LA JOLLA, Calif. – Playing its penultimate match of the program's first Division I season, the UC San Diego women's tennis team fell to visiting CSUN by a 4-0 score on a warm Sunday afternoon at Northview Tennis Courts. The Matadors earned their second Big West Conference victory in their last three matches, while the Tritons have now dropped three straight.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: CSUN 4, UC San Diego 0
Records: UC San Diego 2-8 (1-6 Big West); CSUN 7-4 (4-3 Big West)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
CSUN captured the doubles point thanks to a 6-2 win at No. 2 and a 6-4 victory at No. 1. The Tritons' team of sophomores Anjni Agrawal and Julianna Sabile trailed their opponent, 5-3, at the No. 3 position when the Matadors clinched the point.
 
In singles play, the Matadors earned wins at No. 6, 1 and 3 to clinch the match. UC San Diego junior Shweta Kumar trailed 4-3 in the second set at No. 4 and sophomore Julianna Sabile had just begun her second set at No. 5 when play was halted because CSUN earned the win.
 
RESULTS
Box Score
 
QUOTABLE
"Today was tough," said UC San Diego head coach Liz LaPlante. "We ran up against a very talented team in CSUN and fought hard all afternoon though we didn't get the results we were looking for."
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• UC San Diego lost for the first time at home this season and for just the second time in its last 12 home matches dating back to 2019.
• Prior to Sunday, the Tritons and Matadors had not played since 2015.

 
UP NEXT
UC San Diego returns to Northview Tennis Courts in La Jolla for its final match of the season next Saturday when the Tritons host UC Davis in a Big West Conference match. First serve is set for Noon on April 24.

About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.

Return To Sport…Safely
In order for UC San Diego scholar-athletes to be permitted to return to training and competition safely and within federal, state, local, and university guidelines, the athletic department implemented a number of measures designed to complement and enhance the university's highly-successful Return To Learn program. Notable actions include being physically distanced when practical, including during out-of-season training sessions; wearing masks, except when undergoing physically strenuous exercise; and maintaining proper hygiene. Athletes, coaches, and staff are testing at a higher frequency than the campus population, teams adhere to CDC, NCAA, and Big West Conference guidelines, and department officials participate in regular meetings with conference and university-affiliated physicians and the UC San Diego emergency operations staff.