Gauchos dominate UC Davis in the first Big West game of the season

Davis, California – – – The UC Santa Barbara Women's Tennist team delivered a dominant performance in her first Big West game of the season and achieved a 6-1 win against UC Davis.

The match
Finale: No. 46 UC Santa Barbara 6, UC Davis 1
Records: UC Santa Barbara (3-6), UC Davis (5-10)

How it happened
The gauchos started in doubles and won the opening point with victories in the dishes one and two. The top duo of Amelia Honer And Lucy Lu Set the tone with a commanding 6-2 victory against UC Davis' Mika Ikemori and Daisy Manunupau. Shortly thereafter, Ali Benedetto And Lily Pradkin The double with a 6: 3 victory in second position.

Move into singles, No. 14-ranged Amelia Honer continued its excellent form and defeated Ikemori 6-4, 6-1 in court. UCSB kept the swing with straightforward victories of Tyra RichardsonPresent Lily PradkinAnd Katarina Vayser. Ali Benedetto added a three-person victory at No. 3 while Lucy Lu Just in a tie -breaker in the third set fell and UC Davis gave his only point of the game.

Results
Double
1. Amelia Honer/Lucy Lu (UCSB) Def. Mika Ikemori/Daisy Manunupau (UCD) 6-2
2. Ali Benedetto/Lily Pradkin (UCSB) Def. Solia Valentine/Polina Marakhtanova (UCD) 6-3
3. Claire Galerkin/Kaia Wolfe (UCD) vs. Emma Tutoveanu/Raphaelle Leroux (UCSB) 4-3, unfinished

Order of the surface: 1, 2

Single
1. #14 Amelia Honer (UCSB) Def. Mika Ikemori (UCD) 6-4, 6-1
2. Tyra Richardson (UCSB) Def. Solia Valentine (UCD) 6-0, 6-3
3. Ali Benedetto (UCSB) Def. Maya Youssef (UCD) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4)
4. Lily Pradkin (UCSB) Def. Daisy Manunupau (UCD) 6-3, 6-3
5. Polina Marakhtanova (UCD) Def. Lucy Lu (UCSB) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (10-7)
6. Katarina Vayser (UCSB) Def. Penelope Wong (UCD) 6-0, 6-3

Next on
The Gauchos will organize the LMU next Saturday, March 8th, in the Arnhold Tennis Center. The first surcharge is set to 12 noon