April 15, 2014
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State women's tennis team dropped a close, hard-fought match to San Diego, 4-3, on senior day Tuesday afternoon at Aztec Tennis Center.
It was the final home match for senior Laura Antonaña Iriarte (San Sebastián, Spain), who is currently the No. 49-ranked singles player in the nation and has been named Mountain West Player of the Week four times this dual season.
The match began with doubles play, as USD won two of three matches to claim the point. The Aztecs' No. 1 duo of junior Hailey Johnson (Fallbrook, Calif.) and sophomore Dora Somoracz (Budapest, Hungary) fell to Shani Blecher and Marta Stojanovic, 8-2, while San Diego State's No. 2 team of Antonaña and junior Kristin Buth (Kaiserslautern, Germany) were held off by Anna Depenau and Colomba DiFilippo, 8-2, to clinch in the doubles point for the Toreros.
However, doubles action ended with SDSU's No. 3 unit of sophomore Tami Nguyen (Muntinlupa City, Philippines) and sophomore Isabelle Hoorn (Soest, Netherlands) defeating Idil Haciraifoglu and Janine Koleta, 8-5.
Singles play began with Antonaña finishing off her Aztecs home career on a high note, knocking off Blecher on the No. 1 court, 6-4, 6-2. Freshman Kennedy Davis (San Jose, Calif.) dropped her match in No. 4 singles to DiFilippo, 6-1, 6-2, while Buth was topped by Depenau, 6-3, 6-2, in the No. 2 slot.
Hoorn fell short against Haciraifoglu in No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-2, to seal the dual-match victory for USD, before Nguyen earned a three-set in No. 3 singles over Stojanovic, 6-1, 3-6, 10-5, and Somoracz earned a three-set victory against Mikayla Morkel-Brink, 6-4, 3-6, 10-5, on the No. 6 court.
San Diego State (10-12, 3-1 MW) concludes the regular season at MW foe UNLV on Saturday, April 19, beginning at 10 a.m. PT, before preparing for the Mountain West Championships on April 24 in Fresno, Calif.
USD 4, SDSU 3
Aztec Tennis Center
Doubles:
Blecher/Stojanovic (USD) def. Somoracz/Johnson (SDSU), 8-2
Depenau/DiFilippo (USD) def. Buth/Antonana (SDSU), 8-2
Nuyen/Hoorn (SDSU) def. Haciraifoglu/Koleta (USD), 8-5
Singles:
No. 49 Antonana (SDSU) def. Blecher (USD), 6-4, 6-2
Depenau (USD) def. Buth (SDSU), 6-3, 6-2
Nguyen (SDSU)def. Stojanovic (USD), 6-1, 3-6, 10-5
DiFilippo (USD) def Davis (SDSU), 6-1, 6-2
Haciraifoglu (USD) def. Hoorn (SDSU), 6-1, 6-2
Somoracz (SDSU) def. Morkel-Brink (USD), 6-4, 3-6, 10-5
Order of finish:
Doubles (1,2,3)
Singles (1,4,2,5,3,6)