SAN DIEGO – Despite a top-50 win by Filippa Bruu-Syversen, the San Diego women's tennis program (0-1, 0-0 WCC) fell, 5-2 to No. 4 Stanford (1-0, 0-0 PAC-12) in the season opener on Friday at the Hogan Tennis Center.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• On a beautiful day in San Diego, the Toreros opened the season with a top-level opponent.
• Doubles got off to a strong start as Elizabeth Goldsmith and Mia Mack took a 5-0 lead on their No. 27 ranked opponents.
• However, the Cardinal were able to clinch the doubles point before Goldsmith and Mack could finish their match.
• While Stanford was able to get some quick, straight-set victories, the Toreros fought valiantly and forced three, third-set tiebreakers in the remaining matches.
• Despite Claudia De Las Heras falling in a 10-7 tiebreaker, Jordyn McBride and Bruu-Syversen each emerged with wins.
• McBride gave San Diego the first point by defeating 2023 U.S. Open Junior Champion Katherine Hui in a thrilling 10-8 tiebreaker.
• From there, Bruu-Syversen also won a thriller and took home her first ranked win in a Torero uniform, downing No. 50 Valencia Xu to add a second point to the Torero tally.

 
RESULTS
#4 Stanford 5, San Diego 2
Doubles
No. 1 – Elizabeth Goldsmith/Mia Mack vs. No. 27 Angelica Blake/Alexis Blokhina (Stanford) – 5-2 (UF)
No. 2 – No. 28 Connie Ma/Alexandra Yepifanova (Stanford) def. Claudia De Las Heras/Jordyn McBride (San Diego) – 6-4
No. 3 – Katherine Hui/Valencia Xu (Stanford) def. Kailey Evans/Kristina Nordikyan (San Diego) – 6-4
Order of Finish: 3, 2
 
Singles
No. 1 – No. 48 Angelica Blake (Stanford) def. Claudia De Las Heras (San Diego) – 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
No. 2 – No. 11 Connie Ma (Stanford) def. No. 89 Mia Mack (San Diego) – 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 – No. 49 Alexandra Yepifanova (Stanford) def. Abigail Desiatnikov (San Diego) – 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 – No. 64 Alexis Blokhina (Stanford) def. Elizabeth Goldsmith (San Diego) – 6-1, 7-5
No. 5 – Jordyn McBride (San Diego) def. Katherine Hui (Stanford) – 7-6 (5), 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
No. 6 – Filippa Bruu-Syversen (San Diego) def. No. 50 Valencia Xu (Stanford) – 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6
 
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