SAN DIEGO – Two points from victory, the Huskies will have to wait until Wednesday to pick up where they left off against a tough Toreros team. Rain halted play at the Hogan Tennis Center with Washington leading, 3-2, and Astrid Olsen attempting to serve it out. The teams will resume the match tomorrow at 12 noon.
In order to try and get the match in before the rain came, doubles was moved to the end of the match and will only be played if necessary on Wednesday. Olsen will try to prevent that, as she will first complete her No. 3 singles match against Elizabeth Goldsmith. Olsen has a 6-3, 6-7 (6), 5-2 lead and was serving up 30-0.
Getting the Huskies on the verge of the victory were singles wins by Hikaru Sato, Jennifer Kerr, and Erika Matsuda.
Sato took down 73rd-ranked Solymar Colling for one of her biggest wins of the season, beating the former All-American, 6-4, 7-5.
Kerr went down a set to 86th-ranked Abigail Desiatnikov but dug in and turned it into a 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory, chalking up another ranked win and running her incredible dual record to 13-1.
Matsuda fought her way to a 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles over Jordyn McBride to put the Huskies up, 3-2.
Washington Women’s Tennis
March 21, 2023
San Diego, Calif. | Hogan Tennis Center
#16 Washington – 3
#39 San Diego – 2
Singles
1. (#115) Hikaru Sato (UW) def. (#73) Solymar Colling (USD) – 6-4, 7-5
2. Claudia De Las Heras (USD) def. Sarah-Maude Fortin (UW) – 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
3. (#102) Astrid Olsen (UW) vs. Elizabeth Goldsmith (USD) – 6-3, 6-7 (6), 5-2, to be continued
4. (#119) Jennifer Kerr (UW) def. (#86) Abigail Desiatnikov (USD) – 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
5. (#72) Kailey Evans (USD) def. Melissa Sakar (UW) – 6-1, 6-2
6. Erika Matsuda (UW) def. Jordyn McBride (USD) 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-3
Order of finish: 5, 1, 2, 4, 6
Doubles
1. Suko/Sato (UW) vs. (#12) Evans/Goldsmith (USD)
2. Kerr/Olsen (UW) vs. De Las Heras/McBride (USD)
3. Fortin/Matsuda (UW) vs. Colling/BruuSyversen (USD)
Order of finish: Not yet contested
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