WOMEN'S TENNIS FALLS TO NO. 21 FRESNO STATE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In a match that could have been much closer than the final score indicated, the 21st-ranked Fresno State women''s tennis team defeated No. 52 Sacramento State 7-0, Saturday afternoon in Sacramento, Calif.The Hornets (12-6) four-match winning streak was snapped, while the Bulldogs (13-6) won their fifth straight.
While Fresno State swept the six singles matches, four were taken to three sets.
At the No. 1 spot, the Bulldogs Melanie Gloria, who is currently ranked 21st in the nation, needed three sets to defeat Sacramento State’s Margarita Karnaukhova, 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3.
Hornet freshman Joyce Martinez Gutierrez took Fresno State’s Lucia Sainz to three sets at the No. 3 spot, but Sainz handed Martinez Gutierrez just her third loss of the season, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (2).
Junior Cecilia Helland suffered her fifth loss of the season at the No. 5 spot, with a 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 loss to Magdalena Tokarska. At the No. 6 spot, freshman Anastassia Lyssenko fell to Bruna Praes, 6-7 (4), 6-2, (11-9).
The Bulldogs also took the doubles point, recording victories in all three matches.
No. 21 Fresno State def. No. 52 Sacramento State, 7-0
Doubles (Fresno State wins doubles point)
1) No. 6 Sainz/Winterhalter (FS) v. Karnaukhova/Lyssenko (SAC) 8-4
2) Rowe/Tokarska (FS) v. Schifris/Martinez Guitierrez (SAC), 8-7 (2)
3) No. 51 Gloria/Haskett (FS) v. Pimenova/Helland (SAC), 8-3
Singles
1) No. 21 Melanie Gloria (FS) v. No. 76 Margarita Karnaukhova (SAC), 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3
2) No. 96 Katharina Winterhalter (FS) v. Luba Schifris (SAC), 6-4, 6-2
3) Lucia Sainz (FS) v. Joyce Martinez Gutierrez (SAC), 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (2)
4) Jacqueline Haskett (FS) v. Karina Jarlkaganova (SAC), 6-3, 7-5
5) Magdalena Tokarska (FS) v. Cecilia Helland (SAC), 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
6) Bruna Paes (FS) def. Anastassia Lyssenko (SAC), 6-7 (4), 6-2, (11-9)
Records: Fresno State (13-6); Sacramento State (12-6)