April 15, 2011

PORTLAND, Ore.- The Washington State University women's tennis team defeated the Portland Pilots this afternoon, 7-0. The victory puts the Cougars at a 12-10 overall record, 0-7 in the Pacific-10 conference.

WSU won the first point with a sweep of the doubles matches. No. 76 Liudmila Vasilieva and Ksenia Googe defeated Sabine and Stephanie Fuchs 8-4. The No. 2 match was an 8-3 victory for Andjela Kankaras and Olga Musilovich over Alice Tucker and Beate Valdmane. At No. 3 Elisabeth Fournier and Lea Jansen beat Valeska Hoath and Gabrielle Gorence 8-6.

The Cougars also swept through the singles matches. Vasilieva defeated S. Fuchs at No. 1 7-5, 6-0. Fournier took the No. 2 match 6-0, 6-0 over Alice Tucker. Kankaras won the No. 3 match over Hoath 6-1, 6-3. At No. 4 Googe beat Valdmane 6-1, 6-0. Olga Musilovich defeated Gorence 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5. At No. 6 Jessica Gomez won 6-2, 6-0 over Emily Mahaires.

Washington State will travel to Eugene tomorrow to face the Oregon Ducks in their regular season and Pac-10 finale. The match begins at noon.

WASHINGTON STATE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Washington State 7, Portland 0
April 15, 2011
Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center
DOUBLES:
No. 1 No. 76 Liudmila Vasilieva/Ksenia Googe (WSU) def. Sabine Fuchs/Stephanie (UP) Fuchs 8-4
No. 2 Andjela Kankaras/Olga Musilovich (WSU) def. Alice Tucker/Beate Valdmane (UP) 8-3
No. 3 Elisabeth Fournier/Lea Jansen (WSU) def. Valeska Hoath/Gabrielle Gorence (UP) 8-6
SINGLES:
No. 1 Liudmila Vasilieva (WSU) def. Fuchs (UP) 7-5, 6-0
No. 2 Elisabeth Fournier (WSU) def. Alice Tucker (UP) 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 Andjela Kankaras (WSU) def. Valeska Hoath (UP) 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Ksenia Googe (WSU) def. Beate Valdmane (UP) 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 Olga Musilovich (WSU) def. Gabrielle Gorence (UP) 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Jessica Gomez (WSU) def. Emily Mahaires (UP) 6-2, 6-0