LA JOLLA, Calif. ? The UC San Diego women's tennis team continued their domination of the California Collegiate Athletic Association, defeating Cal Poly Pomona by an 8-1 score on Wednesday afternoon. UCSD is now 6-2 overall, 5-0 in the CCAA after winning five of six singles events and sweeping the doubles matches.
Natalie Varnay won 6-3, 6-3 at the top spot, while Anita Athavale posted a love-love win over Mallory Brady at No. 2. Varnay and Athavale teamed together for an 8-2 win at the No. 2 doubles position. Ina Dan and Taskeen Bains won at the No. 1 doubles spot, 8-6, while Tessa Tran and Valerie Tang won 8-2 at No. 3.
While Dan skipped singles play due to illness, Tang, Bains, and Tran were all individual winners. Tang won at No. 3 with sets of 6-2, 6-2 and Tran won 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 5 spot. Bains dropped the first set, 4-6, before rebounding with a 7-6 victory in the second set and a comeback 12-10 super tiebreaker win in the final set from the No. 4 position.
Head coach Liz LaPlante's squad is back in action on Friday, hosting Sonoma State at 2 p.m. UCSD places twice more over the weekend, hosting Cal State San Bernardino on Saturday and Hawaii Hilo on Sunday. Both matches are slated for start time at 11 a.m.
Singles Competition
- Natalie Varnay (UCSD) def. Jessica Winkler (CPP), 6-3, 6-3
- Anita Athavale (UCSD) def. Mallory Brady (CPP), 6-0, 6-0
- Valerie Tang (UCSD) def. Jennifer Chow (CPP), 6-2, 6-2
- Taskeen Bains (UCSD) def. Jackie Trendt (CPP), 4-6, 7-6, 12-10 super tiebreaker
- Tessa Tran (UCSD) def. Kaitlin Wooldridge (CPP), 6-2, 6-1
- Stalk (CPP) def. Roxy Pourmirzaie(UCSD), 6-1, 6-4
Doubles Competition
- Ina Dan/Bains (UCSD) def. Chow/Fallon Blattner (CPP), 8-6
- Varnay/Athavale (UCSD) def. Winkler/Brady (CPP), 8-2
- Tran/Tang def. (UCSD) Wooldridge/Trendt (CPP), 8-2
