April 23, 2004

(Moraga, CA) - The USD women's tennis team, ranked 46th in the nation and seeded No. 2 at this year's WCC Championships, opened with a 4-0 over No. 7 seed San Francisco today. With the win the Toreros improve to 10-8 on the season. The Toreros won the doubles point, then earned singles wins at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 singles. Garnering singles wins for the Toreros were Emma Murphy at No. 1, Lauren Perl and No. 2 and Jenny Brown at No. 4. All other matches were suspended after the Toreros clinched the match. In Saturday's semis USD will face either #3 LMU or #6 Portland in a 3:00 p.m. match.

#2 USD 4; #7 San Francisco 0 Doubles 1 Perl/Baensch (USD) vs. Pamart/Laranjinha (USF) Suspended 2 Kazaria/Brown (USD) d. Ruiz/Tiegs (USF) 8-3 3 Murphy/Livesay (USD) d. Skogerboe/Duncan (USF) 8-4

Singles 1 Emma Murphy (USD) d. Camile Pamart (USF) 6-0, 6-4 2 Lauren Perl (USD) d. Megan Tiegs (USF) 6-0, 6-2 3 Tara Livesay (USD) vs. Gabi Ruiz (USF) Suspended 4 Jenny Brown (USD) d. Joana Laranjinha (USF) 6-3, 6-1 5 Lauren Kazarian (USD) vs. Anna Skogerboe (USF) Suspended 6 Catherine Heppell vs. Michelle Duncan (USF) Suspended