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The Chicago State women's tennis team lost to Montana State 6-1 Tuesday afternoon at the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club in Homewood. 

The two teams split the first two double matches with the point coming down to No. 1 with Kristina Pukhaeva and Ethel Li. The duo was down a break at 3-2 and 4-3 and broke both times but couldn't hold serve at 4-4 and lost 6-4 with the Bobcats earning the point. Cali Fuller won in straight sets an No. 1 singles and Kristina Pukhaeva dropped a close match at No. 2, 7-5, 7-6 (3). Compete results listed below.

The next action for the Cougars will be Friday, January 27 in DeKalb, Illinois to face Northern Illinois at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House at 9 a.m. 

Chicago State vs. Montana State        
1/17/2023 Homewood, Illinois
(H-F Racquet & Fitness Club)

Montana State 6, Chicago State 1

Singles 
1. Cali Fuller (Chicago State) def. Marta Garcia-Reboredo (MSU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Isabel Heinzova (MSU) def. Kristina Pukhaeva (Chicago State) 7-5, 7-6 (3)
3. Mirte Van Baelen (MSU) leading Katarina Dukic (Chicago State) 6-4, 6-1
4. Jazmin Lerman (MSU) def. Ethel Li (Chicago State) 6-4, 3-6, 10-8
5. Felicia Jayasaputra (MSU) leading Amina Taibi (Chicago State) 6-1, 6-0
6. JJ Chen (MSU) def. Sofiya Sedovich (Chicago State) 7-5, 6-4

Doubles 
1. Marta Garcia-Reboredo/Mirte Van Baelen (MSU) def. Kristina Pukhaeva/Ethel Li (Chicago State) 6-4
2. Cali Fuller/Sofiya Sedovich (Chicago State) def. Isabel Heinzova/Jazmin Lerman (MSU) 6-2
3. Felicia Jayasaputra/JJ Chen (MSU) def. Amina Taibi/Katarina Dukic (Chicago State) 6-2

Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (5,3,1,2,4,6)

About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.

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