Sunday, March 24
Irvine, CA
10:30 a.m.
UC Irvine
vs
CSUN
Anteaters Host CSUN Before Trip To New Jersey
March 22, 2024 | Women's Tennis
IRVINE, Calif.— UC Irvine starts with week with a home match against CSUN (Mar. 24) before traveling to New Jersey for matches against Fairleigh Dickinson (Mar. 27) and Seton Hall (Mar. 28).
Notes
Scouting CSUN
CSUN enters the weekend with a 6-1 record, 2-0 in the Big West, and host Washington State prior to their arrival in Irvine. The Matadors had a break in their dual match action with their last contest played on Mar. 9.
Sophomore Emma Moratalla Sanz holds a perfect 6-0 in singles action in dual matches. All six of the victories have come at the No, 4 spot. Next, redshirt junior Yuliia Zhytelna is 5-1 at No. 2 singles and is on a two-game win streak.
CSUN has utilized the same three doubles partners this season for an overall 14-2 (0.875) record. The Matadors have earned five wins at both the No. 1 and No. 2 positions.
Scouting FDU
Fairleigh Dickinson is 8-5 on the year and 3-0 in the NEC, but recently dropped a closely contested match to Lewis (L, 4-3). The Knights will face St. Thomas Aquinas before taking on the Anteaters.
Valentina Silva is the lone Knight to have double digit wins in singles play with a 10-3 record and a winner of her last three matches. Four of Silva's wins have come from No. 4 and the remaining six at No. 5.
Silva teams up with Katsiaryna Kostsina at the No. 3 position in doubles action where they keep a perfect 4-0 record.
Scouting Seton Hall
Seton Hall has an action packed next few days with a trip to Rhode Island for matches with Bryant and Providence before heading back to South Orange to meet the Anteaters. The Pirates are 6-6 overall and 0-2 in Big East action.
Aina Plana Ventosa paces Seton Hall in individual action with a perfect 9-0 record in dual matches, earning four of them at the No. 3 position and the remaining five at No. 4. Two Pirates have six individual wins each.
Imogen Brooker and Niamh Campbell are 7-5 overall in doubles play. The duo are 1-2 at the No. 2 spot but hold a strong 6-3 record at No. 3.
Notes
- UC Irvine enters into the week with a 4-10 overall record and 1-3 in Big West play
- The Anteaters last played on Mar. 15 where they fell to Dartmouth at home, 6-1
- Versus Dartmouth…
- The Anteaters went down 1-0 in doubles before bringing it to 1-1 with a 6-4 win from Carolyna Fowler and Asha Gidwani on court two
- Graduate student Jenna Schlatter and sophomore Larissa Teramura paired up for the No. 3 doubles match and emerged with a 6-4 win to clinch the doubles point
- C. Fowler was the fifth to finish her match of the day, winning the first singles set for the Anteaters and force a deciding third game
- UC Irvine leads the all-time series over CSUN, 18-8
- UCI has not met with either FDU or Seton Hall in program history
Scouting CSUN
CSUN enters the weekend with a 6-1 record, 2-0 in the Big West, and host Washington State prior to their arrival in Irvine. The Matadors had a break in their dual match action with their last contest played on Mar. 9.
Sophomore Emma Moratalla Sanz holds a perfect 6-0 in singles action in dual matches. All six of the victories have come at the No, 4 spot. Next, redshirt junior Yuliia Zhytelna is 5-1 at No. 2 singles and is on a two-game win streak.
CSUN has utilized the same three doubles partners this season for an overall 14-2 (0.875) record. The Matadors have earned five wins at both the No. 1 and No. 2 positions.
Scouting FDU
Fairleigh Dickinson is 8-5 on the year and 3-0 in the NEC, but recently dropped a closely contested match to Lewis (L, 4-3). The Knights will face St. Thomas Aquinas before taking on the Anteaters.
Valentina Silva is the lone Knight to have double digit wins in singles play with a 10-3 record and a winner of her last three matches. Four of Silva's wins have come from No. 4 and the remaining six at No. 5.
Silva teams up with Katsiaryna Kostsina at the No. 3 position in doubles action where they keep a perfect 4-0 record.
Scouting Seton Hall
Seton Hall has an action packed next few days with a trip to Rhode Island for matches with Bryant and Providence before heading back to South Orange to meet the Anteaters. The Pirates are 6-6 overall and 0-2 in Big East action.
Aina Plana Ventosa paces Seton Hall in individual action with a perfect 9-0 record in dual matches, earning four of them at the No. 3 position and the remaining five at No. 4. Two Pirates have six individual wins each.
Imogen Brooker and Niamh Campbell are 7-5 overall in doubles play. The duo are 1-2 at the No. 2 spot but hold a strong 6-3 record at No. 3.
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