Sept. 26, 2014
SAN DIEGO -
SDSU Fall ClassicI-Day One Results
The San Diego State women's tennis team completed the inaugural day of fall competition on Friday as it picked up seven victories at the first day of the SDSU Fall Classic I. The Aztecs took decisions in two doubles and five singles matches. The event will continue tomorrow, Saturday, at 9 am at Aztec Tennis Center.
The SDSU duo of Dora Somoracz and Isabelle Hoorn claimed a contested decision on court No. 6 over Lana Rinaldi and Marie Deleval of Grand Canyon, 8-7 (7-2). Also coming away with a win in doubles play was the team of Kennedy Davis and Olivia Larsson. The Aztecs downed Gabrielle Joyce and Marie-Pier Thiffault of New Mexico State, 8-3.
On court No. 4, Kristin Buth and newcomer, Paola Diaz de Regules, fell short to Vivian Lin and Kiryang Kim of CSUN in a tiebreaker, 8-7 (7-1). Also moving onto the consolation side of the draw, freshman Jana Buth and Hailey Johnson dropped their match to Priscilla Annoual and Tatum Prudhome of Grand Canyon, 8-5. Court No. 8 saw Tami Nguyen and Felicia Ahlborg fall to Mickey Hsu and Kristen Poei, 8-2.
In singles action, the black draw saw the most success for SDSU. Davis easily handled Rimpledeep Kaur of New Mexico State, 6-1, 6-2. Also claiming a win was Jana Buth as she defeated Kim of CSUN, 6-2, 6-3. In the blue singles bracket, Johnson fell behind in the first set only to fight back for the victory over Thiffault of New Mexico State, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
The green draw would be the second bracket to see two victories for San Diego State. Hoorn dismissed Leslie Chang of CSUN, 6-2, 6-1. Also notching a win was Larsson as she topped Corinne Schnyder, also of CSUN, 6-3, 6-1.
In the red bracket, Nguyen could not get past Jessica Perez of Loyola Marymount, 6-3, 6-4. Despite coming close in the first set, Kristin Buth would also fall in the same draw to Lin of CSUN, 7-5, 6-0. In the white bracket, Denise Van Der Ben of New Mexico State topped Somoracz, 6-3, 6-3. Diaz de Regules would find similar fate despite a tight first set to Criss Rodriguez of CSUN, 7-5, 6-3. Ahlborg was defeated in the gold draw by Nina Asanin of Grand Canyon, 6-3, 6-2.
The second day of competition will kickoff tomorrow with doubles play at 9 a.m., immediately followed by singles play at Aztec Tennis Center.
SDSU Fall Classic I - Day One
Sept. 26, 2014
Aztec Tennis Center
Doubles
Black Draw
Lin/Kim (CSUN) def. K. Buth/Diaz (SDSU) - 8-7 (7-1)
Annoual/Prudhomme (GCU) def. J. Buth/Johnson (SDSU) - 8-5
Red Draw
Somoracz/Hoorn (SDSU) def. Rinaldi/Deleval (GCU) - 8-7 (7-2)
Hsu/Poei (CSUN) def. Nguyen/Ahlborg (SDSU) - 8-2
White Draw
Davis/Larsson (SDSU) def. Joyce/Thiffault (NMSU) - 8-3
Singles
Red Draw
Jessica Perez (LMU) def. Tami Nguyen (SDSU) - 6-3, 6-4
Vivian Lin (CSU) def. Kristin Buth (SDSU) - 7-5, 6-0
Black Draw
Kennedy Davis (SDSU) def. Rimpledeep Kaur (NMSU) - 6-1, 6-2
Jana Buth (SDSU) def. Kiryang Kim (CSUN) - 6-2, 6-3
White Draw
Denise Van Der Ben (NMSU) def. Dora Somoracz (SDSU) - 6-3, 6-3
Criss Rodriguez (CSUN) def. Paola Diaz de Regules (SDSU) - 7-5, 6-3
Blue Draw
Hailey Johnson (SDSU) def. Marie-Pier Thiffault (NMSU) - 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Green Draw
Isabelle Hoorn (SDSU) def. Leslie Chang (CSUN) - 6-2, 6-1
Olivia Larsson (SDSU) def. Corinne Schnyder (CSUN) - 6-3, 6-1
Gold Draw
Nina Asanin (GCU) def. Felicia Ahlborg (SDSU) - 6-3, 6-2