SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Battling hard as they fought to keep their season going, the University of San Francisco Dons women's tennis team (12-10, 4-5) dropped their match against the third seeded LMU Lions (14-6, 7-2) at the WCC Championships this afternoon by a final score of 4-3. 
 
Coming close in the final matches, the Dons put on a strong last performance to close out their year. Starting the day off by clinching their two doubles matches for the first point, Maria Martinez Vaquero and Simran Chhabra ended on a high by adding to their winning record of 9-5 overall. Chiho Mushika and Caragh Courtney collected their last win as a duo, evening their record to 5-5 on the year. In singles, USF had two players, Simran Chhbra and Hana Gamracy, end the year with an individual win to get them the other two points against LMU.
 
RESULTS:
Doubles: 

1. (USF) Maria Martinez Vaquero/Simran Chhabra def. (LMU) Veronika Miroshnichenko/Eva Marie Voracek 6-3 
2. (LMU) Isabella Tcherkes-Zade/Wiktoria Rutkowska vs. (USF) Rita Colyer/Arianna Capogrosso 4-3 unfinished 
3. (USF) Chiho Mushika/Caragh Courtney def. (LMU) Anna Paradisi/Stefania Rogozinska-Dzik 6-4 

Singles: 

1. (LMU) Veronika Miroshnichenko def. (USF) Maria Martinez Vaquero 6-4, 6-3
2. (LMU) Stefania Rogozinska-Dzik def. (USF) Chiho Mushika 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
3. (LMU) Eva Marie Voracek def. (USF) Caragh Courtney 6-1, 6-3 
4. (USF) Simran Chhabra def. (LMU) Anna Paradisi 6-2, 6-2
5. (USF) Hana Gamracy def. (LMU) Isabella Tcherkes-Zade 6-4, 6-1 
6. (LMU) Sofia Munera def. (USF) Arianna Capogrosso 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 

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The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge and thank our department sponsor – Nike - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.