WOMEN'S TENNIS STUMBLES AT NO. 25 SAN DIEGO

3/20/2011

Rebeca Delgado won both her singles and double matches but the Hornets lost at USD.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The No. 42 ranked Sacramento State women's tennis team dropped a road dual match at No. 25 ranked San Diego, 5-2, on Sunday afternoon at the Hogan Tennis Center.

Sacramento State slides to 8-7 on the season while USD improves to 9-4.

The Hornets started off with a solid win at No. 1 doubles play behind Tatsiana Kapshai and Rebeca Delgado but the Toreros stormed back to win the doubles point with victories at No. 2 and No. 3.

In singles play, Delgado and Katharina Knoebl won at No. 2 and No. 6 singles, respectively, but USD won the remaining matches to pull out the 5-2 dual match win. Maja Sujica retired in the third set at No. 6 singles to give Knoebl the win.

Sacramento State's next match is at rival UC Davis on Saturday.

Sacramento State vs San Diego
3/20/2011 at San Diego, Calif.
(Hogan Tennis Center)

#25 San Diego 5, #42 Sacramento State 2

Singles competition
1. #74 HOFFPAUIR, Stephanie (SD) def. #124 KAPSHAI, Tatsiana (SAC) 6-3, 6-1
2. DELGADO, Rebeca (SAC) def. ESCALONA, Josymar (SD) 6-4, 6-1
3. CLAUS, Laura (SD) def. MELIUK, Maria (SAC) 6-4, 7-6
4. COUPEZ, Juliette (SD) def. BACA, Clarisse (SAC) 7-6, 6-2
5. DEPENAU, Anna (SD) def. LOHSCHEIDT, Sophie (SAC) 6-2, 6-1
6. KNOEBL, Katharina (SAC) def. SUJICA, Maja (SD) 1-6, 6-3, 1-1, retired

Doubles competition
1. #68 KAPSHAI, Tatsiana/DELGADO, Rebeca (SAC) def. HOFFPAUIR, Stephanie/COUPEZ, Juliette (SD) 8-6
2. CLAUS, Laura/ESCALONA, Josymar (SD) def. MELIUK, Maria/BACA, Clarisse (SAC) 8-3
3. SUJICA, Maja/DEPENAU, Anna (SD) def. LOHSCHEIDT, Sophie/ZIVANOVIC, Milica (SAC) 9-7

Match Notes
Sacramento State 8-7; National ranking #42
San Diego 9-4; National ranking #25
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (3,2,6,4,1,5)