Women’s Tennis Falls Short at Colorado State, 5-2
FORT COLLINS, Colo. –
Northern Arizona won the doubles point, but Colorado State rallied
to win five of six singles matches to claim a 5-2 victory Saturday
night in Fort Collins. The Lumberjacks dropped to 1-2 with the loss
while Colorado State improved to 3-1.
The No. 35 Northern Arizona doubles team of junior Orsi Golovics
and freshman Malia Wahinepio were upset, 8-3, at No. 1 singles but
their teammates came through to give NAU the first point of the
match. Juniors Edit Suhajda and Yumi Hasegawa claimed an 8-5 win at
No. 3 while junior Aimee Oki and freshman Nicole Perez outlasted
Colorado State’s Lauren Mulhern and Veronika Wojakowska, 9-7,
at No. 2 to clinch the doubles point for the visitors.
The Rams would bounce back in singles play, claiming straight-set
victories at No.1, 2, 3 and 6 to clinch the match. Wahinepio won
her second-consecutive match with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over
Wojakowska at No. 4, while Perez claimed the first set of her match
at No. 5 but Mulhern rallied for a 0-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5) win to close
the match.
The Lumberjacks will open Big Sky-play on Sunday at Northern
Colorado, playing the second match of a double-header with the
men’s tennis teams with first serve slated for 1:00 p.m.
