March 27, 2003

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The UC Santa Barbara women's tennis team defeated Cal State Northridge 6-1 Wednesday at the Northridge Tennis Complex.

The Gauchos started the match well, winning the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and 2 doubles. The Gauchos nearly swept all six singles matches, losing at No. 4 singles. UCSB's Uzma Khan defeated Tereza Simonyan at No. 1 singles 6-4, 6-1 for her 16th straight dual match singles win. Khan is an undefeated 16-0 in dual match play this season and is 26-2 overall.

The Gauchos travel to Sacramento this weekend for matches with Sacramento State Friday, St. Mary's Saturday and Nevada Sunday.

The Gauchos are now 11-5 overall while Cal State Northridge falls to 13-7.

UCSB 6, CSN 1
Doubles
1 - Khan/Gruenig (SB) def. Simonyan/Chilingayan - 8-6
2 - Pintar/Damion (SB) def. Schawati/Yepremian - 8-2
3 - Myinttun/Jaclyn Sottysik (N) def. Kuhle/Chelsea Dillon - 8-4

Singles
1 - Uzma Khan (SB) def. Tereza Simonyan - 6-4, 6-1
2 - Marielle Gruenig (SB) def. Inga Chilingayan - 6-4, 6-4
3 - Andrea Pintar (SB) def. Rani Schawati - 6-2, 6-2
4 - Brittany Bierman (N) def. Leslie Damion - 6-3, 6-3
5 - Jen Kuhle (SB) def. Yuyu Myinttun - 6-4, 7-6 (5)
6 - Amy Vyhnis (SB) def. Olga Yepremian - 2-6, 6-2, 10-8