SAN DIEGO – UC San Diego women's tennis continued its challenging spring slate, falling at defending Mountain West champion San Diego State by a 7-0 score Saturday afternoon at Aztec Tennis Center.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: San Diego State 7, UC San Diego 0
Records: UC San Diego 2-3, San Diego State 2-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Aztecs took the doubles point thanks to a 6-1 victory at No. 1 and a tough 6-4 win at third doubles. The Tritons' No. 2 team of junior Ella Pachl and freshman Grace Gamal led 5-4 before San Diego State clinched the point.
 
In singles action, the Aztecs earned straight sets wins at No. 2, 4, and 3 to clinch the victory. Senior captain Sophie Pearson battled at the fifth position before falling to the Aztecs' Andreea Velcea.
 
On court six, sophomore Katelyn Vu and SDSU's Rania Azziz went back-and-forth for more than two hours. Azziz took the first set, but Vu came back to take the second set, 7-6 (8). In the third set, Azziz won the tiebreak by a 10-6 score to seal the victory.
 
RESULTS
Doubles
1. Dariya Detkovskaya/Andjela Skrobonja (SDSU) def. Kelly Leung/Naomi Nguyen (UCSD), 6-1
2. Ella Pachl/Grace Gamal (UCSD) vs. Tamara Arnold/Rania Azziz (SDSU), 5-4, dnf
3. Alicia Melosch/Andreea Velcea (SDSU) def. Rachel Wagner/Katelyn Vu (UCSD), 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3
 
Singles
1. Andjela Skrobonja (SDSU) def. Kelly Leung (UCSD), 6-3, 6-1
2. Tamara Arnold (SDSU) def. Ella Pachl (UCSD), 6-0, 6-1
3. Dariya Detkovskaya (SDSU) def. Grace Gamal (UCSD), 6-3, 6-2
4. Alicia Melosch (SDSU) def. Naomi Nguyen (UCSD), 6-1, 6-1
5. Andreea Velcea (SDSU) def. Sophie Pearson (UCSD), 6-3, 6-2
6. Rania Azziz (SDSU) def. Katelyn Vu (UCSD) 7-5, 6-7 (6), 10-6


Order of finish: 2, 4, 3, 1, 5, 6
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• UC San Diego is now 0-2 against the Aztecs since moving to Division I prior to the 2021 season.
• The Vu-Aziz showdown at No. 6 singles lasted more than two hours.

UP NEXT
UC San Diego wraps up its brief two-match road trip on Wednesday when the Tritons travel to Pomona to face Pomona-Pitzer. First serve against the Sagehens is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
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 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 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 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Divisions I and II.