Pilots Head to WCC Tourney, Will Face LMU on Wednesday

Complete Release (pdf) I WCC Championship Central

No. 9 PORTLAND PILOTS (5-16, 0-8 WCC)
at 2012 WCC Tennis Championships
Dates:   Wednesday-Saturday, April 25-28
 
First Round:
vs. No. 4 Loyola Marymount (8-15, 5-3 WCC)
Starting Time: Wednesday, noon
Live Stats: wccsports.com
Location: San Diego, Calif.
Facility: Barnes Tennis Center
 
Quick Hits...
• The ninth-seeded Portland Pilots (5-16, 0-8 WCC) head to San Diego for the 2012 West Coast Conference Tennis Championships presented by the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education. 
• With a win against the No. 4-seeded LMU Lions (8-15, 5-3 WCC), Portland would advance to play No. 3 San Diego on Thursday at 12:30 p.m.
• Portland lost a 5-2 decision to LMU two weeks ago, with junior Valeska Hoath (6-1, 6-0) and sophomore Alice Tucker (7-6, 5-7, 10-3) picking up victories.
• The Pilots enter the tournament having lost four straight, losing both matches on the road over the weekend in San Francisco and Santa Clara.
• Freshman Anastasia Polyakova and Hoath teamed up for a pair of doubles victories over the weekend.
• Hoath earned a spot on the WCC All-Academic Team this year, her second appearance on the team.
• Junior Sabine Fuchs received Honorable Mention when the All-Academic Teams were released, the first time she has received the honor.
 
About the Pilots...
• Junior Valeska Hoath leads the Pilots with an 11-10 record, followed closely by freshman Anastasia Polyakova (10-10) and junior Sabine Fuchs (10-11). 
• Polyakova won six matches and Hoath five matches during the same seven match streak earlier this year (March 2 - March 23).
• Hoath has won five of her seven matches this month.
• Hoath and sophomore Alice Tucker racked up six straight doubles matches earlier this year.
 
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.