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49ers'
women's tennis team rumbles past Cal State
Northridge Matadors
By
Michelle Smith
Online Forty-Niner
Sports Writer
The
Beach hit the Campus Courts Saturday afternoon
and served the Matadors a ticket back to
Northridge with a 5-2 victory.
The
No. 57-ranked 49ers' women's tennis team
improved their record to 2-1, 1-0 Big West,
while Cal State Northridge dropped to 5-2.
In
doubles play, The Beach faced three hard-hitting
sets against the Matadors, but earned the
doubles point by winning at the second and
third courts. The lone loss came at court
one where Nicole Bouffler and Claudia Argumendo
fell in defeat to Yu Yu Myinttun and Silvia
Gutierrez.
The
49er tandem of Bouffler and Argumendo allowed
a 7-2 lead slip away to the CSUN duo, allowing
the visitors to go on a seven-game streak
to take the match 9-7.
At
court two, LBSU's Alanah Carroll and Stephanie
Benson beat Canna Furuta and Yasuyo Hashimoto
by a score of 9-8 after a back and forth
battle.
Nicoletta
Ratiu and Racheal Porsz came from behind
to win 8-6 over CSUN's Kasia Krasinska and
Kanykey Koichumanova at court three.
Sophomore
Sandra Rocha, who usually pairs with Bouffler
at the first doubles court and plays singles
at court four, was unable to compete Saturday
due to a family emergency. Without Rocha,
the 49ers moved up Porsz and Ratiu in singles
and inserted Argumendo in at the sixth singles
court.
Subsequent
to winning the doubles point, the 49ers
clinched the match with four singles match
wins. After a disappointing loss in doubles
play, Bouffler bounced back against Guiterrez,
winning 6-0, 6-2, and improving her record
to 2-1 this spring. The senior from Australia
was also named Big West Tennis Athlete of
the week for Jan. 24-30.
Bengson
rolled past CSUN's Myinttun at court three,
winning 6-3, 6-0. At court four, Porsz had
a close first set against Hashimoto, but
easily swung past her opponent in the second
set to win the match 7-6, 6-1. At court
six, LBSU's Argumendo dominated Krasinska
6-1, 6-1.
The
two losses for the 49ers came at the courts
two and five. Carroll lost 6-4, 6-0 to Furuta.
Koichumanova defeated Ratiu in a heartbreaking
three sets, 6-4, 6-7, 10-7.
The
49ers are 17-12 all-time against CSUN. Last
season, LBSU won at CSUN, 6-1, and with
Saturday's victory, The Beach have topped
the Matadors in six straight matches.
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