The Sacramento State women?s tennis team dominated the Big Sky Conference Pacific Regional tournament this past weekend, shutting out Portland State 7-0 on Sunday to secure a No. 1 seed in the Big Sky Championships.

The Hornets started off the regionals with a 7-0 victory over Weber State University, then came back on Saturday with a 5-2 win over Northern Arizona University and finished the event with the 7-0 sweep of Portland State.

In singles play, Sac State dominated Weber State, gaining a victory in every match. Gabriella Lundqvist led the way in the No. 1 spot, defeating Weber State?s Therina Steenkamp, 6-3 and 6-3.

Marta Gronowicz, holding the No. 2 spot for the Hornets, mirrored Lundqvist?s performance when dispatching Dana DeLancey 6-3, 6-3. An ankle injury to the Wildcats? Tiffany Smith ended her match early with Amanda Sanches in the second set.

The Hornets continued to dominate in doubles competition, winning every set. Roberta Fessenko and Italina Kirknis won their set easily with a score of 8-1, while Sanches and Petra Abraham also gained a victory, 8-2.

The No. 1 doubles team of Lundqvist and Sanches also defeated their opponent, 8-6.

On Saturday, Sac State claimed four of the six singles matches. Gronowicz, Fessenko, Sanches and Christina Rivieccio all tallied singled points for the Hornets.

Sanches, a freshman, continued her winning streak of six matches to improve her overall record to 18-2.

The Lunqvist-Gronowicz duo defeated Yvonnede Waal and Kathy-Kmiec, 9-7. Petra Abraham and Sanches paired up to upend the Lumberjack duo of Kirsten Balk and Karen Kmiec to earn the doubles point.

On the final day of the Pacific Regionals, the Hornets again dominated the court, winning every set against Portland State.

The match had to be rescheduled and relocated to 9 a.m. at the Spare Time Indoor Tennis Center in Gold River, Calif., so that Portland State would be able to meet its travel arrangements.

The Hornets continued to dominate in singles play, as all six single players earned a point. Gronowicz and Fessenko sat out Sunday to rest some prior injuries. The injuries opened the door to teammates Italina Kirknis and Laila Karim, as each won points in both of their single play matches. The win marks the Hornets? sixth time this season that they have swept all six single matches for the win.

Sac State also controlled the doubles play, as the tandem of Lundqvist and Sanches won against Portland State, 8-2, in their first match together. Also winning their sets in doubles play were Hornet tandems Fessenko-Kirknis and Rivieccio-Abraham.

The Hornets are now looking on to bigger and better things at the Big Sky Conference Tournament in Montana on April 26-28. As the No. 1 seeded team, the Hornets, will receive a first-round bye before playing the winner of Weber State and the No. 2 seeded Mountain Regional Team.

This marks the first Div I appearance for the Hornets at the Big Sky Conference Tournament.

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