SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – 44th-ranked UC Santa Barbara proved too much for UC San Diego, as the Gauchos downed the Tritons by a 7-0 score Sunday morning at Arnhold Tennis Center on the UCSB campus. The Gauchos remained unbeaten in Big West action (now 6-0) while also staying perfect against UC San Diego all-time since the Tritons moved to Division I in 2020-21.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #44 UC Santa Barbara 7, UC San Diego 0
Records: UC San Diego 9-9, 4-4 Big West; UCSB 10-8, 6-0 BW
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC Santa Barbara earned the doubles point thanks to 6-1 wins on courts two and three. The Tritons duo of Julia Haynes and Kelly Leung were up 3-2 at top doubles when the Gauchos clinched the point, and doubles play was abandoned.
 
UC Santa Barbara rode that momentum into singles play, with the Gauchos winning on all six courts. At fifth singles, Triton senior Adriana Tabares fell in the first set, 6-3. However, Tabares rebounded to take the second set, 7-6 (7-3). With the other five courts decided, Tabares and UCSB's Emma Tutovenau played a super tiebreaker, with the Gauchos earning a 10-4 win.
 
TENNIS MATCH RESULTS
UC Santa Barbara vs. UC San Diego
April 06, 2025 at Santa Barbara, Calif.
(Arnhold Tennis Center)
 
UC Santa Barbara 7, UC San Diego 0
 
Singles competition
1. Amelia Honer (UCSB) def. Julia Haynes (UCSD), 6-3, 6-1
2. Marie Weissheim (UCSB) def. Kelly Leung (UCSD), 6-0, 6-2
3. Tyra Richardson (UCSB) def. Allison Lian (UCSD), 6-1, 6-4
4. Raphaelle Leroux (UCSB) def. Grace Gamal (UCSD), 6-1, 6-2
5. Emma Tutovenau (UCSB) def. Adriana Tabares (UCSD), 6-3, 6-7 (3), 1-0 (10-4)
6. Carla Pacot (UCSB) def. Katelyn Vu (UCSD), 6-1, 6-0
 
Doubles competition
1. Julia Haynes/Kelly Leung (UCSD) vs. Amelia Honer/Ali Benedetto (UCSB), 3-2, unfinished
2. Lucy Lu/Lily Pradkin (UCSB) def. Allison Lian/Naomi Nguyen (UCSD), 6-1
3. Marie Weissheim/Raphaelle Leroux (UCSB) def. Adriana Tabares/Katelyn Vu (UCSD), 6-1
 
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (2,6,4,3,1,5)
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• UC San Diego is in the midst of four consecutive matches away from home.
• Ranked 73rd nationally, UC San Diego captain Julia Haynes had her eight-match win streak snapped – falling to 14-3 this spring – with her setback to tenth-ranked Amelia Honer.

 
UP NEXT
The Tritons wrap up their road trip on Wednesday afternoon with a 4 p.m. match at Point Loma in San Diego.
 
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 24-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.