March 27, 2003

Fullerton, Calif. - The No.75 Loyola Marymount women's tennis team swept all nine matches on the day handing host Cal State Fullerton its seventh loss in its last eight matches with a 7-0 victory at the Titan Tennis Courts on Thursday afternoon in Fullerton, Calif.

The Lions improved to 8-7 overall on the season and have won seven of their last eight matches while the Titans fell to 4-13 overall.

LMU swept all three doubles matches, but were forced to battle for each victory. The Lions' Penka Fileva and Patrycia Hubl defeated Fullerton's Ruya Inalpulat and Ioana Sisoe 9-7 at No. 1 doubles. Edit Pakay and Diana Vinis took the No.2 doubles match, 8-6, over Adriana Hockicko and Brittany Minna. Jennifer Baker and Georgina Dinham made it a clean doubles sweep with an 8-5 win over Caroline Freeman and Jessica Martin at the No. 3 position.

LMU dominated singles play, winning all six matches in straight sets. Fileva highlighted the action for the Lions defeating Hockicko by an impressive 6-0, 6-0 margin at the No.2 spot.

LMU returns to action tomorrow, Friday, Mar. 28. The Lions host Brown University in non-conference action at 1:30 p.m. at the LMU Tennis Courts on the Loyola Marymount University campus.

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 7, CAL STATE FULLERTON 0

Titan Tennis Courts, Fullerton, Calif.

DOUBLES (Must Win Two Out of Three for One Point)

1. Fileva/Hubl (LMU) def. Inalpulat/Sisoe (CSF), 9-7

2. Vinis/Pakay (LMU) def. Hockicko/Minna (CSF), 8-6

3. Baker/Dinham (LMU) def. Freeman/Martin (CSF), 8-5

SINGLES

1. Edit Pakay (LMU) def. Ruya Inalpulat (CSF), 6-4, 6-2

2. Penka Fileva (LMU) def. Adriana Hockicko (CSF), 6-0, 6-0

3. Georgina Dinham (LMU) def. Ioana Sisoe (CSF), 6-0, 6-2

4. Jennifer Baker (LMU) def. Brittany Minna (CSF), 6-4, 6-1

5. Diana Vinis (LMU) def. Jessica Martin (CSF), 6-1, 6-1

6. Patrycia Hubl (LMU) def. Caroline Freeman (CSF), 6-2, 6-1