Box Score PORTLAND, Ore. – The San Francisco Dons defeated the Portland women's tennis team by a 5-2 margin on Saturday in West Coast Conference action at the Louisiana Pacific Tennis Center. The Pilots fall to 9-5 overall, 1-2 in league play, while the Dons improve to 11-5 and 3-1 in WCC play. Portland had its seven-match win streak at LPTC snapped, while USF has now won seven in a row.

San Francisco secured the doubles point with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, but Portland's No. 1 tandem of Iva Zelic and Sally Pethybridge improved to 24-7 overall this season and 12-2 in dual matches with a 6-2 victory.

The Dons went up 2-0 with a straight sets win at No. 2 singles, but Zelic then knocked off No. 99-ranked Maria Martinez Vaquero 6-1, 6-4 at No. 1 singles to make it a 2-1 deficit.

Caragh Courtney outlasted Rimona Rouf in a thrilling third set tiebreaker at No. 3 to give the Dons another point before Simran Chhabra providing the clinching point with a win at No. 4.

Alaia Rubio Perez picked up Portland's second point with a win at No. 6 singles.

Portland returns to conference action next week with a road match at Loyola Marymount on Saturday at 11 a.m.

San Francisco 5, Portland 2
Portland, Ore. (Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center)
April 1, 2023

Singles
1. Iva Zelic (POR) def. #99 Maria Martinez Vaquero (USF) 6-1, 6-4
2. Chiho Mushika (USF) def. Sally Pethybridge (POR) 6-1, 6-4
3. Caragh Courtney (USF) def. Rimona Rouf (POR) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
4. Simran Chhabra (USF) def. Aleksandra Dimitrijevic (POR) 6-1, 6-2
5. Arianna Capogrosso (USF) def. Meagan Pearson (POR) 6-4, 6-2
6. Alaia Rubio Perez (POR) def. Hana Gamracy (USF) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (9)

Doubles
1. Zelic/Pethybridge (POR) def. Martinez Vaquero/Chhabra (USF) 6-2
2. Courtney/Mushika (USF) def. Rouf/Dimitrijevic (POR) 6-0
3. Capogrosso/Rita Colyer (USF) def. Rose Watanabe/Rubio Perez (POR) 6-1

Match Notes:
San Francisco 11-5, 3-1 WCC
Portland 9-5, 1-2 WCC
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,1,3,4,5,6)
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