CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State women's tennis team picked up its second straight win Sunday, notching a 5-2 victory over Niagara in the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion.
PDF BOX SCORE | Cleveland State 5, Niagara 2
Quick Hits
· Kateryna Avram's win at No. 3 singles put her at a team-best 10-1 this spring.
· Gaby Schoenberg notched the 45th singles win of her career on Sunday, and is now just five wins shy of reaching the 50-win milestone.
· With their win at No. 2 doubles against Niagara, Kateryna Avram and Blanche Lenoan now own a team-best 8-1 record this spring.
· The Vikings have now won the doubles point in eight matches this season.
The Match
For the second straight match the Vikings were able to earn the early 1-0 advantage after picking up the doubles point, sweeping all three matches. At the top of the lineup, Klara Mrcela and Lara Prosenjak earned a 6-1 victory, while Blanche Lenoan and Kateryna Avram posted a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles, and Siân Payne and Gaby Schoenberg earned a 6-1 victory at the No. 3 spot.
Niagara was then able to even the match at the start of singles play, as they picked up a default win at the No. 6 spot.
The Vikings responded by picking up the next three singles points, as Mrcela, Schoenberg and Avram all earned victories on their respective courts.
Mrcela posted a 6-0, 6-3 win at the top of the lineup to put the Vikings up 2-1, and then Schoenberg notched a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles to give CSU a 3-1 advantage.
Cleveland State's clinching point came from Avram at the No. 3 spot then, as she recorded a 6-2, 6-0 victory to give Cleveland State its eighth win of the spring season.
After Niagara was able to earn a win at No. 2 singles, Payne notched the final singles point of the day at the No. 4 spot, as she battled back to earn a 5-7, 6-4, 1-0(2) victory to put the final match score at 5-2 Vikings.
From The Sidelines
"I thought we played some good doubles again today, all three teams played really well to give us some early momentum in the match. In singles, we were able to pick up four first sets, which kept our momentum rolling through singles play. We had great fight today, especially Siân who found a way to get it done and pick up a win even though she wasn't playing her best tennis. Now we have another quick turnaround for our match on Wednesday, when we host in-state rival Akron." – head coach Frank Polito
Up Next
The Vikings will return to action on Wednesday (March 4), hosting Akron in a 3:00 p.m. match in the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion.
The Results
Doubles (2, 1, 3)
1. Mrcela/Prosenjak (CSU) def. Gamble/Gonzalez (NIA), 6-1
2. Lenoan/Avram (CSU) def. Peteu/Regales (NIA), 6-2
3. Payne/Schoenberg (CSU) def. Hutchinson/Humiston (NIA), 6-1
Singles (1, 5, 3, 2, 4)
1. Klara Mrcela (CSU) def. Andreea Peteu (NIA), 6-0, 6-3
2. Erika Gonzalez (NIA) def. Blanche Lenoan (CSU), 6-1, 4-6, 1-0(4)
3. Kateryna Avram (CSU) def. Megan Gamble (NIA), 6-2, 6-0
4. Siân Payne (CSU) def. Kirah Regales (NIA), 5-7, 6-4, 1-0(2)
5. Gaby Schoenberg (CSU) def. Ali Hutchinson (NIA), 6-0, 6-1
6. Madigan Humiston (NIA) win by forfeit
