CLAREMONT, Calif. – UC San Diego began a brief weekend road trip with an impressive 6-2 victory over host Pomona-Pitzer Friday afternoon at the Pauley Tennis Complex. The Tritons took the first two doubles courts and the first five singles courts to clinch their third win away from home already this spring.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: UC San Diego 6, Pomona-Pitzer 1
Records: UC San Diego 4-3; Pomona-Pitzer 0-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego came out strong and captured the doubles point with wins on courts one and three. Grad student Hana Gamracy and junior Kamya Nair were 6-2 winners at No. 3 and freshman Olivia Allegre and junior Julia Visaya won by the same score at No. 1. The Triton tandem of freshman Alisa Lansky and sophomore Allison Lian were up 4-3 on court two when play was abandoned.
 
In singles play, Lansky gave UC San Diego a 2-0 lead in the match with her blanking of her foe in straight sets at second singles. Lian was the next to get into the win column with her 6-4, 6-0 victory at No. 4. It was Gamracy who sealed the win with her 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 3. Other Triton winners Friday were Allegre (court one) and Visaya on five.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• The Tritons have won the doubles point in five of seven matches this spring.
• Playing at No. 1, freshman Olivia Allegre won her first singles match as a Triton.
• Allison Lian has won four consecutive singles matches.

 
UP NEXT
UC San Diego concludes its trip with a 3 p.m Saturday match at Fresno State.
 
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.