LONG BEACH, Calif. – The UC Davis women's tennis team was edged out by Long Beach State in the Big West road opener, 4-3, at the Rhodes Tennis Center.

The Aggies battled, winning the singles points at the No. 2 through No. 4 positions, but dropped the doubles point and a close match at No. 6.

The first singles victory on the day came when junior Yana Gurevich downed Sheena Masuda, 7-6 (2), 6-3, for her third straight win in this young dual spring season.

Sophomore Olive Maunupau defeated Arina Babkova, 7-5, 6-0, while freshman Arianna Stavropoulos downed Zara Lennon, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.

Senior Sara Tsukamoto and junior Lauren Ko won the lone match for the Aggies at No. 2 doubles.

UC Davis will continue its Southern California road trip when the Aggies take on UC Riverside at the SRC Tennis Courts tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Long Beach State 4, UC Davis 3
Saturday, February 5, 2022
Long Beach, Calif.

Doubles 

Sheena Masuda/Zara Lennon (LB) d. Yana Gurevich/Arianna Stavropoulos (UCD) 6-2 

Sara Tsukamoto/Lauren Ko (UCD) d. Nikola Homolkova/Arina Babkova (LB) 6-3 

Peppi Ramstedt/Claire Le Du (LB) d. Olive Maunupau/Carly Schwartzberg (UCD 6-4 

Order: 1, 3, 2 
 

Singles 

Nikola Homolkova (LB) d. Sara Tsukamoto (UCD) 6-1, 6-4

Yana Gurevich (UCD) d. Sheena Masuda (LB) 7-6 (2), 6-3

Arianna Stavropoulos (UCD) d. Zara Lennon (LB) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 

Olive Maunupau (UCD) d. Arina Babkova (LB) 7-5, 6-0 

Claire Le Du (LB) d. Kristina Evloeva (UCD) 6-1, 7-5

Peppi Ramstedt (LB) d. Carly Schwartzberg (UCD) 6-4, 7-5

Order: 4, 1, 2, 5, 6, 3