MORAGA, Calif. – Saint Mary's Women's Tennis dominated in their penultimate home match of the season in a 6-1 victory over the Portland Pilots on Friday afternoon. The Gaels have won six of their last eight matches and are now 9-8 overall and 4-3 in WCC play.
 
The Gaels took the doubles point after Lene Mari Hovda and Julia Ronney beat Aleks Dimitrijevic and Jana Tanevska 6-1, followed by No. 36 tandem Mariia Kozyreva and Jordan Harris defeating Sally Pethybridge and Rimona Rouf 6-4 to improve to 10-1 as a tandem on the season.
 
Harris beat Rouf 6-1, 6-0 for the first singles result of the day to start a streak of wins in the singles competition. Jocelyn Massey defeated Angela Schuster 6-0, 6-2, and Ronney beat Pethyinbridge 6-3, 6-2 in singles the Gaels had sealed the win.
 
The Pilots got one singles win before No. 43 Kozyreva finished her match in a 7-6 (6-0), 6-1.
 
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Saint Mary's 6, Portland 1
 
Singles competition
1. #43 Mariia Kozyreva (SMC) def. Iva Zelic (POR) 7-6 (6-0), 6-1
2. Julia Ronney (SMC) def. Sally Pethybridge (POR) 6-3, 6-2
3. Jordan Harris (SMC) def. Rimona Rouf (POR) 6-1, 6-0
4. Aleks Dimitrijevic (POR) def. Lene Mari Hovda (SMC) 6-3, 3-2
5. Jocelyn Massey (SMC) def. Angela Schuster (POR) 6-0, 6-2
6. Gabriela Tevez (SMC) def. Jana Tanevska (POR) 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (3-0)
 
Doubles competition
1. #36 Jordan Harris/Mariia Kozyreva (SMC) def. Sally Pethybridge/Rimona Rouf (POR) 6-4
2. Jocelyn Massey/Olivia Rook (SMC) vs. Angela Schuster/Iva Zelic (POR) 5-4, unfinished
3. Lene Mari Hovda/Julia Ronney (SMC) def. Aleks Dimitrijevic/Jana Tanevska (POR) 6-1
 
Match Notes:
Portland 6-11, 1-5
Saint Mary's 9-8, 4-3
Doubles order of finish: 3,1
Singles order of finish: 3,5,2,4,1,6