LA JOLLA, Calif. — UC San Diego (5-15) fell to CSUN (13-6) 5-2 on Sunday at the Matador Tennis Complex. UC San Diego secured the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 2 but managed only one singles win at the No. 5 spot.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: UC San Diego 2, CSUN 5
Records: UC San Diego 5-15; CSUN 13-6
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego captured the doubles point with decisive performances at the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles courts. Olivia Allegre and Julia Visaya secured a 6-4 victory at No. 1 doubles, while Carling Allaye-Chan and Hana Gamracy followed with a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles. The No. 3 doubles match featuring Allison Lian and Kamya Nair was left unfinished at 4-3.
 
In singles, Visaya's match at No. 4 ended first, with a 2-6, 4-6 result. Nair then concluded her match at No. 6, falling 3-6, 4-6. At No. 3 Gamracy's match finished next, as she was defeated 4-6, 6-4, 1-6, shifting the dual score to 3-1 against the Tritons.
 
Allegre's match at No. 1 ended in a narrow 6-2, 5-7, 3-6 loss, which secured the overall victory for the opponent. Allaye-Chan was next at No. 2, concluding a competitive three set match with a 6-1, 5-7, 4-6 scoreline. In the final singles match, Lian earned a hard-fought win at No. 5, 2-6, 7-6(2), 10-5, closing the competition with a final dual score of 5-2 in favor of the Matadors.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Four singles matches went to three sets, two with tiebreakers.
• Lian's victory marked her fifth singles win at No. 5 this season.

 
UP NEXT
The Tritons are set to host a nonconference, and a Big West match this Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The match on April 18 is the Tritons' alumni game, slated to start at 10 a.m. against Northern Arizona. On April 19, the Tritons host their final regular season game against UC Irvine at 10:30 a.m. Senior recognition will precede the match.
 
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.