Box Score The Chicago State women's tennis team lost to Cleveland State 4-3 Saturday morning at the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland State won the doubles point with wins at No 1 and 2 and picked up wins in the first two singles matches to finish (No. 4 and 3) to go up 3-0 and needing just one win in the remaining four matches to seal the team victory. Manuella Eloundou won in three sets at No. 5 to cut the margin to 3-1, but the Vikings won in three sets at No. 1 to seal the victory, and
Katarina Dukic (No. 2) and
Amina Taibi (No. 6) picked up three-set wins for the Cougars to close the match.
"The girls came really close," head coach
Jack Barton said. "We were just a game away on Cali's (Fuller) court from having the match extended long enough for Keti (
Katarina Dukic)and Amina (Taibi) to win their matches and maybe put a little pressure on them. They did everything they could and they fought really hard. We had high hopes for this weekend and came up a bit short, but it wasn't due to lack of effort. I am a bit disappointed because we all sacrificed a lot to put ourselves in a position to win, and this week was important to be in a good position to win the regular season. I'm hopeful we can continue and play good tennis for the remaining conference schedule so we can make the conference tournament with a good seed."
Compete results listed below.
The next action for the women's tennis team will be Saturday, April 15, traveling to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to face Milwaukee at 1 p.m. at River Glen Elite. The Cougars enter the match with a 9-13 record, 1-2 in the Horizon League and are 3-11 away from home. The Panthers enter the match with a 7-11 record, 1-2 in Conference play and are 7-2 at home this season.
Chicago State vs Cleveland State
April 08, 2023 at Cleveland, Ohio
(Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion)
Cleveland State 4, Chicago State 3
Singles competition
1. Oihane Vicario (CLE ST) def.
Cali Fuller (CSU-W) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
2.
Katarina Dukic (CSU-W) def. Tereze Vevere (CLE ST) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
3. Bethany Yauch (CLE ST) def.
Sofiya Sedovich (CSU-W) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
4. Sima Heren (CLE ST) def.
Kristina Pukhaeva (CSU-W) 6-2, 6-2
5. Manuella Eloundou-Ng (CSU-W) def. Filippa Frogner (CLE ST) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
6.
Amina Taibi (CSU-W) def. Avery Durham (CLE ST) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Sima Heren/Bethany Yauch (CLE ST) def.
Kristina Pukhaeva/
Sofiya Sedovich (CSU-W) 6-2
2. Filippa Frogner/Oihane Vicario (CLE ST) def.
Cali Fuller/Manuella Eloundou-Ng (CSU-W) 6-2
3. Tereze Vevere/Ella Franz (CLE ST) vs.
Ethel Li/
Katarina Dukic (CSU-W) 5-4, unfinished
Match Notes:
Chicago State 9-13, 1-2
Cleveland State 11-7, 2-1
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (4,3,5,1,2,6)
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