Maria Biryukova
Washington State Athletics

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Cougars Have No Trouble Against Seattle

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State women's tennis team captured all six singles matches enroot to a 7-0 victory over Seattle, Saturday morning at the Simmelink Tennis Courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse. With the win the Cougars improve to 7-0 on the season while Seattle falls to 3-5.

The Cougars captured the opening doubles point once again. The No. 2 team of Donika Bashota and Victoria Matejevic opened with a dominant 6-1 win over Madison Maloney and Barbara Carey. The Cougars were tripped up at No. 1 as Maria Biryukova and Trang Huynh fell 6-3 to Kelly Woodman and Barbara Carey. WSU captured the doubles point when the freshman duo of Aneta Miksovska and Barbora Michalkova bested Sari Kwee and Kristen James at No. 3, posting a 6-3 victory and gave WSU the 1-0 lead.

In singles play, the Cougars did not look back and continued to own their home court. At No. 4, Huynh wasted no time dominating Carey in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Biryukova followed suit at No. 1, posting a convincing 6-3, 6-0 victory over Lui. The win marks Biryukova's 77th victory moving her into ninth place, tied with Tamara Filipovic (1998-01), on WSU's top-10 singles victories list.

WSU clinched the match at No. 3 when Michalkova defeated Maloney, 6-1, 6-4, giving the Cougars the 4-0 lead, while No. 2 Bashota took down Woodman by posting a solid 6-4, 6-1 victory.

At No. 5 Miksovska won in straight sets, easily defeating Kwee 6-0, 6-2. Matejevic closed out the match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over James at No. 6.

WASHINGTON STATE TENNIS
Washington State 7 vs. Seattle 0
Simmelink Tennis Courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse
Pullman, Wash.
Feb. 6, 2016
DOUBLES
No. 1 Woodman/Lui (SU) def. Biryukova/Huynh (WSU) 6-3
No. 2 Bashota/Matejevic (WSU) def. Maloney/Carey (SU) 6-1
No. 3 Michalkova/Miksovska (WSU) def. Kwee/James (SU) 6-3
Order of Finish: 2,1,3
SINGLES
No. 1 Maria Biryukova (WSU) def. Michelle Lui (SU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 #83 Donika Bashota (WSU) def. Kelly Woodman (SU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 Barbora Michalkova (WSU) def. Madison Maloney (SU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 Trang Huynh (WSU) def. Barbara Carey (SU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Aneta Miksovska (WSU) def. Sari Kwee (SU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 Victoria Matejevic (WSU) def. Kristen James (SU) 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 4,1,3,2,5,6
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Players Mentioned

Donika Bashota

Donika Bashota

5' 4"
Sophomore
Maria Biryukova

Maria Biryukova

5' 10"
Senior
Trang Huynh

Trang Huynh

5' 6"
Senior
Victoria Matejevic

Victoria Matejevic

5' 9"
Junior
Barbora Michalkova

Barbora Michalkova

6' 0"
Freshman
Aneta Miksovska

Aneta Miksovska

5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Donika Bashota

Donika Bashota

5' 4"
Sophomore
Maria Biryukova

Maria Biryukova

5' 10"
Senior
Trang Huynh

Trang Huynh

5' 6"
Senior
Victoria Matejevic

Victoria Matejevic

5' 9"
Junior
Barbora Michalkova

Barbora Michalkova

6' 0"
Freshman
Aneta Miksovska

Aneta Miksovska

5' 9"
Freshman