SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara Women's Tennis team capped off a perfect conference season in dominant fashion Saturday afternoon, sweeping Cal Poly 4-0 in the classic Blue-Green rivalry at the Ronca Tennis Center to clinch the Big West regular season title outright.

The Gauchos closed the weekend with back-to-back sweeps, after defeating CSUN 4-0 the day prior, to finish 9-0 in conference play and secure the program's place atop the Big West standings.

THE MATCH
Final: #48 UC Santa Barbara 4, Cal Poly 0
Records: #48 UC Santa Barbara (15-8, 9-0 Big West), Cal Poly (12-9, 7-2 Big West)

HOW IT HAPPENED
UC Santa Barbara set the tone early by capturing the doubles point with wins on courts two and one. Lily Pradkin and Shanelle Iaconi delivered a commanding 6-1 victory, before Ekua Youri and Caroline Beard battled to a 7-6 (7-3) tiebreak win at the top spot to secure the early 1-0 advantage.

UC Santa Barbara remained in control throughout singles play, winning all three completed matches in straight sets. Emma Tutoveanu extended the lead with a decisive 6-2, 6-1 win on court three. Raphaelle Leroux followed with a 6-1, 6-3 victory on court six to push the advantage to 3-0.

With the title on the line in the Blue-Green rivalry, Lily Pradkin clinched the match on court four, grinding out a 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) win to seal the 4-0 sweep and secure the Big West regular season championship for the Blue and Gold.

Three additional singles matches went unfinished as UC Santa Barbara clinched the final point.

RESULTS
Doubles
1. Ekua Youri/Caroline Beard (UCSB) def. Candela Aparisi/Natalie Lynch (CP) 7-6 (7-3)
2. Lily Pradkin/Shanelle Iaconi (UCSB) def. Bonita Jakupovic-Kl/Kennedy Buntrock (CP) 6-1
3. Jessica MacCallum/Sarah MacCallum (CP) def. My-Anh Holmes/Emma Tutoveanu (UCSB) 6-2

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1

Singles
1. Ekua Youri (UCSB) vs. Kennedy Buntrock (CP) 6-4, 4-6, 2-3, unfinished
2. Isabella Wong (UCSB) vs. Jessica MacCallum (CP) 5-7, 6-3, 3-0, unfinished
3. Emma Tutoveanu (UCSB) def. Candela Aparisi (CP) 6-2, 6-1
4. Lily Pradkin (UCSB) def. Alexandra Ozerets (CP) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
5. My-Anh Holmes (UCSB) vs. Natalie Lynch (CP) 2-6, 6-4, 2-5, unfinished
6. Raphaelle Leroux (UCSB) def. Sarah MacCallum (CP) 6-1, 6-3

Order of finish: 3, 6, 4

UP NEXT
With the regular season concluding in a win, the Gauchos have secured the top seed in the Big West Championships and earned a double bye into the semifinals, where they will begin competition on Apr. 24 at 10 a.m.