The key to a successful season is being able to win at home, butunfortunately for the Sac State women?s tennis team it could only winone of its three home matches over the weekend.Sac State (6-4) lost to Nevada 6-1 Sunday afternoon, beat Gonzaga 6-1Saturday, and lost to Northern Iowa 4-3 Thursday.

Sunday?s contest was against Nevada, a tough opponent. Nevada wasundefeated at 8-0 leading into the contest against Sac State.

“They were a very good team,” head coach Bill Campbell said. “I thinkthey will be favored to win their conference.”

The match started out with doubles play. With two of the first twodoubles matches resulting in a split, all eyes turned to the finalmatch, between the number one seeds. The match was pushed to the limit,but Nevada was able to withstand the late rally by the Hornets and win9-7, enabling Nevada to win the doubles point.

“That was the best our doubles have played all year,” Campbell said.

Singles play was all Nevada as well. Sac State was only able to win thenumber two singles match. Sophomore Marta Gronowicz was able to overcomea first set loss, and fight back for a 6-7, 6-3, 7-5 win.

Campbell thought that Gronowicz was able to come back and play wellen-route to her ninth singles win this season.

Saturday?s contest had far better results, as Sac State was able todefeat Gonzaga 6-1.Campbell believed Gonzaga was a tough opponent and created a bigchallenge for the Hornets.”Gonzaga was a better team than I thought. There were a lot of closematches.”

Sac State won five of the six singles matches and two of three doublesmatches.

Junior Gabriella Lundqvist, playing in the number one singles match won6-4, 7-6. Lundqvist who lost two days earlier for the first time thisseason got back into the win column by defeating Sarah Ust of Gonzaga.Through Sunday, Lundqvist?s record is 8-2 in singles play.

Senior Caroline Svensson, juniors Janice Mota and Laila Karim, andfreshman Italina Kirknis won the numbers three through six matches,respectively.

The only loss suffered by the Hornets was in the number two match.Gronowicz lost 2-6, 7-5, 7-5. This was Gronowicz?s first loss of theseason, ending her eight-match winning streak.

In doubles play, Sac State won the top two doubles matches, gaining thedoubles point. Gronowicz and Mota won 8-3, while Lundqvist and Svenssonwon 8-4.

Earlier in the week the team hosted Northern Iowa and lost 4-3.

Sac State was able to split in singles play, but lost in double’s play.The Hornet?s gained victories in the numbers two, three, and fivematches. Gronowicz, Svensson, and Karim were each able to win theirsingles matches.

The team will be idle until March 29, when it will begin a four-day,four-match home stretch.Campbell would like to fare better than this weekend?s matches.

“We have four more at home. I would like to win those matches,” Campbellsaid. “They are getting better all the time.”