LA JOLLA, Calif. – No. 25 UC Santa Barbara spoiled UC San Diego's senior day with a 4-0 victory over the Tritons in a Big West match on Friday afternoon at Northview Tennis Courts.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: UC Santa Barbara 4, UC San Diego 0
Records: UC San Diego 3-17, 1-7 Big West; #25 UC Santa Barbara 14-6, 6-0 Big West
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Gauchos earned 6-3 victories at second and third doubles to take a 1-0 lead in the match. The Tritons' top duo of sophomore Ella Pachl and senior captain Anu Bhadada led 5-3 at No. 1 when UCSB clinched the point.
 
In singles play, UC Santa Barbara won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 and 6-1, 6-1 at both fifth singles and second singles to clinch the win.
 
RESULTS
Doubles
1. Ella Pachl/Anu Bhadada (UCSD) vs. Amelia Honer/Kira Reuter (UCSB), 5-3, unfinished
2. Filippa Bruu Syversen/Elizaveta Volodko (UCSB) def. Naomi Nguyen/Katelyn Vu (UCSD), 6-3
3. Priscila Janikian/Marta Gonzalez (UCSB) def. Rachel Wagner/Adriana Tabares (UCSD), 6-3

Order of finish: 2, 3
 
Singles
1. Elizaveta Volodko (UCSB) vs. Ella Pachl (UCSD), 6-0, 4-2, unfinished
2. Amelia Honer (UCSB) def. Katelyn Vu (UCSD), 6-1, 6-1
3. Filippa Bruu Syversen (UCSB) def. Naomi Nguyen (UCSD), 6-0, 6-0
4. Kira Reuter (UCSB) vs. Adriana Tabares (UCSD), 6-3, 4-0, unfinished
5. Priscila Janikian (UCSB) def. Rachel Wagner (UCSD), 6-1, 6-1
6. Marta Gonzalez (UCSB) vs. Anu Bhadada (UCSD), 6-3, 4-1, unfinished

Order of finish: 3, 5, 2
 
QUOTABLE
"I can't say enough about these three," UC San Diego head coach Liz LaPlante said in reference to the Tritons' graduating class of Anu Bhadada, Shweta Kumar, and Julianna Sabile. "The maturity they showed in leading us through a challenging couple of years – from the pandemic to the Division I transition – is something that will be tough to replicate. I'm so proud of each of them and can't wait to see them back here as alumni next year."
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• After the match, UC San Diego honored its graduating class of Bhadada, Kumar, and Sabile.
• UC San Diego welcomed back the Class of 2020 and recognized those three seniors – whose season was cut short due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Becky Chou, Valeria Corral, and Chloe Wight all came back to La Jolla for the match.

UP NEXT
UC San Diego wraps up its second Division I season next weekend with a Big West match at UC Riverside. First serve is scheduled for Noon from SRC Tennis Courts in Riverside on April 23.
 
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 has begun a new era 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 II and III 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 garnered 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 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.