Cardinal tennis pair upsets top-ranked UCLA

(CSTV U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- Junior Celia Durkin and senior Theresa Logar pulled off a stunning upset of UCLA's top-ranked duo of Riza Zalameda and Yasmin Schack, 9-7, at the ITA All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Tuesday.

Stanford junior Leila Hodzic and sophomore Jessica Nguyen also defeated South Florida's Shadisha Robinson and Eliska Krausova, 9-7. Nguyen individually notched two more victories with a 6-1, 6-1 trouncing of Georgia Tech's Taryn Rudman and a 7-6, 6-4 victory over South Carolina's highly-touted No. 39 Gira Scholfield.

Seventh-seeded junior Whitney Deason fell to South Florida's Shadisha Robinson, 6-4,5-7,6-1 in the tourney's first round.

Soza earns weekly award

Freshman defender Nora Soza was named NorPac Co-Rookie Player of the Week for her efforts in the Stanford field hockey team's 3-2 loss to Pacific Sept. 28.

The San Jose, Calif., native collected two defensive saves against the Tigers last week after having started all 12 games for the Cardinal (4-8, 1-1 NorPac) this season. Soza is the third Stanford player to earn weekly NorPac honors this year, as junior goalkeeper Madison Bell and freshman forward Rachel Mozenter were named Defensive Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week, respectively.

Soza will start her 13th game this Saturday when Stanford hosts Davidson College in a league game at the Varsity Field Hockey Turf at 3 p.m.

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