SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Saint Mary's Women's Tennis team headed down to San Jose Friday afternoon, which saw the Spartans win the contest 4-0 after three singles matches did not finish.
 
TRICKY DOUBLES
Saint Mary's and San Jose brought the intensity from the first serve, as each team fought tooth and nail for each point. 
 
SMC's deadly duo of Jordan Harris and Lene Mari Hovda did what they do best, as they beat the Spartans Alba Pedrero Galindo and Carolina Millan 6-4. 
 
The home team had the advantage in the other two doubles matches, as Rozalina Youseva and Irena Muradyan beat SMC's Stefanie Silva and Iman Khan. The young Gaels held their own, as the match went to a 6-6 tiebreak. The Spartans pulled through however to win the tiebreak 7-1 and seal the doubles point for San Jose State.
 
Olivia Rook and Tian Yu Dong also played well for Saint Mary's, but faced a similar fate to their teammates, as the Spartans Jovana Babic and Lara Marco Mas were able to win the tiebreak 7-4.
 
UNLUCKY SINGLES
Luck was not on Saint Mary's side on St. Patrick's Day, as Jordan Harris, Iman Khan, and Stefanie Silva were all forced to abandon their matches early.
 
Jordan Harris was engrossed in an intense match with the Spartans Alba Pedrero Galindo before she withdrew. Galindo won the first set 6-4, before Harris bounced back to win the second 6-3. Galindo was leading 2-0 in the third when the match was called off.
 
Iman Khan was leading her match 6-1, 5-4, just one game away from victory, when she was forced to withdraw. 
 
Stefanie Silva had dropped her first set 6-4, and was tied in the second 2-2 with Jovana Babic when her match was called off as well. 
 
As for the matches that finished, Lene Mari Hovda struggled to keep her momentum from last week as she fell to Carolina Millan 6-3, 6-0.
 
Olivia Rook faced a similar fate, as San Jose's Irena Muradyan refused to let Rook get into the match, as the Spartan won 6-1, 6-1. 
 
Freshman Tian Yu Dong fared slightly better, but still couldn't snatch a set from Raquel Pereira, who won the match 6-4, 6-2. Pereira's match win clinched the overall victory for the home team as well.
 
 
San Jose State (5-5) defeats Saint Mary's (4-5) 
Mar. 17, 2023 in San Jose, Calif. 
Spartan Tennis Complex
 
Doubles
 

1. Jordan Harris/Lene Mari Hovda (SMC) def. Alba Pedrero Galindo/Carolina Millan (SJSU), 6-4        
2. Rozalina Youseva/Irena Muradyan (SJSU) def. Stefanie Silva/Iman Khan (SMC), 7-6 (7-1)*
3. Jovana Babic/Lara Marco Mas (SJSU) def. Olivia Rook/Tian Yu Dong (SMC), 7-6 (7-4)

 
Order of Finish – 1, 3, 2*
 
Singles 
 
2. Carolina Millan (SJSU) def. Lene Mari Hovda (SM) 6-3, 6-0
3. Irena Muradyan (SJSU) def. Olivia Rook (SM) 6-1, 6-1
5. Raquel Pereira (SJSU) def. Tian Yu Dong (SM) 6-4, 6-2 ^
 
Match 1 DNF - Galindo led 6-4, 3-6, 1-0
Match 4 DNF - Khan led 6-1, 5-4
Match 6 DNF - Babic won 1st set 6-4, Silva led 2nd set 2-1
 
Order of Finish – 3, 2, 5 ^
^ Clinched overall win
 
NEXT UP
West Coast Conference play is up next for the Gaels as they head to Santa Clara next Friday March 24 to face off against the Broncos.