March 26, 2000

MALIBU, Calif. - In a battle featuring two of the nation's top women's tennis programs, No. 5 ranked Pepperdine edged No. 6 ranked California by a final score of 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.

Pepperdine won four of the six singles matches and secured the dual match victory when Paola Palencia and Ipek Senoglu recorded an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles over the Golden Bears' team of Claire Curran and Amy Jensen. With the victory, Pepperdine improves its dual match record to 14-3. California slips to 12-4 on the season.

Pepperdine returns to action next Tuesday (March 28) afternoon, hosting Harvard at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Pepperdine (5) vs. California (4)

SINGLES
Anita Kurimay (C) d. Ipek Senoglu, 6-3, 6-4
Monika Horvath (P) d. Amy Jensen, 6-4, 6-2
Cintia Tortorella (P) d. Claire Curran, 7-6, 6-4
Paola Palencia (P) d. Karoline Borgersen, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Christina Fusano (C) d. Dorothee Kurz, 6-0, 6-2
Nadine Rastetter (P) d. Morisa Yang, 7-6, 6-4

DOUBLES
Palencia / Senoglu (P) d. Curran / Jensen, 8-3
Borgersen / Kurimay (C) d. Kurz / Maren Mueller, 8-4
Jenny Lee / Emeka Mayes (C) d. Horvath / Tortorella, 9-7

California: 12-4, Ranked No. 6
Pepperdine: 14-3, Ranked No. 5