Saturday, April 5
Northridge, Calif.
11:00 a.m.
California State University at Northridge
5
vs
2
Cal State Fullerton
Photo by: Chuck Marvel
CSUN Women’s Tennis Defeats Fullerton, 5-2 on Senior Day
4/5/2025 9:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis
NORTHRIDGE, Calif -- CSUN Women's Tennis defeated the Cal State Fullerton Titans, 5-2, Saturday afternoon at Matador Tennis Complex. Elena Goodman, Angela Ho, Emma Moratalla Sanz, and Madison Shepperson each won their singles matches. The doubles teams of Yuliia Zhytelna and Shepperson along with Ho and Victoria Santibañez Luna won their doubles' bouts as well.
HOW IT HAPPENED
To kick off the day's events. Zhytelna and Shepperson once again won their doubles match to remain undefeated on the season. They bested Mariia Nikitash and Diana Yanotovskaya 6-1 on court No. 2 to win the first half point. The Titans, however, struck back. CSUF won the next half point when Kaytlin Taylor and Seha Yu defeated Goodman and Moratalla Sanz 6-2 on Court No. 3.
It came down to court No. 1. In a back-and-forth battle, Ho and Santibanez Luna defeated Sein Myoung and Milena Gevorgyan 7-6 (11-9) in a doubles match that had everyone on both teams watching. CSUN fought hard through 20 tiebreaker points to take the doubles point and enter singles competition with a 1-0 lead.
Ho had some comments after the hard-fought doubles win, "We fought hard to win the doubles point and that translated over to our singles. Everyone on this team gave it their all and in the end, we were able to pull through. This match reminded us we have what it takes and I am looking forward to what's to come."
When singles competition started, the Matadors struck first. Ho defeated Yanotovskaya, 6-2, 6-0, on court No. 3 to give the Matadors a 2-0 lead.
When the next singles match ended, Fullerton got on the board. Myoung defeated Zhytelna, 6-2, 6-3 to cut the CSUN lead in half at 2-1. However, CSUN wouldn't let up the rest of the way.
The next bout to finish was court No. 5. Moratalla Sanz defeated Gevorgyan, 6-3, 6-1 to give the Matadors their third point. The lead was now 3-1.
CSUN then clinched the match on Court No. 4 when Goodman defeated Nikitash 6-4, 6-2.
Fullerton would earn its second and final point on Court No.2. However, the Matadors won with an exclamation point when Shepperson defeated Kaytlin Taylor, 5-7, 6-4, 10-6.
Shepperson shared her thoughts as she went 2-0 in her matches today, "The vibes today were great, especially since it was senior day. It made it even more special to come out with the win. Taking the win in singles and remaining undefeated with Yuliia couldn't have been a better way to finish"
Zhytelna, the captain of this Matador team, commented on the win, "So proud of my doubles partner and doubles overall. I'm so happy that our tandem is really successful. Singles play was not the best for me, but I am really happy with how our team performed. We just win on Senior Day, and we have won on Senior Day the last three years!"
NEWS AND NOTES
UP NEXT
CSUN hits the road for one final Big West bout before the Big West Championships as the Matadors will take on UC San Diego in La Jolla on April 19.
HOW IT HAPPENED
To kick off the day's events. Zhytelna and Shepperson once again won their doubles match to remain undefeated on the season. They bested Mariia Nikitash and Diana Yanotovskaya 6-1 on court No. 2 to win the first half point. The Titans, however, struck back. CSUF won the next half point when Kaytlin Taylor and Seha Yu defeated Goodman and Moratalla Sanz 6-2 on Court No. 3.
It came down to court No. 1. In a back-and-forth battle, Ho and Santibanez Luna defeated Sein Myoung and Milena Gevorgyan 7-6 (11-9) in a doubles match that had everyone on both teams watching. CSUN fought hard through 20 tiebreaker points to take the doubles point and enter singles competition with a 1-0 lead.
Ho had some comments after the hard-fought doubles win, "We fought hard to win the doubles point and that translated over to our singles. Everyone on this team gave it their all and in the end, we were able to pull through. This match reminded us we have what it takes and I am looking forward to what's to come."
When singles competition started, the Matadors struck first. Ho defeated Yanotovskaya, 6-2, 6-0, on court No. 3 to give the Matadors a 2-0 lead.
When the next singles match ended, Fullerton got on the board. Myoung defeated Zhytelna, 6-2, 6-3 to cut the CSUN lead in half at 2-1. However, CSUN wouldn't let up the rest of the way.
The next bout to finish was court No. 5. Moratalla Sanz defeated Gevorgyan, 6-3, 6-1 to give the Matadors their third point. The lead was now 3-1.
CSUN then clinched the match on Court No. 4 when Goodman defeated Nikitash 6-4, 6-2.
Fullerton would earn its second and final point on Court No.2. However, the Matadors won with an exclamation point when Shepperson defeated Kaytlin Taylor, 5-7, 6-4, 10-6.
Shepperson shared her thoughts as she went 2-0 in her matches today, "The vibes today were great, especially since it was senior day. It made it even more special to come out with the win. Taking the win in singles and remaining undefeated with Yuliia couldn't have been a better way to finish"
Zhytelna, the captain of this Matador team, commented on the win, "So proud of my doubles partner and doubles overall. I'm so happy that our tandem is really successful. Singles play was not the best for me, but I am really happy with how our team performed. We just win on Senior Day, and we have won on Senior Day the last three years!"
NEWS AND NOTES
- With the win, CSUN is now 10-8 overall and 4-4 in Big West play.
- With the loss, CSUF is now 8-7 overall and 2-3 in Big West play.
- The doubles team of Shepperson and Zhytelna are now 9-0.
- Moratalla Sanz has now won five in a row as her record has improved to 8-7,
- Goodman, Ho and Shepperson have found the winner's circle again after dropping their previous matches.
UP NEXT
CSUN hits the road for one final Big West bout before the Big West Championships as the Matadors will take on UC San Diego in La Jolla on April 19.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
12
Sein Myoung / 0 [CSF]
66
23
#2 Singles Match
123
Seha Yu / 0 [CSF]
4610
635
#3 Singles Match
12
Diana Yanotovskaya / 0 [CSF]
20
66
#4 Singles Match
12
Mariia Nikitash / 0 [CSF]
42
66
#5 Singles Match
12
Milena Gevorgyan / 0 [CSF]
31
66
#6 Singles Match
123
Kaytlin Taylor / 0 [CSF]
746
5610
Order of Finish:
3,1,5,4,2,6
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