May 9, 2008

BERKELEY - The No. 8 California women's tennis team put a 4-0 victory in the books today at the Hellman Tennis Complex as they defeated Army in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Tournament. The Golden Bears will face the winner of today's 2 p.m. match between No. 27 LSU and No. 42 Washington State in a second round noon match tomorrow (May 10) at Hellman Tennis Complex.

No. 8 California 4, Army 0
May 9, 2008 | Hellman Tennis Center | Berkeley, Calif.
Doubles
1. No. 12 Babos/Kusano (Cal) def. Flach/Houghton (Army) 8-0
2. Cossou/Ilcinkas (Cal) def. Beehler/Giles-Madden (Army) 8-0
3. No. 54 Bobusic/Visico (Cal) def. Burke/Limsiaco (Army) 7-0 DNF
Order of finish: 1, 2* (California wins doubles point)
Singles
1. No. 20 Susie Babos (Cal) def. Anne Houghton (Army) 6-0, 6-1
2. No. 4 Marina Cossou (Cal) vs. Niki Flach (Army) 6-0, 5-0 DNF
3. No. 35 Cristina Visico (Cal) vs. Sarah Giles-Madden (Army) 6-3, 3-0 DNF
4. No. 40 Claire Ilcinkas (Cal) def. Kristin Beehler (Army) 6-0, 6-0
5. Stephanie Kusano (Cal) vs. Caitlin Finnegan (Army) 6-1, 6-0
6. No. 92 Bojana Bobusic (Cal) vs. Diana Alquero (Army) 6-0, 4-1 DNF
Order of finish: 1, 4, 5*