CSUN Hosts Westmont for Home Opener Thursday, Travels to LMU on Sunday

NORTHRIDGE, Calif -- CSUN Women's Tennis has two duals this week as the Matadors will host Westmont College for its home-opener on Thursday before traveling to Loyola Marymount this Sunday. Thursday's contest will be held at the Matador Tennis Complex at 2 p.m. while Sunday's dual will take place at the LMU Tennis Center at 11 a.m.

ABOUT LAST WEEK
CSUN traveled to Hawai'i for two duals in O'ahu. The first matchup was a 4-1 win against the Hawai'i Pacific Sharks in Kailua for the Matadors first win of the season. CSUN would drop its next contest - its Big West opener - to the Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine in Manoa by a score of 5-2.

CSUN saw contributions across the board in both duals against the Sharks and the Rainbow Wahine. Junior Angela Ho was a perfect 4-0 in her matches, winning each battle in doubles and singles that she played in. Facing the Sharks on Friday, Ho squared off against Jayanne Palma, and won in straight sets 6-1, 7-5, which is the match that ended up clinching the victory. In doubles action, Ho along with her partner Yuliia Zhytelna blanked the duo of Palma and Evi Roobool, 6-0.

The very next day, Ho bested Nikola Homolkova of UH in straight sets 6-3, 6-2. And in doubles play, her and Zhytelna were victorious yet again, as they took down the team of Ana Vilcek and Homolkova, 6-4 on Saturday.

Against the Sharks, three other Matadors were victorious in their singles' bouts. Victoria Santibanez Luna found the winner's circle against Sayda Hernandez in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1. Leading to a point in favor of the Matadors. Zhytelna also contributed as the senior defeated Roobool 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).

In the loss to the Rainbow Wahine, the doubles team of Emma Moratalla Sanz and Nicole West scored a doubles victory and Moratalla Sanz won her singles matchup as well.

SCOUTING WESTMONT COLLEGE
Westmont has yet to kick off its spring dual season. The Warriors ended the 2023-24 campaign with a 3-19 record while sporting a 1-8 record away from home. Westmont's roster has experience as it sports five seniors to go along with four juniors. Their number one singles player is Francesca Aguirre who had a 4-15 record in singles play last season.

Series History: CSUN is 18-0 all-time against Westmont dating back to their first meeting in 1992.

SCOUTING LMU
The Lions enter Sunday's match against the Matadors with an 0-3 record to start the spring season. They have played some fearsome opponents in the form of University of Arizona, Arizona State, and #5 UCLA, failing to register a point in all three duals. LMU was picked to finish fourth in the WCC Women's Coaches Poll for the 2025 season. Last season, LMU sported an 11-11 record while going 5-3 in WCC play. Stefania Rogozinska-Dzik is LMU's best player as she was named to the All-WCC Preseason Team. She went 12-7 in singles play for the 2023-24 campaign.

Series History: CSUN leads the season series with a record of 20-16. Both teams have not squared off since 2017. The Matadors last victory came in 2016 where CSUN came out on top by a score of 4-3.

CSUN Hosts Westmont for Home Opener Thursday, Travels to LMU on Sunday

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Players Mentioned

Angela Ho

Emma Moratalla Sanz

Nicole West

Yuliia Zhytelna