CLAREMONT, Calif. – The UC Irvine women's tennis team fell to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 8-1, in its regular-season finale Saturday afternoon at Biszantz Tennis Center.

CMS, which is second in the Oracle/ITA Division III National Team Rankings, kept its perfect record intact as it improved to 23-0. This was the Athenas' second win over a Division I opponent.

The match was scored using DIII rules with each doubles contest counting as a point toward the total team score.

After Claremont-Mudd-Scripps won at Nos. 2 and 3 in doubles, the Anteaters got on the board at the top of the lineup where freshman Constance Branstine and sophomore Stephanie Hazell defeated Lindsay Brown and Nicole Tan, 8-5.

The Athenas took control in singles, winning all six matches. Junior Vivien Dvali played at the No. 1 spot, but had to retire after falling behind 3-0 in the first set. Freshman Stephanie Nguyen was also unable to finish her match at No. 3 as she took a 6-4, 3-2, ret., loss.

CMS would clinch the dual at No. 2 where Catherine Allen upended senior Cassidy Branstine. Junior Ashlynn Hall and freshman Jacqueline Tsodikova each put up a fight but fell short in their respective matches. On court four, Hall dropped a 7-6 (5), 6-3 decision, while Tsodikova suffered a 7-6, 0-6, 10-7 setback at the sixth position.

UC Irvine (5-17) will be back in action next week as it heads to Indian Wells, Calif., for the Big West Tournament, April 27-30.

#2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 8, UC Irvine 1

Singles
1. Nicole Tan (CMS) def. Vivien Dvali (UCI): 3-0, retired
2. Catherine Allen (CMS) def. Cassidy Branstine (UCI): 6-0, 6-2
3. Jessie Cruz (CMS) def. Stephanie Nguyen (UCI): 6-4, 3-2, retired
4. Lindsay Brown (CMS) def. Ashlynn Hall (UCI): 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
5. Ana Bryan-Ajania (CMS) def. Jacqueline Tsodikova (UCI): 7-5, 0-6, 10-7
6. Katie Kuosman (CMS) def. Hali Dickson (UCI): 6-0, 6-2

Doubles
1. Constance Branstine/Stephanie Hazell (UCI) def. Brown/Tan (CMS): 8-5
2. Allen/Kuosman (CMS) def. Dickson/Dvali (UCI): 8-2
3. Kyla Scott/Madison Shea (CMS) def. Ca. Branstine/Nguyen (UCI): 8-2