CSUN Tennis Wins in Dominant Fashion Against San Jose State, 7-0

Friday, February 20

Northridge, Calif

11:00 a.m.

California State University at Northridge

San José State

Photo by: Chuck Marvel

CSUN Tennis Wins in Dominant Fashion Against San Jose State, 7-0

2/20/2026 3:51:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- CSUN (4-1) rolled to a 7-0 sweep over San Jose State on Thursday afternoon at the Matador Tennis Complex, improving to 4-1 on the season.

The Matadors won the first two doubles matches to secure the doubles point and only dropped one set in all six singles matches to claim victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED
CSUN grabbed the early advantage by taking the first two doubles matches. The tandem of Emma Moratalla Sanz and Sandra Arguelles posted a 7-5 win over Tara Mihaljevic and Camila Celis at Court No. 2 for the first half point. The next half point would be won when Madison Shepperson and Satsuki Ishikawa defeated Soledad Capilla and Cristina Losada at Court No. 3 by a score of 6-4.

SINGLES
In singles play, the Matadors continued to control the match. Nicole West was first off the court with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Soledad Capilla at Court No. 2 to give the Matadors a 2-0 lead.

Sofia Dermenjyan followed with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Celis at Court No. 5 to extend the lead to 3-0.

Dermenjyan commented on today's performance, "I'm incredibly proud of all of my teammates today. We fought hard and had good energy that carried out across all courts. In my match, I felt I had a clear game plan in mind and was able to execute."

Angela Ho added a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Duru Durgun at the top spot. Ho now remains undefeated in singles play at 5-0 to begin the year. The win by Ho clinched the victory for the Matadors.

Court No. 3 brought the fans the closest matchup of the day. Moratalla Sanz rallied for a 5-7, 6-3, 10-5 win over Emma Fantousis in the lone three-set contest of the day. That victory made it a 5-0 game.

Tallia Harper outlasted Mihaljevic 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) at Court No. 4, and Shepperson closed the sweep with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Losada at Court No. 6.

Shepperson added her thoughts on today's team performance, "It felt really good playing well and getting the win in both doubles and singles. I was extremely happy and proud with how the rest of the team played. We plan on keeping that intensity and energy for the next match."

NOTES OF THE GAME

CSUN has now won three consecutive matches by a score of 7-0 and it is the fourth time this has happened out of five duals.
Moratalla Sanz and Shepperson remain undefeated at 4-0 and 3-0, respectively, in singles play.
Harper has won three singles matches in a row.
The doubles team of Ishikawa and Shepperson are now 2-0.
San Jose State was 4-0 entering today's contest as the Matadors handed the Spartans their first defeat.

UP NEXT
CSUN is back home for the first contest of Big West play when it takes on Cal Poly, 11:00 a.m. this Sunday at Matador Tennis Complex.