Wednesday, April 24
San Diego, CA
12 p.m.
UC Irvine
vs
UC Riverside
Anteaters Open Big West Championship Against UC Riverside
April 23, 2024 | Women's Tennis
IRVINE, Calif.— No. 8 seeded UC Irvine is set to open the 2024 Big West Tennis Championships on Wednesday April 24th against No. 9 seed UC Riverside.
This marks the third consecutive season where the two squads have faced each other in the opening round of the championship.
Notes
Scouting UC Riverside
UC Riverside enters the Big West Championship with their 4-19 overall record, 0-9 in the league. The Highlanders made the trip up to the central coast this past weekend where they faced Cal Poly (L, 7-0) and UC Santa Barbara (L, 4-0).
Freshman Crystal Kim picked tops UCR with seven individual wins. Kim holds perfect records at the No. 2 (1-0) and No. 4 spots (2-0) while holding a 4-9 record at the No. 3 position.
Kim teams up with Maya Youssef for doubles action where they are 5-7 overall in dual match play, 3-2 against Big West opponents.
This marks the third consecutive season where the two squads have faced each other in the opening round of the championship.
Notes
- UC Irvine enters the Big West Championship with an overall record of 5-15 and went 1-8 during the Big West slate
- UCI dropped 7-0 to Long Beach State and then 6-1 to Cal State Fullerton over the weekend
- At Long Beach State…
- The Beach won the doubles point on courts one (6-1) and court two (6-2) while the match at No. 3 was left unfinished as LBSU was up, 5-2.
- Jenna Schlatter, Asha Gidwani, Carolyna Fowler, and Amanda Perez all brought their first sets of their respective singles matches within three scores (6-3).
- At No. 1 singles, Schlatter was able to stay within three again in her second set of her match.
- Haily Huynh at the No. 6 spot fought hard against her opposition, but dropped both her sets 6-4.
- At Cal State Fullerton…
- The Titans took the doubles point with a 6-3 win at No. 2 and 6-2 score at the No. 1 spot.
- CSUF won three straight singles competitions to win the match. The last three matches to be completed were the ones that went to extra points.
- Asha Gidwani was the first to close out her three-setter on court two. The sophomore took the 6-2 victory in the first. Likewise, Amanda Perez at No. 3 dropped the first point, but came back and topped her opposition 7-5 to force a deciding set.
- Haily Huynh truly gutted out her victory at the No. 6 spot for the Anteaters lone point of the contest. The first set went to extra points, close the entire time, and even went beyond the constraints of a normal extra points set. Despite dropping 7-6 (10-8), Huynh used that to fuel herself to a 6-1 second set win and then the deciding 10-3 victory in set three.
- The Anteaters hold a 26-2 advantage over UC Riverside in the all-time series
Scouting UC Riverside
UC Riverside enters the Big West Championship with their 4-19 overall record, 0-9 in the league. The Highlanders made the trip up to the central coast this past weekend where they faced Cal Poly (L, 7-0) and UC Santa Barbara (L, 4-0).
Freshman Crystal Kim picked tops UCR with seven individual wins. Kim holds perfect records at the No. 2 (1-0) and No. 4 spots (2-0) while holding a 4-9 record at the No. 3 position.
Kim teams up with Maya Youssef for doubles action where they are 5-7 overall in dual match play, 3-2 against Big West opponents.
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