LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.'s women's tennis team won a marathon battle with Point Loma Wednesday and that's probably an understatement.
 
The Golden Eagles survived a five-hour match between nationally-ranked teams and beat the Sea Lions, 6-3 at the Cal State L.A. Tennis Complex. No. 23 Cal State L.A. (3-4) was able to avenge an earlier 6-3 loss to No. 22 Point Loma in San Diego. The Golden Eagles won two of the three tightly-contested doubles matches and then took four of six singles contests.
 
The match-clinching point was earned at No. 6 singles, where Cal State L.A.'s Alexandra Makashov rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory over Kirsty Mountain. The final match to conclude was a brilliant contest at No. 4 singles, where Cal State L.A.'s Elizaveta Sokolova outlasted Point Loma's Preethika Venugopal, 6-4, 6-7, 10-3. The Golden Eagles got another big point at No. 5 singles, where Victoria Vo beat Hilary Ramage, 6-1, 7-5.
 
Cal State L.A.'s Nozomi Matsuoka beat Madeline Cunningham, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 1 singles.
 
Three of the six singles matches went to three sets.
 
All three doubles contests were close with Point Loma's Ramage and Nikki Newell pulling out a 9-8 win over Cal State L.A.'s Sonia Landeros and Iris Raileanu. The Golden Eagles won at No. 2 doubles, where Matsuoka and Makashov beat Regina von Koch and Preethika Venugopal, 8-6 and at No. 3 doubles, where Vo and Sokolova rallied from 4-0 down to beat Cunningham and Jen Weissman, 8-6.
 
Cal State L.A. will return to action on Sunday with a match against No. 25 Sonoma State.

#23 Cal State L.A. 6, #22 Point Loma 3
Mar 04, 2015 at Los Angeles, CA
 

Singles competition

1. Nozomi Matsuoka (LA) def. Cunningham, Madeline (PLNU) 6-1, 6-2

2. Newell, Nikki (PLNU) def. Sonia Landeros (LA) 6-4, 6-4

3. von Koch, Regina (PLNU) def. Iris Raileanu (LA) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1

4. Elizaveta Sokolova (LA) def. Venugopal, Preethuka (PLNU) 6-4, 6-7, 10-5

5. Victoria Vo (LA) def. Ramage, Hillary (PLNU) 6-1, 7-5

6. Alexandra Makashov (LA) def. Mountain, Kirsty (PLNU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-0

 

Doubles competition

1. Ramage, Hillary/Newell, Nikki (PLNU) def. Sonia Landeros/Iris Raileanu (LA) 9-8 (8-6)

2. Nozomi Matsuoka/Alexandra Makashov (LA) def. von Koch, Regina/Venugopal, Preethuka (PLNU) 8-6

3. Victoria Vo/Elizaveta Sokolova (LA) def. Cunningham, Madeline/Weissman, Jen (PLNU) 8-6

Match Notes

Point Loma 4-5; National ranking #22; Regional ranking #6

Cal State L.A. 3-4; National ranking #23; Regional ranking #7

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,2,5,3,6,4)