April 26, 2010
SAN DIEGO - The 75th-ranked San Diego State women's tennis team improved to 13-10 on the season after dominating Division II's No. 15 team UC San Diego, 7-0, Monday afternoon at Aztec Tennis Center. With the win, SDSU closed the book on the regular season and will now prepare for the Mountain West Conference Championship, which is set to begin on Thursday morning in Las Vegas.
The Aztecs wasted little time in doubles and was paced by Olivia Colman and Alicia Aguilar's 8-0 victory at No. 3. After Colman and Aguilar set the tone, Julia Trunk and Julia Wais clinched the point for the home team with their 8-3 win at the second position. Then for good measure, Roxanne and Sierra Ellison made it a clean sweep with their 8-2 triumph at the top of the order.
In singles, it was more of the same for San Diego State as the Aztecs won all six matches in straight-sets fashion. Wais was the first SDSU student-athlete off the court after beating Cindy Dao, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 3. Soon thereafter, Colman posted an identical, 6-1, 6-0, victory over Jacquelyn Davis at No. 6 to move the Aztecs to within a point of the win.
SDSU made its 13th victory of the season official when No. 92 Aguilar logged a 6-1, 6-3 decision over Natalie Varnay at No. 2.
With the outcome already decided, Emma Cioffi, No. 55 Trunk and Roxanne Ellison all recorded convincing wins at their respective positions to end the regular season on a high note.
The Aztecs return to the courts on Thursday at 10 a.m. PT when they open MWC Championship play. The fifth-seeded Scarlet and Black will take on No. 4 seed BYU at Fertitta Tennis Complex on the campus of UNLV.
No. 75 San Diego State 7, UC San Diego 0
Aztec Tennis Center (San Diego, Calif.)
Doubles
1. Roxanne Ellison/Sierra Ellison (SDSU) def. Taskeen Bains/Natalie Varnay (UCSD), 8-2
2. Julia Trunk/Julia Wais (SDSU) def. Anita Athavale/Jacquelyn Davis (UCSD), 8-3
3. Olivia Colman/Alicia Aguilar (SDSU) def. Cindy Dao/Valerie Tang (UCSD), 8-0
SDSU wins doubles point.
Singles
1. No. 55 Julia Trunk (SDSU) def. Taskeen Bains (UCSD), 6-2, 6-3
2. No. 92 Alicia Aguilar (SDSU) def. Natalie Varnay (UCSD), 6-1, 6-3
3. Julia Wais (SDSU) def. Cindy Dao (UCSD), 6-1, 6-0
4. Roxanne Ellison (SDSU) def. Valerie Tang (UCSD), 6-4, 6-3
5. Emma Cioffi (SDSU) def. Anita Athavale (UCSD), 6-2, 6-1
6. Olivia Colman (SDSU) def. Jacquelyn Davis (UCSD), 6-1, 6-0
Order of finish
Doubles: 3, 2, 1
Singles: 3, 6, 2*, 5, 1, 4
*Clinching match