Thursday, February 15
Northridge, Calif.
2:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
7
vs
0
UC Riverside
Photo by: Chuck Marvel
CSUN Tennis Opens Big West Play with 7-0 Win
2/15/2024 9:33:00 PM | Women's Tennis
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---CSUN Women's Tennis opened the spring dual season and Big West play with a 7-0 victory over UC Riverside on Thursday at Matador Tennis Complex.
Playing in its first official dual of the spring season, CSUN would post wins across the board in the match including all three doubles contests. Sasha Turchak and Yuliia Zhytelna beat Brionna Nguyen and Kamya Nair 6-0 then Victoria Santibañez Luna and Cindy Ung were victorious over UCR's tandem of Crystal Kim and Maya Youssef 6-1. After winning the doubles point, the duo of Tallia Harper and Emma Moratalla Sanz led Sydney Tran and Niki Shahbazi 4-3.
In singles action, Nicole West won the first singles contest at No. 5 with a straight set 6-0, 6-1 decision over Kei Kato. At No. 3, Santibañez Luna beat Kim 6-2, 7-5. Next, Harper picked up another straight set win 6-3, 6-4 over Tran at No. 5.
Zhytelna would rally from a set one loss to beat Youssef 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2. Turchak picked up a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 victory at No. 1, defeating Nguyen. Moratalla Sanz wrapped up the singles action with a come-from-behind win, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, over Nair.
"Today was a big fight, but we pulled through by the end," said Turchak. "I'm really proud of everyone!"
NOTES OF THE GAME
ACCORDING TO COACH GARY VICTOR
"Coach Fredo (Alfredo Carrasco, assistant director of athletic performance) is behind the success of this match. We started slowly in singles, had to shake the rust off a bit and UCR played very well. This being our first match, we had to adjust to the electricity in the air of a 'real match.' Sasha, Yuliia and Emma played outstanding third sets and Vika finished strong. Talli worked her way through, and Nicole had an awesome debut."
UP NEXT
CSUN has a quick turnaround as the Matadors travel to Santa Clara to play their next two matches. The Matadors face San Francisco on Friday at 3 p.m. on the campus of Santa Clara. CSUN then wraps up the weekend with a matchup with the host Broncos on Sunday at noon.
#GoMatadors
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Playing in its first official dual of the spring season, CSUN would post wins across the board in the match including all three doubles contests. Sasha Turchak and Yuliia Zhytelna beat Brionna Nguyen and Kamya Nair 6-0 then Victoria Santibañez Luna and Cindy Ung were victorious over UCR's tandem of Crystal Kim and Maya Youssef 6-1. After winning the doubles point, the duo of Tallia Harper and Emma Moratalla Sanz led Sydney Tran and Niki Shahbazi 4-3.
In singles action, Nicole West won the first singles contest at No. 5 with a straight set 6-0, 6-1 decision over Kei Kato. At No. 3, Santibañez Luna beat Kim 6-2, 7-5. Next, Harper picked up another straight set win 6-3, 6-4 over Tran at No. 5.
Zhytelna would rally from a set one loss to beat Youssef 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2. Turchak picked up a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 victory at No. 1, defeating Nguyen. Moratalla Sanz wrapped up the singles action with a come-from-behind win, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, over Nair.
"Today was a big fight, but we pulled through by the end," said Turchak. "I'm really proud of everyone!"
NOTES OF THE GAME
- The match was originally scheduled to take place on Feb. 6 but rain forced the postponement of the dual.
- CSUN had not competed in any spring competition since Jan. 21 at the Long Beach State Invitational.
- Nicole West made her CSUN debut in dual play and earned her first straight set victory.
- CSUN has now won 20 straight matches over UC Riverside dating back to 2004.
ACCORDING TO COACH GARY VICTOR
"Coach Fredo (Alfredo Carrasco, assistant director of athletic performance) is behind the success of this match. We started slowly in singles, had to shake the rust off a bit and UCR played very well. This being our first match, we had to adjust to the electricity in the air of a 'real match.' Sasha, Yuliia and Emma played outstanding third sets and Vika finished strong. Talli worked her way through, and Nicole had an awesome debut."
UP NEXT
CSUN has a quick turnaround as the Matadors travel to Santa Clara to play their next two matches. The Matadors face San Francisco on Friday at 3 p.m. on the campus of Santa Clara. CSUN then wraps up the weekend with a matchup with the host Broncos on Sunday at noon.
#GoMatadors
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
123
Nguyen, Brionna / 0 [UCR]
462
626
#2 Singles Match
123
Youssef, Maya / 0 [UCR]
741
566
#3 Singles Match
12
Kim, Crystal / 0 [UCR]
26
67
#4 Singles Match
123
Nair, Kamya / 0 [UCR]
644
366
#5 Singles Match
12
Kato, Kei / 0 [UCR]
01
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Tran, Sydney / 0 [UCR]
34
66
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