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Emily Duran

Women's Tennis Anastasiia Kuprina

Women's Tennis defeats Cal State Los Angeles

On Feb 27., Women's Tennis defeated California State University, Los Angeles 5-4 for the first time since 2012.

At no. 1 spot, the duo of Anastasiia Kuprina and Samantha Schuster had to battle hard to defeat Elizaveta Sokolova and Amanda Schneider from CSULA with the score of 8-7. In the no. 2 spot, Johanna Keeline and Ghazal Pakbaten collected another win for the Eagles over Isabella Lopez and Luciana Di Laura 8-4.

At the top of the singles roster, Kuprina defeated Sokolova in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and picked up a deciding point for the Eagles. In the no. 2 flight, Pakbaten got  a confident win against Amanda Schneider with the score of 6-4, 6-4. Keeline dropped a close match to Di Laura, 6-3, 2-6, 1-6 and Schuster won her match over Isabella Lopez with the score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to secure the CUI win. 

"Today's match was a battle from beginning to end," Head Coach Jonathan Sanchez said. "The team showed a lot of heart and competed very well. I was very pleased with Anastasiia and Samantha at no. 1 doubles today. They saved a match point to get the game winning doubles match for our team."

Concordia returns to the court on Mar. 3 to host a conference match over Dominican College in Newport Beach, Calif. at 10 a.m.

 




 

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Players Mentioned

Johanna Keeline

Johanna Keeline

5' 10"
Junior
Anastasiia  Kuprina

Anastasiia Kuprina

Senior
Samantha Schuster

Samantha Schuster

5' 6"
Junior
Ghazal  Pakbaten

Ghazal Pakbaten

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Johanna Keeline

Johanna Keeline

5' 10"
Junior
Anastasiia  Kuprina

Anastasiia Kuprina

Senior
Samantha Schuster

Samantha Schuster

5' 6"
Junior
Ghazal  Pakbaten

Ghazal Pakbaten

Freshman