San José State women’s tennis (13-6, 4-4 MW) won 4-0 in its last match of the season at the Spartan Tennis Complex against the Utah State Aggies (4-16, 1-8 MW).
Irena Muradyan, Rozalina Youseva, Jovana Babic and Carolina Millan all celebrated their senior day as well as contributed to the win.
“Two of the seniors are going to be staying here,” SJSU head coach Chad Skorupka said. “One as an assistant and one as a graduate assistant.”
In their doubles match, seniors Millan and Babic were the first to put points on the board for the Spartans with their 7-5 win.
“We tightened up the doubles and everybody got off to a good start and we didn’t want anyone to get close to us in any of the sets,” Skorupka said.
The duo of freshman Cheuk Ying Shek and junior Muradyan gave up a 4-1 lead in their doubles match up. They lost 7-5, leaving both teams with a win in doubles and waiting for the final doubles match to end.
“We were playing pretty confidently but somehow we lost the momentum,” Muradyan said. “But our teammates put in the effort and we got the W.”
The Spartans retaliated back against the Aggies thanks to Millan and Babic. They came back from being down 5-2 and flipped the score on the Aggies.
“Happy coming back from the doubles since we were down 5-2 in match three,” Skorpka said. “Got the momentum and all six players showed up.”
The momentum continued for the Spartans in singles matches as they did not lose a single game even though there were some close calls in the singles portion with Millan and Babic.
Muradyan may have had the loss in the doubles part of the game, but she got the win in her singles match in dominant fashion.
After winning 6-2 in her first set, she came back and won 6-2 in her second set, finishing first and joining her family to cheer on her teammates.
Spartan freshman Duru Durgun finished her match second. She won her sets 6-2 and 6-3 to put SJSU up 3-0.
Babic put the game to bed early in her singles match. She won her first set 6-1 and then faced a little more struggle in the second set.
After being down early, Babic came back and won her second set 6-4 to seal the game at 4-0, stopping all the other matches.
Millan was in the middle of an intense match before they stopped the game. She lost her first set 6-3 and then swept her opponent in the second set 6-0.
She had her match stopped in the middle of the third round after a hard fought battle.
Youseva’s match was also stopped after the Spartans declared victory. After winning her first set, play stopped in the middle of the second set when the Spartans won.
With this game, the Spartans put an end to their two game losing streak before their season’s last game against the Fresno State Bulldogs this Thursday preparing them for the Mountain West Championships April 24.
The Spartans secured a crucial win at home. Muradyan said she was feeling all the emotions in her final game in San José.
“I was trying to enjoy every second and I really didn't want this fairy tale to end,” Muradyan said.
