Box Score LOS ANGELES – The No. 23 San Diego women's tennis program (17-8, 5-1 WCC) saw their season come to end, falling to No. 11 USC (20-8, 8-2 PAC-12), 4-0 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Marks Stadium.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- In a rematch of two sides that met at the Hogan Tennis Center back in February, the host Trojans got out to a strong start in doubles.
- Despite a strong start by Mia Mack and Kristina Nordikyan in No. 2 doubles, the Toreros faced early deficits on the other courts.
- Mack and Nordikyan built a 5-3 advantage on their ranked opponents but were unable to finish the match as USC took the doubles point.
- Singles proved to be just as challenging for the Toreros, who dropped five of the six opening sets.
- Jordyn McBride attempted to rally the troops with a 6-4 opening set win over her ranked opponent, but the Toreros found themselves in too large of a hole to overcome.
- A pair of wins would put USC on the brink before their top singles player secured the victory.
RESULTS
#11 USC 4, #23 San Diego 0
Doubles
No. 1 – Eryn Cayetano/Lily Fairclough (USC) def. No. 50
Abigail Desiatnikov/
Elizabeth Goldsmith (San Diego) – 6-1
No. 2 –
Mia Mack/
Kristina Nordikyan (San Diego) vs. No. 60 Parker Fry/Grace Piper (USC) – 5-3 (UF)
No. 3 – Emma Charney/Snow Han (USC) def.
Filippa Bruu-Syversen/
Jordyn McBride (San Diego) – 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 3
Singles
No. 1 – No. 99 Snow Han (USC) def.
Elizabeth Goldsmith (San Diego) – 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 – No. 68
Mia Mack (San Diego) vs. No. 33 Emma Charney (USC) – 3-6, 1-2 (UF)
No. 3 –
Jordyn McBride (San Diego) vs. No. 60 Grace Piper (USC) – 6-4, 2-5 (UF)
No. 4 – No. 97 Eryan Cayetano (USC) def.
Abigail Desiatnikov (San Diego) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 – Immi Haddad (USC) def.
Filippa Bruu-Syversen (San Diego) – 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 –
Kristina Nordikyan (San Diego) vs. McKenna Koenig (USC) – 4-6, 4-5 (UF)
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 1
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