{"id":519176,"date":"2026-03-05T00:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/519176\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:32:09","slug":"csun-defeats-youngstown-state-6-1-in-non-conference-dual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/519176\/","title":{"rendered":"CSUN Defeats Youngstown State, 6-1 in Non-Conference Dual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORTHRIDGE, Calif. &#8212; The CSUN women&#8217;s tennis team (5-5) was victorious over the Youngstown State Penguins, 6-1, Wednesday afternoon at the Matador Tennis Complex. Four out of the five singles victories for the Matadors were won in straight sets.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHOW IT HAPPENED<br \/>\nThe Matadors opened the afternoon by taking two of three doubles matches. <a href=\"https:\/\/gomatadors.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/angela-ho\/6585\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6585\" target=\"_blank\">Angela Ho<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gomatadors.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/nicole-west\/6593\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6593\" target=\"_blank\">Nicole West<\/a> teamed for a 6-2 win over Yoana Dudova and Hanna Telzynska at Court No. 1. The Penguins evened the doubles competition with a victory on Court No. 3, Lorena Cedeno and Sarah Partida Garcia defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/gomatadors.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/madison-shepperson\/6590\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6590\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Shepperson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gomatadors.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/satsuki-ishikawa\/7162\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7162\" target=\"_blank\">Satsuki Ishikawa<\/a> by a score of 6-3.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe point\u00a0came down to Court No. 2\u00a0when CSUN&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gomatadors.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/emma-moratalla-sanz\/6586\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6586\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Moratalla Sanz<\/a> and Sandra Arguelles\u00a0claimed\u00a0a tightly contested 7-5 decision over Line Greyling and Yeseniia Ovcharova.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWith the score now 1-0 in favor of the Matadors, CSUN looked to carry the doubles momentum into singles play.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Matadors quickly extended their lead. On Court No.1, Ho made it look easy against Telzynska where she won 6-1, 6-2.\u00a0The win\u00a0was Ho&#8217;s seventh singles victory of the season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHo\u00a0said this\u00a0about her win at doubles and singles: &#8220;We used today to reset from the past close losses. Today I thought we did a good job at believing in ourselves. Today I was able to be aggressive and be ok with doing the right thing on the court. I think the most important thing is supporting one another and having fun out there on the court.&#8221;\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nYoungstown State got a point back when Court No. 6 went final as Sarah Partida Garcia topped Arguelles 6-2, 6-3 to give the Penguins their lone point of the match.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCourt No. 3 is where the next match finished,\u00a0as\u00a0Moratalla Sanz earned a decisive 6-0, 7-5 win over Ovcharova to extend CSUN&#8217;s lead to 3-1.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Matadors would clinch the match on Court No.\u00a04. Shepperson battled with Dudova in a gritty match, including a tie-breaker in the first set. Ultimately the sophomore from Mira Loma came out on top, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 to make it a 4-1\u00a0score.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWest would make it a 5-1 game for the Matadors, defeating\u00a0Lorena Cedeno, 7-5, 6-4 on Court No.2 to earn her fourth singles win of the year.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWest\u00a0commented on today&#8217;s performance: &#8220;Today my match was long but I think it was important for me to continue to lean into the process and be ok with long points. It was a good team win and the energy was good as well. It was important to get a big win coming off the results last week.&#8221;\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIshikawa secured the sixth point for the Matadors with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 triumph against Greyling at No. 5. It was the only match to go to three sets.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNOTES OF THE GAME<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tMoratalla Sanz has now won four singles matches in a row, improving to 8-1 on the season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe doubles team of Ho\/West is now 5-2 on the year.&#13;<br \/>\n\tIshikawa is now 3-0 to begin to begin her collegiate career.&#13;<br \/>\n\tCSUN is now 4-1 at home this season.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p>ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH GARY VICTOR<br \/>\n&#8220;This was a huge gut check after a rough weekend. We played really well against UC Davis and we lost 4-3. It came down to the last few moments. And then against Pacific we didn&#8217;t have legs and we didn&#8217;t play well. We saw a different team today and I am really proud of them. It was a bad loss on Sunday and for us to play a considerably better team as they have made the NCAA tournament five out of the last six years, it meant a lot.\u00a0 Emma and Sandy were down early but they handled the pressure well. Angela is one of the most special players we&#8217;ve ever had. Our top three are amazing. Really proud of how we performed today. All credit to Youngstown State, they are a class program and we really appreciate them competing with us today.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUP NEXT<br \/>\nCSUN will travel to Fresno State to take on the Bulldogs on Friday. First serve is set for 3:00 p.m. at Spalding G. 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