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Tennis won another one on Friday
With two freshmen in the lineup slots, the women’s tennis team continued their dominating season.
Published 2/27/2012
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WSU tennis hosted Brigham Young University on Friday and won the dual-match 7-0 to improve their record to 9-2 on the season.

The Cougars won two of three doubles matches to win the doubles point. Juniors Liudmila Vasilieva and Andjela Kankaras dropped the No. 1 game 8-4, but freshman Elizaveta Luzina and sophomore Olga Musilovich won their match easily, 8-2, followed by a tight 8-6 win by senior Elisabeth Fournier and freshman Charlotte Koning.

In singles play the Cougars were dominant as they won five of their six matches in two sets. Vasilieva continued her incredible play this season by beating Desiree Tran at the No. 1 spot 7-6 and 6-0, extending her win-streak to 16.

At the No. 2, it was business as usual for Fournier as her all-time Cougar tennis wins record now sits at 97. She won in two sets over Megan Price, 6-3 and 6-3. Kankaras won a hard-fought batte with Morgan Anderson at the No. 3 spot with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 win.

The Cougars featured two freshman at the No. 4 and 5 spots in Luzina and Koning. Luzina beat Meghan Sheehan-Dizon in two straight 6-4 sets and Koning handled Aubrey Paul, 6-1 and 6-3.

Rounding out the singles play, Musilovich won 6-2 in the first set and was up 1-0 in the second before Lisa Waldron retired.

WSU will open conference play next weekend as they travel to Los Angeles to play No. 3 UCLA on Friday and No. 7 USC on Saturday.


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