Women's Tennis | April 02, 2019

The No. 11 ranked USC women's tennis team defeated Cal State Fullerton 5-2 in a non-conference match on Tuesday (April 2) at Marks Stadium in Los Angeles. The win improves USC's season record to 14-3.
 
The Women of Troy came out hot in doubles as every Trojan pair held a strong lead. Court three was the first to finish as USC's Branstine/Neffa defeated Fullerton's Meng/Tobrand 6-0. Shortly after, the Trojan tandem of Ewing/Willson beat the Titan duo of Emery/Makiba 6-0 on court two to lock down the doubles point for USC.
 
During singles play, Trojan Constance Branstine retired due to injury to notch a point on the board for the Titans.
 
On court six, USC's Sydney Van Alphen was the first to complete her match with a strong 6-1, 6-1 victory over Fullerton's Eria Tobrand on court six. Rolling with the positive momentum, Trojan No. 87 Angela Kulikov was victorious over her Titan opponent, Sarah Nuno with a 6-1, 6-3 score. This win pushed USC ahead 3-1 overall in the match.
 
The Titans hadn't given up yet as Fullerton's Genevieve Zeidan beat USC's No. 123 Ana Neffa 6-4, 6-3.
 
USC's No. 43 Salma Ewing displayed a strong performance for the Women of Troy by beating Karla Portalatin 7-5, 6-2 on court one to clinch the overall match for the Women of Troy.
 
In the final match of the day, Trojan No. 122 Danielle Willson defeated Fullerton's Caisey Lee Emery 6-4 6-2 to put the last point on the board for USC.
 
Up next, USC will host Colorado on Friday (April 5) at 12:30 p.m. PT and Utah on Saturday (April 6) at 12 p.m. PT.

# 11 USC 5, Cal State Fullerton 2
April 2, 2019 – Marks Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif.   
Doubles

1. #14 Kulikov/Valdes (USC) vs. Portalin/Nuno (Cal) – 5-2 susp.
2. Ewing /Willson (USC) def. Emery/Makiba (Cal) – 6-0
3. Branstine/Neffa (USC) def. Meng/Tobrand (Cal) – 6-0

Order of Finish: 3, 2
USC wins doubles point

Singles

1. #43 Salma Ewing (USC) def. Karla Portalatin (CSUF)  – 7-5, 6-2*
2. #87 Angela Kulikov (USC) def. Sarah Nuno (CSUF) – 6-1, 6-3
3. Genevieve Zeidan (CSUF) def. #123 Ana Neffa (USC) – 6-4, 6-3
4. #122 Danielle Willson (USC) def. Caisey Lee Emery (CSUF) – 6-4, 6-2
5. Luxizi Meng (CSUF) def. Constance Branstine (Cal)– 6-1, 0-0 ret.
6. Sydney Van Alphen (USC) def. Eira Tobrand (CSUF) – 6-1, 6-1 

Order of Finish: 5, 6, 2, 3, 1*, 4