MORAGA, Calif. - The Saint Mary's Women's Tennis team heads to SoCal to take on UC Riverside on Thursday and Long Beach State on Friday.
The Gaels were scheduled to take on Sacramento State Feb. 29th, but the match was postponed to Wednesday March 20th, along with a meeting with Stanford University on March 2nd, but was canceled due to weather conditions.
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's (5-3) vs. UC Riverside (3-13)
Thursday, March 14 at 10:30 a.m.
SRC Tennis Courts – Riverside, Calif.
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Saint Mary's (5-3) vs. Long Beach State (6-4)
Friday, March 15 at 1:00 p.m.
Rhodes Tennis Center – Long Beach, Calif.
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LAST TIMEOUT
The Gaels had a 2-0 weekend a couple of weeks ago defeating UC Davis 4-2 and the University of Nevada 4-1.
The Aggies went into the singles being up one point by securing the double points.
Sofia Daryaie tied the score in the first singles match taking down UC Davis Daisy Maunupau 6-3, 6-2. The Aggies came back and led the Gaels 2-1, but SMC quickly shut them down, dominating in the next three matches securing a team win.
Olivia Rook defeated her competitor Carly Schwartzbert 6-4, 6-1,
Stefanie Silva won her match 6-4, 7-5, and
Iman Khan sealed the deal for Saint Mary's in three sets 6-2, 2-6, and 6-3.
Saint Mary's was able to come out on top for the doubles point when taking on the University of Nevada. The Gaels up by one, quickly came up by two with Khan defeating Amahée Charrier 6-1, 6-2, and Daryaie defeated Mia Miranda 6-2, 6-1. Rook fell short to her opponent, but Silva finished off the Wolf Pack with an SMC win 6-4, 6-2 over Anastasia Luneva.
ABOUT UC RIVERSIDE
This year's Highlanders have a fairly young team with only two seniors on the team. In their three wins this season, Sophomore Maya Youssef has won a set in each of the matches. She won in her singles match against CSUN, in her doubles match 6-2 against Hope International, and won 6-1, 6-3 in her single match against Weber State.
ABOUT LONG BEACH STATE
At the end of their last season, Long Beach State had five separate players honored as the Big West Conference announced the postseason All-Big West honors, with one Peppi Ramsedt, earning All-Big West Second Team leading the team in 2023-2024 season with an overall 23-8 doubles record and earning Honorable Mention for her single matches.
Ramsedt continues to dominate for Long Beach State this season by winning the Beach Tennis Winter Invite earlier this season. That same week she was named Big West Tennis Player of the Week for the first time in her career. Ramsedt has helped Long Beach State with their current two game win streak defeating East Carolina 4-3 and UC Davis 5-2, looking to push their win streak to three as they take on Havard at home this Thursday.
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