University Southern California Trojans
Saturday, May 4
Los Angeles, Calif.
12:00 PM
USC
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Illinois State
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USC Women's Tennis Defeats Illinois State 4-0 in NCAA First Round
May 04, 2019 | Women's Tennis, Features
The No. 13 USC women's tennis team opened NCAA Tournament play by sweeping Illinois State 4-0 in the First Round on Saturday (May 4) in Marks Stadium in Los Angeles. The Trojans improve their season record to 19-7 overall with the victory in their 36th NCAA Tournament appearance.
 7USC opened up the afternoon with a win from Trojan duo No. 1 ranked Kulikov/Valdes over Redbird pair Golanova/Damnjavnovic 6-1 on court one. This win improved the USC pair's record to 26-6 on the season. Court three was the next to finish as Trojan tandem Branstine/Jaeger defeated Illinois State's Bravo/Mihaleva 6-2 to claim the doubles point for the Women of Troy. After the doubles point was secured, court two's match between USC's Weissmann/Willson and Illinois State's Kustkova/Fitzgerald was suspended.
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The Trojans rolled their momentum from doubles over to singles as USC's Rianna Valdes defeated Illinois State's Jana Kustkova 6-2, 6-0 on court four to push the Trojans ahead 2-0 overall.
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USC continued to grind and Trojan Ana Neffa closed out her match on court three with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Redbird Natalia Bravo to put USC in a position to potentially sweep.
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Minutes after Neffa's win, USC's No. 83 ranked Angela Kulikov defeated Illinois State's Tara Damnjanovic 6-4, 6-1 on court two to clinch the win for the Women of Troy to help them advance to the Round of 32.
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After the clinch, all the remaining courts in play were suspended. All Trojan players won their first sets.
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Earlier in the day, UNLV upset No. 26 ranked Texas Tech 4-3 in the first round match. After being tied at 3-3, the match came down to a thrilling finish as UNLV's Connie Li and Texas Tech's Lana Rush faced off on court six. In the third set, Li pushed ahead, but Rush closed back in to force a tiebreak. After a tough battle, Li came out on top winning the third set 7-6 (7) to clinch the match for the Rebels.
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USC will take on UNLV tomorrow (May 5) at 1 p.m. in the NCAA Second Round at Marks Stadium. USC is 7-0 all-time against UNLV.Â
#13 USC 4, Illinois State 0
May 4, 2019 – Marks Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. Â
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Doubles
USC wins doubles point
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Singles
Order of Finish: 4, 3, 2*
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UNLV 4, # 26 Texas Tech 3
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Doubles
Texas Tech wins doubles point
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Singles
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 7USC opened up the afternoon with a win from Trojan duo No. 1 ranked Kulikov/Valdes over Redbird pair Golanova/Damnjavnovic 6-1 on court one. This win improved the USC pair's record to 26-6 on the season. Court three was the next to finish as Trojan tandem Branstine/Jaeger defeated Illinois State's Bravo/Mihaleva 6-2 to claim the doubles point for the Women of Troy. After the doubles point was secured, court two's match between USC's Weissmann/Willson and Illinois State's Kustkova/Fitzgerald was suspended.
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The Trojans rolled their momentum from doubles over to singles as USC's Rianna Valdes defeated Illinois State's Jana Kustkova 6-2, 6-0 on court four to push the Trojans ahead 2-0 overall.
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USC continued to grind and Trojan Ana Neffa closed out her match on court three with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Redbird Natalia Bravo to put USC in a position to potentially sweep.
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Minutes after Neffa's win, USC's No. 83 ranked Angela Kulikov defeated Illinois State's Tara Damnjanovic 6-4, 6-1 on court two to clinch the win for the Women of Troy to help them advance to the Round of 32.
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After the clinch, all the remaining courts in play were suspended. All Trojan players won their first sets.
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Earlier in the day, UNLV upset No. 26 ranked Texas Tech 4-3 in the first round match. After being tied at 3-3, the match came down to a thrilling finish as UNLV's Connie Li and Texas Tech's Lana Rush faced off on court six. In the third set, Li pushed ahead, but Rush closed back in to force a tiebreak. After a tough battle, Li came out on top winning the third set 7-6 (7) to clinch the match for the Rebels.
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USC will take on UNLV tomorrow (May 5) at 1 p.m. in the NCAA Second Round at Marks Stadium. USC is 7-0 all-time against UNLV.Â
#13 USC 4, Illinois State 0
May 4, 2019 – Marks Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif. Â
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Doubles
- #1 Kulikov/Valdes (USC) def. Golanova/Damnjavnovic (ISU) – 6-1
- Weissmann /Willson (USC) vs. Kustkova/Fitzgerald (ISU) – 5-4 susp.
- Branstine/Jaeger (USC) def. Bravo/Mihaleva (ISU) – 6-Â
USC wins doubles point
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Singles
- #51 Salma Ewing (USC) vs. Veronika Golanova (ISU) – 6-2, 4-1 susp.
-  #83 Angela Kulikov (USC) def. Tara Damnjanovic (ISU) – 6-4, 6-1*
- Ana Neffa (USC) def. Natalia Bravo (ISU) - 6-1, 6-1
- Rianna Valdes (USC) def. Jana Kustkova (ISU) – 6-2, 6-0
- Danielle Willson (USC) vs. Laura Fitzgerald (ISU) – 7-6 (4), 0-0 susp.
- Becca Weissmann (USC) vs. Ivon Mihaleva (ISU) – 6-2 4-1 susp.
Order of Finish: 4, 3, 2*
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UNLV 4, # 26 Texas Tech 3
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Doubles
- Miller/Rush (TTU) vs. #80 Huang/Zhu (UNLV) – 1-4 susp.
- Maltby /Peet (TTU) def. C. Li/S. Li (UNLV) – 6-0
- Bridgforth/Collins (TTU) def. Asano/Bogoslavets (UNLV) – 6-2
Texas Tech wins doubles point
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Singles
- #105 Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) def. #22 Felicity Maltby (TTU) – 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
-  Nell Miller (TTU) def. Izumi Asano (UNLV) – 6-0, 6-3
- En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. Denise-Antonela Stoica (TTU) – 6-3, 6-3
- Kennedy Bridgforth (TTU) def. Anna Bogoslavets (UNLV) – 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Jovana Kenic (UNLV) def. Olivia Peet (TTU) – 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Connie Li (UNLV) def. Lana Rush (TTU) – 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)*Â
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