HONOLULU, HI – Chaminade fell to Illinois State today, 8-1 at the Hale Koa Tennis Courts in Waikiki. It was the Swords first match since February 28
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Chaminade battled the Division I Illinois State Redbirds, garnering a doubles win but were shutout in singles action. In #1 singles,
Yanita Arnaudova (Hazkova, Bulgaria/Azen Zlatarov Foreign Language School) nearly took down Aniko Kiss, falling in a tiebreaker, 6-0, 4-6, 10-6. All PacWest performer
Yuka Kondo (Irvine, Ca/San Joaquin) combined with Arnaudova to earn the lone Silverswords win, a 8-5 decision in #1 doubles over Emmy Marx and Phyllis Tigges.
Coach Mosley commented after the match: “Illinois State is good and they were ready to play. Our girls didn't control the things they needed to control. They didn't show up ready to play today and that is disappointing.”
Chaminade is back in action on March 15th, facing BYU-Hawaii at 2:00 PM HT in Laie, HI.
With today's loss, Chaminade moves to 4-4 on the year. Illinois State improves to 6-6.
Results
Illinois State 8, Chaminade 1
Position Chaminade Illinois State Winner Score
#1 Singles
Yanita Arnaudova Aniko Kiss Illinois State 6-0, 4-6, 10-6 #2 Singles
Yuka Kondo Emmie Marx Illinois State 6-1, 6-2
#3 Singles
Jan Matsumoto Carolina Abello Illinois State 6-3, 6-2
#4 Singles
Natalie Phanphengdy Stefanie Youngberg Illinois State 6-1, 6-1
#5 Singles
Isel Barba Gabby Phillips Illinois State 6-0, 6-0
#6 Singles
Shayla Hosaka Ashton Nisbet Illinois State 6-1, 6-0
#1 Doubles Yuka Kondo Yanita Arnaudova Emmy Marx Phyllis Tigges Chaminade 8-5
#2 Doubles Natalie Phanphengdy Jan Matsumoto Aniko Kiss Ariane Maack Illinois State 8-2
#3 Doubles Shayla Hosaka Isel Barba Ashton Nisbet Heather Nisbet Illinois State 8-0
