No. 2 UCLA Upset Early by No. 11 William & Mary
Women's Tennis bright spot was Annica Cooper.
Feb. 19, 1998
Collegiate Women's Tennis Results
(At USTA/ITA Women's National Indoor Team Championships)
MADISON, Wisc. -- The No. 2 ranked UCLA women's tennis team was upset, 3-6, in the first round of the USTA/ITA Women's National Indoor Team Championships by No. 11 ranked William & Mary today.
The highlight of the match for UCLA came at No. 1 singles, where Annica Cooper upset No. 12 ranked Lauren Nikolaus 6-2, 6-4. The Bruins' other singles victory came at No. 4 singles where Kelly Rudolph defeated Tari Ann Toro 6-2, 6-1.
UCLA's only other win came at No. 2 doubles as Cooper teamed with Kati Kocsis for an 8-5 win over Maya Klavora and Lindsay Sullivan.
Here are today's position-by-position results:
Singles
No. 1 Annica Cooper (UCLA) def. Lauren Nikolaus (W&M) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 Michelle O (W&M) def. Elizabeth Schmidt (UCLA) 6-1, 5-7, 7-5
No. 3 Carolijn van Rossum (W&M) def. Kati Kocsis (UCLA) 6-4, 7-5
No. 4 Kelly Rudolph (UCLA) def. Tari Ann Toro (W&M) 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Elizabeth O (W&M) def. Brandi Freudenberg (UCLA) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Annette Oosters (W&M) def. Alyson Gray (UCLA) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 Lauren Nikolaus / Michelle O (W&M) def.
Katia Roubanova / Elizabeth Schmidt (UCLA) def. *8-4
No. 2 Annica Cooper / Kati Kocsis (UCLA) def.
Maya Klavora / Lindsay Sullivan (W&M) 8-5
No. 3 Anette Oosters / Tari Ann Toro (W&M) def.
Brandi Freudenberg/ Cristina Popescu (UCLA) Def.
Final Team Score:
William & Mary 6, UCLA 3