Box Score The Chicago State women's tennis team opened the 2023 spring season with a 7-0 loss to Northwestern Saturday afternoon at the Combe Tennis Center in Evanston.
Northwestern earned the doubles point with a forfeit win and a win at No. 2 and swept singles with straight-set wins. Compete results listed below.
The Cougars will be back on the court and will play their second match in as many days, staying in the Big Ten and traveling to West Lafayette, Indiana, to face Purdue on Sunday, January 15 at 5 p.m. at the Schwartz Tennis Center.
Chicago State at Northwestern
1/14/2023 at Evanston, Illinois
(Combe Tennis Center)
Northwestern 7, Chicago State 0
Singles
1. Maria Shusharina (NU) def.
Cali Fuller (Chicago State) 6-2, 6-2
2. Christina Hand (NU) def.
Kristina Pukhaeva (Chicago State) 6-2, 6-0
3. Justin Leong (NU) def.
Katarina Dukic (Chicago State) 6-1, 6-1
4. Briana Crowley (NU) def.
Ethel Li (Chicago State) 6-0, 6-2
5. Aino Alkio (NU) def.
Amina Taibi (Chicago State), 6-2, 6-0
6. No Player (NU) def. No player (Chicago State), NU by forfeit
Doubles
1. Maria Shusharina/Briana Crowley (NU) def.
Kristina Pukhaeva/
Ethel Li (Chicago State) 5-2
2. Christina Hand/Justine Leong (NU) def.
Katarina Dukic/
Cali Fuller (Chicago State) 6-0
3. Kiley Rabjohns/ydney Pratt (NU) def. No player/No player (Chicago State), by forfeit
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,2,4,3,6,1)
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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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