Tennis Washington State Athletics

Cougars Defeat Oregon

April 16, 2011

EUGENE, Ore.- The Washington State University women's tennis team defeated Oregon this afternoon 5-2 for its first Pacific-10 Conference victory. The Cougars finish the 2011 dual match season 13-10 overall, 1-7 in Pac-10 play.

Oregon scored the first point by winning two of three doubles matches. Elisabeth Fournier and Lea Jansen defeated Siobhan Cavan and Rabea Stuckeman at No. 3 8-2. No. 76 Liudmila Vasilieva and Ksenia Googe fell to Patricia Skowronski and Paulina Smatova 8-2. In the No. 2 match Andjela Kankaras and Olga Musilovich lost to Julia Metzger and Trudie du Toit 8-6.

The Cougars came back with five singles victories to take the match from Oregon. Vasilieva beat Skowronski in the No. 2 match 6-2, 6-3. Googe took the victory in the No. 3 match over Metzger 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. In the No. 4 match Kankaras defeated du Toit 6-4, 6-1. Musilovich won 6-1, 6-1 over Stuckeman 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5. Jessica Gomez came from behind to beat Lana Buttner at the No. 6 spot 0-6, 6-1, 7-6, (9-7) and clinch the match for WSU.

The only loss for the Cougars was at the No. 1 spot, Fournier fell to No. 102 Smatova 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Washington State will take the next weekend off to prepare for the Pac-10 Tournament April 8-May 1 in Ojai, Calif. Match times will be announced.

WASHINGTON STATE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Washington State 5, Oregon 2
April 16, 2011
Indoor Student Tennis Center
DOUBLES:
No. 1 Skowronski/Smatova (UO) def. No. 76 Vasilieva/Googe 8-2
No. 2 Metzger/du Toit (UO) def. Kankaras/Musilovich (WSU) 8-6
No. 3 Jansen/Fournier (WSU) def. Cavan/Stuckemann (WSU) 8-2
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2

SINGLES: No. 1 No. 102 Paulina Smatova (UO) def. Elisabeth Fournier (WSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 No. 2 Liudmila Vasilieva (WSU) def. Patricia Skowronski (UO) 6-2, 6-3 No. 3 Ksenia Googe (WSU) def. Julia Metzger (UO) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 No. 4 Andjela Kankaras (WSU) def. Trudie du Toit (UO) 6-4, 6-1 No. 5 Olga Musilovich (WSU) def. Rabea Stuckeman (UO) 6-1, 6-1 No. 6 Jessica Gomez (WSU) def. Lana Buttner (UO) 0-6, 6-1, 7-6, (9-7) Order of Finish: 5, 2, 4, 6, 1, 3

--wsucougars.com--

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Players Mentioned

Ksenia Googe

Ksenia Googe

5' 6"
Freshman
Lea Jansen

Lea Jansen

5' 9"
Freshman
Andjela Kankaras

Andjela Kankaras

5' 8"
Freshman
Liudmila Vasilieva

Liudmila Vasilieva

6' 0"
Freshman
Olga Musilovich

Olga Musilovich

5' 3"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ksenia Googe

Ksenia Googe

5' 6"
Freshman
Lea Jansen

Lea Jansen

5' 9"
Freshman
Andjela Kankaras

Andjela Kankaras

5' 8"
Freshman
Liudmila Vasilieva

Liudmila Vasilieva

6' 0"
Freshman
Olga Musilovich

Olga Musilovich

5' 3"
Freshman