Women’s tennis: UCI rips Red Raiders

UC IRVINE TENNIS STADIUM - The UC Irvine women’s tennis team,

ranked No. 67 in the latest national poll, handled nonconference visitor

Texas Tech, 5-2, Tuesday to extend its winning streak to five matches.

UCI’s top doubles team of Jonni Seymour and Tiffany Chang defeated No.

20-ranked Irina Tereschenko and Beverly Dawson, 8-6, to help the hosts

earn the doubles point.

Chang was also among four singles winners for UCI, including Kristina

Boss, whose 7-5, 6-2 win over Kendall Brooks upped Boss’ personal win

streak to seven.

UCI hosts Big West Conference foe Idaho Friday at 1:30 p.m.

UCI is now 9-6, while Texas Tech fell to 3-6.

Singles - Tereschenko (TT) def. Seymour, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Chang (UCI)

def. Ovin, 6-3, 6-4; Bentzer (UCI) def. Dawson, 7-5, 6-1; Schrami (TT)

def. Leow, 6-2, 6-4; Posner (UCI) def. Ruiz, 6-4, 6-3; Boss (UCI) def.

Brooks, 7-5, 6-2.

Doubles - Seymour-Chang (UCI) def. Tereschenko-Dawson, 8-6;

Bentzer-Leow (UCI) def. Ruiz-Schrami, 8-2; Ovin-Brooks (TT) def.

Posner-Tranckino, 8-5.