Box Score
LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.’s women’s tennis team can now enjoy its first winning streak of the season.
The Golden Eagles won their second straight match, defeating Western New Mexico, 9-0, Thursday at the CSULA Tennis Complex. Cal State L.A. (2-4) swept the three doubles contests and then took all six singles matches, five of them in straight sets. The Golden Eagles were coming off a 6-3 California Collegiate Athletic Association win over Cal State San Bernardino on Tuesday.
The tightest battle of the day came at No. 2 singles, where Cal State L.A.’s Linda Majzlikova outlasted Western New Mexico’s Stephanie Shelton, 6-4, 2-6, 10-3.
Western New Mexico (3-6) had mixed results on the day, beating Hawaii-Hilo earlier on Thursday before falling to the Golden Eagles.
Cal State L.A. jumped ahead early and never let up. Dora Kiss and Majzlikova won at No. 1 doubles, 8-1 and Lana Lamesic and Marine Prevost won at No. 3 doubles, 8-3. Jillian Sangria and Adriana Espinosa gave the Golden Eagles a sweep in doubles with a hard-fought win over Shelton and Emily Lampman at No. 2 doubles, 8-6.
Kiss breezed to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Nikolina Vukadin at No. 1 singles, Sangria beat Doris Bergeric, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 3 singles, Lamesic beat Lampman, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 4 singles, Prevost defeated Sarah Nogan, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 singles and Espinosa beat Vanessa Molina, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 6 singles.
Cal State L.A. will return to action with a home match against Hawaii-Hilo on Friday beginning at 2 p.m.
Cal State L.A. 9, Western New Mexico 0
Mar 11, 2010 at Los Angeles, CA
| Singles competition |
| 1. KISS, Dora (CSULA) def. VUKADIN, Nikolina (WNMU) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 2. MAJZLIKOVA, Linda (CSULA) def. SHELTON, Stephanie (WNMU) 6-4, 2-6, 10-3 |
| 3. SANGRIA, Jillian (CSULA) def. BERGERIC, Doris (WNMU) 6-2, 6-1 |
| 4. LAMESIC, Lana (CSULA) def. LAMPMAN, Emily (WNMU) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 5. PREVOST, Marine (CSULA) def. NOGAN, Sarah (WNMU) 6-0, 6-1 |
| 6. ESPINOSA, Adriana (CSULA) def. MOLINA, Vanessa (WNMU) 6-1, 6-0 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. KISS, Dora/MAJZLIKOVA, Linda (CSULA) def. VUKADIN, Nikolina/BERGERIC, Doris (WNMU) 8-2 |
| 2. SANGRIA, Jillian/ESPINOSA, Adriana (CSULA) def. SHELTON, Stephanie/LAMPMAN, Emily (WNMU) 8-6 |
| 3. LAMESIC, Lana/PREVOST, Marine (CSULA) def. NOGAN, Sarah/MOLINA, Vanessa (WNMU) 8-3 |
| Match Notes |
| Western New Mexico 3-6 |
| Cal State L.A. 2-4 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,5,6,4,2,3) |