The Chicago State women's tennis dropped a tough 4-3 decision to Bradley Saturday afternoon at Parkside Fitness in Pekin, Illinois. The Cougars captured the doubles point but a couple pivotal matches went Bradley's way which proved to be the difference in the match.
We just did not do what we practiced," head coach
Jack Barton said. "We started pretty strong but we went away from what got us ahead at the start. Strategically, we should have stuck to what got us ahead. Three-ball rally's that we should have won, turned into nine- and 10-ball rally's that we lost. We were ahead on one court, and up 5-4 but Bradley found a way to come back and win in three sets. That made the difference of losing 4-3 from winning 4-3. Hats off to Bradley because they played well but we have to be better."
Compete results listed below.
The Cougars will have a week off before traveling to O'Fallon, Illinois to face St. Louis at St. Clair Tennis Club on Saturday, February 4 at 5 p.m.
Chicago State vs Bradley
January 28, 2023 at Pekin, IL
(Parkside Fitness)
Bradley 4, Chicago State 3
Singles competition
1.
Cali Fuller (CSU-W) def. Marija Pukhina (BRAD-W) 6-7 (1-7), 6-1, 6-2
2. Anna Belogliadova (BRAD-W) def.
Kristina Pukhaeva (CSU-W) 6-3, 6-4
3. Kirstin Hailey (BRAD-W) def.
Katarina Dukic (CSU-W) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)
4. Maria Bezmenova (BRAD-W) def.
Sofiya Sedovich (CSU-W) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. Madalena Andrade (BRAD-W) def.
Ethel Li (CSU-W) 6-0, 6-4
6. Manuella Eloundou-Ng (CSU-W) def. Madi Rogers (BRAD-W) 6-7 (8-10), 6-1, 10-8
Doubles competition
1.
Cali Fuller/
Sofiya Sedovich (CSU-W) def. Kirstin Hailey/Madalena Andrade (BRAD-W) 7-5
2. Anna Belogliadova/Maria Bezmenova (BRAD-W) def.
Ethel Li/
Kristina Pukhaeva (CSU-W) 6-4
3.
Katarina Dukic/Manuella Eloundou-Ng (CSU-W) def. Alexandra Hildreth/Marija Pukhina (BRAD-W) 6-3
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 won the 2011 Great West regular season and tournament championship and earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational. The 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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