
Washington Sweeps Portland In Women’s Tennis Home Opener
January 29, 2025 | Women's Tennis
SEATTLE – The Washington women's tennis team (2-1) secured victories across all courts Wednesday afternoon in its first home match of 2025, defeating Portland 7-0 inside Nordstrom Tennis Center.
Doubles play finished quickly as Catherine Gagnon and McKenna Koenig jumped out early and stayed up on court three, defeating Portland's Flores/Galatescu 6-1.
The 37th-ranked Alexia Jacobs and Reece Carter garnered a 6-3 win on the top doubles courts.
The Huskies continued the onslaught into singles play, with Washington completing the clean sweep across all six courts.
Jacobs didn't give up a single game, defeating Portland's Marquart 6-0, 6-0 on court three and finishing first for UW.
Koenig and Sophie Luescher's wins came shortly after, with Luescher clinching the match on court five going 6-0 in her second set.
Erika Matsuda picked up her first win on Washington's top court 6-2, 6-2. Carter slid to a 6-1 first set but battled in the second before coming way with a 7-5 final set.
Carina Syrtveit completed the singles sweep for the Huskies, defeating UP's Nadine Arbaizar Martinez 6-4, 7-6 on court six.
The Dawgs will cross the state for a matchup with Gonzaga on Sunday, Feb. 9 before returning home for back-to-back home matches with Washington State and Arizona State.
Washington Women's Tennis
January 29, 2025
Seattle, Wash. | Nordstrom Tennis Center
Husky Home Opener
Washington – 7
Portland – 0
Doubles
Order of finish: 3, 2
Order of finish: 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 6
Doubles play finished quickly as Catherine Gagnon and McKenna Koenig jumped out early and stayed up on court three, defeating Portland's Flores/Galatescu 6-1.
The 37th-ranked Alexia Jacobs and Reece Carter garnered a 6-3 win on the top doubles courts.
The Huskies continued the onslaught into singles play, with Washington completing the clean sweep across all six courts.
Jacobs didn't give up a single game, defeating Portland's Marquart 6-0, 6-0 on court three and finishing first for UW.
Koenig and Sophie Luescher's wins came shortly after, with Luescher clinching the match on court five going 6-0 in her second set.
Erika Matsuda picked up her first win on Washington's top court 6-2, 6-2. Carter slid to a 6-1 first set but battled in the second before coming way with a 7-5 final set.
Carina Syrtveit completed the singles sweep for the Huskies, defeating UP's Nadine Arbaizar Martinez 6-4, 7-6 on court six.
The Dawgs will cross the state for a matchup with Gonzaga on Sunday, Feb. 9 before returning home for back-to-back home matches with Washington State and Arizona State.
Washington Women's Tennis
January 29, 2025
Seattle, Wash. | Nordstrom Tennis Center
Husky Home Opener
Washington – 7
Portland – 0
Doubles
Order of finish: 3, 2
- No. 37 Carter/Jacobs (UW) def. Pethybridge/Rubio Perez (UP), 6-3
- No. 115 Luescher/Matsuda (UW) vs. Dimitrijevic/Marquart (UP), 4-3 DNF
- Gagnon/Koenig (UW) def. Flores/Galatescu (UP), 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 6
- Erika Matsuda (UW) def. Pethybridge (UP), 6-2, 6-2
- No. 121 Reece Carter (UW) def. Rubio Perez (UP), 6-1, 7-5
- Alexia Jacobs (UW) def. Isabella Marquart (UP), 6-0, 6-0
- McKenna Koenig (UW) def. Aleksandra Dimitrijevic (UP), 6-1, 6-1
- Sophie Luescher (UW) def. Maria Galatescu (UP), 6-3, 6-0
- No. 104 Carina Syrtveit (UW) def. Nadine Arbaizar Martinez (UP), 6-4, 7-6
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