LA JOLLA, Calif. — UC San Diego dropped a home match to LMU 4-2 on Thursday, Feb. 12 at the Northview Tennis Courts. UC San Diego secured the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 courts but finished with just one singles win at the No. 3 spot.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
To start the match, UC San Diego secured the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 2 doubles. Alisa Lansky and Allison Lian triumphed 6-2 over their opponents at No. 2, followed by Olivia Allegre and Julia Visaya's 6-3 win at No. 1. LMU captured the No. 3 doubles match, Hana Gamracy and Kamya Nair were defeated 3-6 before the doubles point was clinched.
 
In singles, LMU came back strongly, starting with a 6-2, 6-1 win against Nair at No. 6. The lead was extended with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Visaya at No. 5 singles. Gamracy kept the Tritons in contention by taking No. 3 singles with a 6-3, 6-3 win over her opponent.
 
LMU earned their next point at No. 4 singles, where Lian was topped 6-3, 6-2. The match at No. 1 saw a tiebreaker before the match was clinched for LMU, 7-6(7), 6-1. Lansky at No. 2 singles was left unfinished, tied at 3-3 in the third set.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• With her unfinished match, Lansky remains undefeated at No. 2 singles.

 
UP NEXT
The Tritons stay at home for a Saturday morning conference match, facing their first Big West foe of Hawai'i at 11 a.m. at Northview Tennis Courts. Admission to Northview Tennis Courts is free but note parking permits are required on campus at all times.
 
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.