Box Score The Chicago State women's tennis team moved to 3-1 in Horizon League play with a 6-1 victory over Milwaukee Saturday afternoon at the H-F Racquet and Fitness Center in Homewood, Illinois on senior day for
Sofiya Sedovich and
Manuella Eloundou. The Cougars now sit atop the conference standings, tied with Cleveland State and Youngstown State with identical 3-1 records.
The Cougars earned the doubles point with, for the second consecutive match, two of three matches going into tie breakers. With CSU holding a 1-0 advantage, the Panthers picked up the win at No. 1 doubles leaving the deciding match, again for the second match in row, at No. 3 where
Katarina Dukic and
Amina Taibi pulled out an identical 7-6 (6) win for the team point.
In singles, the Cougars were dominant with straight set wins by
Manuella Eloundou (No. 1),
Katarina Dukic (No. 2),
Sofiya Sedovich (No. 3) and
Amina Taibi (No. 4) and a three-set win by freshman
Helin Alvarez at No. 6 for the 6-1 win.
"I don't worry about many matches but for this one we really had to be prepared," head coach
Jack Barton said. "Milwaukee has always been difficult to play. Usually emotions run high when it's senior day and we had alot on the line. We went through a lot of visualization drills to see the ourself in the best possible position when giving our best. They executed amazingly today. We will enjoy the win and celebrate our seniors today."
Compete results listed below.
The Cougars will wrap up the regular season on the road next weekend with matches at IUPUI Saturday, April 20 and at Northern Kentucky Sunday, April 21. Following the regular season, the top six teams advance to the Horizon League Women's Tennis Championship set for April 26-28 at the Schwartz Tennis Center in West Lafayette, Indiana. The top two teams receive a first-round bye and advance into the semifinals set for Saturday, April 27.
Milwaukee vs Chicago State
4/13/ 2024 at Homewood, Illinois
(H-f Racquet and Fitness)
Chicago State 6, Milwaukee 1
Singles competition
1.
Manuella Eloundou (CSUW) def. Babette Burgersdijk (MILW) 6-4, 6-0
2.
Katarina Dukic (CSUW) def. Nadiia Konieva (MILW) 6-1, 6-0
3.
Sofiya Sedovich (CSUW) def. Laure Razet (MILW) 6-4, 7-5
4.
Amina Taibi (CSUW) def. Sara Simonova (MILW) 6-0, 6-1
5. Emilia Durska (MILW) def.
Nia Cooper (CSUW) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
6.
Helin Alvarez (CSUW) def. Evelina Anastasi (MILW) 4-6, 6-4, 10-3
Doubles competition
1. Nadiia Konieva/Babette Burgersdijk (MILW) def.
Manuella Eloundou/
Nia Cooper (CSUW) 7-6 (7-0)
2.
Ethel Li/
Sofiya Sedovich (CSUW) def. Laure Razet/Sara Simonova (MILW) 6-1
3.
Katarina Dukic/
Amina Taibi (CSUW) def. Iva Stejskalova/Emilia Durska (MILW) 7-6 (8-6)
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