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DAVIS, Calif. – Freshman Olive Maunupau experienced a Division I debut she will never forget when UC Davis hosted UC Santa Barbara in Saturday's 2021 season opener at the Marya Welch Tennis Center. By defeating Lise Sentenac in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, the San Francisco native was responsible for the Aggies' lone singles victory in a Big West Conference match the visiting Gauchos won by a 4-2 score.
 
UC Davis will have an opportunity to rebound from that result when it heads to Sacramento State for Sunday's 12 p.m. rivalry matchup. The Aggies will enter that event with a 0-1 record and UCSB will continue its season at 1-0.
 
In addition to Maunupau's singles performance, the Aggies came up clutch during doubles play as well by winning two of three matchups to earn the day's first team point.
 
Lauren Ko and Sara Tsukamoto were the first to finish after securing a 6-3 victory at No. 1, followed by Yana Gurevich and Kristina Evloeva, whose 7-3 tiebreaker result in their matchup at the No. 3 position clinched the doubles round for UC Davis.
 
 
UC Santa Barbara 4, UC Davis 2
Feb. 20, 2021
Davis, Calif. (Marya Welch Tennis Center)
 
Doubles
1. Tsukamoto, Sara / Ko, Lauren (UCD) def. Reuter, Kira / Gonzalez Balbe, M. (UCSB) 6-3

2. Kiss, Camille / Volodko, Elizaveta (UCSB) def. Hall, Shirley / Zell, Michelle (UCD) 7-5

3. Gurevich, Yana / Evloeva, Kristina (UCD) def. Sentenac, Lise / Khatamova, Shakhnoza (UCSB) 7-6 (7-3)
 
Singles
1. Volodko, Elizaveta (UCSB) def. Tsukamoto, Sara (UCD) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
2. Kiss, Camille (UCSB) def. Gurevich, Yana (UCD) 6-4, 6-2

3. Khatamova, Shakhnoza (UCSB) def. Zell, Michelle (UCD) 6-0, 6-1

4. Hall, Shirley (UCD) vs. Reuter, Kira (UCSB) 7-5, 2-6, 0-1, unfinished
5. Gonzalez Balbe, M. (UCSB) def. Evloeva, Kristina (UCD) 6-2, 6-3
6. Maunupau, Olive (UCD) def. Sentenac, Lise (UCSB) 6-4, 6-2

Match Notes

UC Santa Barbara 1-0, 1-0 BWC

UC Davis 0-1
, 0-1 BWC
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,2,5,6,1)
 
 
 
ABOUT UC DAVIS
Over 700 student-athletes across 25 intercollegiate athletics teams, following the addition of equestrian and women's beach volleyball in 2018, are enrolled in 71 of more than 100 academic programs at the fifth-ranked public school in the nation.
 
Centrally located between San Francisco, Lake Tahoe and the Napa Valley, UC Davis is known nationwide as a leader in Title IX gender equity and leadership, ranks annually in the top 10 in diversity and students' social mobility and offers an unrivaled student-athlete experience that features the ideal combination of elite academics, Division I athletics and personal growth.
 
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