Box Score Score: UC Davis 1, CSUF 4
Location: Fullerton, Calif.
Records: UC Davis 8-10, CSUF 8-5
The short story: UC Davis women's tennis battled hard against Cal State Fullerton, securing the early doubles point, but despite their promising start, they ultimately fell short in singles play, losing 1-4.
COURTSIDE
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The Aggies took the early lead, grabbing the doubles point.
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Fullerton came back to win four consecutive singles points.
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Two Aggie matches were left unfinished.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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The Aggies opened up the morning with doubles, where Daisy Maunupau and Mika Ikemori finished first, taking down their opponents in a dominating match.
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Next to finish was the pair of Claire Galerkin and Kaia Wolfe. This pair won their match, clinching the early doubles point for the Ags.
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Last to finish in doubles was Solia Valentine and Polina Marakhtanova, who lost their match against their CSUF opponent.
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Onto singles, the first to finish was graduate student Valentine, who fell to her opponent in two sets, making the score even at 1-1.
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More Aggies would fall as Wolfe and Maunupau, who both fell in two sets.
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Last to finish was sophomore Ikemori, who also lost her match to her CSUF opponent making the final score 1-4.
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The matches of Maya Youssef and Polina Marakhtanova went unfinished since CSUF had already clinched the dual match win.
RESULTS:
CSUF 4, UC Davis Women's Tennis 1
Singles Competition
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Sein Myoung (CSF) def. Mika Ikemori (UCD) 6-1, 6-3
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Seha Yu (CSF) def. Solia Valentine (UCD) 6-3, 6-1
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Diana Yanotovskaya (CSF) vs. Maya Youssef (UCD) 3-6, 2-5, unfinished
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Mariia Nikitash (CSF) vs. Polina Marakhtanova (UCD) 4-6, 3-2, unfinished
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Milena Gevorgyan (CSF) def. Daisy Maunupau (UCD) 7-5, 6-2
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Kaytlin Taylor (CSF) def. Kaia Wolfe (UCD) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles Competition
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Daisy Maunupau/Mika Ikemori (UCD) def. Sein Myoung/Milena Gevorgyan (CSF) 6-2
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Solia Valentine/Polina Marakhtanova (UCD) def. Diana Yanotovskaya/Mariia Nikitash (CSF) 6-4
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Kaytlin Taylor/Seha Yu (CSF) def. Kaia Wolfe/Claire Galerkin (UCD) 6-3
Order of finish: doubles (1,3,2) singles (2,6,5,1)
UP NEXT: The Aggies will remain in Southern California to take on CSUN on Mar. 29 at 11:00 a.m. PST.