Friday, April 1
Irvine, Calif.
2:00 PM
UC Irvine
vs
Westmont
Homestand Concludes with Westmont; Pomona-Pitzer Canceled
March 30, 2022 | Women's Tennis
UC Irvine Anteaters (6-10, 1-3) vs. Westmont (7-9)
Friday, April 1 - 2:00 PM
Anteater Tennis Stadium - Irvine, Calif.
Friday, April 1 - 2:00 PM
Anteater Tennis Stadium - Irvine, Calif.
UC Irvine Anteaters (6-10, 1-3) vs. Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens (12-1)
Canceled
Anteater Tennis Stadium - Irvine, Calif.
A seven-game string of home matches finishes up with Friday and Saturday contests against lower-division schools
Storylines
- UCI returns to the court for the first time since Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico claimed her first career Big West Player of the Week award going 5-0 across singles and doubles two weeks ago
- UC Irvine finishes up its seven-game homestand of which it is 2-3 on so far
- The 'Eaters have six wins coming against UC Riverside, Idaho, Caltech, Cal State LA, Hope International, and George Fox
- Two of UCI's first four matches were Big West contests including the season opener at UC Davis.
- Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico leads the squad with nine dual singles wins, all coming at No. 1. She's won seven straight singles matches
- Other winning records in singles are Emily Fowler at 8-5, Alyssia Fossorier at 7-6, Dasee Carter now 3-2, and 2-1 for Megan Mansonhing after winning her last match. Jessica Tsukiji has won three straight matches and can get back to .500 on the dual season with wins this weekend
- Anteater doubles are 25-21 overall with six wins from the duo of Alyssia Fossorier and Jessica Tsukiji
- Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico is 10-2 overall in doubles between four different doubles partners and won eight consecutive doubles sets
- The Anteaters competed in three fall tournaments and the CSUF Spring Invite to start 2022 taking home a total of 27 singles wins and eight doubles wins
- The women's tennis squad finished the fall quarter with the highest grade point average in UCI athletics. "This team takes great pride in their studies and I'm so happy they are being recognized for all their efforts. This is quite an impressive accomplishment," praised coach Ferris.
- Five Anteaters were among the 113 student-athletes on the Fall 2021 Dean's List - Dasee Carter, Megan Mansonhing, Shreya Pavani, Mia Totah, and Jessica Tsukiji - by taking 12 or more units with a 3.500 GPA or higher
Last Time Out
- The 'Eaters last played March 19 and 20 hosting three matches and winning two over Idaho and Hope International
- UCI dropped a Big West match to CSUN, 4-3, now 1-3 in conference play
- UC Irvine was unbeaten at Nos. 1 and 2 singles and won 13 out of 20 singles points
- Doubles won five of seven finished sets with No. 2 doubles going unbeaten on the weekend
- Jenna Schlatter made her return to singles in Sunday's match against CSUN and led 6-4, 6-6 before her opponent retired
Westmont Warriors
Westmont from NAIA starts the weekend with a Friday match. The Warriors are 7-9 having face five common opponents to UCI in CSUN, Cal State LA, Caltech, and UC Riverside, and earning one win against Hope International.
Rachal Jackson has an 8-2 mark at No. 1 singles along with five doubles points. Francesca Aguirre has an 11-2 mark in singles play. Logan Jackson and Sophia Ostovany have been the best doubles duo going 5-2 in dual play
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