PULLMAN, Wash. (Feb. 16, 2025) – The Washington State Women's Tennis swept past Boise State and Seattle in a Sunday doubleheader at the Simmelink Tennis Courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse. The Cougars defeated Boise State 6-1 followed by a 4-0 win over Seattle. With the victories, WSU improves to 9-3 on the season.
 
Boise State Match
In doubles play, the Cougars won on Courts 1 and 3 to clinch the opening point. At No. 1, WSU's Eva Alvarez Sande and Maxine Murphy cruised to a 6-3 win over the nation's 53rd-ranked team, Zdena Safarova and Maya Dutta. AT No. 3, the Cougar duo of Hania Abouelsaad and Martina Puvill never trailed in a 6-2 win over Bhakti Shah and Paula Shaeffer. The No. 2 match between WSU's Elyse Tse and Chisato Kanemaki against Boise State's Ryan Kershner and Lorelyn Murraffo was stopped with the match tied at 5-5.
 
Tse put the Cougars up 2-0 after she completed a 6-0, 6-3 win over Shah at No. 3. Murphy followed as she rallied from 4-2 down in the second to final the final four games in a 6-4, 6-4 win over Dutta at No. 2.
 
Alvarez Sande clinched the team win for the Cougars as she defeated Safarova, ranked No. 110 nationally, 6-3, 7-6 at No. 1, giving WSU a 4-0 lead with three matches remaining. Alvarez Sande needed six match points to secure the win.
 
In a marathon match, Abouelsaad outlasted Shaeffer at No. 4, winning 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (2), to give WSU a 5-0 lead. At No. 6, Kanemaki rallied from a set down to defeat Masa Viriant, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-6. Boise captured its lone win as Shaeffer posted a 7-5, 7-6 (4) win over Puvill at No. 5.
 
Seattle Match
The doubles point went to the wire as WSU's No. 1 duo of Alvarez Sande and Murphy had no trouble posting a 6-2 win over Natalia Michta and Jade Quintana. Seattle responded as the No. 2 team of Liliya Dimova and Daria Nazarenko defeated Tse and Kanemaki by the same 6-2 margin, pushing the deciding match to Court 3. After jumping out to a 3-0 lead, WSU's Abouelsaad and Kanemaki found themselves trailing 4-5 to Seattle's Lamija Avdic and Lola Tavcar. Three-straight games clinched a 7-5 victory for the Cougars, giving them the opening doubles point.
 
The Cougars quickly extended their lead in singles as Abouelsaad posted a 6-3, 6-0 win over Nazarenko at No. 4 followed by Tse's 6-3, 6-0 win over Tavcar at No. 3. Murphy clinched the match for WSU following a 6-4, 6-1 win over Dimova at No. 2.
 
With the team match secure, the remaining three matches were stopped. At No. 1, Alvarez Sande was leading Avdic, 6-4, 4-3, Puvill was leading Michta at No. 5, 4-1, and Kanemaki had just started on Court 6, leading Teramura, 1-0.
 
The Cougars return to the courts Friday, Feb. 21, when they travel to Waco, Texas, to face No. 22 Baylor.
 
 
 
WASHINGTON STATE TENNIS
Washington State 6 def. Boise State 1
February 16, 2025
Hollingbery Fieldhouse
Pullman, Wash.
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 Eva Alvarez Sande/Maxine Murphy (WSU) def. #53 Zdena Safarova/Maya Dutta (BSU) 6-3
No. 2 Elyse Tse/Chisato Kanemaki (WSU) vs. Ryan Kershner/Lorelyz Murraffo (BSU) 5-5 DNF
No. 3 Hania Abouelsaad/Martina Puvill (WSU) def. Bhakti Shah/Paula Shaeffer (BSU) 6-2
Order of Finish: 1,3
 
SINGLES
No. 1 Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) def. #110 Zdena Safarova (BSU) 6-3, 7-5
No. 2 Maxine Murphy (WSU) def. Maya Dutta (BSU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 Elyse Tse (WSU) def. Bhakti Shah (BSU) 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 Hania Abouelsaad (WSU) def. Paula Shaeffer (BSU) 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (2)
No. 5 Ariadna Briones Ginesta (BSU) def. Martina Puvill (WSU) 7-5, 7-6 (4)
No. 6 Chisato Kanemaki (WSU) def. Masa Viriant (BSU) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-6
Order of Finish: 3,2,1,4,5,6
 
Washington State 4 def. Seattle 0
February 16, 2025
Hollingbery Fieldhouse
Pullman, Wash.
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 Eva Alvarez Sande/Maxine Murphy (WSU) def. Natalia Michta/Jade Quintana (SU) 6-2
No. 2 Liliya Dimova/Daria Nazarenko (SU) def. Elyse Tse/Chisato Kanemaki (WSU) 6-2
No. 3 Hania Abouelsaad/Martina Puvill (WSU) def. Lamija Avdic/Lola Tavcar (SU) 7-5
Order of Finish: 1,2,3
 
SINGLES
No. 1 Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) vs. Lamija Avdic (SU) 6-4, 4-3 DNF
No. 2 Maxine Murphy (WSU) def. Liliya Dimova (SU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 Elyse Tse (WSU) def. Lola Tavcar (SU) 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 Hania Abouelsaad (WSU) def. Daria Nazarenko (SU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 Martina Puvill (WSU) vs. Natalia Michta (SU) 4-1 DNF
No. 6 Chisato Kanemaki (WSU) vs. Larissa Teramura (SU) 1-0 DNF
Order of Finish: 4,3,2