Box Score St. George, Utah — UTRGV took advantage of a short-handed Chicago State women's tennis team en route to a 6-1 Western Athletic Conference victory in the second WAC pod contest for both teams. Freshman
Sofiya Sedovich picked up a win in singles and continues a strong first-year campaign, leading the Cougars in wins, with four.
UTRGV swept a pair of doubles matches and the Cougars did not have a pairing on the third line as the Vaqueros earned the doubles point.
Kristina Pukhaeva and
Katarina Drazic lost 6-4 at No. 1 and
Sofiya Sedovich and
Susana Andres lost 6-2 at No. 2.
"Today was a tough loss," associate head coach
Wyatt Pauley said. "The doubles matches showed a lot of promise and the singles matches were close at times, but just got away from us.."
In singles,
Sofiya Sedovich dominated at No. 2 with a 6-3, 6-0 victory.
Kristina Pukhaeva lost 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 while, at No. 3,
Katarina Drazic lost 6-4, 6-3.
Susana Andres dropped a 6-4, 6-3 decision and the Cougars did not compete at No. 5 or No. 6.
"We were definitely at a disadvantage only having four players on the court," Pauley said. "The players fought hard but, in the end, we came up short. We'll take a couple days to get healthy and be back out there next week."
Chicago State will host a pair of non-conference matches next week, entertaining the University of Northern Iowa on Saturday, March 27 at 3 p.m. then Eastern Illinois University on Sunday, March 28 at 2 p.m.
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