PHOENIX – UC San Diego earned its first win of the spring Saturday morning with a 4-0 blanking of host Grand Canyon at the GCU Tennis Facility. The Tritons won the doubles point and took the first three singles matches to clinch the win.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: UC San Diego 4, Grand Canyon 0
Records: UC San Diego 1-2; GCU 0-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego earned the doubles point thanks to a decisive 6-1 victory by Alisa Lansky and Allison Lian at No. 2 followed by a hard-fought 7-6 win by Olivia Allegre and Julia Visaya on court one.
 
In singles play, the Tritons clinched the win thanks to straight-sets wins on courts five, six and three. Visaya won her first match as a Triton, 7-5, 6-0 at No. 5. Lian followed that up with a 6-2, 6-1 win on court six. With UC San Diego on top 3-0 in the match, captain Hana Gamracy locked up the team victory with her 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• UC San Diego improved to 2-2 against the 'Lopes since moving to Division I.
• The Tritons have utilized the same lineup in all three matches this spring.
• Visaya and Gamracy won their first singles matches as Tritons.

 
UP NEXT
The Tritons conclude their time in Arizona with a neutral site match vs. DePaul on Sunday morning. Action gets underway at 11 a.m. MT (10 a.m. in San Diego) from the GCU Tennis Facility.
 
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.