LOS ANGELES – No. 18\u00a0USC women’s tennis delivered a dominant performance on Wednesday afternoon, sweeping\u00a0Fresno State 7-0 at home to improve to 7-2 overall this season.<\/p>\n
The Trojans set the tone early in doubles play. The No. 1 pair of Dani Borruel<\/a> and Eugenia Zozaya<\/a> opened with a commanding 6-0 win, and Simone Kay<\/a> and Lily Fairclough<\/a> followed with a 6-2 victory on court three to secure the doubles point. Play on court two was suspended with the doubles point being awarded to the Trojans.\u00a0<\/p>\n Holding a 1-0 lead, USC wasted no time taking control in singles. Freshman No. 55 Eugenia Zozaya<\/a> struck first with a flawless 6-0, 6-0 win on court three, and Dani Borruel<\/a> followed with a 6-0, 6-1 decision at the No. 5 position.<\/p>\n Simone Kay<\/a> then clinched the team victory with a decisive 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles, pushing USC ahead 4-0 and sealing the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n With the result secured, the Trojans played out the remaining courts. No. 35 Emma Charney<\/a> added a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 2, Lily Fairclough<\/a> captured a 6-2, 6-4 decision at No. 4 and Immi Haddad<\/a> closed the afternoon with a hard-fought 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6) victory at the top spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n Up next, USC travels to Malibu, Calif. to take on the No. 15 ranked Pepperdine Waves at 12 p.m. PT on Sunday, Feb. 22\u00a0<\/p>\n RESULTS:
#18 USC 7, FRESNO STATE 0<\/p>\n Wednesday, Feb. 18 | Marks Tennis Stadium \u2013 Los Angeles, Calif.<\/p>\n DOUBLES<\/p>\n 1. Dani Borruel<\/a>\/Eugenia Zozaya<\/a> (USC) def. Paulina Montiel\/Klara Vukicevic (FSU) \u2013 6-0<\/p>\n 2. Immi Haddad<\/a>\/Emma Charney<\/a> (USC) vs. Louna Cormier\/Andjela Lopicic (FSU) \u2013 5-3 UNF.<\/p>\n Simone Kay<\/a>\/Lily Fairclough<\/a> (USC) def. Eliza Dunbar\/Gianna Mastro (FSU) \u2013 6-2<\/p>\n
Order of finish: 1, 3 SINGLES<\/p>\n 1. Immi Haddad<\/a> (USC) vs. Paulina Montiel (FSU) \u2013 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6) Order of finish: 3, 5, 6*, 2, 4, 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES – No. 18\u00a0USC women’s tennis delivered a dominant performance on Wednesday afternoon, sweeping\u00a0Fresno State 7-0 at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-189970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nUSC wins the doubles point<\/p>\n
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\n2. #35 Emma Charney<\/a> (USC) def. Andjela Lopicic (FSU) \u2013 6-2, 6-0
\n3. #55 Eugenia Zozaya<\/a> (USC) def. Klara Vukicevic (FSU) \u2013 6-0, 6-0
\n4. Lily Fairclough<\/a> (USC) def. Louna Cormier (FSU) \u2013 6-2, 6-4
\n5. Dani Borruel<\/a> (USC) def. Gianna Mastro (FSU) \u2013 6-0, 6-1
\n6. Simone Kay<\/a> (USC) def. Guilia Lodovici (FSU) \u2013 6-1, 6-1*<\/p>\n