CSUN Hosts Nevada Saturday

Saturday, February 24

Northridge, Calif.

11:00 a.m.

California State University at Northridge

Nevada

Photo by: Paul Trafecanty

CSUN Hosts Nevada Saturday

2/20/2018 1:37:00 PM | Women's Tennis

The CSUN women's tennis program returns home Saturday when the Matadors host the University of Nevada at 11 a.m..

NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—The CSUN women's tennis program returns home Saturday when the Matadors (1-2, 1-1 Big West) host the University of Nevada at 11 a.m.

The Wolfpack are 1-3 prior to a Feb. 22 match at UC Riverside. Claudia Herrero leads the team in singles victories with 13 (13-7). Herrero has a 7-5 doubles record with four different partners this season.

Cal State Fullerton defeated CSUN 4-0 in Big West play last Friday. The Titans earned the win at No. 1 doubles when Sarah Nuno and Karal Portalatin defeated Elisa Elhadj and Alicia Dinkelmeyer 6-1. Monika Van de Vondel and Skyla Alcon earned the win for the Matadors at No. 2 doubles as the CSUN duo defeated Genevieve Zeidan and Masako Makiba 6-3. Cal State Fullerton would earn the doubles point as Caisey Lee Emery and Luxizi Meng handed Kiryang Kim and Mari Taslagyan a 6-4 defeat at No. 3 doubles.

Zeidan would defeat Van de Vondel 6-3, 6-0 at No. 2 singles to make it 2-0 in favor of the Titans. Nuno defeated Elhadj 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 to put Cal State Fullerton on the brink of the dual win. Portalatin clinched the dual in favor of the Titans with a straight sets victory against Alcon at No. 3 singles. Taslagyan was up a set and 4-3 in the second at No. 6 singles when the dual was clinched by Cal State Fullerton.

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