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Jessica Broadfoot and the Anteaters will play at Cal State Fullerton Thursday

No. 66 Anteaters at Cal State Fullerton; Host Yale

'Eaters at Fullerton; Host Yale

March 11, 2008

NO. 66 ANTEATERS AT CAL STATE FULLERTON; HOST YALE: The No. 66 UC Irvine women's tennis team (7-6, 2-1) will travel to Fullerton Thursday to face Cal State Fullerton in Big West play at 2:00 p.m. at Titan Courts. The team will then return home Friday to host Yale at 1:30 p.m. at Anteater Tennis Stadium.

 

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The Titans are 2-9 overall and 0-4 in Big West play entering the week. Erin Wiesener plays No. 1 singles for Fullerton.

 

The Bulldogs are 3-4 as they enter the week and face Colorado before meeting UCI. Jessica Rhee is Yale's No. 1 singles player.

 

WEEK IN REVIEW: The Anteaters went 1-1 last week with a 4-3 win over Penn and a 6-1 loss at No. 40 Long Beach State. Junior Heidi Kaloi (Wahiawa, Hawaii/Kamehameha HS) went 2-0 on the week to lead the `Eaters.  

 

ANTEATERS RANKED 66TH: The Anteaters are ranked 66th in the country by the ITA rankings and is the highest ranking this season for UCI. UCI had it's highest preseason ranking ever as they started the year off ranked 37th.

 

The Anteaters finished the 2006-07 season ranked 35th nationally after a first round loss to Texas in the NCAA Tournament to finish with a 21-5 record. UCI was ranked as high as No. 28 in the country during the season as the team won the Big West regular season championship with a perfect 7-0 record in conference play.

 

ANTEATER LEADERS: Brooke Bartlett leads the team with a 7-3 record. Senior Jessica Broadfoot (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School) is second on the team with a 7-5 record in singles this season. The doubles team of Borowicz and Bartlett is 3-1 on the year at the No. 3 position to lead the team.

 

SENIOR Becky Bernhard IN THE RECORD BOOKS: Senior Becky Bernhard (Roseville/Oakmont HS) was ranked as high as No. 81 in the Fila/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings in 2007. Bernhard was named Big West Player of the Week six times last season and a total of nine times in her career, more than any women's tennis player in Big West history and more than any athlete at UCI in Big West sports.