Saturday, February 3, 2007 - Santa Barbara
Final: FPU sweeps Westmont 9-0

Box score

Santa Barbara - The Sunbirds opened defense of their Golden State Conference crown with a 9-0 romp over the Westmont College Warriors in Santa Barbara this afternoon.

Jelena Pandzic  teamed with freshman Audrey Laib for the first time and the started the afternoon off with an 8-0 win over Lorelei Belindean and Gillian Ayers at No. 1 doubles. That set the tone as Angelina Minova and Anna Karavayeva followed with an identical 8-0 win over Jennie Dunn & Lauren DiSalvo. Megan Hanner and Brittany Salley dropped only two games on route to an 8-3 win over Sarah Kamida & Gabriela Michel.

So dominant were the Sunbirds that their toughest match of the day came at No. 5 where Amandine Ferot lost a total of three games in a 6-1, 6-2 win over Sarah Kamida. Pandzic and Hanner won their matches at No. 1 and 6, respectively, with identical 6-0, 6-0 scores.

The Sunbirds take a break from GSAC play next week when they travel south for a pair of matches. They will be in Los Angeles on Tuesday to take on Cal State Los Angels, then move to San Diego for a Wednesday match against UC San Diego. Both opponents have NCAA Division 2 affiliation.

Records
Sunbirds 3-0, 1-0 GSAC
Westmont: 0-1, 0-1 GSAC

SUNBIRDS def. WESTMONT 9-0
Doubles
1 Pandzic & Laib d. Belindean & Ayers (W)
8-0
2 Karavayeva & Minova d. Dunn & DiSalvo (W)
8-0
3 Hanner & Brittany Salley d. Kamida & Gabriela Michel (W)
8-3
Singles
1 Jelena Pandzic d. Lorelei Belindean (W)
6-0, 6-0
2 Angelina Minova d. Gillian Ayers (W)
6-0, 6-1
3 Anna Karavayeva d. Jennie Dunn (W)
6-1, 6-1
4 Audrey Laib d. Lauren DiSalvo (W)
6-1, 6-1
5 Amandine Ferot d. Sarah Kamida (W)
6-1, 6-2
6 Megan Hanner d. Emily Hughes (W)
6-0, 6-0