Score: UC Davis 1, UCSB 6
Location: Davis, Calif.
Records: UC Davis 5-9, UCSB 3-7
The short story: UC Davis women's tennis suffered a tough 6-1 loss to UCSB, with the only point for the Aggies coming from freshman Polina Marakhtanova, who battled hard to secure a singles victory amidst the team's challenging performance.
COURTSIDE
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The Gauchos took the early lead, grabbing the doubles point.
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Freshman Polina Marakhtanova won her singles match after three sets and a tiebreaker.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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The Aggies opened up the morning with doubles where Daisy Maunupau and Mika Ikemori finished first falling to their UCSB opponents early.
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Next to finish was the pair of Solia Valentine and Marakhtanova, also losing to their Gaucho opponents.
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The match of Claire Galerkin and Kaia Wolfe went unfinished since the Gauchos had already clinched the doubles point.
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The first two Aggies to finish in singles were Maunupau and Valentine, who fell decisively to their opponents in two sets.
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Three more Aggies fall. Ikemori, junior Maya Youssef, and freshman Penelope Wong would also lose to their opponents in two sets each.
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Last to finish in singles was freshman Polina Marakhtanova who put up a great fight taking her opponent to three sets and a tiebreaker before ultimately winning the only point of the day for the Aggies.
RESULTS:
UCSB 6, UC Davis Women's Tennis 1
Singles Competition
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Amelia Honer (UCSB) def. Mika Ikemori (UCD) 6-4, 6-1
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Tyra Richardson (UCSB) def. Solia Valentine (UCD) 6-0, 6-3
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Ali Benedetto (UCSB) def. Maya Youssef (UCD) 6-4, 4-6,10-4
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Lily Pradkin (UCSB) def. Daisy Maunupau (UCD) 6-3, 6-3
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Polina Marakhtanova (UCD) def. Lucy Lu (UCSB) 3-6, 7-6 (10-5), 10-7
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Katerina Vayser (UCSB) def. Penelope Wong (UCD) 6-0, 6-3
Doubles Competition
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Amelia Honer/Lucy Lu (UCSB) def. Daisy Maunupau/Mika Ikemori (UCD) 6-2
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Ali Benedetto/Lily Pradkin def. Solia Valentine/Polina Marakhtanova (UCD) 6-3
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Amy Tutoveanu/Raphaelle Leraux (UCSB) vs. Claire Galerkin/Kaia Wolfe (UCD) 4-3 (40-15), unfinished
Order of finish: doubles (1,2,3) singles (4,2,1,3,6,5)
UP NEXT: The Aggies will remain home to take on Montana on Mar. 7 at 1:30 p.m. PST.
