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PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE

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For Immediate Release: // Monday, April 21, 2014 Contacts // Kyra Geithman ([email protected])

2014 PAC-12 STANDINGS

MEN’S STANDINGS WOMEN’S STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL CONFERENCE OVERALL W L PCT W L PCT W L PCT W L PCT 1. USC * 7 0 1.000 25 2 .926 1. California * 10 0 1.000 17 4 .810 2. UCLA 6 1 .857 20 3 .870 2. UCLA 9 1 .900 21 2 .913 3. Stanford 5 2 .714 14 4 .778 3. Stanford 8 2 .800 16 2 .889 4. California 4 3 .571 14 6 .700 4. USC 7 3 .700 16 7 .696 5. Utah 2 5 .286 14 8 .636 5. Arizona 6 4 .600 17 5 .773 6. Washington 2 5 .286 11 12 .478 6. Arizona State 5 5 .500 18 7 .720 7. Oregon 1 6 .143 15 8 .652 7. Washington State 3 7 .300 18 10 .643 8. Arizona 1 6 .143 12 14 .462 8. Washington 3 7 .300 13 9 .591 9. Utah 3 7 .300 12 9 .571 * Pac-12 Champion 10. Oregon 1 9 .100 7 15 .318 ^ Automatic Qualifier 11. Colorado 0 10 .000 8 14 .364

2014 PAC-12 CONFERENCE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wednesday, April 23 Thursday, April 24 Friday, April 25 Saturday, April 26 Sunday, April 27 MEN’S MEN’S MEN’S MEN’S WOMEN’S Match #1 Match #3 Match #5 Championship Match Singles Championship #5 Utah vs. #8 Arizona #4 California vs. Match #1 #1 USC vs. Match #3 Winner 4 p.m. PT 10 a.m. PT 11 a.m. PT Winner 11 a.m. PT 11 a.m. PT WOMEN’S Doubles Championship Match #2 Match #6 Singles Draw Semifinals 1 p.m. PT #6 Washington vs. #7 Oregon Match #4 #2 UCLA vs. Match #4 Winner TBD 2 p.m. PT #3 Stanford vs. Match #2 Winner 2 p.m. PT 2 p.m. PT Doubles Draw Semifinals WOMEN’S TBD WOMEN’S Singles Draw Quarterfinals Singles Draw Round of 32 TBD 8 a.m. PT Doubles Draw Round of 16 Singles Draw Round of 16 8 a.m. PT 9:30 a.m. PT Doubles Draw Quarterfinals 9:30 a.m. PT * All times subject to change

PAC-12 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: The Pac-12’s eight men’s teams and 11 women’s teams come to Ojai, Calif., Wednesday, April 23 - Sunday, April 27 to decide the league’s women’s singles and doubles champions, in addition to the men’s team champion. For the women, the 32-player singles draw consists of three players from each of the top ten schools that sponsor women’s tennis and two players from the 11th-place team, based on the regular season standings. The 16-team women’s doubles draw will have one doubles team from each of the 11 schools and five additional teams selected by the Draw Committee. For the men, the Pac-12 hosts a team tournament to determine the automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships. Teams will be seeded based on won-lost percent- ages during regular-season Conference play.

WHAT & WHERE: Pac-12 competition will be held in conjunction with the 114th Annual Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament. The Pac-12 men will compete at Libbey Park in Ojai for all rounds. The Pac-12 women will play the first two rounds at the Ojai Valley Athletic Club, and then will play the semifinals and finals at Libbey Park. The men’s team championship match will be played at Libbey Park on Saturday at 4 p.m. The women’s singles championship match is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Sunday at Libbey Park and will be followed by the doubles final.

WATCH LIVE: Pac-12 Networks will be broadcasting the tennis championships on Sunday, April 27. The women’s singles championships will be played live on all seven networks and online via Pac-12 Now at 10 a.m. PT. The men’s team championship match will air tape-delayed at 5 p.m. PT, followed by the tape-delayed women’s doubles final at 7 p.m. PT. Results, recaps, photos and more will be posted online at Pac-12.com. PAC-12 TENNIS PAC-12 TENNIS INFORMATION CONTINUED SID DIRECTORY OJAI HISTORY: The Pac-12 Championships will keep with tra- ARIZONA dition as the featured event at this year’s 112th Ojai Valley Ten- nis Tournament, which attracts 1,600 of the best college, junior Men’s SID...... Andy Ewing and open players from the Western states. The annual event, [email protected] started by William Thacher in 1896, has been played at the Women’s SID...... Susie Epp same site and interrupted only five times. If this tournament, [email protected] put on entirely by volunteer efforts on public and privately Office...... (520) 621-4163 owned courts, seems an unlikely place to see championship quality players, consider who has appeared here: Pete Sam- ARIZONA STATE pras, , Michael Chang, , Tracy Women’s SID...... Maggie Emmons Austin, Billy Jean King, Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors and the Bryan twins. These tennis greats are among more [email protected] than 85 former players at The Ojai who have gone on to win one or more events as professional tennis Office...... (480) 965-4987 players, all of whom are listed on Libbey Park’s “Wall of Fame.”

CALIFORNIA HOW TO GET TO OJAI: Ojai Valley Athletic Club and Libby Park are located at 409 Fox Street, Ojai, CA 93023. The Men’s/Women’s SID...... Dean Caparaz Ojai Tournament website is: www.ojaitourney.org/tournament-info [email protected] Office...... (510) 643-2938 BRACKETS: The men’s bracket has been finalized and can be found on page five. The women’s singles and doubles draw will be available by the morning on Wednesday, April 23. Both brackets will be available on the Pac- COLORADO 12 Tennis Championship website at http://pac-12.com/2014-pac-12-tennis-championships. Women’s SID...... Andrew Green [email protected] TICKET PRICES: Cash and credit card only accepted. Office...... (303) 492-5626 Five-Day Pass: Weekend Pass: Single Day: OREGON Adult: $45 Adult: $30 Adult: $10 Wed, $12 Thu-Fri, $18 Sat-Sun Senior (65 & older): $30 Senior (65 & older): $20 Senior: $5 Wed-Fri, $10 Sat-Sun Men’s SID...... Brady Johnson Student (with ID): $30 Student (with ID): $20 Student: $5 Wed-Fri, $10 Sat-Sun [email protected] Children (ages 5-12): $30 Children (ages 5-12): $20 Children: $5 Wed-Fri, $10 Sat-Sun Women’s SID...... John Vu Children (under 5): no charge Children (under 5): no charge Children (under 5): no charge [email protected] Office...... (541) 346-5532 PAC-12 MEN’S COACHES STANFORD Men’s/Women’s SID...... Brian Risso Arizona...... Tad Berkowitz UCLA...... [email protected] ...... 10th season ...... 21st season Office...... (650) 736-9044 California...... Peter Wright USC...... Peter Smith ...... 21st season ...... 12th season UCLA Men’s/Women’s SID...... Danny Harrington Oregon...... Nils Schyllander Utah...... F.D. Robbins [email protected] ...... 5th season ...... 28th season Office...... (310) 206-6831 Stanford...... John Whitlinger Washington...... Matt Anger USC ...... 10th season ...... 19th season Men’s/Women’s SID...... Darcy Couch [email protected] Office...... (213) 740-3808 PAC-12 WOMEN’S COACHES

UTAH Arizona...... Vicky Maes UCLA...... Stella Sampras Webster Men’s/Women’s SID...... Drew Wiseman ...... 13th season ...... 18th season [email protected] Emily Radiyovech Arizona State...... Sheila McInerney USC...... Richard Gallien [email protected] ...... 29th season ...... 9th season Office...... (801) 581-3771 California...... Amanda Augustus Utah...... Mat Iondolo ...... 7th season ...... 7th season WASHINGTON ...... Ashley Walker Men’s/Women’s SID Colorado...... Nicole Kenneally Washington...... Jill Hultquist [email protected] ...... 15th season ...... 6th season Office...... (206) 543-2331 Oregon...... Paul Reber Washington State...... List Hart WASHINGTON STATE ...... 7th season ...... 11th season Women’s SID: ...... Bill Stevens [email protected] Stanford...... Lele Forood Office: ...... (509) 335-4294 ...... 14th season ITA RANKINGS PAC-12 MEN IN THE RANKINGS Fifteen Pac-12 singles players are ranked in the ITA Top-125 national men’s singles rankings (as of April 15). Six MEN’S TENNIS Conference teams are represented by ranked individuals, with UCLA’s Clay Thompson leading the Pac-12 men at No. (as of April 15) 1. He’s joined in the top 25 by teammate Marcos Giron at No. 5, USC’s Ray Sarmiento at No. 9, and Trojan at No. 16. 1 Ohio State University 2 University of Oklahoma Eight Pac-12 men’s doubles teams are in the ITA Top-90 national doubles rankings, with a ranked pair representing 3 USC five different schools. USC’s No. 2-ranked tandem of Roberto Quiroz and Yannick Hanfmann is the Conference’s 4 University of Virginia highest-ranked pair. 5 UCLA MEN’S SINGLES TOP 125 MEN’S DOUBLES TOP 90 6 Baylor University 1. Clay Thompson, UCLA 2. Ray Sarmiento/Yannick Hanfmann, USC 7 University of Texas 5. Marcos Giron, UCLA 16. Marcos Giron/Mackenzie McDonald, UCLA 8 North Carolina 9. Ray Sarmiento, USC 24. Gregory Bayane/Chase Melton, California 9 University of Georgia 16. Yannick Hanfmann, USC 58. Marcos Giron/Karue Sell, UCLA 10 University of Illinois 32. Mackenzie McDonald, UCLA 63. Nick Crystal/Michael Grant, USC 47. Jonny Wang, USC 64. Kevin Farin/Robin Cambier, Oregon 11 Texas A&M University 53. Roberto Quiroz, USC 76. Emmett Egger/Jeff Hawke, Washington 12 University of Kentucky 56. Ben McLachlan, California 84. Ben McLachlan/Andre Goransson, California 13 University of Notre Dame 73. Maciek Romanowicz, Stanford 14 Duke University 74. Gage Brymer, UCLA 15 University of Florida 78. Slim Hamza, Utah 16 CALIFORNIA 79. Robin Cambier, Oregon 17 Mississippi State University 94. Karue Sell, UCLA 18 University of Tennessee 95. Max de Vroome, USC 19 Columbia University 120. Michael Grant, USC 20 Clemson University 21 University of Memphis 22 Penn State University 23 Vanderbilt University PAC-12 WOMEN IN THE RANKINGS 24 Boise State University The Pac-12 women occupy 27 slots on the ITA’s Top-125 singles rankings through April 15. Nine Conference teams 25 Wake Forest University are represented by ranked individuals, with UCLA sophomore receiving the highest ranking at No. 2. 37 STANFORD In doubles, five Pac-12 women’s programs are represented as 13 duos hold spots in the ITA Top-90 national doubles 44 OREGON rankings. UCLA’s pairing of and Robin Anderson is the highest-ranked doubles team in the Conference 53 UTAH at No. 1.

WOMEN’S TENNIS WOMEN’S SINGLES TOP 125 WOMEN’S DOUBLES TOP 90 (as of April 15) 2. Robin Anderson, UCLA 1. Jennifer Brady/Robin Anderson, UCLA 4. Kristie Ahn, Stanford 6. Catherine Harrison/Kyle McPhillips, UCLA 1 Duke University 10. Jennifer Brady, UCLA 8. Zoë Scandalis/, USC 2 UCLA 13. Chanelle Van Nguyen, UCLA 9. Kristie Ahn/Carol Zhao, Stanford 3 University of Alabama 16. Sabrina Santamaria, USC 17. Brynn Boren/Zoë Katz, USC 4 University of Florida 19. Carol Zhao, Stanford 24. /Sabrina Santamaria, USC 5 STANFORD 21. Zsofi Susanyi, California 29. Jennifer Brady/Catherine Harrison, UCLA 6 University of Georgia 23. Anett Schutting, California 35. /Denise Starr, California 26. Zoë Scandalis, USC 37. Ellen Tsay/Taylor Davidson, Stanford 7 North Carolina 28. Lynn Chi, California 45. Anett Schutting/Maegan Manasse, California 8 Texas A&M University 30. Kyle McPhillips, UCLA 64. Denise Starr/Kelly Chui, California 9 University of Virginia 32. Denise Starr, California 66. /Kassidy Jump, Arizona State 10 CALIFORNIA 34. Taylor Davidson, Stanford 70. Lynn Chi/Anett Schutting, California 11 Vanderbilt University 39. Caroline Doyle, Stanford 12 USC 41. Ellen Tsay, Stanford 13 Northwestern University 44. Krista Hardebeck, Stanford 14 Baylor University 51. Desirae Crawczyk, Arizona State 15 University of Miami (Florida) 58. Lacey Smyth, Arizona 16 University of Michigan 65. Stephanie Vlad, Arizona State 67. Maegan Manasse, California 17 Clemson University 72. Catherine Harrison, UCLA 18 University of Oklahoma 74. Lauren Marker, Arizona 19 University of Tulsa 77. Giuliana Olmos, USC 20 University of Texas at Austin 82. Elizaveta Luzina, Washington State 21 Oklahoma State University 90. Tereza Bekerova, Utah 22 ARIZONA STATE 93. Zoë Katz, USC 23 Pepperdine 96. Elianne Douglas-Miron, Washington 24 University of Notre Dame 25 Auburn University 31 ARIZONA 35 WASHINGTON 36 UTAH 45 WASHINGTON STATE 2014 PAC-12 TENNIS PAC-12 SINGLES PAC-12 DOUBLES PLAYERS OF THE WEEK CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS MEN Jan. 21 Robin Cambier, Oregon MEN MEN Jan. 28 Gregory Bayane, California 1987 Patrick McEnroe, STAN 1987 Brian Garrow/Pat Galbraith, UCLA Feb. 4 Yannick Hanfmann, USC 1988 Brian Garrow, UCLA 1988 Scott Melville/Eric Amend, USC Feb. 11 Robin Cambier, Oregon 1989 Pat Galbraith, UCLA 1989 Mark Quinney/Billy Barber, UCLA Feb. 18 Roberto Quiroz, USC 1990 Jason Netter, UCLA 1990 Alex O’Brien/Jason Yee, STAN Feb. 25 Ben Tasevac, Utah 1991 Alex O’Brien, STAN 1991 /Jared Palmer, STAN Mar. 5 Kevin Farin, Oregon 1992 Alex O’Brien, STAN 1992 Chris Cocotos/Alex O’Brien, STAN Mar. 11 Mackenzie McDonald, UCLA 1993 Fritz Bissell, UCLA 1993 David Ekerot/Andras Lanyi, USC Mar. 18 Roberto Quiroz, USC 1994 , USC 1994 Wayne Black/Jon Leach, USC Mar. 25 Ray Sarmiento, USC 1995 , STAN 1995 Brett Hansen/Fernando Samayoa, USC Apr. 1 Gregory Bayane, California 1996 Adam Peterson, USC 1996 Paul Goldstein/Jim Thomas, STAN Apr. 8 Slim Hamza, Utah 1997 , STAN 1997 Paul Goldstein/Ryan Wolters, STAN 1998 Paul Goldstein, STAN 1998 Bob Bryan/, STAN 1999 Ryan Wolters, STAN 1999 Jean-Noel Grinda/Jong- Min Lee, UCLA WOMEN 2000 Geoff Abrams, STAN 2000 Brandon Kramer/Jong-Min Lee, UCLA Jan. 21 Kristie Ahn, Stanford 2001 Ryan Moore, USC 2001 K.J. Hippensteel/Alex Kim, STAN Jan. 28 Robin Anderson, UCLA 2002 Rodrigo Grilli, UCLA 2002 /Jean-Julien Rojer, UCLA Feb. 4 Kristie Ahn, Stanford 2003 Marcin Matkowski, UCLA 2003 Parker Collins/Daniel Langre, USC Feb. 11 Zsofi Susanyi, California 2004 Sam Warburg, STAN 2004 Phillip Gruendler/Luben Pampoulov, UCLA Feb. 18 Elizaveta Luzina, Wash. State 2005 Sam Warburg, STAN 2005 KC Corkery/Sam Warburg, STAN Feb. 25 Zoë Katz, USC 2006 Matt Bruch, STAN 2006 Mathieu Dehaine/Jeremy Drean, UCLA Mar. 5 Zoë Scandalis, USC 2007 Matt Bruch, STAN 2007 Matt Bruch/Blake Muller, STAN Mar. 11 Kim Stubbe, Arizona 2008 Kaes Van’t Hof, USC 2008 /Kaes Van’t Hof, USC Mar. 18 Zoë Scandalis, USC 2009 Bradley Klahn, STAN 2009 Bradley Klahn/Ryan Thacher, STAN Mar. 25 Lauren Marker, Arizona 2010 Robert Farah, USC 2010 Robert Farah/, USC Apr. 1 Klara Fabikova, California 2011 Steve Johnson, USC 2011 Steve Johnson/Ray Sarmiento, USC Apr. 8 Lynn Chi, California WOMEN WOMEN 1987 Jane Thomas, UCLA 1987 Lupita Novelo/Ginny Purdy, USC 1988 Lisa Green, STAN 1988 Alissa Finerman/Tifany Silveria, CAL 1989 , STAN 1989 Mamie Ceniza/Stella Sampras, UCLA 1990 Debra Graham, STAN 1990 Meredith McGrath/Teri Whitlinger, STAN 1991 Sandra Birch, STAN 1991 Kimberly Po/Stella Sampras, UCLA 1992 Alix Creek, ARIZ 1992 Alix Creek/Danielle Scott, ARIZ 1993 Alix Creek, ARIZ 1993 /Pam Nelson, CAL 1994 Sandra DeSilva, STAN 1994 Keirsten Alley/Pam Nelson, CAL 1995 , UCLA 1995 Ania Bleszynski/Katie Schlukebir, STAN 1996 Julie Scott, STAN 1996 Keri Phebus/Paige Yaroshuk, UCLA 1997 Julie Scott, STAN 1997 Amanda Augustus/Claire Curran, CAL 1998 Annica Cooper, UCLA 1998 Ania Bleszynski/Julie Scott, STAN 1999 Mariss Irvin, STAN 1999 Teryn Ashley/, STAN 2000 Sara Walker, UCLA 2000 Lindsay Blau/Michelle Gough, ARIZ 2001 Adria Engle, ASU 2001 Mariko Fritz-Krockow/Sara Walker, UCLA 2002 Gabriela Lastra, STAN 2002 Christina Fusano/Raquel Kops-Jones, CAL 2003 Daria Panova, ORE 2003 Christina Fusano/Raquel Kops-Jones, CAL 2004 Raquel Kops-Jones, CAL 2004 Alice Barnes/, STAN 2005 Nicole Leimbach, USC 2005 Alice Barnes/Anne Yelsey, STAN 2006 Zsuzsanna Fodor, CAL 2006 Alice Barnes/Anne Yelsey, STAN 2007 , USC 2007 /Yasmin Schnack, UCLA 2008 Riza Zalameda, UCLA 2008 Amanda Fink/Gabriela Niculescu, USC 2009 Amanda Fink, USC 2009 Amanda Fink/Gabriela Niculescu, USC 2010 Yasmin Schnack, UCLA 2010 Yasmin Schnack/Andrea Remynse, UCLA 2011 Kristie Ahn, STAN 2011 Mari Andersson/Jana Juricova, CAL 2012 , STAN 2012 Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria, USC

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Practice Times & Courts

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday All Practice at Upper Libbey

#1 USC Tues 1-3 PM: Seeds 5 & 8 #5 UTAH Tues 3-5 PM: Seeds 6 & 7

Match #1 Match #5 Wed 5-7 PM: Seeds 3 & 4 11 AM Noon Libbey Libbey Thurs 5-7 PM: Seeds 1 & 2 Match #3 - High seed getting courts 1 & 2 11 AM - Low seed getting courts 3 & 4 #8 ARIZONA Libbey

#4 CALIFORNIA Match #7 Championship 4 PM Libbey Champion

#3 STANFORD

Match #4 2 PM #6 WASHINGTON Libbey

Match #2 Match #6 2 PM 3 PM Libbey Libbey

#7 OREGON #2 UCLA

• Warm-ups for each day’s second match will take place at Lower Libbey during the doubles point of the first match. • Warm-ups for the Saturday final will take place at Lower Libbey. • Singles players needing to warm-up for their matches will use the fourth court at Upper Libbey concurrent with their team’s doubles matches. • Each day’s second match will begin not before the time listed in the bracket.