No. 35 Women's Tennis Sweeps Santa Barbara, 7-0

March 14, 2001

CORAL GABLES, Fla.-The No. 35-ranked University of Miami women’s tennis team swept Santa Barbara 7-0 Tuesday afternoon completing a three-match road swing in California.

The Hurricanes improve to 9-4 overall, while the Gauchos fall to 1-9 on the season.

Miami won two of the three games while in Calif., UM beat No. 32 UCLA 4-3 before falling 6-1 to No. 12 Southern California.

UM won the doubles point and went on to win all six singles matches shutting out an opponent for the fourth time this season.

UM is now 5-0 when playing an unranked opponent this season.

Miami returns home to face No. 63 Virginia Friday at 2 p.m. at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

Singles

1 – Alanna Broderick (UM) def. Cindy Ammann – 6-4, 6-3

2 – Bettina Hafner (UM) def. AnneMarie Lenze – 7-5, 6-4

3 – Marcy Hora (UM) def. Uzma Khan – 6-1, 6-0

4 – Sihem Bennacer (UM) def. Gaby Andrade – 6-3, 6-2

5 – Lauren Scaglione (UM) def. Shannon Wilkins – 6-1, 6-3

6 – Inga deVilliers (UM) def. Shiho Fukushima – 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Doubles

1 – Ammann/Wilkins (SB) def. deVilliers/Broderick (UM)- 8-6

2 – Hora/Bogomolona (UM) def. Andrade/Khan – 8-5

3 – Bennacer/Hafner (UM) def. Lenze/Fukushima – 8-4