Feb. 2, 2008

Stockton, Calif. - The Pacific women's tennis team fell to 1-3 on the season as the Tigers lost to No. 58 Saint Mary's, 6-1, on Saturday, Feb. 2.

Junior Jolanta Twarowska (Hamburg, Germany) highlighted action for the Tigers as she defeated Jessica Hoath, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-2. Earlier this season, Hoath took down ranked opponents against both Stanford and Cal, but on Saturday it was Twarowska's turn to shine.

Pacific heads out on the road to Oregon next weekend as the Tigers face Portland on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 9 a.m., then travel to play University of Oregon on Feb. 10 at 12 p.m..

2008 PACIFIC TENNIS RESULTS
No. 58 Saint Mary's 6, PACIFIC 1
At West Lane Tennis Center, Stockton, Calif.

DOUBLES - (Saint Mary's earns one team point)
1. Hoath/Strijbis (SMC) def. Twarowska/Gumenyuk (PAC), 8-7 (5)
2. Calvo/Ordoveza (SMC) def. Arens/Fisher (PAC), 8-3
3. Soper/Poorta (SMC) def. Schuhmacher/Nezhua (PAC), 8-4

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1

SINGLES - (Saint Mary's earns five team points)
1. Jolanta Twarowska (PAC) def. Jessica Hoath (SMC), 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-2
2. Alex Poorta (SMC) def. Svenja Arens (PAC) 6-4, 7-5
3. Claire Soper (SMC) def. Olga Gumenyuk (PAC) 6-0, 6-0
4. Marah Calvo (SMC) def. Kateryna Nezhura (PAC) 6-0, 6-1
5. Nienke Strijbis (SMC) def. Clara Schuhmacher (PAC) 7-5, 6-4
6. Stef Ordoveza (SMC) def. Sasha Fisher (PAC) 6-3, 6-4

Order of finish: 3, 4, 2, 6, 1, 5