IRVINE, Calif. --- No. 73 UC Irvine brought the action back home for the first of four straight matches at Anteater Tennis Stadium taking down Loyola Marymount, 4-3, Tuesday afternoon.

Doubles play went smoothly the 'Eaters' way with win in all three positions clinched by the No. 3 duo of Vivien Dvali and Mazy Watrous, 6-3.

Singles was a tug-of-war led off by LMU (1-3) with a sweep by freshman Anna Romeka at No. 5 singles to tie the match at 1-1.

Kat Facey countered quickly with a sweep of her own followed by Andrea Duva's second collegiate win at No. 6 to make it 3-1.

Freshman Arisha Ladhani clinched the win for UCI (3-1) with a hard-fought, 6-4, 7-5, win at No. 2 for the fourth point.

The 'Eaters return to Anteater Tennis Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 7, for a 12:00 p.m. match against San Diego State.

No. 73 UC IRVINE 4, LMU 3

February 3, 2015
Irvine, Calif. – Anteater Tennis Stadium

Doubles
1 Facey/Facey (UCI) def. Kouyoumjian/Perez (LMU) – 6-3
2 Gong/Ladhani (UCI) def. Crespo/Grossman (LMU) – 6-1
3 Dvali/Watrous (UCI) def. Piller/Romeka (LMU) – 6-3
UC Irvine wins the doubles point

Singles
1 Jessica Perez (LMU) def. Sarah Gong (UCI) – 6-4, 6-7, (10-8)
2 Arisha Ladhani (UCI) def. Andrea Crespo (LMU) – 6-4, 7-5
3 Kat Facey (UCI) def. Ellie Grossman (LMU) – 6-1, 6-2
4 Kristine Kouyoumjian (LMU) def. Mazy Watrous (UCI) – 7-5, 6-3
5 Anna Romeka (LMU) def. Ali Facey (UCI) – 6-2, 6-2
6 Andrea Duva (UCI) def. Lisa Piller (LMU) – 6-4, 6-1

Order of finish: Doubles – 2, 3, 1 | Singles – 5, 3, 6, 2, 4, 1
UCI (3-1) | LMU (1-3)

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