ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – Dominican women's tennis fell 5-2 to Sonoma State in its season opener Saturday afternoon at SSU Tennis Courts.

"We had an awesome showing today," head coach Cristina Visico said. "It was a close match against one of the tougher teams in our conference. I think that may be the closest we've played them during my time here."

The Seawolves got off to a strong start as Sasha Turchak and Amber Huk took No. 1 doubles 6-0 and Jenna DeTurk and Tiani Jadulang added a 6-1 victory in No. 3 doubles for the team point.

Jadulang tallied the first singles point for SSU with a 6-1, 6-1 victory on court three over Dominican's Kaitlyn Nguyen, while Jenna DeTurk topped Penguin freshman Haley Garcia 6-0, 6-1 on court five. Ofelia Lopez Camarena handed Dominican its first point of the match as she won No. 3 singles 6-2, 6-2 over Carolina Alfonsin. Turchack held off a Dominican's Taylor Lim 6-2, 6-4 to secure the match victory on the top court for the Seawolves. 

Michelle Li added the first singles victory of her senior season 6-3, 7-5 over SSU's Amber Huk. Freshman Kamar Alajeely was in a heated battle with Hannah Highsmith in No. 4 singles. Highsmith took the first set 6-3, but Alajeely responded with a 6-2 victory in the second set to force a tiebreaker set. The third set went back-and-forth between the two, but Highsmith was able to edge Alajeely 10-8 to finish the match.

Dominican will rest up before its home-opener Saturday against Stanislaus State at noon PST at Castellucci Family Tennis Center.