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CHENEY, Wash. – The Eastern Washington University women's tennis squad hosted Seattle University today (March 5) and found a 5-2 victory inside the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse in Cheney, Wash. The Eagles improve to 3-5 overall while the Redhawks fall to 0-6.
"This was a really good match for us to play. Seattle came out with good intensity and really pushed us in doubles. We were able to come through and secure the doubles point with the leadership of our senior captains
Zoey Nelson and
Rylee Braeden at No.1," said head coach
Dustin Hinson. "We did a good job of regrouping before singles play and we responded well to come up with a really good team victory."
Eastern bounces back after suffering a 4-0 defeat to Gonzaga two days prior as the senior duo of
Zoey Nelson and
Rylee Braeden at No. 1 doubles and partnership of
Louise Waite and
Renata Gabuzyan at No.3 doubles secured the early 1-0 lead for the Eagles.
"I was really impressed with the singles play of
Renata Gabuzyan and
Yasmin Mansouri at No.5 and No. 6 singles, respectively," stated Hinson. "I saw some areas where we need to be better, however. That's why these matches are really valuable. We will learn from it and take those notes to the training courts."
Eastern capped off the victory with singles wins from freshman
Jennifer Kida at the No.2 singles spot and junior
Louise Waite at the No. 4 spot.
EWU improves its all-time series record to 13-8 versus Seattle and extends its winning streak to four matches with it last defeat dating back to February of 2017 at home. Furthermore,
Eastern improves its home record to 4-7 against SU.
Doubles Results
Zoey Nelson/
Rylee Braeden def. Bader/Lancaster (6-3)
Rooke/Grossman def.
Scout Mathews/
Jennifer Kida (6-3)
Louise Waite/
Renata Gabuzyan def. Rasmussen/Asciuto (6-2)
Singles Results
Rooke def.
Scout Mathews (7-5, 6-3)
Jennifer Kida def. Sabotic (6-1, 6-3)
Jade def.
Zoey Nelson (6-3, 6-4)
Louise Waite def. Grossman (6-2, 5-7, 6-0)
Renata Gabuzyan def. Rasmussen (6-1, 6-0)
Yasmin Mansouri def. Sanabria (6-0, 6-0)
The Eagles were scheduled to host Big Sky Conference foe Montana State on March 7 but it has been canceled and instead they will travel to Pullman, Wash., to face Arizona on March 16 at 6:30 p.m. Pacific time.
