TUCSON, Ariz - The Arizona Women's Tennis team snapped their three game losing streak Saturday afternoon after defeating Sacramento State and Liberty.
Arizona also extends their home winning streak and are now 5-0 at the Robson Tennis Center this season. In those matches, they have defeated Memphis, NAU, New Mexico State, Sacramento State, and Liberty. Stotland and the Wildcats are looking to duplicate their 2012 season home record when
Ryan Stotland was an assistant for Arizona at the time. The Cats had a perfect 13-0 record at home that year which was the first time in school history the team went undefeated at home.
Both
Emma Wilson and
Gitte Heynemans won their two singles matches on the day while Heynemans also managed to win both of her doubles matches with her partner,
Camila Wesbrooks.
Wilson managed to go undefeated in the two matches and took down Ashley Bongart from Liberty who was the 107th ranked player in the latest ITA rankings.
Sac State Doubles
1. Wilson/Thomas (ARIZ) vs. Nielsen/Chernyetsky (SAC) 4-4, unfinished.
2. Heynemans/Wesbrooks (ARIZ) def. Dorian/Gonzalez (SAC) 6-2.
3. Zandberg/Furak (ARIZ) def. Wicker/Ugarkovic (SAC) 6-3.
Sac State Singles
1. Wilson (ARIZ) def. Chernyetsky (SAC) 6-1, 6-0.
2. Wesbrooks (ARIZ) def. Gonzalez (SAC) 6-1, 6-3.
3. Zandberg (ARIZ) vs. Nielsen (SAC) 6-4, 3-5, unfinished.
4. Heynemans (ARIZ) def. Wicker (SAC) 6-3, 6-2.
5. Thomas (ARIZ) vs. Dorian (SAC) 4-2, unfinished.
6. Tamblyn (ARIZ) vs. Ugarkovic (SAC) 4-1, unfinished.
Liberty Doubles
1. Wilson/Thomas (ARIZ) def. Soares/Medina (LIB) 6-4.
2. Wesbrooks/Heynemans (ARIZ) def. Ghajar/Hashiguchi (LIB) 6-3.
3. Zandberg/Furak (ARIZ) vs. Bongart/Dollar (LIB) 5-6, unfinished.
Liberty Singles
1. Wilson (ARIZ) def. Bongart (LIB) 1-6, 6-0, 6-3
2. Wesbrooks (ARIZ) vs. Soares (LIB) 6-7, 7-6, 2-0, unfinished
3. Zandberg (ARIZ) def. Medina (LIB) 6-1, 7-6 (5-0), 7-6
4. Heynemans (ARIZ) def. Almborg (LIB) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
5. Furak (ARIZ) vs. Dollar (LIB) 6-4, 4-6, 4-5, unfinished
6. Thomas (ARIZ) vs. Hashiguchi (LIB) 7-6, 5-6, unfinished
Upcoming Schedule
Arizona will be back at home next weekend to take on BYU Friday afternoon, followed up by a doubleheader on Sunday against UNLV and Portland.
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