Sunday, February 18
Santa Clara, Calif.
10:00 a.m.
California State University at Northridge
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Santa Clara
Photo by: Chuck Marvel
CSUN Tennis Completes Weekend With 5-2 Win at Santa Clara
2/18/2024 10:56:00 AM | Women's Tennis
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - CSUN Women's Tennis completed an unblemished weekend in the Bay Area after defeating host Santa Clara, 5-2 on Sunday at the Degheri Tennis Center.
The Matadors remained unbeaten on the season at 3-0 after opening the weekend with a 6-1 win over San Francisco in Friday's road opener, also in Santa Clara.
CSUN picked up the doubles point to open the day as Sasha Turchak and Yuliia Zhytelna defeated JennaMarie Gordon and Velizara Fileva by the score of 6-2. Angela Ho and Elena Goodman would clinch the point with an identical 6-2 victory over Kacey Feng and Gabriela Tevez. CSUN's Victoria Santibañez Luna and Cindy Ung were up 4-3 in the No. 2 pair when the point was clinched for the Matadors.
CSUN then went 4-2 in singles play to complete the 5-2 team victory. Tallia Harper defeated SCU's Feng, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6 to open the singles scoring. Zhytelna then defeated Finley Kalinic. 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 to put the Matadors up 3-0 on the day. The Broncos would pick up a point at No. 3 as Fileva held off Santibañez Luna, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3.
At No. 4, Emma Moratalla Sanz easily won the first set over Tevez (6-1) before holding on for a 7-5 win in the second to take the win. Nicole West picked up CSUN's final win on the day with a 6-3. 7-5 victory over Varya Zlotnik at No. 5. SCU's Gordon then capped the day with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Turchak at No. 1.
NOTES OF THE MATCH
POST MATCH COMMENTS FROM TALLIA HARPER
"Today, I feel that my focus was a lot better than my previous match and I'm glad to see the improvement. I'm proud of us and our fight throughout these last few days. It's definitely inspiring to be around so many people who truly never give up until the last point."
POST MATCH COMMENTS FROM ELENA GOODMAN
"A lot of energy and excitement during doubles play. I had a lot of fun playing one of my first matches for this team. It was a windy day, which didn't make it easy, but I think we did a great job battling through it."
ACCORDING TO COACH GARY VICTOR
"Another tough battle with ups and downs and a solid team effort."
UP NEXT
CSUN returns to action next week when the Matadors take on San José State next Sunday (Feb. 25). First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the CSUN Tennis Complex.
#GoMatadors
The Matadors remained unbeaten on the season at 3-0 after opening the weekend with a 6-1 win over San Francisco in Friday's road opener, also in Santa Clara.
CSUN picked up the doubles point to open the day as Sasha Turchak and Yuliia Zhytelna defeated JennaMarie Gordon and Velizara Fileva by the score of 6-2. Angela Ho and Elena Goodman would clinch the point with an identical 6-2 victory over Kacey Feng and Gabriela Tevez. CSUN's Victoria Santibañez Luna and Cindy Ung were up 4-3 in the No. 2 pair when the point was clinched for the Matadors.
CSUN then went 4-2 in singles play to complete the 5-2 team victory. Tallia Harper defeated SCU's Feng, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6 to open the singles scoring. Zhytelna then defeated Finley Kalinic. 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 to put the Matadors up 3-0 on the day. The Broncos would pick up a point at No. 3 as Fileva held off Santibañez Luna, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3.
At No. 4, Emma Moratalla Sanz easily won the first set over Tevez (6-1) before holding on for a 7-5 win in the second to take the win. Nicole West picked up CSUN's final win on the day with a 6-3. 7-5 victory over Varya Zlotnik at No. 5. SCU's Gordon then capped the day with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Turchak at No. 1.
NOTES OF THE MATCH
- The Matadors have won three straight over the Broncos to improve to 7-4 all-time against Santa Clara.
- CSUN has opened the season with three consecutive wins for the second time in the last three seasons.
POST MATCH COMMENTS FROM TALLIA HARPER
"Today, I feel that my focus was a lot better than my previous match and I'm glad to see the improvement. I'm proud of us and our fight throughout these last few days. It's definitely inspiring to be around so many people who truly never give up until the last point."
POST MATCH COMMENTS FROM ELENA GOODMAN
"A lot of energy and excitement during doubles play. I had a lot of fun playing one of my first matches for this team. It was a windy day, which didn't make it easy, but I think we did a great job battling through it."
ACCORDING TO COACH GARY VICTOR
"Another tough battle with ups and downs and a solid team effort."
UP NEXT
CSUN returns to action next week when the Matadors take on San José State next Sunday (Feb. 25). First serve is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the CSUN Tennis Complex.
#GoMatadors
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
12
51
JennaMarie Gordon / 0 [SCUWTEN]
76
#2 Singles Match
12
66
Finley Kalinic / 0 [SCUWTEN]
11
#3 Singles Match
12
34
Velizara Fileva / 0 [SCUWTEN]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
67
Gabriela Tevez / 0 [SCUWTEN]
15
#5 Singles Match
12
67
Varya Zlotnik / 0 [SCUWTEN]
35
#6 Singles Match
12
66
Kacey Feng / 0 [SCUWTEN]
01
Order of Finish:
6,2,3,4,5,1
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