Box Score SAN DIEGO – The San Diego women's tennis program (1-1, 0-0 WCC) made history on Saturday, recording the highest-ranked victory in program history by defeating No. 2 Texas A&M (0-1, 0-0 SEC), 5-2, on Saturday afternoon at the Hogan Tennis Center.
"I'm so proud of the way our team competed today," said head coach
Nadia Abdala. "Yesterday, the loss against Stanford was a great lesson and I am very proud that we were able to learn from our mistakes yesterday and apply it today. Today's win was a team effort – it was a collective. We brought our energy, our vibrancy was really, really high and at the end of the day, our girls earned it. I am very happy for them and hoping that we can build on this incredible win for our program.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- For the second-straight day, the Toreros matched up with a top-five opponent and immediately took the lessons of the opener into Saturday's match.
- The day began with doubles and the Toreros came out of the gate quickly.
- The duos of Claudia De Las Heras and Jordyn McBride and Kailey Evans and Kristina Nordikyan cruised to a pair of 6-2 victories to take a 1-0 lead.
- San Diego's hot start continued into singles, with the Toreros taking five of the six opening sets.
- Notably, De Las Heras rallied from a 5-1 deficit in the opening set to win 7-5 over No. 31 Nicole Khirin.
- Elizabeth Goldsmith was the first to clinch a point at 6-0, 6-2 and Mia Mack followed with her highest ranked win as a Torero in a 6-2, 6-3 decision over No. 26 Mia Kupres.
- Needing just one more win, the remaining matches each extended to a third set.
- However, Filippa Bruu-Syversen shook off a second set loss to cruise in the final set, winning her match 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 and clinch the match.
- From there, De Las Heras added another victory at the top singles spot to increase the advantage.
NEXT UP
- The Toreros will head out on the road for a match at Cal State Fullerton on Jan. 20 at 1 p.m.
RESULTS
San Diego 5, #2 Texas A&M 2
Doubles
No. 1 –
Elizabeth Goldsmith/
Mia Mack (San Diego) vs. No. 3 Mia Kupres/Mary Stoiana – 3-5 (UF)
No. 2 –
Claudia De Las Heras/
Jordyn McBride (San Diego) def. Nicole Khirin/Lucciana Perez (Texas A&M) – 6-2
No. 3 –
Kailey Evans/
Kristina Nordikyan (San Diego) def. Sydney Fitch/Gianna Pielet (Texas A&M) – 6-2
Order of Finish: 2, 3
Singles
No. 1 –
Claudia De Las Heras (San Diego) def. No. 31 Nicole Khirin (Texas A&M) – 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
No. 2 – No. 89
Mia Mack (San Diego) def. No. 26 Mia Kupres (Texas A&M) – 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 – Lucciana Perez (Texas A&M) def.
Abigail Desiatnikov (San Diego) – 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
No. 4 –
Elizabeth Goldsmith (San Diego) def. Jeanette Mireles (Texas A&M) – 6-0, 6-2
No. 5 – Daria Smetannikov (Texas A&M) def.
Kailey Evans (San Diego) – 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
No. 6 –
Filippa Bruu-Syversen (San Diego) def. Ellie Pittman (Texas A&M) – 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
Order of Finish: 4, 2, 6, 1, 3, 5
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