Feb. 8, 2013

PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State broke a four-match skid against Sacramento State by posting a 7-0 victory over the Hornets Friday afternoon at the Simmelink Tennis Courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse.

With the win, the Cougars improved to 4-2 on the season while the Hornets fell to 0-3.

Doubles play started the day and the Cougars captured the first two matches for the opening point. At No. 2 WSU's duo of Andjela Kankaras and Ksenia Googe trailed 3-2 before reeling off the final six games for an 8-3 victory over Katharina Knoebl and Jennifer Nguyen. At No. 1, the Cougar pair of Liudmila Vasilieva and Elizaveta Luzina jumped out to a 6-0 lead over Rebeca Delgado and Sophie Lohscheidt, before dropping the next four games. The pair then won the final two games for an 8-4 victory, clinching the doubles point. At No. 3 the Cougars' Olga Musilovich and Charlotte Koning led 7-5, 40-15 over Olivia Boija and Saskia Angerer when play was stop once the doubles point was decided.

In singles action, Googe increased the WSU lead to 2-0 as she defeated Knoebl 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2. Following a quick first set, Kankaras rallied from behind to post a 6-1, 7-6 win over Lohscheidt at No. 3 singles. Musilovich clinched the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 5 over Siobhan Ryan-Bovey. It marked the sixth-straight win for Musilovich to open the dual match season.

At No. 1 Vasilieva needed three sets to defeat Delgado, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, giving Vasilieva her team-leading 16th win of the season. Luzina followed that with a three-set win of her own, defeating Nguyen 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 at No. 4. The final match of the day saw Koning post a 6-0, 6-2 win over Boija at No. 6.

The Cougars continue their homestand Saturday with a pair of matches. They host Gonzaga at 11 a.m. and then Eastern Washington at 4 p.m.

WASHINGTON STATE TENNIS
No. 35 Washington State def. No. 58 Sacramento State, 7-0
Simmelink Tennis Courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse
February 8, 2013

DOUBLES

No. 1 - Liudmila Vasilieva / Elizaveta Luzina (WSU) def. Rebeca Delgado / Sophie Lohscheidt (SS) 8-4.
No. 2 - Andjela Kankaras / Ksenia Googe (WSU) def. Katharina Knoebl / Jennifer Nguyen (SS) 8-3.
No. 3 - Olga Musilovich / Charlotte Koning (WSU) vs. Olivia Boija / Saskia Angerer (SS) 7-5 DNF
Order of Finish: 2,1

SINGLES
No. 1 - Liudmila Vasilieva (WSU) def. Rebeca Delgado (SS) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
No. 2 - Ksenia Googe (WSU) def. Katharina Knoebl (SS) 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 - Andjela Kankaras (WSU) def. Sophie Lohscheidt (SS) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 4 - Elizaveta Luzina (WSU) def. Jennifer Nguyen (SS) 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3
No. 5 - Olga Musilovich (WSU) def. Siobhan Ryan-Bovey (SS) 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 - Charlotte Koning (WSU) def. Olivia Boija (SS), 6-0, 6-2
Order of Finish: 2,3,5,1,4,6