NO. 46 WOMEN'S TENNIS REMAINS UNDEFEATED IN BIG SKY BACKED BY WINNING FRESHMEN CLASS
BOZEMAN, Mont. - No. 46 Sacramento State (10-5, 5-0) remained undefeated in the Big Sky Conference with a 7-0 win over Montana State (7-10, 1-3) on Saturday afternoon in Bozeman, Mont. The Hornets took the doubles point winning the No. 1 and No. 2 matches. Freshmen Luba Schifris and Joyce Martinez Gutierrez improved their doubles record to 5-1 after teaming together to defeat Nuria Lozano and Nicole Luetolf 8-3. Junior Cecilia Helland and freshman Anastassia Lyssenko then defeated Vera Vasileva and Katy Clarke, 8-5 at the No. 2 spot.
Sacramento State swept the singles matches, led by Schifris, who defeated Lozano, 6-2, 6-1 at No.1. Schifris is now 8-7 on the season and 4-0 at the No.1 spot. Martinez Gutierrez then won her seventh match of the year, defeating Luetolf, 4-6, 6-3, 10-5.
Freshman Karina Jarlkagonova improved to 8-7 on the year and 4-1 at the No. 3 spot, with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Vasileva. Helland picked up her 11th victory of the season, handling Lisa Clark, 6-0, 6-0.
At the No. 5 spot, Lyssenko defeated Allison Fey, 6-0, 6-4, while Svetlana Pimenova scored a win over Clarke, 6-1, 6-3.
No. 46 Sacramento State 7, Montana State 0.
Doubles:
1) Schifris/Martinez (SAC) def. Lozano/Luetolf (MSU)8-3
2) Helland/Lyssenko (SAC) def. Vasileva/Clarke (MSU) 8-5
3) Fey/McKenzie Hilmer (MSU) def. Jarlkaganova/Pimenova 9-8 (6).
Singles:
1) Luba Schifris (SAC) def. Nuria Lozano (MSU) 6-2, 6-1
2) Joyce Martinez Gutierrez (SAC) def. Nicole Luetolf (MSU) 4-6, 6-3 (10-5)
3) Karina Jarlkaganova (SAC) def. Vera Vasileva (MSU) 6-4, 6-2
4) Cecilia Helland (SAC) def. Lisa Clark (MSU) 6-0, 6-0
5) Anastassia Lyssenko (SAC) def. Allison Fey (MSU) 6-0, 6-4
6) Svetlana Pimenova (SAC) def. Katy Clarke (MSU) 6-1, 6-3.