LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Seattle U women's tennis completed its final Western Athletic Conference regular season match Saturday morning as they took on Tarleton State at the New Mexico State Tennis Center in Las Cruces, N.M. The Texans came out hot and never let up, winning in a 7-0 sweep.
Tarleton started the match by winning the doubles point. Juniors Martina Asciuto and Hannah Grossman (6-7) were close to earning the victory as they forced a tiebreaker point against Hadley Jones and Elsa Boisson, while Seniors Michelle Bader and Peggy Rooke also battled hard in their matchup with Mihaela Codreanu and Faustine Palatte. Senior Hannah Gianan and junior Jillian Rasmussen (2-6) paired up for the second time this weekend against Jemi Aguilar and Martha Makantasi.
In singles play, Asciuto (6-4, 4-6, 3-10) was the closest Redhawk to victory, forcing Rose Watanabe to a third set, while Gianan (3-6, 2-6) faced off against Codreanu and Grossman (2-6, 1-6) matched up against Boisson. Rooke suffered defeat to Aguilar, falling in identical sets of 6-2, 6-2, while junior Alisa Sabotic (0-6, 4-6) performed well in the second set against Makantasi after starting the match slow and fellow junior Aranza Alvarez Sanabria (4-6, 5-7) put together two comptitive sets against Celia Vaudiau.
Seattle U will compete one more time before the WAC tournament, traveling to Beaverton, Ore., for a matchup with Portland State at the Babette Horenstein Tennis Center on Apr. 24.
Tarleton started the match by winning the doubles point. Juniors Martina Asciuto and Hannah Grossman (6-7) were close to earning the victory as they forced a tiebreaker point against Hadley Jones and Elsa Boisson, while Seniors Michelle Bader and Peggy Rooke also battled hard in their matchup with Mihaela Codreanu and Faustine Palatte. Senior Hannah Gianan and junior Jillian Rasmussen (2-6) paired up for the second time this weekend against Jemi Aguilar and Martha Makantasi.
In singles play, Asciuto (6-4, 4-6, 3-10) was the closest Redhawk to victory, forcing Rose Watanabe to a third set, while Gianan (3-6, 2-6) faced off against Codreanu and Grossman (2-6, 1-6) matched up against Boisson. Rooke suffered defeat to Aguilar, falling in identical sets of 6-2, 6-2, while junior Alisa Sabotic (0-6, 4-6) performed well in the second set against Makantasi after starting the match slow and fellow junior Aranza Alvarez Sanabria (4-6, 5-7) put together two comptitive sets against Celia Vaudiau.
Seattle U will compete one more time before the WAC tournament, traveling to Beaverton, Ore., for a matchup with Portland State at the Babette Horenstein Tennis Center on Apr. 24.