Anteaters win, 4-3

The UC Irvine Anteaters opened the 2003 season with a 4-3

nonconference victory over the Sacramento State Hornets Thursday on

the ‘Eaters’ campus.

The Hornets grabbed an early 1-0 lead after winning two of the

three doubles matches, but junior Tiffany Chang, sophomore Anna

Bentzer and sophomore Kristina Boss all won their singles matches to

give UCI a 3-1 lead.

Senior Amy Tranckino clinched the victory with her 7-5, 4-6, 6-1

win over Christina Rivieccio.

“We expected this to be a tough match, Sacramento State is the

defending Big Sky champion with a 20-3 record last season, so I’m

very happy with the way things turned out,” said UCI Coach Mike

Edles. “I’m glad to have this one under our belt.”

The Anteaters are at USC today, starting at 1:30 p.m.

Nonconference

UCI 4, Sacramento St. 3

Singles -- Karnaukhova (S) def. Bowman, 7-6, 6-1; Chang

(UCI) def. Rosland, 6-3, 4-2 ret.; Bentzer (UCI) def. Fessenko, 6-2,

6-2; Abraham (S) def. Posner, 7-6, 7-5 (11-9); Boss (UCI) def.

Kashef, 6-1, 6-3; Tranckino (UCI) def. Rivieccio, 7-5,4-6,

6-1.

Doubles -- Karnaukhova-Rosland (S) def. Bowman-Chang,

8-5; Bentzer-Leow (UCI) def. Fessenko-Kashef (S), 8-6;

Rivieccio-Abraham (S) def. Boss-Posner, 9-7.