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Aggies Fall to Fullerton in Big West Road Play

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 

  • The Aggies took the early lead, grabbing the doubles point. 

  • Fullerton came back to win four consecutive singles points. 

  • Two Aggie matches were left unfinished. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The Aggies opened up the morning with doubles, where Daisy Maunupau and Mika Ikemori finished first, taking down their opponents in a dominating match. 

  • 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. 

  • Last to finish in doubles was Solia Valentine and Polina Marakhtanova, who lost their match against their CSUF opponent. 

  • 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. 

  • More Aggies would fall as Wolfe and Maunupau, who both fell in two sets. 

  • Last to finish was sophomore Ikemori, who also lost her match to her CSUF opponent making the final score 1-4. 

  • 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 

  1. Sein Myoung (CSF) def. Mika Ikemori (UCD) 6-1, 6-3

  2. Seha Yu (CSF) def. Solia Valentine (UCD) 6-3, 6-1

  3. Diana Yanotovskaya (CSF) vs. Maya Youssef (UCD) 3-6, 2-5, unfinished

  4. Mariia Nikitash (CSF) vs. Polina Marakhtanova (UCD) 4-6, 3-2, unfinished

  5. Milena Gevorgyan (CSF) def. Daisy Maunupau (UCD) 7-5, 6-2

  6. Kaytlin Taylor (CSF) def. Kaia Wolfe (UCD) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles Competition 

  1. Daisy Maunupau/Mika Ikemori (UCD) def. Sein Myoung/Milena Gevorgyan (CSF) 6-2

  2. Solia Valentine/Polina Marakhtanova (UCD) def. Diana Yanotovskaya/Mariia Nikitash (CSF) 6-4

  3. 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.
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Players Mentioned

Claire Galerkin

Claire Galerkin

5' 8"
Senior
Mika Ikemori

Mika Ikemori

5' 3"
Sophomore
Daisy Maunupau

Daisy Maunupau

5' 9"
Senior
Kaia Wolfe

Kaia Wolfe

5' 10"
Junior
Solia Valentine

Solia Valentine

Graduate Student
Maya  Youssef

Maya Youssef

Junior
Polina Marakhtanova

Polina Marakhtanova

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Claire Galerkin

Claire Galerkin

5' 8"
Senior
Mika Ikemori

Mika Ikemori

5' 3"
Sophomore
Daisy Maunupau

Daisy Maunupau

5' 9"
Senior
Kaia Wolfe

Kaia Wolfe

5' 10"
Junior
Solia Valentine

Solia Valentine

Graduate Student
Maya  Youssef

Maya Youssef

Junior
Polina Marakhtanova

Polina Marakhtanova

Freshman