San Francisco, Calif. - The Eastern Washington University women's tennis team dropped three matches on the road in California this week, including a 4-3 battle against San Francisco on Wednesday, March 23.
Eastern now sits at 9-8 on the season and 3-3 in the Big Sky Conference.
The tour through The Golden State began at conference opponent Sacramento State, on Sunday, Mar. 20, losing 1-6. Freshman Faye Worrall earned EWU's sole point in the singles competition, defeating Sofia Wicker 5-7, 6-2, 1-0(10-5) in a heated three-set match.
Following the match at CSUS, the Eagles took on UC Davis, dropping the match 2-5. In the doubles contest, sophomore Janaya Smith and Faye Worrall earned a win out of the No. 1 spot, beating Kristy Jorgensen and Isabella Von Ebbe 6-3. Despite ultimately losing the doubles point, Eastern continued to earn two more victories in singles. Smith played from the No. 1 spot, taking down Lani-Rae Green 6-2, 6-2. Worrall continued her excellent play, dominating Kamila Kecki 6-3, 6-0.
EWU played its final and closest match of the week against San Francisco, losing an eventual heartbreaker 3-4. In the doubles portion, the tandem of senior Moira Hedberg and junior Rachel Swindell defeated Genevieve McCloskey and Hanna Börjeson 7-6 (7-3), while the pairing of junior Dani Young and junior Katrina Domingo beat Sofia Holmberg and Shanna Dos Santos 6-2.
The Eagles earned their final two points in singles. Faye Worrall claimed her third singles win of the week by rebounding off a first set loss to defeat Dos Santos 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, while Young took down Jiayu Mu 6-4, 6-2.
Head Coach Dustin Hinson shared his thoughts, "We knew we had some tough teams to face coming into the week, and our goal was to do what we've been doing all season...control what we can control and focus on performance. We did that very well and we got better in each match. We have some important matches coming up to finish the season and we are definitely going to keep working hard. We are confident and know what we are capable of. Now it's just a matter of trusting our abilities and executing."
Eastern continues its schedule on the road, Friday, April 1, against Big Sky opponent Idaho, starting at 3 p.m. PST.
