April 9, 2005

Los Angeles, Calif. - Top-ranked Stanford earned a 5-2 win over No. 11-ranked UCLA, improving to 19-0 for the season and 6-0 in the Pac-10 and extending the Cardinal's win streak to 48 matches.

Stanford started the afternoon by winning the doubles point, capturing two of the three matches. The duo of junior Alice Barnes and sophomore Theresa Logar put the Cardinal on the board first with an 8-4 win on court No. 2. The 29th-ranked Amber Liu and Anne Yelsey upset second-ranked Daniela Bercek and Riza Zalameda 9-8(5) at court No. 1 to clinch the point, with the Bruins posting a 9-7 victory at court No. 3 moments later.

In singles play, Laura Gordon gave UCLA their first point, defeating Lejla Hodzic 6-1, 7-5 at court No. 6. At courts No. 4 and 5, freshman Whitney Deason and sophomore Yelsey both won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 7-5, to advance the Cardinal to a 3-1 lead. 29th-ranked Barnes clinched the match for Stanford with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Zalameda at court No. 2. Logar defeated Alex McGoodwin 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 3 spot, posting the final Stanford win. Ninth-ranked Liu faced her second upset in two days as 25th ranked Bercek defeated her 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 on center court.

Stanford returns home to face Cal Poly on Thursday, April 14 at 1:30 p.m.

#1 Stanford 5, #11 UCLA 2

Doubles
1. #29 Liu/Yelsey (Stan) def. (2) Bercek/Zalameda (UCLA) 9-8(5)
2. Barnes/Logar (Stan) def. Gordon/McGoodwin (UCLA) 8-4
3. Gregg/Lin (UCLA) def. Deason/Hodzic (Stan) 9-7

Singles
1. (25) Daniela Bercek (UCLA) def. (9) Amber Liu (Stan) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. (29) Alice Barnes (Stan) def. (23) Riza Zalameda (UCLA) 6-4, 6-2*
3. (45) Theresa Logar (Stan) def. Alex McGoodwin (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3
4. (51) Whitney Deason (Stan) def. Sarah Gregg (UCLA) 6-1, 6-1
5. (105) Anne Yelsey (Stan) def. Tracy Lin (UCLA) 6-0, 7-5
6. (98) Laura Gordon (UCLA) def. (38) Lejla Hodzic (Stan) 6-1, 7-5