PHOENIX, AZ – Cal State L.A.'s women's tennis team had mixed results in a long day of tennis Saturday at the Paseo Racquet Center.
 
The Golden Eagles lost to the West Region's top team, BYU-Hawaii, 9-0, in a match that was much closer than the final score would indicate and took three hours, 40 minutes to complete. Cal State L.A. came back later and defeated Dominican, 7-2, Saturday afternoon to complete the trip.
 
The Golden Eagles (4-2) went 2-2 in their four matches against NCAA Division II competition.
 
The Golden Eagles started the day with a 9-0 loss to BYU-Hawaii that included some tough battles, particularly at No. 3 doubles where Jill Sangria and Samantha Sismundo dropped a 9-8 decision to Sasha Ulbrichtova and Jade Griffin.
 
Tiffani Shaik was involved in the tightest singles match and fell at No. 4 singles to Marika Kobayashi, 7-5, 7-6.
 
The Golden Eagles then had to bounce back in short order to defeat Dominican.
 
Christie Lau and Leora Hemmerich won at No. 1 doubles, 8-2, over Dominican's Marissa Frazer and Gaby Verspieren, while Sangria and Sismundo won at No. 3 doubles, 8-1, over Ariana Paradis and Francesca Katafias.
 
Lau won at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-2, over Irina Morozova, Hemmerich won at No. 2 singles, 6-4, 6-2, over Verspieren, Sangria won at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 6-2, over Frazer, Tiffany Leung won at No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-0, over Katafias and Sydney Postal won at No. 6 singles, 6-3, 6-1, over Paradis.
 
Cal State L.A. will return to action on Feb. 22 with a match at Azusa Pacific.
 
BYU-HAWAII 9, CAL STATE L.A. 0
Singles
1. Annie Hwang (BYUH) def. Christie Lau (CSULA), 6-2, 6-0
2. Sherry Liu (BYUH) def. Leora Hemmerich (CSULA), 6-1, 6-4
3. Marietta Tuionetoa (BYUH) def. Jill Sangria (CSULA), 6-2, 6-3
4. Marika Kobayashi (BYUH) def. Tiffani Shaik (CSULA), 7-5, 7-6
5. Sasha Ulbrichtova (BYUH)  def. Tiffany Leung (CSULA), 6-1, 6-2
6. Jade Griffin (BYUH) def. Samantha Sismundo (CSULA), 6-4, 6-0
Doubles
1. Hwang/Liu (BYUH) def. Lau/Hemmerich (CSULA), 8-2
2. Tuionetoa/Kobayashi (BYUH) def. Shaik/Sydney Postal (CSULA), 8-0
3. Ulbrichtova/Griffin (BYUH) def. Sangria/Sismundo (CSULA), 9-8
 
CAL STATE L.A. 7, DOMINICAN 2
Singles
1. Christie Lau (CSULA) def. Irina Morozova (DU), 6-2, 6-2
2. Leora Hemmerich (CSULA) def. Gaby Verspieren (DU), 6-4, 6-2
3. Jill Sangria (CSULA) def. Marissa Frazer (DU), 6-3, 6-2
4. Emily Prescott (DU) def. Tiffani Shaik (CSULA), 0-6, 7-6, 10-6
5. Tiffany Leung (CSULA) def. Francesca Katafias (DU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Sydney Postal (CSULA) def. Ariana Paradis (DU), 6-3, 6-1
Doubles
1. Lau/Hemmerich (CSULA) def. Frazer/Verspieren (DU), 8-2
2. Morozova/Prescott (DU) def. Shaik/Postal (CSULA), 8-6
3. Sangria/Samantha Sismundo (CSULA) def. Paradis/Katafias (DU), 8-1