No. 16 Hurricanes Face No. 12 UCLA

March 16, 2004

CORAL GABLES, Fla.-The No. 16-ranked University of Miami women’s tennis team will put its five-match winning streak on the line, traveling to face No. 12 UCLA Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. EST in Los Angeles, Calif.

The Hurricanes enter the match 9-1 overall, while the Bruins are 9-5 on the season.

Miami is 2-5 all-time against UCLA. The Hurricanes won the last meeting with the Bruins 4-3 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center during the 2001 season.

The match will bring two former Bruins back to the LATC, as head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews was a Bruin letterman from 1992-96 and junior Megan Bradley played her freshman season at UCLA in 2002.

Both Yaroshuk-Tews and Bradley earned All-American status at UCLA.

The match will feature four ranked players, No. 9 Megan Bradley (Columbia, Mo.) for Miami and No. 28 Jackie Carleton, No. 40 Daniela Bercek and No. 77 Alex McGoodwin for UCLA.

Fisher and Carleton are ranked No. 8 in doubles action, while Bradley and Melissa Applebaum (Coral Gables, Fla.) are ranked No. 44.

Follow the match live at hurricanesports.com. Fans can access the matches by clicking on the “Live Stats” link in the Events Calendar on the front page or by going into the women’s tennis schedule.