CSU Begins Spring Season With 6-1 Loss At Detroit

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Southfield, Mich. – Despite a singles victory from freshman Faith Huckabee (Hazel Crest, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor), the Chicago State Women's Tennis team suffered a 6-1 loss to the Detroit Titans on Saturday evening (Jan. 24).
 
Huckabee beat Elena Strakhova at No. 6 singles 6-2, 6-3. Freshman Kirsa Utech (Nindorf, Germany/Meldorfer Gelehrtenschule) went three sets at No. 1 singles, but was taken down by Viktoria Laskutova 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, (10-4). Sophomore Gema Bolado Yusta (Madrid, Spain./IES Lázaro Cárdenas) lost 6-0, 6-2 to Nino Sujashvili and sophomore Carynne Lloyd (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing) was beaten by Julia Fernandes 6-1, 6-2. In her first action of the season, sophomore Marnie Perez-Ochoa (Louisville, Ky./Male) succumbed to Valery Kulikovskaya 6-2, 6-0. Freshman Hanna Pangestu (Jakarta, Indonesia/) went down 6-2, 6-1 to Irina Slizovskaya.
 
In doubles play, Lloyd and Huckabee lost 7-6 (7-3) to Fernandes and Sujashvili. Detroit's Raina Halabi and Valery Kulikovskaya won 6-4 over Pangestu and Utech. CSU sophomore Marnie Perez-Ochoa (Louisville, Ky./Male) and senior Karyn Emeralda (Jakarta, Indonesia/) brought home a 7-1 loss to Slizovskaya and Strakhova.
 
The Cougars fell to 0-1 in the spring season while Detroit improved 1-2. Chicago State gets back on the court on Saturday (Jan. 25) at Western Michigan. The match is set to begin at 7:00 PM ET.