Feb. 15, 2015
SAN DIEGO - Sunday afternoon saw senior Kristin Buth upset No. 48 Danielle Flores of 42nd-ranked Saint Mary's at Aztec Tennis Center. Despite the impressive victory, SDSU came up short in the singles rally effort and dropped the match, 5-2, to the Gaels. With the loss, the Aztecs drop to 2-4 on the season.
Top-50 ranked Saint Mary's took an early lead on Sunday as it claimed the doubles point. Danielle Flores and Catherine Leduc were the first Gael duo to claim a win as they topped Kristin and Jana Buth in first doubles, 6-0. Jamie Pawid and Karerena Manji notched the point for Saint Mary's as they defeated Hailey Johnson and Isabelle Hoorn in third singles, 6-2. Despite the Aztec duo of Dora Somoracz and Tami Nguyen being ahead 4-3 on the first court over Jana McCord and Parminder Kaur, the match did not finish as the doubles point had been decided.
As singles play got underway, 112th-ranked singles player McCord gave the Gaels their second point of the match as she got past Nguyen in the second spot, 6-2, 6-4. In the fifth position, Manji notched the third point for Saint Mary's as she defeated Paola Diaz de Regules, 6-3, 6-4. Leduc would claim the win for Saint Mary's as she topped Jana Buth in fourth singles, 6-3, 6-4. The third spot saw the final opposition point of the day as Pawid defeated Kennedy Davis, 6-1, 7-5. In the sixth position, Johnson battled back from being down in the first set to take the victory over Kaur, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. In the final match on the courts, the first singles proved to be a thriller as Kristin Buth fought to upset No. 48 Flores, 7-5, 7-6 (6).
San Diego State will conclude its four-match homestand next weekend with two contests at Aztec Tennis Center. The Aztecs will face No. 38 Arizona on Friday at 1 pm and will play host to 21st-ranked Kentucky on Sunday at noon.
No. 42 Saint Mary's 5, San Diego State 2
February 15, 2015 - Noon
Aztec Tennis Center
Doubles
1. Somoracz/Nguyen (SDSU) vs. McCord/Kaur (SMC) - DNF
2. Flores/Leduc (SMC) def. K. Buth/ J. Buth (SDSU) - 6-0
3. Pawid/Manji (SMC) def. Johnson/Hoorn (SDSU) - 6-2
(Order of finish: 2, 3, 1)
Singles
1. Kristin Buth (SDSU) def. No. 48 Danielle Flores (SMC) - 7-5, 7-6 (6)
2. No. 112 Jana McCord (SMC) def. Tami Nguyen (SDSU) - 6-2, 6-4
3. Jamie Pawid (SMC) def. Kennedy Davis (SDSU) - 6-1, 7-5
4. Catherine Leduc (SMC) def. Jana Buth (SDSU) - 6-3, 6-4
5. Kareena Manji (SMC) def. Paola Diaz de Regules (SDSU) - 6-3, 6-4
6. Hailey Johnson (SDSU) def. Parminder Kaur (SMC) - 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
(Order of finish: 2, 5, 4, 3, 6, 1)