OJAI, Calif. -- The Sacramento State men's and women's tennis teams

each accounted for a doubles championship in the independent college

doubles draw at the 101st Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament Sunday

afternoon.

The men's doubles team of Joseph Gilbert and Chris Smith defeated

Rodrigo Suarez and Chad Abby of Point Loma Nazarene University, 6-0,

6-3, in the championship match. On the women's side, both of the

Sacramento State doubles teams that entered the draw met in the

championship match as Gabriella Lundqvist and Caroline Svennson

defeated Marta Gronowicz and Janice Mota, 6-1, 6-3, in the

championship match.

In singles play, Lundqvist reached the semifinals of the women's

independent college singles draw before losing to Cal State

Bakersfield's Krisztina Tamas, 6-1, 6-4. Gronowicz reached the

quarters before losing to Point Loma Nazarene's Anna Sieczka, 7-5,

6-2.

Smith reached the quarterfinals of the men's independent college

singles draw before losing to Azusa Pacific's Benny Lin, 6-3, 6-7,

6-4.

The Ojai Tournament marked the last competition of the season for the

Sacramento State women's team as it finished the season with an 11-10

dual meet record, tying its best mark in Div. I history (set by the

1992 squad).

The Hornet men's team will find out this Thursday, May 3, where it

will be playing in the NCAA Tournament (first round begins May

12-13). Sacramento State received an automatic berth into the NCAA

Tournament after winning the Big Sky Conference championship on April

22.