Wednesday, February 26
Irvine, CA
1 p.m.
UC Irvine
vs
Oakland
Anteaters Back In Action For Three Matches
February 25, 2025 | Women's Tennis
IRVINE, Calif.— The Anteaters resume non-conference action this week, first hosting Oakland on Wednesday (Feb. 26) before making the trip through the desert to New Mexico State (Mar. 1) and UTEP (Mar. 2).
Notes
Scouting Oakland
Oakland is heading out West for two matches, the first at Redlands (Feb. 25) before facing the Anteaters. The Golden Grizzlies enter the week with a 2-4 record and are currently on a two-match skid.
OU won the doubles point in their last time out with a 6-3 win by Edie Hammond and Martyna Piechowicz on court one and a 6-2 victory by Emilia Jarvinen and Josie Ward on court two. Both Jarvinen and Ward took down their Niagara University opponents.
Scouting New Mexico State
New Mexico State heads into the weekend with an 8-5 overall record, dropping their last outing. The Aggies take on UCI's Sunday opponent, UTEP, on Friday Feb. 28 before moving on to the contest with the Anteaters.
Both Nadia Nemeth and Montana Parkinson-Lubold have eight individual wins on the year. Nemeth earned seven victories at No. 4 and one at No. 5 while Parkinson-Lubold is a perfect 3-0 at No. 5 while collecting five of her wins at No. 6. Additionally, Anna Pinaieva has seven wins in singles, all at the top spot in the lineup with a 7-2 record. Nemeth and Pinaieva team up as a doubles pairing, going 8-4, a team best in wins at the No. 1 position.
Scouting UTEP
UTEP holds a 4-2 overall record on the year and are coming off a 4-0 victory against Lamar for the program's best start to the season in a decade. The Miners will be well-rested heading into the match after seeing both their matches in the last week be canceled.
UTEP took the double point against Lamar with a 6-1 victory at No. 3 by Wendy Zhang and DeCora Antione and 6-4 rout at No. 1 by Carlotta Mencaglia and Hanna Telzynska. Mencaglia, Antione, and Zhang earned the singles points for the shutout win, 4-0.
Notes
- UC Irvine is coming off a two-win week, earning their first Big West win of the season against UC Riverside, 5-2, before taking a 6-1 victory over Occidental
- At UC Riverside…
- UCI came out on top in doubles action with wins by Carolyna Fowler/Yen Nhi Huynh (6-2) on court two and Kayla Meraz/Amanda Perez (6-3) on court one
- Y. Huynh tallied her fourth consecutive win at No. 6 in a 6-1, 6-0 match
- Meraz, at No. 2, was threatened in her match, only claiming the first set 6-3 before dominating in the second set 6-0 to put UCI up 3-1
- Junior Haily Huynh clinched the UCI win on court four, going 6-2, 6-2
- At Occidental…
- The Anteaters started out with the early 1-0 lead as Fowler/Y. Huynh were partnered to take a 6-0 victory at No. 2 and the No. 3 duo of Maily Huynh and Nour Khayat followed, downing their opponent 6-0
- UC Irvine flexed their strength in singles with five consecutive straight set wins over the Tigers
- M. Huynh finished first on court five with a 6-0, 6-2 win before Y. Huynh handled Sebaga Kombo at No. 4, 6-1, 6-0
- The match was clinched with Bella Pitchford's 6-1, 6-3 at the sixth position
- UC Irvine and Oakland will meet for the first time in program history on Wednesday
- UCI meets New Mexico State for the fifth time ever, first since 2014
- The Anteaters are an undefeated 4-0 against the Aggies, but have never traveled to Las Cruces
- Sunday morning will be a rubber match between UCI and UTEP, splitting the all-time record 1-1. The two teams have not seen each other since the 'Eaters 5-2 in 2002
- UC Irvine has never made the trip to El Paso, playing one contest in Irvine against the Miners and the other in Seattle
Scouting Oakland
Oakland is heading out West for two matches, the first at Redlands (Feb. 25) before facing the Anteaters. The Golden Grizzlies enter the week with a 2-4 record and are currently on a two-match skid.
OU won the doubles point in their last time out with a 6-3 win by Edie Hammond and Martyna Piechowicz on court one and a 6-2 victory by Emilia Jarvinen and Josie Ward on court two. Both Jarvinen and Ward took down their Niagara University opponents.
Scouting New Mexico State
New Mexico State heads into the weekend with an 8-5 overall record, dropping their last outing. The Aggies take on UCI's Sunday opponent, UTEP, on Friday Feb. 28 before moving on to the contest with the Anteaters.
Both Nadia Nemeth and Montana Parkinson-Lubold have eight individual wins on the year. Nemeth earned seven victories at No. 4 and one at No. 5 while Parkinson-Lubold is a perfect 3-0 at No. 5 while collecting five of her wins at No. 6. Additionally, Anna Pinaieva has seven wins in singles, all at the top spot in the lineup with a 7-2 record. Nemeth and Pinaieva team up as a doubles pairing, going 8-4, a team best in wins at the No. 1 position.
Scouting UTEP
UTEP holds a 4-2 overall record on the year and are coming off a 4-0 victory against Lamar for the program's best start to the season in a decade. The Miners will be well-rested heading into the match after seeing both their matches in the last week be canceled.
UTEP took the double point against Lamar with a 6-1 victory at No. 3 by Wendy Zhang and DeCora Antione and 6-4 rout at No. 1 by Carlotta Mencaglia and Hanna Telzynska. Mencaglia, Antione, and Zhang earned the singles points for the shutout win, 4-0.
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