Feb. 17, 2007
Anne Yelsey and Lindsay Burdette recorded wins at No 2 and No. 6 singles to give the top-ranked Cardinal a come-from-behind win over No. 15 UCLA, 4-3, today at the Taube Tennis Center. Stanford, now 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the Pac-10, trailed 3-2 with two singles matches remaining, leaving the match in the hands of Yelsey and Burdette.
Yelsey defeated the Bruin's Tracy Lin, the No. 61 ranked player in the country, 6-2, 6-7, 7-6 while Burdette, who is ranked No. 39, won at No. 6 singles by defeating UCLA's Elizabeth Lumpkin, 2-6, 7-6, 6-1. Stanford took a 1-0 lead after doubles play, but the Bruins recorded wins at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5 singles to take the lead.
At No. 1 singles, Stanford's Theresa Logar was beaten by UCLA's Riza Zalameda, 1-6, 6-1, 6-0. Zalameda is ranked No. 35 while Logar in No. 89.
Stanford's other victory in singles came at No. 4 when Jessica Nguyen handed UCLA's Ashley Joelson a 6-3, 6-4 defeat.
The Cardinal next returns to action Feb. 23 and 24 when they travel to Arizona to play the Sun Devils and Wildcats.
Stanford Women's Tennis Results
February 17, 2007
Taube Tennis Center
Stanford, CA
Pacific-10 Conference
Stanford 4, UCLA 3
Doubles (Stanford wins doubles point)
1. Celia Durkin/Anne Yelsey (S) d. Riza Zalameda/AlexMcGoodwin (UCLA), 9-8
2. Ashley Joelson/Yasmin Schnack (UCLA) d. Lindsay Burdette/Jessica Nguyen (S), 9-7
3. Whitney Deason/Theresa Logar (S) d. Stephanie Wetmore/Tracy Lind (UCLA), 8-3
Singles
1. #35 Riza Zalameda (UCLA) d. #89 Theresa Logar (S), 1-6, 6-1, 6-0
2. Anne Yelsey (S) d. #61 Tracy Lin (UCLA), 6-2, 7-6, 6-2
3. #28 Yasmin Schnack (UCLA) d. #13 Celia Durkin (S), 7-5, 7-6
4. #8 Jessica Nguyen (S) d. #40 Ashley Joelson (UCLA), 6-3, 6-4
5. Alex McGoodwin (UCLA) d. Whitney Deason (S), 6-1, 6-0
6. #39 Lindsay Burdette (S) d. Elizabeth Lumpkin (UCLA) 2-6, 7-6, 6-1
Records/Rankings: No. 1 Stanford (5-1, 2-0), No. 15 UCLA (4-4, 0-2)