the 1985 team was coached by the former cal state los angeles golden eagles tennis player bill etchegaray and led by number 1 singles player kristi blankenship '86 who had a (30–10) senior season won-loss record, was selected at the end of that year by the ncaa regional committee to participate in the ncaa division i women's singles tennis championship tournament held at oklahoma state university in oklahoma city, oklahoma. blankenship represented the titans very well was defeated in the tournament by university of miami hurricanes talented "all-american" and top 16 seeded player in the championships lise gregory by a score of (5–7, 4–6). a year later in 1986 blankenship '86 won the ojai women's open invitational singles championship/the foothill cup defeating kathy may-paben who formerly had a professional tennis ranking of number 10 in 1977. blankenship '86 joins other past notable champions maureen connolly in 1951, billie jean king in 1965 and 1966, tracy austin in 1977, usc's stacy margolin in 1976 and 1978, usc's cecilia fernandez 1982 and 1983, stanford's patty fendick in 1985 who have won the prestigious ojai tournament.