SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – UC Irvine dropped a 5-1 decision to UC Santa Barbara in a Big West contest in Santa Barbara Saturday.

The Anteaters go to 14-9 overall and 2-4 in the Big West, while the Gauchos are 10-7 on the season and 4-1 in league matches.

QUOTE FROM STEPHANIE NGUYEN
"Today was a great team effort, the energy was great from everyone. Doubles was so exciting even though it didn't go in our favor. We took that excitement into singles, but ultimately it just wasn't our day. Today was so fun and great preparation for tomorrow."

QUOTE FROM DANIELLE GARRIDO
"We played a tough team today and had some opportunities to take the doubles point, but unfortunately fell a little bit short. Despite the loss, I think Steph (Nguyen)and I had really good teamwork and it felt good to have the rest of the team supporting and cheering us on."

INSIDE THE MATCH
>At No. 2 doubles, Jessica Tsukiji and Alyssia Fossorier were cruising to a 3-0 lead before UCSB's Anatsia Goncharova and Elizaveta Volodko retired due to injury
>UCI picked up its lone point at No. 6 singles Arianna Tilbury as UCSB did not field the injured player
>In a clinch format, the No. 2 singles position of Stephanie Nguyen versus UCSB's Tiffany Lagarde went unfinished

UP NEXT
UCI will continue up the coast to take on Cal Poly tomorrow (Apr. 14) at 11:00 a.m. at the Mustang Tennis Complex

DOUBLES
No. 1 – Tiffany Lagarde/Stephanie Yamada (UCSB) d. Stephanie Hazell/Arianna Tilbury 6-0
No. 2 – Jessica Tsukiji/Alyssia Fossorier (UCI) d. Anastasia Goncharova/Elizaveta Volodko, 3-0 ret.
No. 3 – Dominika Paterova/Amit Lev Ari (UCSB) d. Stephnaie Nguyen/Danielle Garrido, 6-3

SINGLES
No. 1 - Amit Lev-Ari (UCSB) d. Stephanie Hazell, 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 – Tiffany Lagarde (UCSB) v. Stephanie Nguyen (UCI) 7-5, 2-2, unfinished
No. 3 – Elizaveta Volodko (UCSB) d. Jessica Tsukiji (UCI), 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 – Juliana Valero (UCSB) d. Jacqueline Tsodikova (UCI), 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 -  Lise Sentenac (UCSB) d. Alyssia Fossorier (UCI), 7-5, 6-0
No. 6 – Arianna Tilbury (UCI) d. no player, forfeit