WOMEN’S TENNIS TAKES DOUBLES POINT IN 4-1 LOSS TO LONG BEACH STATE

Athletics News


Apr 07, 2017





GOLD RIVER, Calif. – On senior day Sacramento State earned the doubles point but Long Beach State came back with four singles wins to complete a 4-1 victory on Friday.
Sacramento State (9-15) played its final home match of the season and honored seniors Andie Mouzes, Alina Soltanici, and Deimante Bulatovaite prior to the match. The Big West Conference leader, Long Beach State improved to 14-4 this year with the win.
The Hornets started the day with an impressive doubles win. The duo of sophomore Sofia Wicker and freshman Carolina Chernyetsky beat Long Beach State's Maren Helgo and Natalia Munoz at No. 3, 6-2, in the first match to finish. At No. 1, Sacramento State junior Ana Loaiza Esquivias and freshman Sofia Gulnova completed a 6-3 win over Laura Eales and Lena Pacholski to give the Hornets the doubles point.
In singles play Wicker won the first set, 6-3, over Helgo at No. 4 but that match went unfinished. Eales had a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 6 for the first Long Beach State point and Julie Gerard won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2. Pacholski put the 49ers a point away from victory with a win at No. 3 and the visitors clinched the match when Munoz picked up a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 5.
Sacramento State completed its home schedule with seven home victories this season. The Hornets have two road matches remaining next week, concluding Big Sky play at Portland State next Saturday and closing the regular season at Portland next Sunday, April 16.










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