March 23, 2008

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The Cal State Northridge women's tennis team (9-4) lost to No. 46 Boise State Sunday afternoon in a non-conference match at the Matador Tennis Complex. Senior Kanykey Koichumanova picked up a singles victory at her No. 2 position and she and teammate Brooke Doane continued their run in doubles, improving to 12-0.

Continuing their perfect season, Koichumanova and Doane dispatched of Stacey Housley and Jana Mackova, 8-4, in the No. 2 doubles match. In singles action Koichumanova, an All-Big West First Team honoree in 2007, improved to 7-6 on the season with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Polina Kokoulina. Doane lost her No. 6 match, 3-6, 6-4 and 7-3 to Laura Baum.

In other doubles action, Pichittra Thongdach and Kokoulina defeated junior Victoria Brymer and senior Canna Furuta in the No. 1 match, 8-5. Finally, the doubles point was decided when Baum and Klaudia Wlodarczyk defeated junior Sandra Kukla and freshman Nina Jaworowski, 9-7, in the No. 3 match.

Kukla also picked up a singles victory for the Matadors, defeating Wlodarczyk, 3-6, 6-4 and 10-4, at the third position. Brymer fell, 7-5 and 6-2, to Thongdach in the top draw.

In the bottom half of the ledger, Furuta lost. 7-5 and 6-4, to Housley in the fourth position while Mackova snapped Jaworowski's seven-match winning streak in singles play, 6-3 and 6-3, in the No. 5 match.

The Matadors now await a date with No. 39 Long Beach State on Mar. 28 at the Matador Tennis Complex. First serve is slated for 2 p.m.

Doubles. 1. Pichittra Thongdach/Polina Kokoulina (BSU) def. Victoria Brymer / Canna Furuta (CSUN), 8-5 2. Kanykey Koichumanova / Brooke Doane (CSUN) def .Stacey Housley/Jana Mackova (BSU), 8-4. 3. Laura Baum/Klaudia Wlodarczyk def. Sandra Kukla / Nina Jaworowski, 9-7

Singles: 1. Thongdach (BSU) def. Brymer (CSUN), 7-5, 6-2 2. Koichumanova (CSUN) def. Kokoulina, 6-4, 6-2 3. Kukla (CSUN) def. Wlodarczyk (BSU), 3-6, 6-4, 10-4 4. Housley (BSU) def. Furuta (CSUN), 7-5, 6-4 5. Mackova (BSU) def. Jaworowski (CSUN), 6-3, 6-3 6. Baum (BSU) def. Doane (CSUN), 6-3, 4-6, 7-3