IRVINE, Calif. --- Kat Facey and the Anteaters got a much-needed victory Wednesday afternoon winning 5-2 over Sacramento State in Anteater Stadium.

Sac State (11-8) drew first blood in doubles winning at Nos. 2 and 3 before the Faceys could claim No. 1 to go up early, 1-0.

The Anteaters (10-7, 3-1) stormed back with the next four points capped by No. 6 Andrea Duva, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 6 singles to clinch it.

The overjoyed 'Eaters will enjoy the rest of their break before pumping back up on Fri. Apr. 3 with a trip to Cal Poly.

No. 70 UC IRVINE 5, No. 73 SACRAMENTO STATE 2
UCI (10-7, 3-1) | SAC (11-8)

March 25, 2015
Anteater Tennis Stadium

Doubles
1 Facey/Facey (UCI) def. Bulatovaite/Soltanici (SAC) – 8-6
2 Boija/Ong (SAC) def. Gong/Ladhani (UCI) – 8-3
3 Loaiza Esquivias/Savchenko (SAC) def. Duva/Watrous (UCI) – 8-1
Sacramento State wins the doubles point

Singles
1 Sarah Gong (UCI) def. Alina Soltanici (SAC) – 6-4, 6-4
2 Kat Facey (UCI) def. Deimante Bulatovaite (SAC) – 6-2, 6-0
3 Arisha Ladhani (UCI) def. Olivia Boija (SAC) – 6-1, 6-1
4 Ana Loaiza Esquivias (SAC) def. Ali Facey (UCI) – 6-2, 7-5
5 Mazy Watrous (UCI) def. Daria Savchenko (SAC) – 6-4, 6-2
6 Andrea Duva (UCI) def. Jennifer Ong (SAC) – 6-2, 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles – 3, 2, 1 | Singles – 2, 3, 5, 6, 4, 1

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