PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State tennis team opened and closed Saturday in similar fashion. The Cougars came out with a 7-0 showing against Northern Arizona. With the victory the Cougars improve to 8-0 on the season.

The Cougars wasted no time jumping out on top. For the seventh time in eight matches this season, the Cougars captured the opening doubles point. No. 2 Donika Bashota and Victoria Matejevic easily defeated Marta Lewandowska and Emelia Box 6-0 followed by Maria Biryukova and Trang Huynh's dominating 6-1 win over Hanneke Lodewijks and Blanka Szavay at No. 1. The No. 3 match between WSU's Aneta Miksovska and Barbora Michalkova and NAU's Sara Brown and Jordan Denesik was stopped with WSU leading 4-1.

In singles play, Bashota quickly increased WSU's lead to 2-0 as she was the first off the court following a 6-1, 6-0 win over Szavay at No. 2. Huynh made it 3-0 after she won a 6-0, 6-2 decision against Denesik at No. 4. Michalkova clinched the victory for WSU as she posted a 6-3, 6-1 win over Lewandowska at No. 3, giving WSU an insurmountable 4-0 lead.

With the team victory secured, No. 1 Biryukova continued the Cougars winning streak taking down Lodewijks by a score of 6-3, 6-3. The win marks Biryukova's 78th victory moving her into ninth place on WSU's top-10 singles victories list.

At No. 5, Miksovska cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 win over Granville, while Matejevic defeated Box in straight sets 6-2, 7-5 at No. 6.

The Cougars are on the road for the first time in dual-match play next weekend. WSU begins play Saturday, Feb. 13, against Memphis at 1 p.m., and face off with host #59 UC Santa Barbara at 5 p.m.

DOUBLES
No. 1 Biryukova/Huynh (WSU) def. Lodewijks/Szavay (NAU) 6-1
No. 2 Bashota/Matejevic (WSU) def. Lewandowska/Box(NAU) 6-0
No. 3 Michalkova/Miksovska (WSU) vs. Brown/Denesik(NAU) 4-1 DNF
Order of Finish: 2,1

SINGLES
No. 1 Maria Biryukova (WSU) def. Hanneke Lodewijks (NAU) 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 #83 Donika Bashota (WSU) def. Blanka Szavay (NAU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 Barbora Michalkova (WSU) def. Marta Lewandowska (NAU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 Trang Huynh (WSU) def. Jordan Denesik (NAU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 5 Aneta Miksovska (WSU) def. Eirene Granville (NAU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 Victoria Matejevic (WSU) def. Emelia Box (NAU) 6-2, 7-5
Order of Finish: 2,4,3,1,5,6