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Kirpicheva Earns Point for Dogs
3/10/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 10, 2011
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State women's tennis team finished its Los Angeles road trip with a match against USC in Los Angeles. The Trojans came away with a 6-1 victory.
The Trojans came away with an early lead against the Bulldogs by sweeping the doubles.
Fresno State sophomore Olga Kirpicheva delivered one of her best performances of the season defeating senior Lynsday Kinstler. Earning the first set to her advantage, Kirpicheva dropped the second set and rallied back to a super tiebreaker and earned the last two points in the match, 1-0 (12-10). This was the final match of the day and the only victorious set for the Bulldogs.
Fresno State travels to Louisiana on Saturday to take on WAC foe Louisiana Tech.
#16 USC 6 def #59 Fresno State 1
Thursday, March 10 -- Marks Stadium
DOUBLES
1) #20 Christian/Sanchez (USC) def. Jodoin/McQueen (FS) - 8-7 (0)
2) Kinstler/Lao (USC) def. Kirpicheva/Modoc (FS) - 8-3
3) Andrews/Ramos (USC) def. Hayley/Pola (FS) - 8-5
USC wins doubles point.
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
SINGLES
1) #2 Maria Sanchez (USC) def. Marianne Jodoin (FS) -- 6-3, 6-0
2) #18 Danielle Lao (USC) def. Laura Pola (FS) -- 6-1, 6-2*
3) #113 Kaitlyn Christian (USC) def. Melissa McQueen (FS) -- 6-2, 6-3
4) Alison Ramos (USC) def. Mary Abby Hayley (FS) -- 6-2, 6-3
5) Cristala Andrews (USC) def. Bianca Modoc (FS) -- 6-3, 6-0
6) Olga Kirpicheva (FS) def. Lyndsay Kinstler (USC) -- 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (12-10)
Order of finish: 5, 1, 2*, 3, 6, 4
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