The Hornets are now 12-7 on the season and will finish their regular season on Thursday with a match against No. 1 ranked Stanford.

Washington took an early advantage winning the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots.

In singles competition, senior Margarita Karnaukhova defeated Victoria Brymer 6-4, 6-3. Junior Cecilia Helland, who is now 14-5 on the season, earned a victory at the No. 5 spot with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Melinda Wong.

Sacramento State picked up its third point at the No. 6 spot, winning by default.

Freshmen Luba Schifris and Joyce Martinez Gutierrez dropped their respective matches at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots by scores of 6-2, 6-2. In the longest match of the day and what proved to be the most pivotal, freshman Karina Jarlkaganova fell to Washingont’s Stephanie Svanfeldt, 7-5, 6-3 at No. 4.

Washington Women''s Tennis vs. Sacramento State

4/16/06 - Nordstrom Tennis Center - Seattle, Wash.

Washington 4, No. 58 Sacramento State 3

Doubles

1) Hadzic/Brymer (UW) def. Karnaukhova/Anastasia Lyssenko (SAC), 8-4

2) Gutierrez/Schifris (SAC) def. Simpson/Svanfeldt (UW), 8-1

3) Wong/Rainey (UW) def. Pimenova/Helland (SAC), 8-1

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1

Singles

1) (76) Margarita Karnaukhova (SAC) def. Victoria Brymer (UW), 6-4, 6-3

2) Dinka Hadzic (UW) def. Luba Schifris (SAC), 6-2, 6-2

3) Tara Simpson (UW) def. Joyce Martinez Gutierrez (SAC), 6-2, 6-2

4) Stephanie Svanfeldt (UW) def. Karina Jarlkaganova (SAC), 7-5, 6-3

5) Cecilia Helland (SAC) def. Melinda Wong (UW), 7-5, 6-2

6) Sacramento State wins by default

Order of finish: 6, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4