March 12, 2000

SAN DIEGO - The Washington State women's tennis team recorded its second win in three days at the University of San Diego Invitational with an 8-1 victory over Yale, Sunday.

The Cougars won five of six singles matches and swept three doubles matches to improve their record to 8-5 on the season.

"We're real pleased with our singles play," WSU head coach Cari Groce said. "If we get to a point where we are consistently winning three or more singles matches, then we are setting ourselves up for a chance to win some matches."

WSU's Ana Moura defeated Elizabeth Kaufman, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles to post her fourth consecutive win and eighth in her last nine matches.

Moniek van de Ven won for the third straight day in the tournament with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Kirsten Gross.

The Cougars swept three doubles matches and finished the tournament with a 5-1 record in doubles play. Kathleen Pienaar and Tamara Filipovic improved to 7-0 with an 8-2 win over Gross and Ashlee Ferlito at No. 3 doubles.

WSU continues its road trip with an 11 a.m. match at San Diego State, Tuesday.

#32 Washington State 8, Yale 1

University of San Diego Invitational
San Diego, Calif.

Singles
1. Patrycja Gajdzik (WSU) def. Andrea Goldberg (Yale), 6-0, 6-3
2. Jacki Fu (Yale) def. Melissa Pine (WSU), 7-5, 6-4
3. Ana Marie Moura (WSU) def. Elizabeth Kaufman (Yale), 6-3, 6-2
4. Sarah Burrows (WSU) def. Liz Oosterhuis (Yale), 6-3, 6-2
5. Tamara Filipovic (WSU) def. Lauren Muehl (Yale), 6-1, 6-0
6. Moniek van de Ven (WSU) def. Kirsten Gross (Yale), 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
1. Burrows/Gajdzik (WSU) def. Fu/Kaufman (Yale), 8-3
2. Pine/Moura (WSU) def. Goldberg/Oosterhuis (Yale), 8-2
3. Filipovic/Kathleen Pienaar (WSU) def. Gross/Ferlito (Yale), 8-2