SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The No. 25 UC Santa Barbara women's tennis team beat Long Beach State 4-1 Saturday morning at the Arnhold Tennis Center, their sixth win in their last seven matches. The Gauchos (11-6) are now 3-0 in conference play having beaten Hawaii 5-2 less than 24 hours prior to the Long Beach match and UC Davis 4-0 on Feb. 21.
How it Happened
- Santa Barbara struck first as Camille Kiss and Marta Gonzalez Ballbe beat Claire Le Du and Zuzanna Szczepanska 6-2 on court three, but the Beach was able to take down both of Santa Barbara's ranked doubles duos to seize the doubles point
- On court two, Nikola Homolkova and Peppi Ramstedt beat the No. 68 pair of Kira Reuter and Amelia Honer 6-4 and on court one, Zara Lennon and Sheena Masuda clinched the doubles point with a 7-5 win over Shakhnoza Khatamova and Elizaveta Volodko, ranked No. 60
- UCSB dominated singles though, winning on four courts to seal the match. Honer was the first to secure a point for the Gauchos, bouncing back from her doubles loss with a 6-0, 6-0 takedown of Le Du on court four
- Kiss made it 2-1 Gauchos, besting Masuda 6-2, 6-0 on court three and and Filippa Bruu-Syversen put Santa Barbara on the verge of clinching the match with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Peppi Ramstedt on court three
- No. 105 Khatamova finished off the match, earning the Gauchos' fourth point, prevailing 7-5, 6-1 over Homolkova in the top singles matchup
Next Up
UCSB continues conference play as they host UC Riverside and CSUN both on April 9, with action beginning at 10:00 A.M. Click here for a livestream.
