General 4/3/2022 5:45:00 PM

Chicago State Women’s Tennis Lose 4-3 at Seattle U

Next Action April 14 at GCU

Box Score

The Chicago State women's tennis team lost a 4-3 heartbreaker Saturday afternoon to Seattle University at the Seattle University Tennis Courts in Seattle, their second 4-3 setback in as many days.

The Redhawks earned the doubles point with a pair of victories but Katarina Drazic and Lizi Morgoshia earned a 6-2 victory at No. 1 to open the match but fell 7-6 at No. 2 to yield the point to the Redhawks.

In singles, the Cougars stormed back to win at No. 3, 4 and 5 but lost at No. 1 and 2, leaving the deciding match on the court at No. 6 where Katarina Dukic lost in three sets, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6. She held a 5-4 in the third, then down 6-5 before forcing and losing the tiebreaker.

"That was a very tight match today, a nail bitter," associate head coach Adesuwa Osabuohien said. "Number 1 doubles stepped up today. We lost No. 2 doubles, the deciding match, in a tiebreaker that really could've went either way. We gained our momentum back in singles and at 3-3, (Katarina) Dukic had her chances but fell short. I'm very proud of their effort this weekend.

The Cougars will return to the courts April 14 and 15 for their final two regular season conference matches, facing GCU on April 14 and Dixie State on April 15 in Phoenix.

Chicago State University at Seattle University

4/3/2022 at Seattle, Washington

(Seattle University Tennis Courts)

Seattle U 4, Chicago State University 3

Singles competition

1. Mireia Fehr (SU) def. Katarina Drazic (CSU) 7-5, 6-3

2. Liliya Dimova (SU) def. Kristina Pukhaeva (CSU) 6-4, 6-4

3. Diana Borodina (CSU) def. Jade Quintana (SU) 6-1, 6-3

4. Sofiya Sedovich (CSU) def. Hannah Grossman (SU) 6-2, 6-1

5. Lizi Morgoshia (CSU) def. Aranza Sanabria (SU) 6-4, 6-2

6. Jade Lancaster (SU) def. Katarina Dukic (CSU) 6-7, 6-4, 7-6

Doubles competition

1. Katarina Drazic/Lizi Morgoshia (CSU) def. Jade Quintana/Mireia Fehr (SU) 6-2

2. Liliya Dimova/Elena Kraleva (SU) def. Katarina Dukic/Kristina Pukhaeva (CSU) 7-6

3. Hannah Grossman/Jillian Rasmussen (SU) def. Diana Borodina/Sofiya Sedovich (CSU) 6-3

Match Notes:

Chicago State 6-14 WAC 0-2

Seattle U 2-11 WAC 1-1

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

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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Players Mentioned

Katarina Drazic: Junior

Kristina Pukhaeva: Sophomore

Lizi Morgoshia: Sophomore

Diana Borodina: Sophomore

Katarina Dukic: Freshman

Sofiya Sedovich: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Katarina Drazic
: Junior

Kristina Pukhaeva
: Sophomore

Lizi Morgoshia
: Sophomore

Diana Borodina
: Sophomore

Katarina Dukic
: Freshman

Sofiya Sedovich
: 5' 7"; Sophomore

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