Box Score The Chicago State women's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to GCU Thursday afternoon at the GCU Tennis Facility in Phoenix. Despite the loss, the Cougars still have a chance to advance to the conference tournament as CSU closes out regular season conference play Friday against Dixie State. The tournament field will consist of the top three teams from each division plus the next two best teams. Chicago State would need to win Friday, then a series of tiebreakers would sort the remainder of the tournament field which will likely be set following the conclusion of play Saturday.
In today's match against the Antelopes, GCU earned wins at No. 1 and 2 doubles to clinch the team point and CSU avoided the sweep when
Diana Borodina and
Sofiya Sedovich topped Jana Seiss and Sara Rakim, 6-3, at No. 3.
In singles, GCU earned four consecutive victories to seal the team win but
Katarina Dukic won at No. 6 and
Sofiya Sedovich ended the match with a Cougars win at No. 4. Complete results listed below.
"As a Team, we understood how tough today's match was going to be in terms of mental discipline with our shot selection and we did everything we could," associate head coach
Adesuwa Osabuohien said. It was great to see Sofiya (Sedovich) and Katrina (Dukic) find a way to win. Tomorrow is going to be battle and our last chance to secure a spot in the conference tournament."
Chicago State vs Grand Canyon
4/14/2022 at Phoenix, Ariz.
(GCU Tennis Facility)
Grand Canyon 5, Chicago State 2
Singles competition
1. Puehse, Natasha (GCU) def.
Katarina Drazic (CSU) 6-1, 6-0
2. Schmidt, Fabienne (GCU) def.
Kristina Pukhaeva (CSU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Strombacha, Santa (GCU) def.
Diana Borodina (CSU) 6-2, 6-3
4.
Sofiya Sedovich (CSU) def. Weiss, Jana (GCU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
5. Prudhomme, Autum (GCU) def.
Lizi Morgoshia (CSU) 6-2, 6-0
6.
Katarina Dukic (CSU) def. Rakim, Sara (GCU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Puehse, Natasha/Strombacha, Santa (GCU) def.
Katarina Drazic/
Lizi Morgoshia (CSU) 6-2
2. Schmidt, Fabienne/Prudhomme, Autum (GCU) def.
Kristina Pukhaeva/
Katarina Dukic (CSU) 6-0
3.
Diana Borodina/
Sofiya Sedovich (CSU) def. Weiss, Jana/Rakim, Sara (GCU) 6-3
Match Notes:
Chicago State 6-15, 0-3 WAC
Grand Canyon 7-8, 3-0 WAC
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (1,5,2,3,6,4)
About Chicago State
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. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. 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, also making 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. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, 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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