Santa Clara, Calif.—The Santa Clara women's tennis team fell 4-3 to Loyola Marymount on Sunday, April 1. After capturing the doubles point, the Broncos could not put away the singles matches. The Broncos move to 8-7 overall and 2-2 in the WCC.
Santa Clara looks forward to hosting New Mexico State on Thursday, April 5 at 2:00 p.m.
The Broncos dominated in the morning when they won two of the three doubles matches. Partners Katie Le and Jessica Agra crushed Ashley Anderson and Tory Parravi of LMU 8-0 at the No. 1 doubles position. Senior Kacie Wagner and junior Kelly Lamble ensured the doubles point when they beat Elisaveta Pironkova and Reka Rohonyi for an 8-2 victory.
In singles, No. 38 Le improved her overall record to 13-2 when she downed April Bisharat in straight sets 6-0, 6-4. This gives Le an 11 match-winning streak. She has not lost a match since February 11.
The second singles win came from newcomer Stephanie Skaras. The freshman went to three sets with Reka Rohonyi of LMU and came out on top 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Skaras continues to gain more experience, improving her singles record to 2-1 at the No. 5 spot for the Broncos.
Santa Clara vs. Loyola Marymount
(SINGLES)
1) No. 38 Katie Le (SCU) def. April Bisharat (LMU) 6-0, 6-4
2) Tory Parravi (LMU) def. Kelly Lamble (SCU) 6-1, 6-1
3) Claudia Razzeto (LMU) def. Kacie Wagner (SCU) 6-3, 7-6
4) Elisaveta Pironkova (LMU) def. Jessica Agra (SCU) 6-3, 6-2
5) Stephanie Skaras (SCU) def. Reka Rohonyi (LMU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
6) Ashley Anderson (LMU) def. Charlotte Newell (SCU) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
(DOUBLES)
1) Le/Agra (SCU) def. Anderson/Parravi (LMU) 8-0
2) Lamble/Wagner (SCU) def. Pironkova/Rohonyi (LMU) 8-2
3) Bisharat/Razzeto (LMU) def. Skaras/Warly (SCU) 8-5
GO BRONCOS!
