April 5, 2008

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The San Diego State women's tennis team dropped its fourth straight Mountain West Conference match with a 5-2 loss to No. 24 TCU on Saturday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex in Las Vegas, Nev. The Horned Frogs (15-4 overall, 5-0 MWC) won the doubles point before claiming four singles contests for the victory. With the loss, SDSU falls to 7-11 overall and 0-4 in league action.

The Aztecs gave the Frogs a run for their money in all three doubles matches, but was unable to put a point on the board. Esther Cadua and Milana Yusupov fell, 8-6, at the No. 3 spot to Macall Harkins and Kewa Nichols before Nina Munch-Soegaard and Katariina Tuohimaa put TCU up 1-0 with an 8-6 victory over Kathryn Kitts and Eliska Krausova at the top of the ladder.

Holly Bagshaw and Sisse Nielsen were unable to prevent the sweep, dropping an 8-7(2) decision to Maria Babanova and Anna Sydorska. SDSU has now been shut out in doubles action in its last four matches.

TCU jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in singles play as Bagshaw and Trunk fell at the top two spots. Babanova then handed Nielsen a straight-set loss in the No. 6 slot to give the Frogs their eighth consecutive victory.

On a higher note for the Aztecs, Milana Yusupov downed Nichols, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 5 to pick up her ninth win of the dual-match season.

In an epic battle on court four, Cadua outlasted Tuohimaa, 3-6, 7-6(3), 10-7 for her seventh straight victory. The San Diego, Calif., native improves to 19-9 overall and 4-0 in conference play.

San Diego State will look to pick up its first MWC victory when it returns to the courts Sunday, April 6 to face 58th-ranked UNLV at 10 a.m. (PDT).

No. 24 TCU 5, San Diego State 2
Fertitta Tennis Complex -- Las Vegas, Nev.
April 5, 2008

Doubles
1. Nina Munch-Soegaard/Katariina Tuohimaa (TCU) def. Kathryn Kitts/Eliska Krausova (SDSU), 8-6.
2. Maria Babanova/Anna Sydorska (TCU) def. Holly Bagshaw/Sisse Nielsen (SDSU), 8-7(2).
3. Macall Harkins/Kewa Nichols (TCU) def. Esther Cadua/Milana Yusupov (SDSU), 8-6.
TCU wins doubles point.

Singles
1. #63 Nina Munch-Soegaard (TCU) def. Holly Bagshaw (SDSU), 6-0, 6-1.
2. Macall Harkins (TCU) def. Julia Trunk (SDSU), 6-1, 6-0.
3. #86 Anna Sydorska (TCU) def. Eliska Kruasova (SDSU), 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.
4. Esther Cauda (SDSU) def. Katariina Tuohimaa (TCU), 3-6, 7-6(3), 10-7.
5. Milana Yusupov (SDSU) def. Kewa Nichols (TCU), 6-4, 6-4.
6. Maria Babanova (TCU) def. Sisse Nielsen (SDSU), 6-0, 6-2.

Order of finish
Doubles: 3, 1, 2
Singles: 2, 1, 6*, 3, 5, 4
*match-clinching victory