MORAGA, Calif. — Saint Mary's (6-7, 3-0 WCC) rolled to their fifth straight victory on Friday as they defeated No. 43 Loyola Marymount (5-5, 0-2 WCC) with a score of 4-2 on their home court.
The Gaels earned the doubles point with 6-3 wins on the top two courts. Clementine Clement and Chloe Goyette secured a victory after LMU won Court 3 and Mariia Kozyreva and Hind Abdelouahid finalized the point against the Lions' top tandem.
Kozyreva, this week's Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the week, continued her dominance this season with a 6-2, 6-0 win in the No. 1 singles slot to move to 8-2 this spring. Goyette played her first singles match as the Gaels' No. 2 and comfortably won, 6-1, 6-0.
Freshman Liesl Pieters battled into three sets on Court 5 to cement the match for Saint Mary's. The Belgian won 6-3 in her first set before dropping the second, 6-0. Pieters remained tough however in set three with a 6-3 result for her fourth singles win of the year.
RESULTS
Saint Mary's 4, Loyola Marymount 2
DOUBLES
1. Hind Abdelouahid/Mariia Kozyreva (SMC) def. Eva Marie Voracek/Vero Miroshnichenko (LMU) 6-3
2. Clementine Clement/Chloe Goyette (SMC) def. Lillian Gabrielsen/Siobhan Anderson (LMU) 6-3
3. Elvira Juravliova/Camila Tumosa (LMU) def. Jordan Harris/Danielle McIntyre (SMC) 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
SINGLES
1. Mariia Kozyreva (SMC) def. Vero Miroshnichenko (LMU) 6-2, 6-0
2. Chloe Goyette (SMC) def. Eva Marie Voracek (LMU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Siobhan Anderson (LMU) def. Clementine Clement (SMC) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
4. Elvira Juravliova (LMU) def. Hind Abdelouahid (SMC) 6-3, 6-4
5. Liesl Pieters (SMC) def. Yesica De Lucas (LMU) 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
6. Aubane Ville (SMC) vs. Camila Tumosa (LMU) 2-6, 6-3, 2-3, unfinished
Order of finish: 2, 1, 4, 3, 5
UP NEXT: PEPPERDINE
The Gaels host the WCC's top team tomorrow as the Waves come to town for an 11 a.m. match.
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