CSU Women's Tennis Fall to SIUE at Home, Illinois on the Road

The Chicago State women's tennis team dropped a pair of matches today, playing rare home and away matches on the same day. First, Chicago State lost 5-2 to SIUE at the H-F Racquet and Fitness Club in Homewood, then traveled to Urbana, IL and lost 4-0 to the University of Illinois at the Atkins Tennis Center Sunday night.

Katarina Drazic and Katarina Dukic each picked up singles victories against SIUE while, despite being shut out against Illinois, Drazic had a 6-3, 2-1 lead when the match concluded. Complete match results below.

"We had a slow start in doubles against SIUE," associate head coach Adesuwa Osabuohien said. "They fed off of the momentum in doubles and created more pressure as a team to close out singles. Against Illinois, we made a few adjustments in doubles to keep each game close in point play but we lacked execution on deciding points. In singles, Katarina Drakic and Katrina Dukic stepped up and played very disciplined, controlled rallies and executed a lot of shots." 

The Chicago State men's and women's tennis teams will host Eastern Illinois on Friday, Jan. 28 at the Park Forest Health & Fitness Club. The women are slated to start at 11:30 a.m. and the men will follow at 3 p.m.

SIUE vs Chicago State University

1/23/2022 at Homewood, IL

(H-F Racquet & Fitness Club)

1. SCHIFANO, Jordan (SIUE) def. Diana Borodina (CSUW) 7-5, 6-2

2. LAMBRECHTS, Jill (SIUE) def. Kristina Pukhaeva (CSUW) 6-4, 6-1

3. REINICKE, Vanessa (SIUE) def. Cali Fuller (CSUW) 6-3, 6-2

4. PEREZ, Fabiola (SIUE) def. Sofiya Sedovich (CSUW) 6-3, 6-2

5. Katarina Drazic (CSUW) def. VIZCARDO, Melissa (SIUE) 6-1, 6-2

6. Katarina Dukic (CSUW) def. THIBAULT, Maria (SIUE) 6-1, 6-3

1. Sofiya Sedovich/Lizi Morgoshia (CSUW) vs. THIBAULT, Maria/LAMBRECHTS, Jill (SIUE) 5-3, unfinished

2. SCHIFANO, Jordan/REINICKE, Vanessa (SIUE) def. Katarina Drazic/Kristina Pukhaeva (CSUW) 6-1

3. VIZCARDO, Melissa/SPORING, Caitlyn (SIUE) def. Cali Fuller/Susana Andres (CSUW) 6-0

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (5,6,2,4,3,1)

Chicago State vs Illinois

Jan 23, 2022 at Urbana, Ill.

(Atkins Tennis Center)

1. Kate Duong (ILL) def. Diana Borodina (CSU) 6-2, 6-0

2. Ashley Yeah (ILL) def. Kristina Pukhaeva (CSU) 6-2, 6-1

3. Kasia Treiber (ILL) vs. Cali Fuller (CSU) 6-1, 3-1, unfinished

4. Kida Ferrari (ILL) def. Lizi Morgoshia (CSU) 6-0, 6-0

5. Emily Casati (ILL) vs. Katarina Drazic (CSU) 3-6, 1-2, unfinished

6. Shivani Ingle (ILL) vs. Katarina Dukic (CSU) 6-1, 0-3, unfinished

1. Megan Heuser/Kate Duong (ILL) vs. Lizi Morgoshia/Sofiya Sedovich (CSU) 5-2, unfinished

2. Josie Frazier/Ashley Yeah (ILL) def. Kristina Pukhaeva/Katarina Drazic (CSU) 6-1

3. Emily Casati/Kasia Treiber (ILL) def. Cali Fuller/Diana Borodina (CSU) 6-3

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (4,1,2)

Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title and made an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT).  The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. In 2021, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.

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