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No. 33 Women's Tennis Defeats UCSB 6-1
2/18/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 18, 2001
FRESNO, Calif. -- The No. 33 ranked Fresno State women's tennis team cruised past UCSB 6-1 Sunday afternoon at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
The win improves the Bulldog's overall record to 3-1, while the Gauchos fell to 0-6. Fresno State is now 28-3 all-time in matches played at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center since the opening in 1998.
The Bulldogs claimed the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles matches. Fresno State's No. 1 team of Simone Jardim and Courtney Jantz defeated UCSB's duo of Cindy Ammann and Shannon Wilkins. Liesl Fichtbauer and Chantel Wiggins, playing together for the first time since Nov. 11 at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships, posted an 8-4 victory at the No. 2 spot. No. 3 doubles Ewa Grusiecka and Kelly Ramirez easily won their match 8-2.
Fresno State was equally impressive in singles play, winning five of the six matches. Jardim, playing in the No. 1 spot, defeated Ammann 6-4, 6-3 to improve her dual match record to 3-1. Wiggins was dominant in a 6-0, 6-3 victory at No. 6 singles in her First singles match of the spring.
The Bulldogs will travel to play No. 8 UCLA on Friday at 1:30 p.m.
Fresno State - 6
UC Santa Barbara - 1
Singles
No. 1 Simone Jardim (Fresno St.) def. Cindy Ammann 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 Anne Marie Lenze def. (#28) Liesl Fichtbauer (Fresno St.) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 Ewa Grusiecka (Fresno St.) def. Gaby Andrade 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 Kelly Ramirez (Fresno St.) def. Shannon Wilkins 1-6, 6-0, 6-4
No. 5 Courtney Jantz (Fresno St.) def. Vanessa Everly 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Chantel Wiggins (Fresno St.) def. Shiho Fukushima 6-0, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 Jardim/Jantz def. Ammann/Wilkins 8-3
No. 2 Fichtbauer/Wiggins def. Lenze/Andrade 8-4
No. 3 Grusiecka/Ramirez def. Everly/ Lippmann 8-2
