IRVINE, Calif. – The UC Irvine women's tennis team completed their 2022-23 season with 11 wins and a whole host of notable moments and achievements from the young squad.

ON THE RECORD
The spring dual match season started with a 3-0 run by UCI, the best start to a season for the program since the 2018-19 season when they won the first four contests. The Anteaters swept both William Jessup (Jan. 20) and Cal State LA (Feb. 9) while defeating Portland State, 5-2, on Feb. 5.

UC Irvine dropped a Big West match out of the gate and finished 2-7 in Big West matchups. Their conference victories came over UC Riverside (6-1) and UC San Diego (4-3).

The season culminated in the Big West Championships in San Diego, Calif. with a first-round win over UCR for UCI (4-1) to advance to the quarterfinals for the second consecutive year.

UCI finished the year with an 11-9 overall record, the most total wins since the 2018-19 season.

SENIOR SALUTE
Alyssia Fossorier departs after playing five seasons for UC Irvine. Holding down the No. 2 singles position, Fossorier finished the year with an overall record of 6-9 in individual play. The graduate student played in five other matches, but they were left unfinished.

Fossorier competed at No. 2 doubles with fellow senior Jenna Schlatter where they earned a 7-9 record at the second spot and picked up one win at No. 1.

NO. 1
Jenna Schlatter stepped into the No. 1 singles spot after the departure of Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico. Schlatter went 7-7 in dual match action and a team best 3-5 in conference play en route to All-Big West Honorable Mention nods. The senior had two unfinished contests on the season, leading them both at the time of competition.

Schlatter, the first-time team captain, will return to the young Anteater squad next season as a graduate student.

SISTER, SISTER
The sister duo of junior Emily Fowler and freshman Carolyna Fowler took charge of the doubles competition as they competed together at the No. 1 position. The pair opened dual play action with a 2-0 record before moving up to the spot where they tallied seven wins.
 
C. Fowler was introduced to the singles line up against CSUN, defeating her opponent for the Anteaters lone point in the 6-1 loss. The freshman won four straight individual contests and ended the season with a 6-2 overall record, going 1-1 at the No. 5 position and 5-1 at the sixth.
 
FEROCIOUS FRESHMEN
Eight freshmen were named to the roster in the fall with some of them making an immediate impact.

Asha Gidwani had a standout season, compiling an overall 11-6 record in singles play (3-1 at No. 2, 8-5 at No.3), and was the only individual to have double digit victories. Amanda Perez competed at the No. 4 singles spot where she went 6-6. The duo of Gidwani and Perez competed together at No. 3 doubles for an incredible 12-4 record, 4-2 in conference play. They also won their one match that they competed at No. 2.
 
Haily Huynh held steady at the No. 5 position, going 7-3. Huynh finished the year with an 8-8 overall record in dual action and competed at No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 singles throughout the year.
 
Larissa Teramura got experience at both the No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches but spent a lot of her time at the sixth position. Teramura ended the 2023 campaign with an 8-8 overall record, 6-5 at No. 6 singles.

UCI's women's tennis roster will retain a vast majority of players on their current roster for a more experienced squad heading into the 2023-24 season.