Tennis Blanked on Road by USC

LOS ANGELES CALIF. – No. 40 ranked USC proved its strength on Saturday, shutting out the University of Colorado women's tennis team 7-0 at Marks Stadium. With the fifth straight Pac-12 loss, the Buffs drop to a 9-10 overall record and 1-7 in conference play while the Trojans improve to 8-8 overall and 3-4 in conference.

WHAT HAPPENED
Doubles kicked off the afternoon and the Buffs battled some tough competition on all courts. The No. 74 ranked doubles duo of Faillia and Valdes beat Chloe Hule and Louise Ronaldson in the No. 1 doubles spot 6-0. USC clinched the doubles point on court two as Annabelle Andrinopoulos and Brigitte Beck fell 6-1 to Kats and Smith of USC.

The Buffs entered the singles portion of the competition behind as USC led the match 1-0. Court four was the first to finish as Chloe Hule fell 6-0, 6-3 to give USC the 2-0 lead.

Kyra Wojcik dropped her match to Rianna Valdes 6-1, 6-2. The match was clinched on court two where No. 20 ranked Gabby Smith of USC snatched the victory over Annabelle Andrinopoulos 6-3, 6-2.

The match was played out in full as No. 44 ranked Jessica Failla defeated Nuria Ormeño Ruiz 6-2, 6-2. Ilana Oleynik battled hard to extend her match to a third set but fell 6-2, 6-4 to Sydney Van Alphen.

UP NEXT
The Buffs return home for their final match of the season as they will take on Oregon on Sunday April 16^th at 10:00 am at CU South campus.

QUOTABLE
"This weekend we were outplayed by two good California teams. It was a great opportunity to keep learning and looking to see what we are doing good as well as things we can work on. We have a very good Oregon team coming into town next weekend so we look forward to that battle. This weekend we unfortunately were outplayed. The girls fought hard and played hard, we were just a little outmatched. They gave everything they had and we had moments where we were in it, but couldn't keep it up. We will continue to work hard and continue to get better."

#40 USC 7, Colorado 0
April 8, 2017 – Marks Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Doubles

#74 Failla/Valdes (USC) vs. Hule/Ronaldson (CU) – 6-0
#38 Katz/Smith (USC) def. Andrinopoulos/Beck (CU) – 6-1
#61 Kulikov/Westby (USC) def. Oleynik/Wojcik (CU) – 5-1

Order of Finish: 1, 2

Singles

#44 Jessica Failla (USC) def. Nuria Ormeño Ruiz (CU) – 6-2, 6-2
#20 Gabby Smith (USC) def. Annabelle Andrinopoulos (CU) – 6-3, 6-2*
Rianna Valdes (USC) def. Kyra Wojcik (CU) – 6-1, 6-2
#110 Zoë Katz (USC) def. Chloe Hule (CU) – 6-0, 6-3
Madison Westby (USC) def. Brigitte Beck (CU) – 6-2, 6-3
Sydney Van Alphen (USC) def. Ilana Oleynik (CU) – 6-2, 6-4

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

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Players Mentioned

Annabelle Andrinopoulos

Brigitte Beck

Chloe Hule

Ilana Oleynik

Nuria Ormeño Ruiz

Louise Ronaldson

Kyra Wojcik