Results

DAVIS, Calif. - After being edged by No. 46 Long Beach State the previous day, UC Davis rebounded in Sunday's Big West Conference match at the Marya Welch Tennis Center by winning all three doubles matches against UC Riverside, and five of six singles contests to down the Highlanders by a 6-1 score.

UC Davis improves its overall record to 4-8, and its Big West mark to 2-3 with the result; UC Riverside falls to 3-7 and 0-3 after its match against the Aggies.

At doubles No. 3, Frederique Sleiffer and Kamila Kecki were the first to finish after defeating Tamilla Vaksman and Sophie El-Kara, 8-1. Tiffany Pham and Jessie Lee ended their doubles match at No. 2 against Karla Dulay and Kassie Troung with an 8-3 triumph; Layla Sanders and Kristy Jorgensen completed the Aggies' doubles sweep by topping Courtney Pattugalan and Chloe Pham, 8-2.

UC Davis' dominance continued into the singles round starting with Jorgensen's 6-0, 6-1 win over Dulay at No. 3.

Including Jorgensen, three Aggies allowed their Highlander counterparts to win just one game in their respective matches. Sleiffer, who continued her recent tear by winning her seventh-straight singles contest, trumped Vaksman at No. 5, 6-0, 6-1. Lee rounded out the trio, at No. 6, by capturing a 6-0, 6-1 win over Troung.

Lani-Rae Green finished one step better than her teammates by shutting out Caroline Hall, 6-0, 6-0, at the No. 4 slot.

Pham was the last singles match to finish, and punctuated an afternoon that saw the Aggies throttle UCR in both doubles, and singles play, once her score went final. She downed Pattugalan, 6-2, 6-1, to help UC Davis split the first two of its current four-match homestand.

In exhibition singles competition, Samantha Martino, like her five teammates that recorded singles victories, defeated El-Kara in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0.

League action will continue next weekend when Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara visit the Marya Welch Tennis Center on Saturday and Sunday. First serve for both home events is slated for 11 a.m.

UC Davis 6, UC Riverside 1
March 1, 2015
Davis, Calif. (Marya Welch Tennis Center)

Doubles
1. Sanders, Layla / Jorgensen, Kristy (UCD) def. Pattugalan, Courtney / Pham, Chloe (UCR) 8-2
2. Pham, Tiffany / Lee, Jessie (UCD) def. Dulay, Karla / Troung, Kassie (UCR) 8-3
3. Kecki, Kamila / Sleiffer, Frederique (UCD) def. Vaksman, Tamilla / El-Kara, Sophie (UCR) 8-1

Singles
1. Pham, Chloe (UCR) def. Sanders, Layla (UCD) 2-3, ret.
2. Pham, Tiffany (UCD) def. Pattugalan, Courtney (UCR) 6-2, 6-1
3. Jorgensen, Kristy (UCD) def. Dulay, Karla (UCR) 6-0, 6-1
4. Green, Lani-Rae (UCD) def. Hall, Caroline (UCR) 6-0, 6-0
5. Sleiffer, Frederique (UCD) def. Vaksman, Tamilla (UCR) 6-0, 6-1
6. Lee, Jessie (UCD) def. Troung, Kassie (UCR) 6-0, 6-1
Exh.) Samantha Martino (UCD) def. Sophie El-Kara (UCR) 6-1, 6-0

Match Notes
UC Riverside 3-7, 0-3 BWC
UC Davis 4-8, 2-3 BWC
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,3,5,6,4,2)
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