October 19, 2007

SDSU women topple BYU

UNION-TRIBUNE

The San Diego State women's soccer team upset No. 19 BYU 2-0 yesterday in the first live television event at the SDSU Sports Deck.

The victory put the Aztecs (7-6-2, 2-1-0) in first place in the Mountain West Conference.

Both SDSU goals came in the first 11 minutes. Jackie Ragudos had one, Jessica Girdner the other. Goalkeeper Aubree Southwick had five saves for her seventh shutout of the season.

Women's tennis

Four SDSU players and three from USD advanced to the round of 32 on the opening day of the Wilson/ITA West Regional Championships at the Barnes Tennis Center.

Among the Aztecs, senior Eliska Krausova had a first-round bye, then was a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Tania Rice of Pepperdine; junior Esther Cadua defeated Canna Furuta of Cal State Northridge 6-2, 6-2 and UC Riverside's Angelique Corduz 6-2, 6-3; junior Milana Yusupov beat Julia Sandborn of Hawaii and USD's Ellie Faulkner, both by 6-3, 6-1; and freshman Julia Trunk blanked Marie Tanaka of Hawaii 6-0, 6-0 and then defeated Erynne Oki of UC Riverside 7-5, 6-1.

The Toreros advancing were Samantha Mouly, who defeated Jessica Weeks of Long Beach State 6-1, 6-1 and Becky Bernhard of UC Irvine 6-2, 6-1; Monica Wiesener, who downed Jerusha Cruz of Cal State Fullerton 6-0, 6-1 after a first-round bye; and Helene Lindstrand, who beat H.R. Espiritu of UC Riverside 6-2, 6-3, also after a first-round bye. Mouly today will play No. 1 seed Sarah Fansler of USC.