April 9, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The 45th-ranked San Diego State women's tennis squad continued its solid play within the Mountain West Conference and improved to 4-0 in league action after it defeated New Mexico on the road, 6-1, at Linda Estes Tennis Complex. With the victory, the Aztecs improve to 13-7 and have now won nine of their last 10 matches.
SDSU won all three doubles matches to earn the point and to take a 1-0 lead. No. 51 Roxanne Ellison and Sierra Ellison were 8-2 winners over Michaela Bezdickova and Nikolina Grbac at the top spot, while fellow nationally ranked duo, No. 74 Alicia Aguilar and Julia Wais, emerged with an 8-6 victory against Anya Villanueva and Ashley Bonner at No. 2. Julia Trunk and Emma Cioffi made it a clean sweep at No. 3 with their 8-5 effort vs. Laura Richardson and Kristin Eggleston.
In singles, the Aztecs were just as dominant, winning five of the six matches and all in straight sets. Trunk posted a 6-1, 6-3 decision over Bezdickova at the top of the order and Wais followed suit at No. 2 with a 6-1, 6-1 performance against Villanueva.
At No. 3, Cioffi experienced little trouble in her match with Grbac as she notched a 6-2, 6-4 win. Sierra Ellison cruised as well, pinning a 6-1, 6-4 loss on Richardson at No. 4, while her sister, Roxanne Ellison, turned in a 6-3, 6-4 effort vs. Eggleston at the fifth position.
The lone Lobo point came at No. 6 where Michaela Odani defeated Olivia Colman, 6-4, 6-4.
San Diego State, which is tied for first place with UNLV in the MWC, returns to action on Sunday when it faces No. 61 TCU at Linda Estes Tennis Complex in Albuquerque. Doubles is set to start at 9 a.m. MT.
No. 45 San Diego State 6, New Mexico 1
Linda Estes Tennis Complex; Albuquerque, N.M.
Doubles
1. No. 51 Ellison/Ellison (SDSU) def. Bezdickova/Grbac (UNM), 8-2
2. No. 74 Aguilar/Wais (SDSU) def. Villanueva/Bonner (UNM), 8-6
3. Trunk/Cioffi (SDSU) def. Richardson/Eggleston (UNM), 8-5
San Diego State wins doubles point.
Singles
1. Julia Trunk (SDSU) def. Michaela Bezdickova (UNM), 6-1, 6-3
2. Julia Wais (SDSU) def. Anya Villanueva (UNM), 6-1, 6-1
3. Emma Cioffi (SDSU) def. Nikolina Grbac (UNM), 6-2, 6-4
4. Sierra Ellison (SDSU) def. Laura Richardson (UNM), 6-1, 6-4
5. Roxanne Ellison (SDSU) def. Kristin Eggleston (UNM), 6-3, 6-4
6. Michaela Oldani (UNM) def. Olivia Colman (SDSU), 6-4, 6-4