Box Score NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – The UC Irvine women's tennis team fell to Southern Utah, 7-0, Friday at Palisades Tennis Club in Newport Beach.

With the loss, UCI drops to 8-8 on the season.

SUU (7-6) took the early lead after winning at No. 3 doubles as the Thunderbirds' Laura Lozano/Daniela Cozzi defeated the Anteaters' Gillian Parker and Stephanie Nguyen, 6-0. Nos. one and two doubles were abandoned.

SUU carried its momentum into singles winning in all six spots. Arianna Tilbury battled at No. 5 playing winning the second set 6-3 after dropping the first, 6-7 (6-8). In the tiebreaker, Tilbury fell 10-7. At No. 4, Yulin Chen dropped the first set, 6-3, but came back to win the second, 10-7, before ultimately dropping the tiebreaker, 10-7.

Stephanie Hazell fell in the top spot, 6-2, 6-2, to SUU's Ghita Nassik.

UCI will take a short break before returning to action Wednesday, March 28 for a match against Pacific in Stockton.

Singles
1. Ghita Nassik (SUU) def. Stephanie Hazell (UCI) 6-2, 6-2
2. Zoe Tanti (SUU) def. Stephanie Nguyen (UCI) 6-3, 6-4
3. Eira Tobrand (SUU) def. Flora Amiri (UCI) 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
4. Charity Sagiao (SUU) def. Yulin Chen (UCI) 6-3, 2-6, 10-7
5. Daniela Cozzi (SUU) def. Arianna Tilbury (UCI) 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 10-7
6. Alexandra Ngo (SUU) def. Jacqueline Tsodikova (UCI) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 1-1
 
Doubles
1. Yulin Chen/Stephanie Hazell (UCI) vs.Mikala Lowrance/Ghita Nassik (SUU) 3-6, unfinished
2. Flora Amiri/Arianna Tilbury (UCI) vs. Zoe Tanti/Eira Tobrand(SUU) 4-5, unfinished
3. Laura Lozano/Daniela Cozzi (SUU) def. Gillian Parker/Stephanie Nguyen (UCI) 6-0