Results

GOLD RIVER, Calif. - Even though Mother Nature forced women's tennis to move its Saturday afternoon home dual to the Spare Time Indoor Tennis Center Friday night for a 9 p.m. Big West contest, UC Davis did not seem fazed by the sudden change of location as it won the first two doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead vs. Long Beach State into the singles round.

Even though the 49ers won the first two singles matchups, Jessie Lee evened the team score at 2-2 with her straight-sets result over Natalia Munoz, and three singles matches still in play. In what became a best-of-three battle, the next two singles scores fell in LBSU's favor to help it record a 4-2 result over the Aggies.

UC Davis will not return to action until Friday, April 14, when a season-ending three-match homestand continues at the Marya Welch Tennis Center vs. San José State. That non-conference contest will begin at 2 p.m.

With Friday's result, UC Davis drops to 14-8 overall and 2-5 versus league teams while Long Beach State, the defending Big West Conference champions, will continue its season with records of 15-4 and 5-1.

The Aggies enjoyed a strong start when Kristy Jorgensen and Nikita Pradeep defeated Lena Pacholski and Laura Eales - a 49er pairing that entered the day with an undefeated doubles record in league play - at No. 1. Lani-Rae Green and Kristina Breisacher recorded a 6-3 victory of their own against Maeva Razakasoa and Julie Gerard at No. 2 to end doubles play, and earn the team's first point of the (late) evening.

Lee has been on a tear in recent weeks; by winning her singles match 6-1, 7-6 (5), the junior Aggie picked up her fourth win in a row and seventh in the last nine played. Lee's win was an impressive one since Munoz entered today's action with a 12-4 spring singles record, and victories in eight of her last 10 matches.


Long Beach State 4, UC Davis 2
April 7, 2017
Gold River, Calif. (Spare Time Indoor Tennis Center)

Doubles
1. Jorgensen, Kristy/Pradeep, Nikita (UCD) def. Pacholski, Lena/Eales, Laura (LBSU) 6-3
2. Green, Lani-Rae/Breisacher, Kristina (UCD) def. Razakasoa, Maeva/Gerard, Julie (LBSU) 6-3
3. Martino, Samantha/Kecki, Kamila (UCD) vs. Helgo, Maren/Munoz, Natalia (LBSU) 5-5, unfinished

Singles
1. Jorgensen, Kristy (UCD) vs. Razakasoa, Maeva (LBSU) 7-6 (7-5), 1-4, unfinished
2. Gerard, Julie (LBSU) def. Green, Lani-Rae (UCD) 6-4, 6-4
3. Pacholski, Lena (LBSU) def. Breisacher, Kristina (UCD) 6-4, 6-2
4. Helgo, Maren (LBSU) def. Pradeep, Nikita (UCD) 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
5. Lee, Jessie (UCD) def. Munoz, Natalia (LBSU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Eales, Laura (LBSU) def. Martino, Samantha (UCD) 7-5, 6-1


Match Notes
Long Beach State 15-4, 5-1 BWC
UC Davis 14-8, 2-5 BWC
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (3,6,5,2,4)
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