COSTA MESA – Cal State L.A.'s women's tennis team got its 2013 dual match season off to a promising start on Friday.
 
The Golden Eagles swept the three doubles contests to get off to a good start and then kept it rolling in a 9-0 victory over Concordia-Irvine at the Costa Mesa Tennis Club. Cal State L.A. (1-0) posted the win over a team ranked fifth in the nation in the NAIA.
 
Christie Lau, Leora Hemmerich, Jill Sangria, Tiffani Shaik, Tiffany Leung and Samantha Sismundo all recorded straight-set wins in singles. Lau won at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-2, over Elizaveta Ignatova.
 
Lau and Hemmerich won at No. 1 doubles, 8-3, over Ignatova and Mona Piller, Shaik and Sydney Postal won at No. 2 doubles, 9-8, over Summer Beaird and Ulrike Hahn and Sangria and Sismundo won at No. 3 doubles, 8-1, over Caitlyn Uzzi and Kristen Lampe.
 
Cal State L.A., which is ranked 15^th in the nation in the NCAA Division II, will play its home opener on Tuesday, Feb. 5 against Vanguard at 1:30
 
CAL STATE L.A. 9, CONCORDIA 0
Singles
1. Christie Lau (CSULA) def. Elizaveta Ignatova (CUI), 6-3, 6-2
2. Leora Hemmerich (CSULA) def. Ulrike Hahn (CUI), 6-0, 6-0
3. Jill Sangria (CSULA) def. Mona Piller (CUI), 6-1, 6-4
4. Tiffani Shaik (CSULA) def. Summer Beaird (CUI), 6-3, 6-0
5. Tiffany Leung (CSULA) def. Ellie Johnson (CUI), 6-1, 6-1
6. Samantha Sismundo (CSULA) def. Caitlyn Uzzi (CUI), 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1. Lau/Hemmerich (CSULA) def. Ignatova/Piller (CUI), 8-3
2. Shaik/Sydney Postal (CSULA) def. Beaird/Hahn (CUI), 9-8
3. Sangria/Sismundo (CSULA) def. Uzzi/Kristen Lampe (CUI), 8-1