No. 21 USC Women's Tennis Records 4-1 Victory Over No. 24 Washington
The No. 21 ranked USC women's tennis team picked up where they left off yesterday, downing No. 24 Washington to register their second victory of the weekend at Marks Stadium on Saturday (April 2). With the win, USC improves to 12-10 (5-3).
USC battled during doubles play but eventually dropped the point to the Huskies after suffering back-to-back 6-4 losses on courts two and three. The Trojan duo of Salma Ewing and Sloane Morra fell to UW's Leung/Well on court three, just moments before USC's Danielle Willson and Snow Han fell to Washington's Fortin/Sato. With the doubles point secured, match play was suspended on center court with the No. 64 ranked duo of Eryn Cayetano and Grace Piper up 6-5 over UW's Wong/Zupancic.
Moving into singles play, USC swiftly picked up a point on court three as UW's Nika Zupancic retired due to injury while competing against #77 Snow Han (6-2, 2-0). Then, on court two, No. 6 Eryn Cayetano downed Washington's Sarah Maude Fortin 6-1,6-2 to put the Trojans in front. For the second day in a row, Danielle Willson hauled in a point for the Trojans, downing UW's Kelly Leung 6-4, 7-6(10-9) on court six. With a 3-1 lead, the match was clinched on court five as Grace Piper overcame a deficit early in her second match to down UW's Yolanda Lin 7-5, 7-6(2) and give USC the final point needed to win the match.
With the match clinched, action was suspended on courts one and four. On center court, senior #41 Salma Ewing led UW's Vanessa Wong 7-6(0), 5-3. A few courts over, #78 Naomi Cheong and Washington's Sato were locked at 1-6, 6-2, 3-3.
The Women of Troy will return to action on Tuesday with a double-header at Marks Stadium. Action is set to kickoff at 11 a.m. against Hawaii, followed by a match against CSUN at 4 p.m.
#21 USC 4, #24 Washington 1
April 2, 2022 | Marks Stadium – Los Angeles, CA
Doubles
1. #64 Cayetano/ Piper (USC) vs. Wong/Zupancic (UW) – 6-5, SUSP.
2. Fortin/Sato (UW.) def. Willson/ Han (USC) – 6-4
3. Leung/Weil (UW) def. Ewing/ Morra (USC) – 6-4
Order of finish: 3,2
Washington wins doubles point.
Singles
1. #41 Salma Ewing (USC) vs. Vanessa Wong (UW) – 7-6 (7-0), 5-3, SUSP.
2. #6 Eryn Cayetano (USC) def. Sarah-Maude Fortin (UW) – 6-1, 6-2
3. #77 Snow Han (USC) vs. Nika Zupancic (UW) – 6-2, 2-0 (Retirement UW)
4. #78 Naomi Cheong (USC) vs. Hikaru Sato (UW) – 1-6, 6-2, 3-3, SUSP.
5. Grace Piper (USC) def. Yolanda Lin (UW) – 7-5, 7-6 (7-2)*
6. Danielle Willson (USC) def. Kelly Leung (UW) – 6-4, 7-6 (11-9)
Order of finish: 3, 2, 6, 5*