COLLEGE ROUNDUP: UCLA'S BERCEK, FISHER TAKE WOMEN'S DOUBLES TITLE.Byline: Daily News UCLA's Daniela Bercek and Lauren Fisher, unseeded in the 32-team tournament, won the doubles title at the NCAA Women's Tennis Championships Saturday in Athens, Ga., with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Marshall's Jessica Johnson and Ashley Kroh. Fisher was making her second attempt at winning the doubles title. She and Megan Bradley, now of Miami, lost in the 2002 finals to Stanford's Lauren Kalvaria and Gabriela Lastra. The doubles title was the fifth for the Bruins and first since 1996. ``I am just so happy that we were able to have pulled through this thing,'' said Fisher. ``I was really looking forward to this match. It wasn't fun sitting out last year (elbow surgery) and after getting here in 2002, I was anxious to get back.'' Added Bercek: ``I was scared that I would not be able to give my best to (Lauren) because of my hamstring. I am glad I was able to pull through for her. We get along great. After I saw how we played in the first match of the tournament, I knew that we would do very well and that we had a shot to win it.'' Previous UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX doubles tandems to win national titles were Heather Ludloff and Lynn Lewis in 1982, Allyson Cooper and current UCLA coach Stella Sampras (Webster) in 1988, Mamie Cenezia and Iwalani McCalla in 1992, and Keri Phebus and Susie Starrett in 1995. Bercek and Fisher become the 14th doubles team from the Pacific-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I. Membership Full members to claim the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association doubles title in the 23 years the NCAA has conducted a championship for women's tennis. In the singles competition, Stanford's Amber Liu won 12 of the final 16 points to beat Fresno State's Jelena Pandzic 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 and claim her second consecutive title. Liu joins Stanford's Patty Fendick Patty Fendick is a former professional women's tennis player and is the current head women's tennis coach at the University of Texas. She played collegiately at Stanford University, where the team won the NCAA title three times. (1986-87) and Laura Granville Laura Granville (born May 12, 1981, Chicago, Illinois) is an American tennis player. During the two years she spent at Stanford, she set the record for most consecutive singles victories with 58. (2000-01) and Florida's Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond (born August 10, 1973 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the #1 spot in the world in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was #15 in October 1997. (1992-93) as consecutive singles winners. --Men's team falls: UCLA doubles team of Alberto Francis and Kris Kwinta was upset by Old Dominion's Zolton Csandi and Izak van der Merwe 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships in Tulsa, Okla. --UCLA foe to be determined: Oklahoma took a 2-1 lead over Stanford into the fifth inning at the Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Women's Softball Tournament for college softball in the United States. The tournament is conducted in an eight-team, double-elimination format. in Oklahoma City before the game was suspended by lightning and severe thunderstorms thunderstorms a storm characterized by thunder and lightning caused by strong rising air currents; identified as agents of animal disease because of their involvement causing (1) spasmodic colic; (2) lightning strike; (3) injuries of cattle acquired in stampedes initiated by storms. . The game is scheduled to be resumed this morning, and the winner will advance to play UCLA (45-9) in a semifinal game set for 2 p.m. local time. If necessary, UCLA and Stanford or Oklahoma will face off again in a 7 p.m. game to determine who advances to Monday's championship game. Cal (52-11) is also awaiting the fate of its semifinal opponent. The contest between LSU LSU Louisiana State University LSU Large Subunit LSU La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA) LSU La Sierra University LSU Link State Update (OSPF) LSU Learning Support Unit (55-11) and Florida State (62-11) scheduled for later Saturday night was also postponed and will be played today after the Oklahoma-Stanford game. Earlier Saturday, Stanford advanced by eliminating Michigan 5-4, and Florida State eliminated Washington 2-0. |
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