PORTLAND, Ore. – The University of San Francisco women's tennis team kicked off its road trip to the Pacific Northwest in fine fashion, defeating the Portland Pilots, 4-3, Friday afternoon at the Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center.
The Dons (12-8, 3-4 WCC) captured the doubles point for the second consecutive contest behind wins from
Andrea Ka /
Sofia Holmberg and
Yurie Hashiguchi /
Milica Hadzi-Tanovic, putting the Pilots (8-12, 1-6 WCC) in an early 1-0 hole.
UP battled back to even things up at 2-2, but consecutive victories by
Marina Nikolic and
Brooke Irish capped USF's third West Coast Conference victory of the spring.
Andrea Ka picked up her team-leading 15
th win of the season in the No. 1 slot, beating Portland's Maja Mladenovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.
USF travels to take on Gonzaga on Saturday, April 20 at 11 a.m. in the regular season finale before next week's WCC Championships.
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DOUBLES:
1. Andrea Ka /
Sofia Holmberg (USF) def. Valeska Hoath / Sabine Fuchs (UP) 8-4
2. Yurie Hashiguchi /
Milica Hadzi-Tanovic (USF) def. Anastasia Polyakova / Emily Gould (UP) 8-4
3. Maja Mladenovic / Tori Troesch (UP) def.
Brooke Irish /
Marina Nikolic (USF) 8-5
SINGLES:
1. No. 80
Andrea Ka (USF) def. Maja Mladenovic (UP) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
2. Anastasia Polyakova (UP) def.
Sofia Holmberg (USF) 6-4, 6-4
3. Sabine Fuchs (UP) def.
Milica Hadzi-Tanovic (USF) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6
4. Marina Nikolic (USF) def. Valeska Hoath (UP) 6-3, 6-4
5. Brooke Irish (USF) def. Tori Troesch (UP) 6-3, 6-3
6. Saroop Dhatt (UP) def.
Melinda Akerbrant (USF) 6-2, 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
FINAL SCORE: USF 4, UP 3
