Women's Tennis Edged by UC-Irvine, 4-3

IRVINE - Penn matched up with another ranked team on Monday, playing UC-Irvine out in California. The 47th-ranked Anteaters held serve on their home courts, defeating the Quakers, 4-3.

Penn started the day with a win at doubles, 2-1, to secure the doubles point. Julia Koulbitskaya and Ekaterina Kosminskaya, ranked 17th in the country, defeated Becky Bernhard and Clare Femin, 8-3, at number one doubles. After UC-Irvine won at number three doubles, Maria Anisimova and Charlotte Tansill won at number two to gain the point and a 1-0 lead for Penn.

Yulia Rivelis added to Penn's lead with a win at No. 2 singles, 3-0, retired. Koulbitskaya also was victorious in singles, defeating Femin, 6-3, 7-6 at No. 3.

The match was tied with only No. 6 singles left on the courts. Heid Kaloi won a close match with freshman Alexa Ely, 7-5, 7-6 to claim the match for UC-Irvine.

No. 47 UC Irvine 4, Penn 3
No. 1	Becky Bernhard (UCI) def. Ekaterina Kosminskaya (PENN)	6-2, 3-6, 6-1
No. 2	Yulia Rivelis (PENN) def. Inna Agababian (UCI)	3-0, ret.
No. 3	Julia Koulbitskaya (PENN) def. Clare Fermin (UCI)	6-3, 7-6
No. 4	Jessica Broadfoot (UCI) def. Maria Anisimova (PENN)	7-5, 6-4
No. 5	Brooke Bartlett (UCI) def. Charlotte Tansill (PENN)	6-2, 6-1
No. 6	Heidi Kaloi (UCI) def. Alexa Ely (PENN)	7-5, 7-6
	Singles Order of Finish: 2, 5, 3, 4, 1, 6

No. 1	Kosminskaya/Koulbitskaya (PENN) def. Bernhard/Fermin (UCI)	8-3
No. 2	Anismova/Tansill (PENN) def. Agababian/Broadfoot (UCI)	8-6
No. 3	Ali Borowicz/Bartlett (UCI) def. Amanda Avedissian/Rivelis (PENN)	9-7
	Doubles Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2