SEATTLE – The Huskies completed their first two day homestand with a second-straight 6-1 win today over Portland State at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. Washington improved to 4-0 by winning the doubles point and then taking five of six singles matches.
Freshman Erika Matsuda got the clincher for the Huskies today with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles over Nika Beukers. That made it 4-0, following singles wins by Astrid Olsen at No. 3 and Jennifer Kerr at No. 4. Olsen and Kerr lost a combined two games between them.
Sarah-Maude Fortin had a 6-2, 7-6 (3) win at No. 2 singles over Capu Sanoner and Melissa Sakar ended the day with a 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 5 over Makoto Ohara. PSU’s one point came in a third set super-tiebreak as Hikaru Sato turned her match around after losing set one, winning set two against Masha Ponomareva, but then falling 10-6 in the tiebreak.
The doubles point came down to the final match at third doubles. Kerr and Sakar broke for a 6-5 lead and then held serve to clinch it, 7-5, against Ohara/Strongina. Prior to that, Fortin and Matsuda had a 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles to offset a Husky loss at the No. 1 spot.
Washington will now go back on the road to Boise, Idaho to take on Boise State next Friday, Feb. 3, and Wisconsin in a neutral site match at Boise on Feb. 4.
Winner for the win! Erika Matsuda gets the clinch on 6??
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Washington Women’s Tennis
January 29, 2023
Seattle, Wash. | Nordstrom Tennis Center
Washington – 6
Portland State – 1
Singles
1. Masha Ponomareva (PSU) def. Hikaru Sato (UW) – 6-2, 2-6, (10-6)
2. Sarah-Maude Fortin (UW) def. Capu Sanoner (PSU) – 6-2, 7-6 (3)
3. Astrid Olsen (UW) def. Nell Arendt (PSU) – 6-1, 6-0
4. Jennifer Kerr (UW) def. Emily Rees (PSU) – 6-0, 6-1
5. Melissa Sakar (UW) def. Makoto Ohara (PSU) – 6-0, 6-4
6. Erika Matsuda (UW) def. Nika Beukers (PSU) – 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 4, 6, 2, 1, 5
Doubles
1. Ponomareva/Sanoner (PSU) def. Olsen/Sato (UW) – 6-1
2. (#56) Fortin/Matsuda (UW) def. Arendt/Rees (PSU) – 6-1
3. Kerr/Sakar (UW) def. Ohara/Strongina (PSU) – 7-5
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
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