Saturday, April 12
East Lansing, Mich.
12 PM
Michigan State University
0
vs
4
Washington
Spartan Women’s Tennis Falls In Penultimate Home Match
4/12/2025 8:55:00 PM | Women's Tennis
MSU topped by No. 17 Washington.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – No. 58 Michigan State women's tennis fell to the No. 17 ranked Washington Huskies in a 4-0 deficit during their Saturday matinee match at MSU Indoor Tennis Center, in MSU's penultimate home match of the regular-season.
The Green & White slide to 12-10 overall and 4-7 in Big Ten Conference play.
Washington advances to a near-perfect 17-2 overall record and 9-1 B1G record.
The match kicked off in a demanding manner, with Washington's No. 48 ranked doubles pairing of Reece Carter/Alexia Jacobs taking No. 1 doubles 6-1 against MSU's freshman/senior duo of Ellie Blackford/Liisa Vehvilainen.
Following and ensuring the doubles point for the Huskies was No. 3 doubles, where the freshman/junior pairing of Amara Brahmbhatt/Matilde Morais was defeated, 6-4 against Washington's Carina Syrtveit/McKenna Koenig.
The Spartans knew what had to be done in singles play, but they had their work cut out for themselves.
Redshirt-sophomore Oriana Parkins-Godwin was first to fall after putting up a fight against Carina Syrtveit, 6-4, 6-4.
The battles continued in a fierce manner, but Washington allotted another point at No. 2 singles with Ellie Blackford being defeated by Erika Matsuda 6-3, 6-4.
Locking the win down for the Huskies was McKenna Koenig at No. 4 singles against Morais, where the match was secured in a 6-1, 6-4 Spartan defeat.
The remaining singles matches went unfinished.
Michigan State returns to the courts Sunday, April 13 morning in a 10:30 a.m. matchup against Oregon at the MSU Indoor Tennis Center.
Tennis Match Results
4/12/2025
MSU Indoor Tennis Center
#17 Washington 4, #58 Michigan State 0
Singles Competition
Doubles Competition
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (6,2,4)
The Green & White slide to 12-10 overall and 4-7 in Big Ten Conference play.
Washington advances to a near-perfect 17-2 overall record and 9-1 B1G record.
The match kicked off in a demanding manner, with Washington's No. 48 ranked doubles pairing of Reece Carter/Alexia Jacobs taking No. 1 doubles 6-1 against MSU's freshman/senior duo of Ellie Blackford/Liisa Vehvilainen.
Following and ensuring the doubles point for the Huskies was No. 3 doubles, where the freshman/junior pairing of Amara Brahmbhatt/Matilde Morais was defeated, 6-4 against Washington's Carina Syrtveit/McKenna Koenig.
The Spartans knew what had to be done in singles play, but they had their work cut out for themselves.
Redshirt-sophomore Oriana Parkins-Godwin was first to fall after putting up a fight against Carina Syrtveit, 6-4, 6-4.
The battles continued in a fierce manner, but Washington allotted another point at No. 2 singles with Ellie Blackford being defeated by Erika Matsuda 6-3, 6-4.
Locking the win down for the Huskies was McKenna Koenig at No. 4 singles against Morais, where the match was secured in a 6-1, 6-4 Spartan defeat.
The remaining singles matches went unfinished.
Michigan State returns to the courts Sunday, April 13 morning in a 10:30 a.m. matchup against Oregon at the MSU Indoor Tennis Center.
Tennis Match Results
4/12/2025
MSU Indoor Tennis Center
#17 Washington 4, #58 Michigan State 0
Singles Competition
- Liisa Vehviläinen (MSU-W) vs. #95 Reece Carter (WASH) 2-6, 6-2, unfinished
- Erika Matsuda (WASH) def. Ellie Blackford (MSU-W) 6-3, 6-4
- Amara Brahmbhatt (MSU-W) vs. Alexia Jacobs (WASH) 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), unfinished
- McKenna Koenig (WASH) def. Matilde Morais (MSU-W) 6-1, 6-4
- Hanna Tsitavets (MSU-W) vs. Sophie Luescher 4-6, 4-5, unfinished
- Carina Syrtveit (WASH) def. Oriana Parkins-Godwin 6-4, 6-4
Doubles Competition
- #48 Alexia Carter/Reece Jacobs (WASH) def. Liisa Vehviläinen/Ellie Blackford (MSU-W) 6-1
- Hanna Tsitavets/Issey Purser vs. Sophie Luescher/Erika Matsuda 5-5, unfinished
- Carina Syrtveit/McKenna Koenig def. Amara Brahmbhatt/Matilde Morais 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (6,2,4)
Players Mentioned
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