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No. 18 Women's Tennis Defeats Loyola Marymount 7-0 in Opener
January 25, 2023 | Women's Tennis
LOS ANGELES โ The No. 18 UCLA women's tennis team did not drop a set in its dual-match opener Wednesday, defeating Loyola Marymount by a 7-0 score at Los Angeles Tennis Center.
The Bruins (1-0) collected a pair of 6-1 wins in doubles play and never looked back, clinching the result in under two hours. Kimmi Hance, Vanessa Ong and Sasha Vagramov each prevailed twice on the day, while Ava Catanzarite provided the clinching victory.The Lions fell to 0-3.
Ong and Vagramov took six of seven games on the third doubles court, dispatching of Eva Marie Voracek and Kim-Michaela Zahraj to get UCLA off on the right foot. Soon after, No. 11 Hance and Elise Wagle followed with the identical result against Sofia Munera and Isabella Tcherkes-Zade to secure the day's first point. Ong/Vagramov (9-4) and Hance/Wagle (8-2) have been part of the most doubles decisions of any combinations for the Bruins since the fall.
UCLA did not see more two first-set games surrendered across the top three singles courts. No. 46 Hance duplicated her showing in the second, topping Voracek by a 6-2, 6-2 score on Court 2. Hance had not played above the third singles court until Wednesday. On Court 6, Vagramov gave up just one total game to Zahraj. That 6-1, 6-0 result made the overall score 3-0.
No. 42 Catanzarite, also making her highest appearance in the singles lineup, got past Munera by a 6-2, 6-3 margin. Catanzarite notched two clinching victories in 2022.
With the match decided, Ong closed out Paradisi with a 6-4, 6-2 win on Court 5. That left the Bruins' two freshmen, No. 94 Tian on Court 1 and No. 120 Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer on Court 4. Both encountered second-set tiebreakers, with neither ultimately allowing a third to be played. Lutkemeyer got past Tcherkes-Zade 6-3, 7-6(6) for her team-leading 14th singles victory โ but first of her career in a dual match. Tian then followed her classmate's example, finishing off the sweep with a 6-0, 7-6(3) win versus Stefania Rogozinska-Dzik.
UCLA returns to action Saturday, when it begins ITA Kickoff Weekend action in Coral Gables, Fla. The Bruins meet No. 24 Iowa State at 11 a.m. PT in the opening round. A matchup with host and 10th-ranked Miami (Fla.) or FIU awaits Sunday.
Tennis Match Results
Loyola Marymount vs UCLA
1/25/2023 at Los Angeles, CA
(Los Angeles Tennis Center)
#18 UCLA 7, Loyola Marymount 0
Singles competition
1. #94 Fangran Tian (UCLA) def. S. Rogozinska-Dzik (LMU) 6-0, 7-6 (7-3)
2. #46 Kimmi Hance (UCLA) def. Eva Marie Voracek (LMU) 6-2, 6-2
3. #42 Ava Catanzarite (UCLA) def. Sofia Munera (LMU) 6-2, 6-3
4. #120 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. I. Tcherkes-Zade (LMU) 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
5. Vanessa Ong (UCLA) def. Anna Paradisi (LMU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) def. Kim-Michaela Zahraj (LMU) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #11 Kimmi Hance/Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Sofia Munera/I. Tcherkes-Zade (LMU) 6-1
2. Ava Catanzarite/Fangran Tian (UCLA) vs. Anna Paradisi/S. Rogozinska-Dzik (LMU) 3-4, unfinished
3. Vanessa Ong/Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) def. Eva Marie Voracek/Kim-Michaela Zahraj (LMU) 6-1
Match Notes:
Loyola Marymount 0-3
UCLA 1-0; National ranking #18
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (2,6,3,5,4,1)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
2,6,3,5,4,1
Players Mentioned
