SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – UC Irvine's competitive fight in singles play was not enough as they dropped 6-1 at Cal Poly.

All three UC Irvine doubles pairs battled in their respective matches but came up short as Cal Poly swept to collect two points. The Fowler sisters were able to force an extra point but were unsuccessful as they fell 7-5 to Cal Poly's Dunkle sisters. Haily Huynh made her doubles debut with Amanda Perez at No.3.

The duo of Jenna Schlatter and Alyssia Fossorier were trailing 5-4 but walked away from the match unfinished as the Mustangs had completed the sweep.

The Anteaters saw a shift in the singles positions, with everyone moving up one spot.

Fossorier earned the lone singles point for UCI at the No. 2 position. After falling 6-4 in the first set, she battled back to win in the second by the same score to force the tiebreaker set. Fossorier won 10-7 in the third to take the No. 2 match.

"Tough match today against Cal Poly," stated assistant coach Benjamin Cook. "We started strong in doubles keeping it close and competitive. In singles we had trouble finding our footing and by the time we started to find it was a bit late into the matches. Alyssia played an amazing match at 2 singles grabbing a huge win."

SINGLES DRAWS
Kim Bhunu (CP) defeated Jenna Schlatter (UCI) 6-1, 6-2
Alyssia Fossorier (UCI) defeated Melissa LaMetter (CP) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
Peyton Dunkle (CP) defeated Amanda Perez (UCI) 6-3, 6-0
Dalanie Dunkle (CP) defeated Haily Huynh (UCI) 6-3, 6-3
Kennedy Buntrock (CP) defeated Carolyna Fowler (UCI) 6-0, retired
Alexandra Ozerets (CP) defeated Larissa Teramura (UCI) 6-2, 6-2

DOUBLES
D. Dunkle/P. Dunkle (CP) defeated C.Fowler/E.Fowler (UCI), 7-5
Bhunu/Buntrock (CP) vs. Schlatter/Fossorier (UCI), 5-4, unfinished
LaMette/MacCullum (CP) defeated Huynh/Perez (UCI), 6-4

WHAT THE PLAYERS HAD TO SAY:
"This weekend was packed with tough matches, and even though the results did not go in our favor I'm proud of how we competed. These matches were challenging but we will take what we learned to prepare for the end of season. I know we're going to get better with each match and bring a larger fight for the conference tournament. Zot zot zot!  -Jenna Schlatter
 
UP NEXT
UC Irvine returns home for two final Big West matches, the first against Long Beach State on Apr. 20 followed by Hawai'i on Apr. 23.