UCSB Blanks UC Riverside To Advance To Big West Semifinals
The top-seeded UC Santa Barbara women's tennis team defeated eight-seed UC Riverside 4-0 on Thursday in the first round of the Big West Tournament. The win punches the Gauchos' (11-3, 9-0) ticket to the semifinals and extends their win streak to 10 matches, the longest since another 10-match run in 2016.
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• UCSB has won 10 straight matches against Big West opponents counting regular season and tournament matches.
• UCSB has reached the tournament semifinals for the ninth straight year.
• Gaucho junior
Shakhnoza Khatamova won her 10th consecutive match with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over UC Riverside's
Natalie Shamma.
No. 5 Hawai‘i Knocks Off No. 4 UC Davis In Quarterfinal Action
The fifth-seeded University of Hawai'i women's tennis team knocked off fourth-seeded UC Davis in the quarterfinal round of the Big West Tournament with a 4-1 victory Thursday at the Irvine Great Park. The Rainbow Wahine (7-7) move on to the semifinals for the fifth consecutive tournament where they will face top-seeded UC Santa Barbara Friday at 9:00 a.m. PT for the right to play in the championship match. UH has appeared in the title match every year since 2016.
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• Hawai‘i reeled off four singles wins in straight sets after losing the doubles point to UC Davis.
• UH senior
Nikola Dolakova has won six of her last seven singles contests.
• UH will attempt to become the first No. 5 seed to reach the tournament finals since Cal Poly in 2007.
Cal State Fullerton Tops UC Irvine In Big West Quarterfinals
The Titans women's tennis team defeated UC Irvine on Thursday during the quarterfinals of the Big West Championships, extending their win streak to six straight matches.
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• Cal State Fullerton downed UC Irvine for the third time this season.
• The Titans have landed in the semifinals for the fourth consecutive year.
• CSF freshman
Juliette Daries has won five singles matches in a row.
No. 3 Cal Poly Outlasts No. 6 CSUN In Quarterfinals
The third-seeded Cal Poly women's tennis team defeated sixth-seeded CSUN 4-2 Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament to advance to the semifinals for the first time since 2018.
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• Cal Poly has won the doubles point in 11 of its 13 wins this season.
• The Mustangs have two undefeated doubles teams who succeeded again this afternoon in the tight, three and a half hour match.
Dominique Stone and
MacKenzie Worsnop improved to 9-0 together with a 6-1 win over
Jacquie Tan and
Jenna Dorian. The No. 1 pair of
Emily Ackerman and
Kim Bhunu moved to 8-0 following their 7-6 (4) triumph against
Ekaterina Repina and
Ana Isabel Fraile Toboso.
• In facing Cal State Fullerton in the semifinals, Cal Poly seeks to avenge an earlier loss to the Titans this season that ended its 10-0 start.