April 14, 2008
SAN DIEGO -
Coming off a 3-0 showing in its final Mountain West Conference weekend, the San Diego State women's tennis team (10-12) will close out its regular-season schedule by hosting the University of San Diego in a 4 p.m. (PDT) showdown on Tuesday, April 15. SDSU will honor its two seniors, Eliska Krausova and Sisse Nielsen, in their final match at the Aztec Tennis Center.
Krausova has racked up 14 overall singles wins during her senior campaign, placing her fifth in the Aztec record book with 69 career victories. The Prague, Czech Republic, native has had at least 15 triumphs in each of her first three years on The Mesa, including a team-leading 21 wins last season, which earned her all-MWC honors. Krausova is also tied for 10th on the all-time charts with a career winning percentage of .595. The 2007 MWC all-academic selection will be graduating with a degree in journalism and media studies.
Nielsen has recorded 16 singles wins this year and is currently riding a four-match winning streak. Her best season came during her sophomore campaign in which she led the team with 20 singles wins, while also amassing 23 doubles victories, which ranks fourth on the single-season charts. That year, the Alleroed, Denmark, native teamed with former Aztec Dita Hauerlandova to achieve a No. 31 ranking in the final ITA doubles poll with a 19-11 overall record. The duo also earned all-conference recognition for their efforts. Nielsen is currently tied for 10th in the SDSU record book with 62 career doubles victories. The three-time MWC all-academic selection will be graduating with a degree in business management.
Last weekend the Aztecs closed out their regular-season conference slate with a trio of 7-0 victories over Air Force, Wyoming and Colorado State at the Aztec Tennis Center. Junior Holly Bagshaw won all three of her singles matches in straight sets at No. 1, while classmate Esther Cadua went 6-0 on the weekend with three singles and three doubles victories. Krausova, Nielsen, junior Milana Yusupov and freshman Julia Trunk all went 5-1 as the Aztecs only dropped two doubles matches over the course of the weekend.
USD (5-12) will be returning to the courts after a 16-day layoff and was last in action when it split a pair of matches in late March. The Toreros opened the week with a 6-1 loss at No. 10 USC (March 25), with Alexandra Demidova producing San Diego's lone point by recording a 6-4, 1-6, 10-6 upset over No. 102 Maria Sanchez. USD then rebounded with a 4-3 victory at Loyola Marymount on March 29. Tammy Kevey clinched the win for the Toreros at No. 5 singles. Leading the way for San Diego has been Helene Lindstrand, who has a team-best nine dual-match wins.
SDSU has been stellar in matches on The Mesa this year, boasting a 9-2 mark at the Aztec Tennis Center. Since the opening of the ATC in 2005, SDSU has won 71 percent of its home matches with a 34-14 record. All 14 defeats have come at the hands of teams ranked in the top 60.
Up next for the San Diego State women's tennis team will be the Mountain West Conference Championships, April 23-26, in Fort Worth, Texas.