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Women's Tennis Defeats Rice in San Diego
February 10, 2023 | Women's Tennis
SAN DIEGO – The UCLA women's tennis team quickly picked up the first four points en route to a 4-3 victory against Rice Friday at The Santaluz Club.
Fangran Tian clinched the win for the Bruins (2-2) in straight sets, following similar efforts by Elise Wagle and Vanessa Ong. Each member of the trio triumphed without giving up more than two games in a set. Tian and Wagle also each contributed to a doubles win and the day's initial point. The Owls (2-3) prevailed in each of the final three completed matches – all of which were decided by 10-point, third-set tiebreakers.
UCLA emphatically took the doubles point after jumping out to commanding leads on all three courts. Tian and Ava Catanzarite were first to finish, surrendering just one game to Sydney Berlin and Federica Trevisan on Court 2. Then, with Ong and Sasha Vagramov nearing a victory of their own on the Court 3, the ninth-ranked pair of Wagle and Kimmi Hance closed out Maria Budin and Diae El Jardi 6-2 to get their team on the scoreboard.
Ong ensured her match would count in singles play, racing out to a 6-1, 6-1 decision over Budin on Court 5. Making her first singles appearance of the dual-match portion of the schedule, Wagle followed her court neighbor's example with a 6-0, 6-2 win against Darya Schwartzman on Court 6.
No. 70 Tian continued her unbeaten start to the dual-match campaign, dispatching of Allison Zipoli by a 6-2, 6-1 score on Court 1 to clinch the overall victory. Each of Tian's dual-match wins has come in straight sets.
With the match decided and each of the in-progress contests entering a third set, a first-to-10 format was used. Berlin got Rice on the board thanks to a 2-6, 6-4, 1-0(7) result versus Vagramov on Court 4. El Jardi then outlasted Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer 6-4, 3-6, 1-0(8) on Court 3. Finally, Trevisan got the best of No. 82 Hance on Court 2, posting a 5-7, 6-2, 1-0(8) victory.
The Bruins return to action Thursday, Feb. 16, when CSUN visits Los Angeles Tennis Center for a match recently added to the teams' schedules. First serve is set for 2 p.m. PT.
Tennis Match Results
Rice vs UCLA
2/10/2023 at San Diego, CA
(The Santaluz Club)
UCLA 4, Rice 3
Singles competition
1. #70 Fangran Tian (UCLA) def. Allison Zipoli (RICE) 6-2, 6-1
2. Federica Trevisan (RICE) def. #82 Kimmi Hance (UCLA) 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)
3. Diae El Jardi (RICE) def. A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)
4. Sydney Berlin (RICE) def. Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
5. Vanessa Ong (UCLA) def. Maria Budin (RICE) 6-1, 6-1
6. Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Darya Schwartzman (RICE) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #9 Kimmi Hance/Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Maria Budin/Diae El Jardi (RICE) 6-2
2. Ava Catanzarite/Fangran Tian (UCLA) def. Sydney Berlin/Federica Trevisan (RICE) 6-1
3. Vanessa Ong/Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) vs. Marte Lambrecht/Allison Zipoli (RICE) 5-2, unfinished
Match Notes:
Rice 2-3
UCLA 2-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (5,6,1,4,3,2)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
5,6,1,4,3,2
Players Mentioned
