Mar. 9, 1998

AUSTIN, Texas - The No. 2 ranked UCLA women's tennis team was upset at the University of Texas, ranked No. 4 in the nation, at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center today. The loss brings UCLA's record to 9-5 overall while Texas posted its sixth consecutive win and improved to 7-1 overall.

The teams split the singles matches down the middle with UCLA posting wins at position Nos. 3, 4 and 6 and Texas claiming the Nos. 1, 2 and 5 slots. The Bruins then claimed the first doubles match to finish, but the Longhorns rallied to win the final two doubles and claim the team victory.

Here are today's position-by-position results:

Singles
No. 1   Sandy Sureephong (TX) def. Annica Cooper (UCLA)     7-6, 7-5
No. 2   Cristina Moros (TX) def. Cristina Popescu (UCLA)    5-7, 6-2, 6-3
No. 3   Elizabeth Schmidt (UCLA) def. Laura Berendt (TX)    4-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 4   Kelly Rudolph (UCLA) def. Michelle Faucher (TX)     4-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 5   Kim Gates (TX) def. Brandi Freudenberg (UCLA)       6-3, 6-0
No. 6   Kati Kocsis (UCLA) def. Nomena Rasolomalala (TX)    6-4, 6-2

Doubles 
No. 1   Sandy Sureephong / Cristina Moros (TX) def. 
        Katia Roubanova / Elizabeth Schmidt (UCLA)  8-2
No. 2   Annica Cooper / Kati Kocsis (UCLA) def. 
        Laura Berendt / Kim Gates (TX)  8-5
No. 3   Michelle Faucher / Anne Pastor (TX) def. 
        Brandi Freudenberg/Cristina Popescu (UCLA) 8-3

Final Team Score:
Texas 5, UCLA 4