PORTLAND, Ore. – Santa Clara women's tennis dropped its conference opener on Saturday at Portland by a score of 4-3.
Santa Clara (4-6, 0-1) won the doubles point with victories on courts one and three. Senior Daniella Silva and sophomore Madison Clarke won 6-1 on court one for their fourth straight doubles victory. The duo is now 6-2 on court one in dual match play. Juniors Zeina El Tawil and Giannina Ong earned a 7-5 win on court three to clinch the point for the Broncos.
Clarke earned her second straight win on court one, defeating Jelena Lukic by a score of 6-4, 6-2. The sophomore is now 8-1 in dual play this season. Ong picked up a come-from-behind victory on court six with a 0-6, 6-1, 6-1 win over Anna Oberg.
The Broncos head to Washington for a match at Gonzaga on Sunday at 11 a.m. PT.
POR 4, SCU 3
March 25, 2017 | (Portland, Ore.)
DOUBLES
(1) Clarke/Silva (SCU) def. Lukic/Lazarevic (POR) – 6-1
(2) Dimitrova/Grigoryan (POR) def. Farah/Frankel (SCU) – 6-2
(3) El Tawil/Ong(SCU) def. Obert/Soares (POR) – 7-5
SCU wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3*
(1) Madison Clarke (SCU) def. Jelena Lukic (POR), 6-4, 6-2
(2) Radina Dimitrova (POR) def. Daniella Silva (SCU) – 6-2, 6-1
(3) Jelena Lazarevic (POR) def. Nabila Farah (SCU) – 6-2, 7-6
(4) Tatiana Grigoryan (POR)def. Zeina El Tawil (SCU) – 6-3, 6-2
(5) Emily Soares (POR) def. Caitlyn Frankel (SCU) – 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
(6) Giannina Ong (SCU) def. Anna Oberg (POR) vs. – 0-6, 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5*
* - clinched victory
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