The UC Irvine women's tennis team continues the 2019-20 season this weekend with the ITA Southwest Regionals at Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, California, Oct. 17-21.
 
Storylines

• The Anteaters will compete against some of the top players in the region, including opponents from UCLA, USC, Pepperdine, San Diego, and SDSU.
• The doubles main draw champion, singles main draw champion and singles runner-up will qualify for the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships in November.
• UC Irvine returns 11 letterwinners from a 2018-19 squad that went 14-12.
• The Anteaters' 14 victories were their most in a season since 2014-15 when they finished 15-9.
• As a team, UCI won 57% of its singles matches and 59% of its doubles matches last year.
• The Anteaters have 12 players from California, including four from Irvine.
• Elizabeth Ferris enters her fourth season as head coach with the team.

 
Last Time Out

• UC Irvine competed at the Long Beach Invitational last weekend.
• Alyssia Fossorier, Dasee Carter, Jacqueline Tsodikova and Dana Mackensen recorded their first singles win of the fall season.
• Carter/Tsodikova picked up a doubles win defeating opponents from UC Riverside.

 
 2018-19 Highlights

• As a true freshman, Jessica Tsukiji went 6-0 at the top two spots in the lineup and finished with a team-best 13 singles victories.
• Arianna Tilbury ranked second with a 12-9 singles record, playing primarily at Nos. 4-6.
• Stephanie Nguyen, who played at No. 1 and No. 2 all season, earned All-Big West honorable mention recognition.
• UC Irvine won the doubles point 14 times last year and went 13-1 in those matches.
• Alyssia Fossorier registered a team-leading 14-4 record in dual-match doubles.
• Tsukiji was also 11-9, including a 2-0 Big West record alongside Flora Amiri.
• Amiri/Tsukiji were selected as an All-Big West honorable mention doubles team.
• Gillian Parker went undefeated in both singles (7-0) and doubles (6-0).

 
Meet the Newcomers

• UCI welcomes two new players for the 2019-20 campaign.
• Freshman Jenna Schlatter is a four-star recruit from Saint Helena, Calif.
• Junior transfer Halla Alajeely played two years at Irvine Valley College where she was a JUCO All-American in both singles and doubles.

 
Academic Success

• UC Irvine was recognized as a 2018-19 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team.
• Five Anteaters were honored as ITA All-Academic Scholar-Athletes.

 
Up Next

• The Anteaters will travel to Rolling Hills Estates for the Jack Kramer Collegiate Invitational, Oct 31-Nov 3.