NCAA TENNIS : UCLA’s McCalla, Ceniza Win Women’s Doubles

Iwlani McCalla and Mamie Ceniza of UCLA completed their collegiate careers as champions, winning the NCAA doubles title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over top-seeded Susan Gilchrist and Vickie Paynter of Texas Thursday at the NCAA women’s tennis tournament at Stanford.

“We played well as a team,” McCalla said. “We were intense and we communicated with each other. I didn’t return serves well, but I think my serving made up for it. Mamie was all over the net.”

McCalla and Ceniza, both seniors, are the third Bruin duo to win the doubles title.

In the singles final, Lisa Raymond of Florida became the second freshman to win the title in its 11-year history, defeating top-seeded Shannan McCarthy of Georgia, 6-3, 6-3.

“I had a hard time getting into the match,” said McCarthy, who lost the first eight points. “I guess I probably looked more nervous than I really was.”

USC freshman Wayne Black was two games away from eliminating second-seeded Jose Luis Noriega of the University of San Diego, but lost, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, in a second-round match at the NCAA men’s tournament at Athens, Ga.

Black was serving with a 4-3 lead in the third set, but Noriega took that game and the next two.

USC and Pepperdine were among four schools with two players advancing to the third round. Brian MacPhie of USC, seeded fourth, eliminated Joe McDonough of San Diego State, 6-2, 6-2, and teammate David Ekerot topped Bobby Mariencheck of Georgia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. USC’s Jon Leach lost 6-0, 6-0, to Mike Sell of Georgia.

Charles Auffray and Howard Joffe were the winning Waves.