Colorado State University Athletics
Sunday, February 20
Lincoln, NE
12:00 PM
Colorado State
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South Dakota
Sweep of South Dakota Gives Rams Weekend Split
2/20/2022 5:43:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Squad pulls off second sweep of the season
LINCOLN, Neb. – On Sunday, Colorado State's women's tennis team made the most they could out of their weekend.
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After dropping a match to Nebraska on Saturday, the Rams notched a 4-0 sweep of South Dakota to push their record to 3-2 on the season and give them a weekend split of their matches.
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"We weren't happy with yesterday's result, but the team did a great job making adjustments and were more disciplined than their opponents today," CSU head coach Mai-Ly Tran said.
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The Rams picked up the doubles point when they produced straight-sets wins from the top two spots, with the No. 46 team of Radka Buzkova and Matea Mihaljevic prevailing 6-4 at No. 1, the tandem of Somer Dalla-Bona and Sarka Richterova doing so 7-5 at No. 2. The win was the 19th in doubles for both Buzkova and Mihaljevic, putting them both in a tie for seventh for the most doubles wins in a season with two other players.
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They secured the victory as a team by winning singles matches at positons two, three and five. Dalla-Bona was the first off the court at No. 2 with a 6-3, 6- victory, then Mihaljevic followed suit at No. 3 with a 6-4, 6-4 win. Lucia Natal clinched the team victory with a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 5.
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Sarah Weekley was leading at No 4 singles, while Richterova (No. 1) and Anastasiia Kotsyuba (No. 6) had split sets and were entering a third when the match was completed.
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"I'm proud of everyone who competed today, but especially those who were able to finish," Tran said. "Somer played well to get us the first point, Matea stepped up in her spot to beat a tough opponent and it was great to see Lucia clinch for us after being out last week."
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Colorado State will play next in two weeks when the Rams face both Grand Canyon and Arizona on March 6.
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After dropping a match to Nebraska on Saturday, the Rams notched a 4-0 sweep of South Dakota to push their record to 3-2 on the season and give them a weekend split of their matches.
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"We weren't happy with yesterday's result, but the team did a great job making adjustments and were more disciplined than their opponents today," CSU head coach Mai-Ly Tran said.
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The Rams picked up the doubles point when they produced straight-sets wins from the top two spots, with the No. 46 team of Radka Buzkova and Matea Mihaljevic prevailing 6-4 at No. 1, the tandem of Somer Dalla-Bona and Sarka Richterova doing so 7-5 at No. 2. The win was the 19th in doubles for both Buzkova and Mihaljevic, putting them both in a tie for seventh for the most doubles wins in a season with two other players.
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They secured the victory as a team by winning singles matches at positons two, three and five. Dalla-Bona was the first off the court at No. 2 with a 6-3, 6- victory, then Mihaljevic followed suit at No. 3 with a 6-4, 6-4 win. Lucia Natal clinched the team victory with a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 5.
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Sarah Weekley was leading at No 4 singles, while Richterova (No. 1) and Anastasiia Kotsyuba (No. 6) had split sets and were entering a third when the match was completed.
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"I'm proud of everyone who competed today, but especially those who were able to finish," Tran said. "Somer played well to get us the first point, Matea stepped up in her spot to beat a tough opponent and it was great to see Lucia clinch for us after being out last week."
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Colorado State will play next in two weeks when the Rams face both Grand Canyon and Arizona on March 6.
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