SAN DIEGO – San Diego State women's tennis earned its second win of the weekend when it topped Cal Poly 6-1 Sunday at Aztec Tennis Center.
In doubles play, Cal Poly got a quick jump on the Aztecs with a 6-4 victory over senior Mia Smith and sophomore Alicia Melosch on court one. With the match's first point on the line, juniors Nnena Nadozie and Abbie Mulbarger secured a 6-4 decision on court three to even the score. In exciting fashion, second-seeded freshman Julia Jordan and junior Tamara Arnold broke a 5-5 tie with two-straight game wins, winning 7-5 and bringing the doubles point home for SDSU.
Arnold secured the team's second match point with a dominant 6-1, 6-2 win in singles play over Cal Poly's Boyden. The Mustangs answered with a 6-2, 7-6 (3) victory over SDSU freshman Cécile Morin on court five to earn their first and only point of the day. Melosch came back from a 0-6 defeat in her first set to top Cal Poly's Dunkle in the second and third sets, winning the match 0-6, 6-4, 6-2. Clinching the victory for the Aztecs was Julia Jordan, who bounced back from a 2-6 defeat in the first to earn a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over the Mustangs' Bhunu.
Also earning wins Sunday were Nnena Nadozie and Abbie Mulbarger, with Nadozie continuing her singles win-streak with a 3-6, 6-3, 10-7 victory over Boyden and Mulbarger storming back from a first set defeat to take the six seed victory 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
THE NOTE
Junior Nnena Nadozie holds the Mountain West's best win percentage and total wins this season—13-1 (including fall tournament play) throughout 2019-2020 and a perfect 5-0 in dual-match play.
UP NEXT
The Aztecs continue a four-match homestand when they welcome the University of Hawai'i to Aztec Tennis Center Wednesday, Feb. 19. Play is set to begin at 2 p.m. PT.
Cal Poly vs San Diego State University
2/16/2020 at Aztec Tennis Center
San Diego State University 6, Cal Poly 1
Singles Competition
1. Nnena Nadozie (SDSU) def. Susanne Boyden (CPW) 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
2. Tamara Arnold (SDSU) def. Emily Monaghan (CPW) 6-1, 6-2
3. Alicia Melosch (SDSU) def. Delanie Dunkle (CPW) 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
4. Julia Jordan (SDSU) def. Kim Bhunu (CPW) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
5. Melissa LaMette (CPW) def. Cecile Morin (SDSU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
6. Abbie Mulbarger (SDSU) def. Emily Ackerman (CPW) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles Competition
1. Emily Monaghan/Emily Ackerman (CPW) def. Mia Smith/Alicia Melosch (SDSU) 6-4
2. Tamara Arnold/Julia Jordan (SDSU) def. Delanie Dunkle/Melissa LaMette (CPW) 7-5
3. Nnena Nadozie/Abbie Mulbarger (SDSU) def. Kim Bhunu/Dominique Stone (CPW) 6-4
Doubles Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles Order of Finish: 2, 5, 3, 4*, 6, 1
* match-clinching dual