LOS ANGELES – Cal State LA's women's tennis team got its 2017 season off to a promising start.
 
The Golden Eagles, ranked No. 24 in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, swept past Biola, 9-0, Wednesday at the Cal State LA Tennis Complex. Cal State LA (1-0) took charge in the doubles and won all six singles contests in straight sets.
 
Nozomi Matsuoka and Kayleigh Hall won their match at No. 1 doubles, 8-1, over Biola's Madeline Heer and Kelsey Post, Iris Raileanu and Isabella Lopez beat Brooke Sanford and Lauren Lee, 8-2, at No. 2 doubles and Elizaveta Sokolova and Luciana Di Laura won at No. 3 doubles, 8-1, over Katie Boesl and Bailey McGeough.
 
Hall won at No. 1 singles, 6-0, 6-0, over Heer, Sokolova beat Sanford, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 2 singles, Raileanu beat Lee at No. 3 singles, 6-2, 6-2, Di Laura beat Post at No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-1, Lopez beat Naydene Valencia, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 5 singles and Judy Ung beat Katie Boesl at No. 6 singles, 6-1, 6-3.
 
Cal State LA will return to action on Thursday with a home match against Santa Monica City College at 1:30 p.m.

#24 Cal State LA 9, Biola 0
Feb 01, 2017 at Los Angeles, Calif.

Singles competition

1. Kayleigh Hall (LA) def. HEER, Madeline (BU) 6-0, 6-0

2. Elizaveta Sokolova (LA) def. SANFORD, Brooke (BU) 6-0, 6-1

3. Iris Raileanu (LA) def. LEE, Lauren (BU) 6-2, 6-2

4. Luciana Di Laura (LA) def. POST, Kelsey (BU) 6-2, 6-1

5. Isabella Lopez (LA) def. VALENCIA, Naydene (BU) 6-0, 6-1

6. Judy Ung (LA) def. BOESL, Katie (BU) 6-1, 6-3

 

Doubles competition

1. Nozomi Matsuoka/Kayleigh Hall (LA) def. HEER, Madeline/POST, Kelsey (BU) 8-1

2. Iris Raileanu/Isabella Lopez (LA) def. SANFORD, Brooke/LEE, Lauren (BU) 8-2

3. Elizaveta Sokolova/Luciana Di Laura (LA) def. BOESL, Katie/MCGEOUGH, Bailey (BU) 8-1

Match Notes

Biola 1-1

Cal State LA 1-0; National ranking #24