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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – UC Davis enjoyed a strong start to its non-conference match at the Degheri Tennis Center in Santa Clara, California, by winning the doubles round and two of the first four singles matches in Tuesday's dual against Santa Clara. Even though the Broncos were able to tie the overall score at 3-3, freshman Carly Schwartzberg stepped up with a clutch 7-6, 7-5 win versus Varya Zlotnik, which included an 8-6 first-set tiebreaker that ended in her favor, to lift the Aggies to a 4-3 victory.
 
In addition to snapping its five-match slide and generating momentum entering Saturday's 11 a.m. Big West dual at Cal State Fullerton, women's tennis improved its overall record to 3-6, with all three of its wins earned on the road. Santa Clara will also enter league play later this week, and do so with a 2-5 record.
 
Shirley Hall and Michelle Zell were the first to finish their doubles match after defeating Katherine Petty and Finley Kalionic, 6-1. Teammates Yana Gurevich and Kristina Evloeva helped UC Davis officially clinch the doubles point by topping Jamie Schroer and Nadine Del Carmen, 6-4.
 
The Broncos and Aggies went back-and-forth with respective singles victories; results earned by Lauren Ko, who posted a 7-6(5), 6-1 straight set win over Giulia Hayer, and Gurevich, who swept her matches with a 6-4, 6-4 triumph over JennaMarie Gordon, took place after Santa Clara collected its first team points of the day in the singles round. 
 
UC Davis left Santa Clara with its desired result when Schwartzberg walked off her court with a singles win, also earned in straight-set fashion, to snap a 3-3 tie for good.
 
Following Saturday's Big West match against the Titans, UC Davis will wrap-up its first league road trip of the year when is visits CSUN for Sunday's 1:30 p.m. matchup.
 
 
 
UC Davis 4, Santa Clara 3
March 23, 2021
Santa Clara, Calif. (Degheri Tennis Center)

Doubles
1. Hall, Shirley/Zell, Michelle (UCD) def. Katherine Petty/Finley Kalinic (SCU-W) 6-1

2. JennaMarie Gordon/Giulia Hayer (SCU-W) def. Ko, Lauren/Maunupau, Olive (UCD) 7-6 (8-6)
3. Gurevich, Yana/Evloeva, Kristina (UCD) def. Jamie Schroer/Nadine Del Carmen (SCU-W) 6-4

Singles
1. Gurevich, Yana (UCD) def. JennaMarie Gordon (SCU-W) 6-4, 6-4
2. Finley Kalinic (SCU-W) def. Hall, Shirley (UCD) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4

3. Jamie Schroer (SCU-W) def. Zell, Michelle (UCD) 6-2, 6-4

4. Katherine Petty (SCU-W) def. Maunupau, Olive (UCD) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
5. Ko, Lauren (UCD) def. Giulia Hayer (SCU-W) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
6. Schwartzberg, Carly (UCD) def. Varya Zlotnik (SCU-W) 7-6 (8-6), 7-5
 
Match Notes
UC Davis 3-6

Santa Clara 2-5

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,5,2,1,4,6)
 
 
 
 
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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.
 
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