Tennis – The Daily Evergreen

Cougars face Pioneers for third time

January 23, 2020

WSU women’s tennis will play in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend against the University of Denver Pioneers at 11 a.m. on Saturday in Stanford, California. The Cougars (2-0, 0-0) recently began their 2020 dual spring season with a pair of two 7-0 wins against the University...

Cougars sweep Seattle and Idaho at home

JACLYN SEIFERT, Evergreen women's tennis reporter

January 21, 2020

WSU women’s tennis had two 7-0 wins in their first 2020 dual matches of the season against the University of Idaho Vandals and the Seattle University Redhawks Saturday at the Simmelink Tennis Courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse in Pullman. The Cougars improved their all-time record 33-18 against the Vandals...

Tennis battles both Seattle U and Idaho

JACLYN SEIFERT, Evergreen women's tennis reporter

January 16, 2020

WSU women’s tennis will begin play in their 2020 Spring Season this Saturday at home in the Hollingbery Fieldhouse. WSU will begin play against the University of Idaho at 12 p.m. and then face Seattle University at 5 p.m. The Cougars recently played in the three-day Weinman Foundation Invitational...

Cougars win fifteen in Hawaii

JACLYN SEIFERT, Evergreen reporter

January 13, 2020

WSU women’s tennis opened the 2020 Spring Season winning 15 out of 24 matches this weekend at the Weinman Foundation Invitational. The tournament took place Thursday through Sunday at the University of Hawai’i Tennis Complex. This was the sixth time the Cougars have started their spring schedule...

Tennis travels to Stanford for tournament

DAMIEN ALVARADO, Evergreen reporter

October 17, 2019

The Cougars put behind a successful weekend and will head to Northern California this weekend. The team will be participating in the Northwest ITA Regionals on Friday at the Taube Family Tennis Center, in Stanford, California. The ITA Regionals finalists — regional doubles and singles champions...

Tennis underclassmen travel to the beach

DAMIEN ALVARADO, Evergreen reporter

October 10, 2019

The WSU women’s tennis team will escape the cold and travel out to Southern California this Friday, to face off in the three-day Beach Tennis Tournament held in Long Beach, Calif. The Cougars will only take underclassmen to this match, to help build confidence and experience Sophomores Yang Lee, Savanna Ly-Nguyen and Hikaru Sato and freshmen ...

Open season for Washington State tennis

SHAYNE TAYLOR, Evergreen reporter

October 2, 2019

WSU tennis will open its season hosting the Cougar Classic on Friday through Sunday at the Outdoor Tennis Courts. The event will start at 10 a.m. each day and conclude on Sunday evening. The Cougar Classic host eight teams representing five different conferences. Boise State and Utah State are...

Women make WSU tennis history at NCAA championships

KATIE ARCHER, Evergreen sports editor

May 22, 2019

Tiffany Mylonas, no. 22-ranked senior, and freshman Hikaru Sato became the first WSU doubles team to win a match at the NCAA Doubles Championships on Tuesday. They defeated Winthrop University’s team of seniors Lauren Proctor and Megan Kauffman in the first round at the USTA National Campus in Orlando,...

Cougar tennis seniors looks back on time in Pullman

TY EKLUND, Evergreen reporter

May 2, 2019

As WSU tennis wraps up after the NCAA’s are over, Cougar seniors Aneta Miksovska (2015-19) and Tiffany Mylonas (2017-19) will hang up their rackets. Every season, one of the hardest things for the players and coaches to do is to say goodbye to their seniors. Thanking them for their time as players, inspirations, and frie...

Tennis selected to NCAA Tournament for first time since 2012

TY EKLUND, Evergreen reporter

April 29, 2019

No. 34 WSU tennis was selected to the NCAA Tournament on Monday and will face No. 19 Miami in the first round Friday in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Cougars (19-10) were one of 64 teams selected to the tournament. The winner of WSU's match with the Hurricanes (18-7) will face the winner of the match...

Stanford sweeps Cougs for third time this season

TY EKLUND, Evergreen reporter

April 25, 2019

No. 9 seeded WSU couldn’t find success Thursday afternoon. They lost 4-0 in the quarterfinals match against the No. 1 seed Stanford. This is the third time this season the Cardinal has swept the Cougars 4-0. Stanford (20-1, 10-0) is still undefeated against the Cougars (19-10, 3-7) franchise, holding a 20-0 re...

Tennis sweeps No. 8 seed Colorado in first round

TY EKLUND, Evergreen reporter

April 24, 2019

No. 9 seed WSU tennis swept No. 8 seed Colorado 4-0 in the first round of the Pac-12 Championships on Wednesday. The Cougars now advance to face No. 1 seed Stanford, the No. 4 team nationally, on Thursday. WSU (19-9, 4-7) got revenge on the Buffaloes (10-14, 3-8) after falling to them 4-3 in...