Publication Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
STANFORD ROUNDUP
Women sweep tennis titles;
Women sweep tennis titles;
(January 18, 2006)men's gymnastics beats Cal
by Rick Eymer
Stanford sophomore women's tennis player Celia Durkin won the singles title at the Freeman Memorial Championships at UNLV on Sunday. Durkin exacted a measure of revenge in beating UCLA's Laura Gordon, 6-2, 6-0, in the title match.
Gordon knocked off Stanford's Alice Barnes in the quarterfinals and Teresa Logar in the semifinals to reach the championship. The unranked and unseeded Durkin beat UNLV's Elena Gantcheva, fighting off a match point to force a third-set tiebreaker and win 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), en route to the championship match.
Gordon was also unseeded in the tournament, though she is ranked 94th in the nation. Barnes was seeded third and Logar was seeded fifth. Anne Yelsey, the top seed, was one of the five seeded players who lost on the first day.
Barnes and Yelsey did combine to win the doubles title with a 9-7 victory over Arizona State's Kady Pooler and Roxanne Clarke.
Sophomore Whitney Deason reached the championship match of the National Collegiate Tennis Classic in Indian Wells on Sunday, but lost to USC's Dianne Matias, 6-0, 7-5.
Deason did upset the top-seeded Diana Srebrovic, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-6 (7-5), in the second round.
Men's tennis
Freshman Matt Bruch defeated Stanford teammate and Menlo School grad James Pade, 6-4, 6-3, on Sunday in the semifinals of the Sherwood Collegiate Cup at the Sherwood Country Club in Westlake Village.
Bruch, ranked fourth in the nation, was scheduled to meet Baylor's Matija Agaga in Monday's championship match.
Pade, a redshirt junior, won three matches before falling to Bruch.
Bruch, who improved to 15-2 in singles play, is also Pade's doubles' partner and the duo reached the semifinals, also scheduled for Monday. The Cardinal doubles team of Chris Rasmussen and James Wan also advanced to the semifinals.
Men's gymnastics
Stanford opened the season with an upset of host California, 205.650-205.550, on Friday night as David Sender won two individual events and tied teammate Bryant Hadden in a third.
Sender had an all-around score of 50.450.
Stanford hosts the Stanford Open on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Burnham Pavilion.
Women's gymnastics
Stanford opened its home season with a convincing victory in a four-way meet on Sunday at Maples Pavilion.
The Cardinal had 194.350 points, finishing ahead of Sacramento State (191.525), San Jose State (190.575) and UC Davis (186.875).
Sophomore Tabitha Yim, competing in just her second collegiate All-Around, recorded a score of 39.600 to finish first.
Stanford opens Pac-10 competition at Oregon State on Friday, Oct. 27.
Men's volleyball
Stanford (0-2, 1-5) lost twice in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action over the weekend in Southern California.
The Cardinal dropped a 30-26, 30-18, 29-31, 30-24 decision to defending national champions Pepperdine on Friday, and then fell to host USC, 28-30, 30-27, 34-32, 30-21, on Saturday.
Senior Ben Reddy had 17 kills on Friday and 22 on Saturday to lead Stanford, which hosts UC San Diego in a MPSF match on Thursday in Burnham Pavilion at 7 p.m.
Senior Chris Ahlfeldt had 13 kills and seven blocks against the Trojans.
Wrestling
Fourth-ranked Illinois pinned a 39-0 loss on host Stanford in a nonconference dual meet on Sunday in Burnham Pavilion.
Sophomore Tanner Gardner lost his match at 125 pounds, 5-3, in the final six seconds while senior Ray Blake was within a point of his 165-pound opponent late in the third period.
Stanford opens Pac-10 action by hosting Cal State Bakersfield on Friday and Cal State Fullerton on Monday, both at 7 p.m.
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