March 5, 2000

Berkeley, Calif - The No. 10 Arizona State Sun Devils scored a huge upset Saturday afternoon, defeating the No. 2 Cal women's tennis team, 5-4. With the loss Cal drops to 7-3 on the year and 4-3 in Pac-10 play.

In singles play the Bears dropped and uncharacteristic four points to the Sun Devils, capturing victories at only the No. 1 and No. 2 slots. Junior Anita Kurimay pulled off her second straight victory in the No. 1 slot, defeating ASU's Karin Palme, 6-3, 6-1. The win moves her to a team leading 17 victories on the year. Claire Curran was the only other Cal player victorious, pulling out a win over Kerry Giardino, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, at the No. 2 spot.

In doubles play, the Bears notched two victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 slots to tie the score at 4-4 before ASU's Karin Palme and Kerry Giardino clinched a Sun Devil victory by downing Cal's duo of Jenny Lee and Christina Fusano, 9-8 on court three.

The Bears will be back in action on Fri., March 10, when they host William & Mary in a 1:30 match to be held at the Hellman Tennis Center in Berkeley.

March 4, 2000
Women's College Tennis
No. 2 Cal at No. 10 Arizona State


FINAL SCORE:
California		4
Arizona State		5

SINGLES:
No. 1	Anita Kurimay (Cal)	def.	Karin Palme (ASU)	6-3, 6-1
No. 2 	Claire Curran (Cal)	def.	Kerry Giardino (ASU)	3-6, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3	Faye De Vera (ASU)	def.	Karoline Borgersen (Cal)6-1, 6-1
No. 4	Mhari Brown (ASU)	def.	Christina Fusano (Cal)	6-4, 6-3
No. 5	Megan Yeats (ASU)	def.	Lisa Swierniak (Cal)	6-4, 6-2
No. 6	Celena McCoury (ASU)	def.	Jenny Lee (Cal)	        6-2, 6-2
DOUBLES
No. 1	Curran/Jensen (Cal)	def.	Devera/McCoury (ASU)	8-3
No. 2	Borgersen/Kurimay (Cal)	def.	Brown/Yeats (ASU)	8-4
No. 3	Giardino/Palme (ASU)	def.	Fusano/Lee (Cal)	9-8 (4)