Box Score

LOS ANGELES -- Cal State L.A.'s women's tennis team dropped another hard-fought decision Saturday, this time against an NCAA Division I program.

The Golden Eagles captured two of the three doubles contests, but only two of the six singles matches and fell to Colorado State, 5-4, Saturday at the CSULA Tennis Complex. Cal State L.A. (4-6) lost its sixth straight match, all against top competition. Four of the six losses came against NCAA Division II programs ranked in the national top-10 and another came against Colorado State.

This was the second 5-4 loss during the Golden Eagles' recent tough stretch.

Cal State L.A. started well and nearly won all three doubles contests. The Golden Eagles' picked up a point at No. 2 doubles, where Sonia Landeros and Tiffany Leung posted an 8-5 win over Mollie Cooper and Kaley Schultz and another at No. 3 doubles, where Samantha Sismundo and Sevana Zargarian took an 8-0 decision over Maddie Buxton and Celine Voss. Colorado State took the match at No. 1 doubles when Natalie Heffron and Lauren Pick edged Leora Hemmerich and Sydney Postal, 9-7.

Colorado State (3-4) won the matches at the top four singles positions to rally for the win. Cal State L.A. got its wins at No. 5 singles, where Leung beat Kwynn Ecton, 6-0, 6-3 and at No. 6 singles, where Victoria Vo rallied for a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 win over Voss.

Hemmerich fell at No. 1 singles, 7-5, 6-3, to Heffron; Tiffani Shaik lost at No. 2 singles to Cooper, 6-1, 6-3, Landeros was edged at No. 3 singles, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 by Lauren Pick and Postal was edged at No. 4 singles, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 by Buxton.

Cal State L.A. will return to competition against NCAA Division II programs when the Golden Eagles face Academy of Art in San Francisco on Thursday.


Colorado State University 5, Cal State L.A. 4
Mar 22, 2014 at Los Angeles, CA

Singles competition

1. Natalie Heffron (CSU) def. Leora Hemmerich (CSULA) 7-5, 6-3

2. Mollie Cooper (CSU) def. Tiffani Shaik (CSULA) 6-1, 6-3

3. Lauren Pick (CSU) def. Sonia Landeros (CSULA) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

4. Maddie Buxton (CSU) def. Sydney Postal (CSULA) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5

5. Tiffany Leung (CSULA) def. Kwynn Ecton (CSU) 6-0, 6-3

6. Victoria Vo (CSULA) def. Celine Voss (CSU) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. Natalie Heffron/Lauren Pick (CSU) def. Leora Hemmerich/Sydney Postal (CSULA) 9-7

2. Sonia Landeros/Tiffany Leung (CSULA) def. Mollie Cooper/Kaley Schultz (CSU) 8-5

3. Samantha Sismundo/Sevana Zargarian (CSULA) def. Maddie Buxton/Celine Voss (CSU) 8-0

Match Notes

Colorado State University 3-4

Cal State L.A. 4-6