The Cal Poly women’s tennis team honored its four seniors with a 7-0 sweep of UC Riverside on Mustang Courts Saturday afternoon. In the win, the program dropped just one set in the closing match of both the home and conference portions of its spring schedule.
“The win was a great way to conclude our Big West schedule. We got back from Friday’s match at No. 39 Saint Mary’s (loss, 4-3) at midnight, slept, began warming up at 8:30 a.m. and played with the same energy we have all year,” Cal Poly head coach Hugh Bream said.
Having claimed the doubles point during 16 of 20 spring outings, Cal Poly’s 41st-ranked senior tandem of Brittany Blalock and Suzie Matzenauer opened the match with a victory versus Angelique Corpuz and Roxanne Plata. Senior Steffi Wong and freshman Alexa Lee triumphed by the same score at No. 2 against Nadia Sakhakorn and Donna McCullough before senior Diane Filip and junior Ashley Pane finalized the sweep with an 8-6 win versus Taylor Raney and Natalie McKay.
Blalock opened Cal Poly’s singles effort with a victory at No. 1 versus Sakhakorn, while at No. 2 the 99th-ranked Matzenauer prevailed against McCullough. At No. 3, Wong claimed a victory against Raney before Filip swept McKay. Lee posted a triumph at No. 5 versus Corpuz before sophomore Jocelyn Davis solidified the sweep with a victory at No. 6 against Plata.
Cal Poly (14-6, 6-2) concludes its regular season schedule at Fresno State noon on Saturday.