. Team records: San Jose State 12-4 overall, 4-0 Western Athletic Conference; Texas-Arlington 4-9, 3-2. Note: The Spartans have a five-match winning streak.
   Pepperdine def. Santa Clara 6-1 in Malibu. No. 1 singles: No. 40 Lorraine Guillermo (P) def. No. 28 Katie Le 0-6, 6-3, 6-3. Team records: Pepperdine 5-10 overall, 2-0 West Coast Conference; Santa Clara 7-6, 3-1.
Men
   No. 4 UCLA is tied with No. 49 Stanford 1-1 at Stanford (match suspended by rain, to continue today at noon). No. 1 singles: No. 54 John Morrissey (S) leads No. 14 Marcos Giron 6-3, 1-2. Team records: UCLA 15-1 overall, 1-0 Pac-12 Conference; Stanford 7-6, 0-1.
   No. 6 Pepperdine def. No. 67 Santa Clara 4-2 in Santa Clara. No. 1 singles: No. 10 Sebastian Fanselow (P) def. No. 63 John Lamble 6-4, 6-1. Team records: Pepperdine 16-4 overall, 3-0 West Coast Conference; Santa Clara 13-7, 1-4.
   No. 40 BYU def. Saint Mary's 6-1 in Moraga. No. 1 singles: Jesse Kiuru (SM) def. No. 37 Patrick Kawka 7-6 (4), 3-6, 1-0 (11-9). Team records: BYU 15-4 overall, 4-0 West Coast Conference; Saint Mary's 8-9, 3-1.
   Sacramento State def. North Dakota 7-0 in Sacramento. No. 1 singles: Aliaksandr Malko (SS) def. Josh Oothoudt 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-4). Team records: Sac State 10-10 overall, 5-1 Big Sky Conference; North Dakota 2-8, 1-4.
   Sacramento State def. Northern Colorado 6-1 in Sacramento. No. 1 singles: Brandon Lupo (NC) def. Aliaksandr Malko 7-6 (3), 7-5. Team records: Sac State 11-10 overall, 6-1 Big Sky Conference; Northern Colorado 8-5, 2-4. Note: The Hornets' No. 1 singles player, Marek Marksoo, sat out Saturday's matches to rest a back injury.
   USF def. Loyola Marymount in San Francisco. No. 1 singles: Thai Tu (USF) def. Othar Kordsachia 6-2, 6-3. Team records: USF 8-5-1 oveall, 1-2 West Coast Conference; Loyola Marymount 2-15, 0-3.

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