SAN DIEGO – The University of California San Diego women's tennis team picked up its third win in its last four matches as the Tritons earned a hard-fought 4-3 victory at Point Loma on Wednesday afternoon.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: UC San Diego 4, Point Loma 3
Records: UC San Diego 3-4, Point Loma 2-3
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons won the doubles point thanks to victories from the No. 2 tandem of sophomore Anu Bhadada and freshman Anjni Agrawal and a win at No. 3 from senior captain Chloe Wight and freshman Julianna Sabile. Both doubles wins were by a 6-4 score. At No. 1 doubles, senior captain Becky Chou and freshman Rachel Wagner led 5-4 and were up 40-15 at match point when play was halted as UC San Diego had clinched the doubles point.
 
In singles play, the Sea Lions knotted the score at 1-1 thanks to a win at No. 4 singles. The Tritons regained the lead thanks to Wagner's 6-0, 7-5 win at No. 2 singles. Sabile picked up a victory at No. 6 singles, 7-5, 6-3 to make the score 3-1 in favor of the visitors. UC San Diego clinched the match when senior captain Valeria Corral won 0-6, 6-4, 7-5 at No. 3.
 
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"Our team pulled off a great win today," said UC San Diego coach Liz LaPlante. "I couldn't be more proud of how hard they competed. Val [Corral] played super tough to beat a very talented opponent to clinch; I admire her sheer will to win!"
 
RESULTS
Complete Box Score
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 3); Singles (4, 2, 6, 1, 3, 5)
 
UP NEXT
UC San Diego will finally head home to Northview Tennis Courts for a pair of matches next week. The Tritons will host Biola on March 3 and Ball State on March 4. Those will be the Tritons' first home matches of the season.
 
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With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country.  The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in summer 2020, will transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference.  UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent.  A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships.  In competition, more than 1,300 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.
 
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