SAN FRANCISCO — WKU Tennis won its second match in the Golden State as the Lady Toppers won comfortably, 6-1, over San Francisco at the California Tennis Club Sunday evening.
Senior Elpida Malamou racked up her 10th victory of the season. The Greece native now boasts an unblemished 10-0 record, including six wins at the No. 1 spot.
WKU (8-3) began Sunday's match by winning the doubles point, its seventh time this spring. At the No. 3 spot, the pair of Violetta Shatalova and Monica Malinen took down the Dons' (2-8) duo of Alisha Sharma and Sarina Chhabra, 6-1, marking their third-straight win when working together. On court two, WKU's Cindy Oest and Natalia De Ugarte played flawless by winning 6-0 as the freshmen duo won their seventh match to claim the doubles point.
Following doubles action, Malamou at the top spot continued her winning ways with toughing out a win over Emily Maxfield 6-4, 7-5. Andreanna Christopoulou followed suit defeating the Dons' Genevieve McCloskey 6-3, 6-3. To clinch the match, De Ugarte cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win on court four to earn her sixth victory of the year.
The remaining matches were played out as Oest battled and won at the No. 3 spot 6-2, 7-5, and Shatalova held her own on court six winning 6-1, 6-3 to finish the dual match.
WKU will conclude its spring break trip on Tuesday as the Lady Toppers will compete against Pacific at noon in Stockton, Calif.
Singles
- Elpida Malamou (WKU) def. Emily Maxfield (USF) 6-4, 7-5
- Andreanna Christopoulou (WKU) def. Genevieve McCloskey (USF) 6-3, 6-3
- Hanna Borjeson (USF) def. Monica Malinen (WKU) 7-5, 6-3
- Cindy Oest (WKU) def. Margarita Treyes (USF) 6-3, 7-5
- Natalia De Ugarte (WKU) def. Jiayu Mu (USF) 6-1, 6-1
- Violetta Shatalova (WKU) def. Sarina Chhabra (USF) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
- McCloskey/Maxfield (USF) vs. Christopoulou/Malamou (WKU) 2-3, unfinished
- Oest/De Ugarte (WKU) def. Treyes/Borjeson (USF) 6-0
- Shatalova/Malinen (WKU) def. Sharma/Chhabra (USF) 6-1
