WTEN | Gaels Fall At No. 19 USC - SMC California Athletics

Friday, January 31

Los Angeles, CA

3:00 PM

Saint Mary's College of California

USC

Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner

WTEN | Gaels Fall At No. 19 USC

1/31/2020 6:46:00 PM | Women's Tennis

LOS ANGELES — Saint Mary's (0-1) opened the spring season on the road at No. 19 USC (2-1) on Friday but fell to the Women of Troy, 4-0.

USC took the doubles point with doubles wins on courts 1 and 3. Saint Mary's tandem of Lene Mari Hovda and Gabriela Tevez nearly earned the win as the No. 3 seed but were defeated in a close match by Jaeger/Saca, 7-5. Chloe Goyette and Jordan Harris were locked up 6-6 in their match before it was called.

The Women of Troy grabbed three wins in singles play to ultimately take the dual. Hovda led No. 68 Sydney Van Alphen on Court 3 after one set, 7-6, before their match was called. Tevez also won her first set on Court 5 against Constance Branstine but was unable to finish.

Saint Mary's will stay in Los Angeles for their next match against No. 4 UCLA beginning tomorrow at noon.

RESULTS
DOUBLES
(1) Cayetano/Kulikov (USC) def. Kozyreva/McIntyre (SMC) – 6-1
(2) Ewing/Con. Branstine (USC) vs. Goyette/Harris (SMC) – 6-6 susp.
(3) Jaeger/Saca (USC) def. Hovda/Tevez (SMC) – 7-5
Order of Finish: 1, 3

SINGLES
(1) #60 Angela Kulikov (USC) def. #15 Mariia Kozyreva (SMC) – 6-4, 6-3
(2) Salma Ewing (USC) def. Jordan Harris (SMC) – 6-1, 6-4
(3) #68 Sydney Van Alphen (USC) vs. Lene Mari Hovda (SMC) – 6-7(3) susp.
(4) Eryn Cayetano (USC) def. Danielle McIntyre (SMC) – 6-2, 6-2
(5) Constance Branstine (USC) vs. Gabriela Tevez (SMC) – 6-7 (2), 4-2 susp.
(6) Estella Jaeger (USC) vs. Liesl Pieters (SMC) – 7-6 (3), 2-0 susp.
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 1