IRVINE, Calif - The UC Irvine women's tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision to Nevada Friday afternoon in a non-conference, clinch-clinch match.
 
Five of UCI's singles matches went into three sets as the Anteaters move to 1-2 on the season. Nevada improves to 4-2 overall.
 
QUOTE FROM COACH ELIZABETH FERRIS
"Fun matches to watch! Extremely proud of the teams' intensity, focus, grit, and coachability. Jenna made a huge mental turn-around from the first set to the second. She was in a position to take the match as were Jessica and Halla. Jessica also did a great job of fine tuning her game to find the winning strategy. Every court had a performance and put themselves in a position to win and that's all we can ask for. As per usual number 2 doubles played lights out, no hesitation tennis. There wasn't a single player that didn't show growth from the last match to this one. We are all excited for a big day of tennis tomorrow."
 
QUOTE FROM STEPHANIE NGUYEN
"Today was a great fight from everyone. Doubles with Alyssia is always so intense and we really complement each other and our styles just work. This match is a great building block for us, and will really prepare us for tomorrow."
 
QUOTE FROM HALLA ALAJEELY
"We all fought really hard today. Watching the intensity of the matches around me helped pump me up and give me confidence. Although we didn't win, we fought for every point and really showed up today."
 
QUOTE FROM JENNA SCHLATTER
"Overall, I think we fought very hard and had a lot of tough, tight matches, I'm very proud of our team effort and I look forward to bringing it again tomorrow!"
 
QUOTE FROM ALYSSIA FOSSORIER
"I'm really proud of how everybody fought. Steph and I stayed disciplined and stuck to our games which helped us to be successful in doubles. Overall, I think everyone played with great tenacity and this match will help prepare us for conference."
 
INSIDE THE MATCH
> The Anteaters took one of the three doubles matches, ultimately dropping the doubles point
> Jenna Schlatter and Arianna Tilbury lost against the team of Carla Del Barrio and Ksenia Shikanova 1-6 at the No. 3 doubles.
> The team of Alyssia Fossorier and Stephanie Nguyen played lights out tennis at the No. 2 position and won the final doubles 6-2 over Roos Van Reek/Arina Gumerova to make the doubles tie, 1-1.
> Flora Amiri and Jessica Tsukiji were the clinching doubles match to finish and would end up losing a close match, 3-6, to Anastasia Luneva/Anastaysha Gorbacheva at the No. 1 spot, giving Nevada the doubles point heading into singles.
> UCI went the distance, with every match but one, going three sets
> Nevada struck first, winning at the No. 2 spot as Shikanova beat Amiri in a tough three setter, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
> The next match to finish was No. 5 singles as Fossorier fell to Gumerova in a close match 6-3, 6-4, giving Nevada a 3-0 lead over UCI at this point.
> The match was clinched at No. 1 with Nguyen falling to Luneva in a match that went three full sets. The final score would be 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 giving Nevada the clinch-clinch 4-0 win.
> Jessica Tsukiji was in the middle of a comeback at the No. 3 position, before her match would go unfinished against Van Reek, 2-6, 7-5, 4-2.
> Halla Alajeely was about to enter her third set before her match was stopped at the No.4 spot against Mintusova, 6-4, 3-6.
> Schlatter was also in a comeback situation at No. 6 singles playing against Selina Turulja, with her score finishing as 2-6, 6-3, 4-3.
 
UC Irvine 0, Nevada 4
Singles
1. Anastasia Luneva (Nev) def.Stephanie Nguyen (UCI), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
2. Ksenia Shikanova (Nev) def. Flora Amiri (UCI), 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
3. Jessica Tsukiji (UCI) v. Roos Van Reek (Nev), 2-6,7-5, 4-2 Unfinished
4. Halla Alajeely (UCI) v. Liza Mintusova, 6-4, 3-6, Unfinished
5. Arina Gumerova (Nev) def. Alyssia Fossorier (UCI), 6-3, 6-4
6. Jenna Schlatter (UCI) v. Selina Turulja (Nev), 6-2,3-6, 3-4 Unfinished
Order of Finish: 2,5,1
 
Doubles
1. Luneva/Gorbacheva (Nev) def. Amiri/Tsukiji (UCI), 6-3
2. Fossorier/Nguyen (UCI) def. Van Reek/Gumerova (Nev), 6-2
3. Del Barrio/Shikanova (Nev) def. Schlatter/Tilbury (UCI), 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1,
Unfinished: 3, 4, 6
 
Up Next
> UCI plays a double-header at home tomorrow as they take on Grand Canyon at 11:00 am then play against Hope International at 2:30 pm.