LAWRENCE, Kan. (Feb. 17, 2023) — The UC Santa Barbara women's tennis team kicked off their weekend of matches in Kansas on Friday, taking on Texas Tech. Three Gauchos won their opening singles sets in an effort to overcome a 3-0 deficit, but UCSB ultimately fell, 4-0.

THE MATCH 
Final: UC Santa Barbara 0, Texas Tech 4 
Records: UC Santa Barbara 1-5 (1-0 Big West), Texas Tech 5-2 (0-0 Big 12) 

HOW IT HAPPENED 
With the Gauchos shorthanded, the Raiders won on court three by default in doubles as well as court five and six singles. Texas Tech clinched the doubles point after Valentina Khrebtova and Marta Gonzalez-Ballbe were defeated, 6-2. Amelia Honer and Kira Reuter led their match on court one, 4-3, at the time.Moving on to singles, the Gauchos put on a valiant fight, with Honer, Reuter, and Khrebtova each winning their first sets on the top three singles courts. The Raiders ultimately earned the last point needed on court four to end the match. 

RESULTS 
Doubles 
#13 Honer/Reuter (UCSB) vs. #50 Sayfetdinova/Komac (TTU) 4-3, unfinished
Peet/Tiglea (TTU) def. Khrebtova/Gonzalez-Ballbe (UCSB) 6-2 
Texas Tech def. No player (UCSB) by forfeit

Order of finish: 3, 2

Singles 
#43 Amelia Honer (UCSB) vs. Olivia Peet (TTU) 6-0, 0-6, 1-0, unfinished
Kira Reuter (UCSB) vs. #106 Avelina Sayfetdinova (TTU) 6-1, 2-5, unfinished
Valentina Khrebtova (UCSB) vs. Metka Komac (TTU) 6-2, 2-3, unfinished
Kate Dmitrichenko (TTU) def. Marta Gonzalez Ballbe (UCSB) 6-0, 6-1 
Texas Tech def. No player (UCSB) by forfeit
Texas Tech def. No player (UCSB) by forfeit

Order of finish: 5, 6, 4

UP NEXT
Next on the Gauchos' weekend schedule is a meeting with their hosts, Kansas. UCSB will play the doubles portion of their dual with the Jayhawks Friday afternoon, then wrap things up with singles Saturday morning at 9:15 a.m. Pacific. The Gauchos will also play Arizona on Saturday, with a scheduled start time of 12:30 p.m. Pacific.