Pilots Host Trio of Opponents to Conclude 2012 Home Schedule
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PORTLAND PILOTS (4-12, 0-4 WCC)
vs Weber State Wildcats (1-19, 1-5 BCS)
Date: Thursday, April 12
Starting Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Portland, Ore.
Facility: Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center
vs No. 35 PEPPERDINE WAVES (11-6, 5-0 WCC)
Date: Friday, April 13
Starting Time: Noon
Location: Portland, Ore.
Facility: Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center
vs LOYOLA MARYMOUNT LIONS
Date: Saturday, April 14
Starting Time: Noon
Location: Portland, Ore.
Facility: Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center
Quick Hits...
• Portland wraps up the home portion of the regular season by hosting a trio of opponents, beginning with Weber State (Thursday - 1 pm), continuing with No. 35 Pepperdine (Friday - noon), and concluding with Loyola Marymount (Saturday - noon)
• With just four matches scheduled on the current homestand, this still marks the longest homestand of the season for the Pilots, who have five regular season matches remaining.
• The Pilots dropped last weekend’s home match to BYU, 5-2. Junior Valeksa Hoath and sophomore Gabrielle Gorence recorded wins in singles play for the Pilots, while Hoath teamed with freshman Anastasia Polyakova to win one of the doubles matches.
About the Pilots...
• Freshman Anastasia Polyakova leads the Pilots with a 9-6 record, followed by juniors Sabine Fuchs (8-8) and Valeska Hoath (8-8).
• Polyakova won six matches and Hoath five matches during the same seven match streak earlier this year (March 2 - March 23).
• Hoath and sophomore Alice Tucker racked up six straight doubles matches earlier this year.
About Weber State
• Weber State has struggled this season, compiling a 1-19 overall record.
• The Wildcats picked up their first win of the season last weekend, edging Eastern Washington, 4-3.
• Brittiny Moore, Nittaya Phonharath, and Thais Kurer are all tied for the team’s lead in singles wins with five. The Wildcats are 21-99 (.175) in singles play as a team.
• WSU owns a 7-53 (.117) record in doubles play.
About Pepperdine
• Pepperdine owns a 6-6 record against ranked opponents this year, en route to an 11-6 overall record and a No. 35 ITA Ranking.
• Four Waves have compiled 10+ singles wins, with two individual rankings.
• Khunpak Issara has a record of 11-6 and is ranked No. 69 in the latest ITA singles rankings. Issara and Lorraine Guillermo own a 13-3 doubles record, with a No. 29 tandem ranking.
• Pepperdine is 59-43 (.578) in dual singles play and 25-23 (.521) in dual doubles play.
About Loyola Marymount
• The Lions enter the week with a 5-13 overall record and a 2-3 WCC record.
• Tory Parravi leads the team with an 11-7 singles record, followed by Elisaveta Pironkova’s 8-7 mark.
• LMU is 41-67 (.380) in singles play as a team and 18-36 (.333) in doubles matches.
Blogger de Portland
• Freshman Milagros Cubelli has taken over the women’s tennis blog for the 2012 season, providing humorous anecdotes about the team and life on The Bluff.
• A native of Argentina, Cubelli will miss the rest of the season because of an injury suffered in her second outing of the year.
• Be sure to bookmark www.portlandpilots.com/CubelliBlog to follow Cubelli and the women’s tennis team all season!
On the Road Again
• Of Portland’s 21 matches this season, the Pilots will play a total of 12 matches away from the LPTC.
• Portland has just three homestands on the 2012 schedule, with the longest being a four match slate in early April.
