California State University at Northridge
Long Beach State
CSUN Hosts Long Beach State Saturday
4/14/2022 1:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.—The CSUN Women's Tennis team returns home Saturday when the Matadors host Long Beach State. The first serve is 11 a.m. Fans who attend will receive a t-shirt while supplies last.
The Beach brings an 8-9 overall record and a 3-4 conference mark into the week. Nikola Homolkova leads the team in singles wins with 16 (16-13). Zara Lennon and Sheena Masuda are the top doubles team as they have compiled an 11-5 record. Saturday is the 49th time CSUN and Long Beach State are playing women's tennis, with The Beach leading the all-time series 36-12.
The Matadors (7-7, 3-5 Big West) battled No. 21 USC as the Trojans defeated the Matadors 4-0 Apr. 5 at the David X. Marks Tennis Stadium. In doubles, Sasha Turchak and Ekaterina Repina led Grace Piper and Naomi Cheong 5-4 before play stopped due to the USC pair retiring. As a result, this gave the Matadors a point.
Eryn Cayetano and Salma Ewing defeated Jolene Coetzee and Ana Isabel Fraile Toboso 6-1 at No. 1. Then, Jenna Dorian and Victoria Santibañez Luna battled Gabrielle Lee and Isabelle Lee at No. 3 doubles before the USC pair took the victory 6-4 to secure the team point for the Trojans.
Cheong ranked 78th in the current ITA poll, defeated Fraile Toboso 6-0, 6-2 to begin singles play at No. 2. Gabrielle Lee defeated Jasmine Tolmoyan 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6 to earn USC's (14-10) second win. Cayetano, sixth in the current ITA rankings, defeated Repina 6-3, 6-1.
CSUN was in contention in the three remaining matches before play concluded. Turchak led 4-1 in the second set after dropping the first to Danielle Wilson 7-5. It was a similar story at No. 4, where Dorian led 2-0 in the second set when play ended. In the opening set, Dorian dropped a 7-5 decision to McKenna Koenig. Santibañez Luna also led 2-0 in the second set during the No. 5 match after losing 7-5 to Isabelle Lee in the first set.
Playing its second nationally-ranked women's tennis opponent this week, CSUN dropped a 4-0 decision to No. 24 UC Santa Barbara Saturday afternoon at the Arnhold Tennis Center.
Marta Gonzalez and Camille Kiss defeated Repina and Turchak 6-1 at No. 2 doubles before Priscila Janikian and Amelia Honer clinched the doubles point as the Gauchos' duo defeated Dorian and Yuliia Zhytelna 6-2. UCSB's nationally ranked pair of Shaknoza Khatamova and Elizaveta Volodko (No. 83) led Coetzee and Fraile Toboso 5-4 before the doubles ended.
Camile Kiss began singles with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Fraile Toboso at No. 3. Next, Honer handed Turchak a 6-2, 6-0 defeat in the No. 4 singles match. Finally, Volodko clinched the overall win with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 2 versus Coetzee.
Khatamova, ranked 76th, was leading Repina 7-6 (7-3), 2-1 at No. 1 singles when the action ended. When play ended, Priscilla Janikian led Dorian 6-4, 3-2 at No. 5. Zhytelna led Marta GonzalezBallbe 6-4, 1-4 as the action ended.
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