IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine flipped the script taking down UC Davis, 4-3, despite dropping the doubles point Monday afternoon in Anteater Tennis Stadium.
UC Davis (3-6, 1-2) outlasted the 'Eaters in doubles clinching the point with a tiebreaker win at No. 1.
The Anteaters (5-2, 1-0) stormed back winning five of the six opening sets in singles, much like Saturday's match. Sweeps from Kat Facey, Ali Facey, and Arisha Ladhani put the 'Eaters in a good position up, 3-2, before Sarah Gong shut the door with a 7-6, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles to clinch the match.
UCI ventures to the big island next for matches against Hawai'i-Pacific (Friday, Feb. 20) and Hawai'i (Saturday, Feb. 21) this week.
UC IRVINE 4, UC DAVIS 3
UCI (5-2, 1-0) | UCD (3-6, 1-2)
February 16, 2015
Anteater Tennis Stadium
Doubles
1 Jorgensen/Sanders (UCD) def. Facey/Facey (UCI) – 8-7 (5)
2 Gong/Ladhani (UCI) def. Green/Pham (UCD) – 8-2
3 Kecki/Sleiffer (UCD) def. Dvali/Watrous (UCI) – 8-2
UC Davis wins the doubles point
Singles
1 Sarah Gong (UCI) def. Layla Sanders (UCD) – 7-6, 6-1
2 Arisha Ladhani (UCI) def. Lani-Rae Green (UCD) – 6-2, 6-2
3 Kat Facey (UCI) def. Tiffany Pham (UCD) – 6-3, 6-0
4 Ali Facey (UCI) def. Kristy Jorgensen (UCD) – 6-3, 6-1
5 Jessie Lee (UCD) def. Mazy Watrous (UCI) – 3-6, 7-6, (11-9)
6 Frederique Sleiffer (UCD) def. Vivien Dvali (UCI) – 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles – 3, 2, 1 | Singles – 4, 6, 3, 2, 1, 5
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