{"id":255241,"date":"2025-09-26T04:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T04:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/255241\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T04:01:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T04:01:11","slug":"aztecs-win-four-on-day-one-of-socal-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/255241\/","title":{"rendered":"Aztecs Win Four on Day One of SoCal Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO \u2013<\/strong> San Diego State women\u2019s tennis officially got its fall schedule underway on Thursday at the opening day of the USTA SoCal Intercollegiate Championships, hosted by the University of San Diego. With all eight players competing, the Aztecs combined for four wins on the day.<\/p>\n

Competition kicked off on Thursday morning with doubles play, where the Aztecs secured one victory. Senior Ninon Martinache<\/a> paired up with freshman Vessa Turley<\/a> in a 6-4 win over Grand Canyon\u2019s Peyton Duckett and Hams Metwali. They will join Jo-Yee Chan<\/a> and Liisa Varul<\/a>, who earned a first-round bye, in Friday\u2019s round of 16.<\/p>\n

Gloria Alogo<\/a> and Vesa Gjinaj<\/a> took on Madison and Chloe Schwarz of Cal State Fullerton, but came up short 6-2. Jayna Clemens<\/a> competed alongside fellow junior transfer Teja Tirunelveli<\/a>, but the Aztecs were bested 6-1 by Tulane\u2019s Summer Chandler and Micah Pierce.<\/p>\n

Gjinaj, Tirunelveli and Turley represented San Diego State in the singles round of 64, as the remaining five Aztecs received a first-round bye. Tirunelveli battled against Nevada\u2019s Silvia Maria Costache, but ultimately fell in three sets, 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4. Turley was bested 6-0 in her first set against USD\u2019s Kristina Nordikyan. The true freshman fought hard to a tiebreaker in the second set, but ultimately came up short 7-6 (7-4). In a matchup against Petra Janigova of Nevada, Gjinaj fell 6-2, 6-4.<\/p>\n

Martinache, Varul, Chan, Alogo and Clemens automatically advanced to Thursday afternoon\u2019s round of 32, where they picked up three wins. Varul defeated Nevada\u2019s Wiem Boubaker 6-4, 6-3, while Alogo took down Daniela Borruel of USC in a 7-5, 6-2 victory and Chan earned a 6-4, 6-3 win over USD\u2019s Maria Shmakova.<\/p>\n

Martinache fell in her round of 32 matchup, defeated 7-5, 6-4 by USD\u2019s Anna Linn Moll. Clemens also came up short 6-4, 6-1 to Kennedy Robinson of Nevada.<\/p>\n

The Aztecs will be back in action on Friday. Next up, Martinache and Turley will face Campbell Ricci and Leigh Van Zyl out of Tulane, while Chan and Varul take on Fullerton\u2019s Seha Yu and Emilie Lugon in the doubles round of 16.<\/p>\n

Doubles competition will be followed by the singles round of 16.<\/p>\n

Follow along:
Draws\/Results<\/a><\/p>\n

Day One Results
Doubles Round of 32
Ninon Martinache<\/a>\/Vessa Turley<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>def. Peyton Duckett\/Hams Metwali (GCU) 6-4
Madison Schwarz\/Chloe Schwarz (Fullerton) def. Gloria Alogo<\/a>\/Vesa Gjinaj<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>6-2
Summer Chandler\/Micah Pierce (Tulane) def. Jayna Clemens<\/a>\/Teja Tirunelveli<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>6-1
Jo-Yee Chan<\/a>\/Liisa Varul<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>\u2013 BYE<\/p>\n

Singles Round of 64<\/strong>
Silvia Maria Costache (Nevada) def. Teja Tirunelveli<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4
Kristina Nordikyan (USD) def. Vessa Turley<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>6-0, 7-6 (7-4)
Petra Janigova (Nevada) def. Vesa Gjinaj<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>6-2, 6-4
Ninon Martinache<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>\u2013 BYE
Liisa Varul<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>\u2013 BYE
Jo-Yee Chan<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>\u2013 BYE
Gloria Alogo<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>\u2013 BYE
Jayna Clemens<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>– BYE<\/p>\n

Singles Round of 32
Liisa Varul<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>def. Wiem Boubaker (Nevada) 6-4, 6-3
Jo-Yee Chan<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>def. Maria Shmakova (USD) 6-4, 6-3
Gloria Alogo<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>def. Daniela Borruel (USC) 7-5, 6-2
<\/strong>Anna Linn Moll (USD) def. Ninon Martinache<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>7-5, 6-4
Kennedy Robinson (Nevada) def. Jayna Clemens<\/a> (SDSU) <\/strong>6-4, 6-1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO \u2013 San Diego State women\u2019s tennis officially got its fall schedule underway on Thursday at the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":255242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,103418,1582,276,3549,3890,134583,13875,2247,134585,134586,7264,10055,134584,18257,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-255241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-aztecs","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-san-diego-state","14":"tag-san-diego-state-athletics","15":"tag-san-diego-state-aztecs","16":"tag-san-diego-state-university","17":"tag-san-diego-state-university-athletics","18":"tag-san-diego-state-university-aztecs","19":"tag-sandiego","20":"tag-sdsu","21":"tag-sdsu-athletics","22":"tag-sdsu-aztecs","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115268608611134367","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}