USD Women's Tennis 2006-2007

1 Youthful Toreros Look To Continue Winning Ways in 2007 The 2007 USO women's tennis team will look to continue the program's winning ways that have become common place for Torero teams coached by Sherri Stephens. Stephens, who is entering her 23rd year directing the Torero fortunes , returns just three players from last year's squad that finished 11-7 overall and ranked 55th in the fina l ITA team rankings. Gone from the club are the team's top three singles players, including Emma Murphy who was a two-time WCC Player of the Year and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Individual Champion– ships the past three years. This season' s team will be extremely young with six of the eight players underclassmen . Desp ite just two juniors on the team, third-year player Helene Lindstrand (Ljungskile, Sweden) and first-year Cal transfer Monica Wiesener (Calabasas, CA), coach Stephens is not shy ing away from her typical strong schedul e that is loaded with teams ranked in the preseason polls. USO will have the advantage of playing nineteen of its twenty-one regular-season matches at the friendly confines of the beautiful USO West Tennis Courts, with 11 teams ranked among the Top-75 teams heading into the Spring season. USO, which enters the season with a ranking of 57th, will get tested by the likes of #3 USC, # 11 Cal, #34 Arizona, #39 SDSU, and #41 Penn, to name a few. Coach Stephens will look to her two juniors, Lindstrand and Wiesener, to provide the leadership necessary with such a young club. Wiesener ga ined invaluable experience during her first two years of collegiate tennis playing for the Cal Bears of the Pac- I 0. During Cal's 2005 campaign she played at No. 2 singles with the Go lden Bears, with the team fin ishing 14-9 overall and ranked 21st in the nation. She is projected to play at No. 1 singles for the Toreros this season. Lindstrand has improved each year with USO and this season is expected to play in the upper half of the singles ladder, and also compete in doubles play. USO also returns two sophomores that gained some experience during their frosh seasons - Zoe Taylor (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) and Sophia Vogt (Aptos, CA). Vogt was solid at No. 6 singles where she tallied an 8-5 record, and also teamed up with Brittany Reitz at No. 3 singles for a 7-5 mark. Taylor gai ned some playing experience at No. 6 si ngles and No. 3 doubles. Coach Stephens welcomes four freshmen to the team this season who should all get a chance to compete and contribute right away. Leading the way is Samantha Mouly (Paris, France), whose brother Jonas plays on US D's men's team. Mouly is a three-time champion of Paris. She is expected to play in the upper half of singles . Alexandra Demidova (Stockholm, Sweden), who should play in the middle of the singles line-up, is a fierce competitor who should pro– vide the team with a lot of pos iti ve energy. Justine Perl (San Diego, CA), from nearby Torrey Pines High School , is a three-time CIF Doubles Champion . She is projected to play in the lower half of singles, and give the Toreros a big boost in doubles play. Vitalina Parschutkin (Co1ie Madera, CA), a late addition to the team this Spring, will give the Toreros some added depth. Following their regular-season dual match schedule, the Toreros will participate in the 2007 West Coast Conference Championships the weekend of April 20-22. Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, is the host site this year. With this so lid schedule, the 2007 version of the USO women's tennis team should provide a lot of excitement this season.

2007 TORERO OUTLOOK

2007 University of San Diego Toreros Women's Tennis - Nine NCAA Tournament Appearances