Women’s tennis

(11-10)

Sacramento State 4, DU 3

What went right

In the singles competition, sophomore Caroline Schnell defeated Sacramento’s Sophie Lohscheidt 6-1, 6-3. Following her lead, junior Steffi Rath and fellow sophomore Natalie Dunn both defeated their opponents as well. Rath topped Maria Meliuk 7-5, 7-5, and Dunn dropped Andrea Gomez Carus 7-5, 6-3.

In the doubles matches, Denver saw some change-ups when Najera and Dunn of Denver’s team defeated Lohscheidt and Gomez 8-6 in the No. 3 match.

What went wrong

Denver junior Sophia Bergner was defeated by Tatsiana Kapshai 6-2, 6-3, Denver sophomore Elena Najera was defeated by Rebecca Delgado 6-1, 6-3 and Clarise Bacca defeated Pioneer junior Emma Isberg 6-3, 3-6, 4-6.

The Pioneers lost the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles matches, played by Bergner and Schnell against Kapshai and Delgado and Rath and Isberg against Meliuk and Baca, respectively.

Up next

Denver will travel to Denton, Texas to play April 19-22.

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