The Warrior tennis team gave the UC Davis Aggies great competition as they were just shy of beating the Division I squad Saturday, April 11.
During singles play, Jessica Laurie was the definition of a warrior. She fought back to weigh the score of her own win 6-3. Unfortunately Aggies’ Kristy Jorgensen proved more powerful to win the set 10-4.
J’Ana Diamond challenged Tiffany Pham during the second singles play. In set one, Pham just stole the win away from Diamond with the score of 7-6. Diamond battled back to win the second set 6-2 to take the game to the third set. Pham scored another tough win from Diamond with the score of 10-5 to end the singles play.
The Warriors moved on to play UC Santa Cruz on Sunday, April 12. UCSC thought they had the Warriors, but with dedication and heart that the Warriors have- they bounced back to win 6-3 after five singles matches.
Trailing 2-1 after doubles play, the Warriors were determined to win. Analyssa Talls and J’Ana Diamond struck a 8-2 win over Sylvia Brummitt and Islay Fossett.
The Warriors were able to keep control over UCSC in singles play to record the 6-3 match win for the day. Sarah Cardenas was presented the opportunity to play the No. 6 match. She prevailed and won the first set 7-6, then a 7-5 tiebreaker win-but was unable to pull out all three wins. She lost the third set to Stephanie Graziano with the final score ending 6-3. Cardenas crushed Graziano in the last set and won 10-5.
Coming off of a good win Sunday against UCSC, the Warriors took advantage of the momentum and brought it home to play Norte Dame de Namur.
The Warriors were able to blow their opponents away winning 9-0. Doing so, the Warriors moved to 6-11 on the season. Jessica Laurie had taken the day off, and none other than J’Ana Diamond was there to step in the No. 1 singles spot with impressive scores of 6-1 and 6-2 over Olivia Laws.
Later playing with Analyssa Talls the two took yet another victory in doubles play with the final score of 8-1.
During singles play, Ebone Qualls and Tallas were able to shut out their opponents consecutively. Taking the losses were Argonaut’s Maggie Toval and Gabby Reyes.
The CSU Stanislaus Warriors end their season against the same NDNU team on April 18.
