Anteaters reach final

The UC Irvine women’s tennis team edged Nevada, 4-3, in the

semifinals of the fifth annual UCI Spring Invitational Monday at UCI.

The Anteaters (12-6) will battle UTEP for the title today at 9 a.m.

The Miners got past Cal Poly of San Luis Obispo, 4-3, in the other

semifinal Monday.

UCI received singles victories from Jonni Seymour, Anna Bentzer, Hui

Leow and Christie Posner to overcome the Wolfpack, which captured the

doubles point by winning 2 of 3.

UCI is ranked 57th nationally.

UCI SPRING INVITATIONAL

Semifinal

UC Irvine 4, Nevada 3

Singles - Seymour (UCI) def. Jezernik, 7-6, 6-4; Apodaca (N) def.

Chang, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0; Trpeska (N) def. Tranckino, 6-1, 6-2; Bentzer (UCI)

def. Bihler, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3; Leow (UCI) def. Domingo, 6-2, 6-0; Posner

(UCI) def. Petersson, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles - Seymour-Chang (UCI) def. Jezernik-Trpeska, 9-7;

Domingo-Apodaca (N) def. Bentzer-Leow, 8-5; Bihler-Pettersson (N) def.

Boss-Posner, 8-4.