Spring Break
Spartans wipe out Sonoma
Carlos Militante
Issue date: 3/8/07 Section: Sports
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The San Jose State University women's tennis team came out firing on all cylinders Wednesday, sinking the winless Seawolves of Sonoma State University 7-0.
"It was a nice win to get," said head coach Anh-Dao Nguyen. "It was good that we didn't have a let down match against a team we're supposed to beat."
SJSU took the doubles point in impressive fashion by winning all three matches.
The duo of senior co-captain Courtney Koenigsfeld and junior Rokie Larijani dominated their doubles match against Sonoma's Amy Belsher and Casey O'Connor by the score of 8-0.
"We just stuck to our strategy of working the ball crosscourt and attacking the net," Larijani said. "We forced them to hit lob shots that made it easier for us to score."
Sophomore Silvana Dukic and junior Dana Popescu started slow against Sonoma's Raquel Gottfried and Erin Kramer but turned it on in the middle of their match winning 8-6.
"We noticed they were struggling with their backhand so we just tried to force them to use it," Popescu said.
The Spartan's top doubles combo, sophomore co-captain Amber Silverstone and junior co-captain Ashley Tavita were still able to blank the Seawolves Laura Robertson and Stephanie Luk 8-0, despite Silverstone breaking her racquet in the middle of the match.
SJSU was equally as dominant in the singles matches taking all six points.
Koenigsfeld made quick work of Sonoma's Gottfried shutting her out in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.
"I just stayed aggressive and played my game," Koenigsfeld said. "I attacked her backhand because it didn't look strong."
Popescu asserted her dominance against Sonoma's Erin Kramer winning 6-1, 6-2.
"She liked to hit lob shots against me, and it made it easier for me to score against her," Popescu said.
With SJSU up 6-0, Silverstone won her match 10-7 in a super tiebreaker, after splitting the first two sets 4-6, 6-1, against Sonoma's Robertson.
In the other matches, Tavita won 6-3, 6-2; Dukic won 6-0, 6-3; sophomore Sanda Hadzisabic won 6-1, 6-4.
Even with the win, coach Nguyen still believes the team has a lot to work on this season.
"I'm still struggling to figure out what our best lineup is," Nguyen said. "I still think that the team needs to be more aggressive in the matches."
Wednesday's win snapped the Spartan's two game losing streak, and improved the team's overall record to 3-5.
Next for SJSU will be a match against Loyola Marymount University on March 9th at 1 p.m. at the Spartan Courts.
"It was a nice win to get," said head coach Anh-Dao Nguyen. "It was good that we didn't have a let down match against a team we're supposed to beat."
SJSU took the doubles point in impressive fashion by winning all three matches.
The duo of senior co-captain Courtney Koenigsfeld and junior Rokie Larijani dominated their doubles match against Sonoma's Amy Belsher and Casey O'Connor by the score of 8-0.
"We just stuck to our strategy of working the ball crosscourt and attacking the net," Larijani said. "We forced them to hit lob shots that made it easier for us to score."
Sophomore Silvana Dukic and junior Dana Popescu started slow against Sonoma's Raquel Gottfried and Erin Kramer but turned it on in the middle of their match winning 8-6.
"We noticed they were struggling with their backhand so we just tried to force them to use it," Popescu said.
The Spartan's top doubles combo, sophomore co-captain Amber Silverstone and junior co-captain Ashley Tavita were still able to blank the Seawolves Laura Robertson and Stephanie Luk 8-0, despite Silverstone breaking her racquet in the middle of the match.
SJSU was equally as dominant in the singles matches taking all six points.
Koenigsfeld made quick work of Sonoma's Gottfried shutting her out in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.
"I just stayed aggressive and played my game," Koenigsfeld said. "I attacked her backhand because it didn't look strong."
Popescu asserted her dominance against Sonoma's Erin Kramer winning 6-1, 6-2.
"She liked to hit lob shots against me, and it made it easier for me to score against her," Popescu said.
With SJSU up 6-0, Silverstone won her match 10-7 in a super tiebreaker, after splitting the first two sets 4-6, 6-1, against Sonoma's Robertson.
In the other matches, Tavita won 6-3, 6-2; Dukic won 6-0, 6-3; sophomore Sanda Hadzisabic won 6-1, 6-4.
Even with the win, coach Nguyen still believes the team has a lot to work on this season.
"I'm still struggling to figure out what our best lineup is," Nguyen said. "I still think that the team needs to be more aggressive in the matches."
Wednesday's win snapped the Spartan's two game losing streak, and improved the team's overall record to 3-5.
Next for SJSU will be a match against Loyola Marymount University on March 9th at 1 p.m. at the Spartan Courts.
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