TACOMA, Wash. – Former Cal Poly women’s tennis standout Suzie Matzenauer kickstarted her post-collegiate career in fine fashion on Sunday, July 25 as she captured her second career Pacific Northwest Open singles title with a 6-3, 6-1 victory against San Jose’s Stephany Chang at the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. The result finalized a banner day for Matzenauer, who also won the Pacific Northwest Open singles title in 2005. Earlier Sunday, Matzenauer teamed with Kelcy McKenna to...

SAN LUIS OBISPO – After establishing new single-season career highs for singles (20) and doubles (20) victories and assisting the Cal Poly women’s tennis program to a second-place showing in the Big West Conference standings, Mustang senior Diane Filip recently added one final notable bullet point to her collegiate resume in earning one of the school’s University Awards for contributions to the objectives and public image of Cal Poly. The award, presented through the Orfalea...

SAN LUIS OBISPO – The Cal Poly women’s tennis team was recently extended an invitation to compete in the 2011 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend for the first time in program history and, following a Tuesday morning site draft by participating head coaches, the Mustangs will open the 60-team event against defending national champion Stanford on Jan. 28 at the Cardinal’s Taube Family Tennis Stadium. Used as a qualifying event for February’s ITA National Team Indoor...

ATHENS, Ga. – After rebounding to capture the second set against Baylor’s Csilla Borsanyi and Lenka Broosova during Thursday’s opening doubles round of the 32-team NCAA Individual Championships, the Cal Poly women’s tennis senior tandem of Brittany Blalock and Suzie Matzenauer were ultimately eliminated from postseason contention after suffering a 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-5 defeat at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. After falling during a first set that featured just one service break, Blalock and Matzenauer...

SAN LUIS OBISPO – Mustang fans and supporters of the Cal Poly women’s tennis program can follow the progress of senior doubles tandem Brittany Blalock and Suzie Matzenauer at the 2010 NCAA Individual Championships through a streaming video service provided by the NCAA. Blalock and Matzenauer, seeking Cal Poly’s first postseason victory of any kind, open NCAA Championships action against Baylor’s Csilla Borsanyi and Lenka Broosova on Thursday, May 27 at 1:30 p.m. PT at...

SAN LUIS OBISPO – Following a spring season in which they ascended as high as No. 26 in the Campbell’s ITA Rankings, earned All-Big West Conference first team doubles praise and compiled a 17-3 duals record, the Cal Poly women’s tennis senior doubles pairing of Brittany Blalock and Suzie Matzenauer can strengthen an already historic resume by becoming the first Mustangs to win a postseason match at the Division I level when action at the...

SAN LUIS OBISPO – The top-ranked doubles team in the Big West Conference and the 48th-ranked tandem in Division I women’s tennis, Cal Poly seniors Brittany Blalock and Suzie Matzenauer became just the program’s second individual selections to the NCAA Championships when the field of 32 pairings was released on Tuesday morning. One of 16 automatic qualifiers, Blalock and Matzenauer will open NCAA Championships action on May 26 against a yet-to-be-determined pair in Athens, Ga....

SAN LUIS OBISPO – Senior Brittany Blalock highlighted a host of six All-Big West selections for the Cal Poly women’s tennis team on Tuesday afternoon by becoming the first Mustang in program history to earn four all-conference first team singles selections. Blalock also earned All-Big West first team doubles honors with senior partner Suzie Matzenauer, herself named to the all-conference first team singles squad. Completing Cal Poly’s selections were senior Steffi Wong and freshman Alexa...