Score: UC Davis 3, Long Beach State 4
Location: Davis, Calif. 
Records: UC Davis 8-12, Long Beach State 12-5 

The short story: UC Davis women's tennis narrowly lost to Long Beach State 3-4, with the team battling throughout the singles matches but ultimately unable to overcome the early setback of losing the doubles point. 

COURTSIDE 

• Long Beach took the early lead, grabbing the doubles point. 

• Sophomore Mika Ikemori won her singles match in two sets.

• Senior Daisy Maunupau won her singles match after three sets and a tiebreaker. 

• Freshman Penelope Wong won her singles match after three sets and a tiebreaker. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Aggies opened up the morning with doubles, where Daisy Maunupau and Mika Ikemori finished first, falling to their Beach opponents. 

• Next to finish was the pair of Claire Galerkin and Kaia Wolfe, who also fell to their opponents giving the doubles point to Long Beach State. 

• The doubles match of Solia Valentine and Polina Marakhtanova, went unfinished since Long Beach had already won the doubles point. 

• Onto singles, the first to finish was Valentine, who fell to her opponent in two quick sets making the score 0-2. 

• The next Aggie to fall was freshman Marakhtanova, who also went down after two sets. 

• At this point the Ags were down 0-3 and needed a win to pick up momentum. 

• Next to finish was Ikemori who grabbed that first win for the Aggies taking down her opponent in just two sets. 

• Building on that momentum, senior Maunupau also took down her Long Beach opponent after a grueling three set match. 

• With the score at 2-3, the next Aggie to finish was junior Maya Youssef, who also took her match to three sets and a tiebreaker, but could not come out with a win, giving the win to Long Beach. 

• Last to finish was freshman Penelope Wong, who continued her match even though the Beach had already secured a dual match win. She defeated her opponent in an exciting three-set match with a tie-breaking decider. 

RESULTS: 

Long Beach State 4, UC Davis Women's Tennis 3 

Singles Competition 

1. Mika Ikemori (UCD) def. Diana Desimone (LBSU) 6-3, 6-3

2. Cecilia Costa (LBSU) def. Solia Valentine (UCD) 6-4, 6-0

3. Thea Jagare (LBSU) def. Maya Youssef (UCD) 6-1, 6-7 (10-5), 6-4

4. Daria Malaescu (LBSU) def. Polina Marakhtanova (UCD) 6-2,6-4

5. Daisy Maunupau (UCD) def. Pamela Badillo (LBSU) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (10-7) 

6. Penelope Wong (UCD) def. Daisy Carpenter (LBSU) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (10-7) 

Doubles Competition 

1. Paulina Franco/Cecilia Costa (LBSU) def. Daisy Maunupau/Mika Ikemori (UCD) 6-4

2. Thea Jagare/Johanna Hiesmair (LBSU) vs. Solia Valentine/Polina Marakhtanova (UCD) 5-3 (40-0) unfinished  

3. Diana Desimone/Daria Malaescu (LBSU) def. Claire Galerkin/Kaia Wolfe (UCD) 6-2 

Order of finish: doubles (1,3,2) singles (2,4,1,5,3,6)