Sunday, March 9
Irvine, CA
2 p.m.
UC Irvine
vs
Utah State
UC Irvine To Host Trio Of Matches
March 07, 2025 | Women's Tennis
IRVINE, Calif.— UC Irvine is set to host three teams in four days this coming week, including a three-team mini tournament inside the Anteater Tennis Stadium.
Notes
Scouting Utah State
Utah State enters the week with a 4-4 overall record after collecting two narrow 4-3 victories over Montana (Feb. 23) and Idaho State (Feb. 26) in the last week of action. Three of the Aggies wins were in close matches coming away from their match with Santa Clara on Feb. 15 by a one-point margin.
Indya Nespor holds a 4-4 overall record in individual action, the most wins of any USU player during singles play. Nespor has two wins at No. 1 and No. 2 each. Nespor teams up with Cielo Tapia-Cruz for doubles play, holding a 4-1 record at the No. 2 spot where they have won two straight matches, and are 5-2 overall.
Scouting Illinois State
Illinois State holds a 6-4 record on the year and are set to take on SIUE on Mar. 7 before heading out to the Golden State to take on Utah State in a neutral site meeting before taking on the Anteaters. The Redbirds are on a two-match win streak, earning victories over Radford (W, 4-1) and Eastern Illinois (W, 6-1).
In their last outing, Illinois State collected the doubles point and then won five singles matches.
Scouting Lehigh
Lehigh, who is 5-2 on the year, is coming off a 5-2 victory against LIU on Sunday. The Mountain Hawks are set for a four-match swing in California, first making stops at UC Riverside (Mar. 10) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Mar. 11) before heading to Irvine for the Anteaters on Mar. 12 and CUI (Mar. 13).
Lehigh took the doubles point against LIU by way of wins by Maggie Forkner/Allyce Gaborik and Ronit Khromchenko/Skye Yonehara. Both Forkner and Khromchenko added tallies to the Mountain Hawks side in singles play.
Notes
- UC Irvine is coming off their second straight two-win week, sweeping both Oakland, 7-0, and UTEP, 4-0
- The Anteaters boast a 5-5 overall record, 1-1 in the Big West
- UCI's five wins in ten matches is the most since the 2023 season when they had six
- Yen Nhi Huynh is on an eight-match winning streak in singles holding an 8-1 record in individual play
- Haily Huynh has six singles wins on the season for a 6-1 record and has won five straight
- Both Maily Huynh and Kayla Meraz are 5-2 in singles
- Y. Huynh and partner Carolyna Fowler lead the Anteaters with their 6-1 doubles record
- Versus Oakland…
- The Anteaters collected the doubles point as Carolyna Fowler and Yen Nhi Huynh took down the Golden Grizzles, 6-1, on court two while Nour Khayat and Maily Huynh took care of business on court three, battling for the 6-4 victory
- Y. Huynh was first to finish on the individual side, going 6-1, 6-2, over Edie Hammond at No. 4
- M. Huynh ousted Josie Ward, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 5 to put UCI up 3-0
- Junior Amanda Perez clinched the win for the 'Eaters with her 6-2, 6-0 win at the No. 3 spot
- At New Mexico State…
- The Aggies clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win on court three and 7-5 victory on court two
- Over at the No. 3 position, Y. Huynh dropped her first set 6-2 before coming out on top in the second 6-4 to force a deciding third set. The freshman dominated, 6-2, to earn UC Irvine their lone point of the match to move to 3-1
- At UTEP…
- UCI claim the doubles point with a 6-3 win by Kayla Meraz and Amanda Perez on court one followed by Carolyna Fowler and Yen Nhi Huynh on court two going 6-4
- Y. Huynh pushed the UCI lead up to two when she handled UTEP's No. 3 Paloma Hennicaux 6-2, 6-0 before Maily Huynh's match at No. 6 was finished due to the Miner's injury retirement [7-6 (7-4), 2-1]
- Haily Huynh won the match for the 'Eaters at the No. 5 spot, going 6-4, 6-3
- UC Irvine holds the 2-0 series advantage over Utah State with the last meeting occurring in 2023
- UCI trails Illinois State by two (2-0) in the all-time series, last meeting in Irvine in 2022
- The Anteaters and Lehigh will meet for the first time ever on Wednesday afternoon
Scouting Utah State
Utah State enters the week with a 4-4 overall record after collecting two narrow 4-3 victories over Montana (Feb. 23) and Idaho State (Feb. 26) in the last week of action. Three of the Aggies wins were in close matches coming away from their match with Santa Clara on Feb. 15 by a one-point margin.
Indya Nespor holds a 4-4 overall record in individual action, the most wins of any USU player during singles play. Nespor has two wins at No. 1 and No. 2 each. Nespor teams up with Cielo Tapia-Cruz for doubles play, holding a 4-1 record at the No. 2 spot where they have won two straight matches, and are 5-2 overall.
Scouting Illinois State
Illinois State holds a 6-4 record on the year and are set to take on SIUE on Mar. 7 before heading out to the Golden State to take on Utah State in a neutral site meeting before taking on the Anteaters. The Redbirds are on a two-match win streak, earning victories over Radford (W, 4-1) and Eastern Illinois (W, 6-1).
In their last outing, Illinois State collected the doubles point and then won five singles matches.
Scouting Lehigh
Lehigh, who is 5-2 on the year, is coming off a 5-2 victory against LIU on Sunday. The Mountain Hawks are set for a four-match swing in California, first making stops at UC Riverside (Mar. 10) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Mar. 11) before heading to Irvine for the Anteaters on Mar. 12 and CUI (Mar. 13).
Lehigh took the doubles point against LIU by way of wins by Maggie Forkner/Allyce Gaborik and Ronit Khromchenko/Skye Yonehara. Both Forkner and Khromchenko added tallies to the Mountain Hawks side in singles play.
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