LA JOLLA -- Cal State LA's women's tennis team got off to a tough start Saturday against No. 14 UC San Diego and was unable to turn things around.

The Golden Eagles dropped all three doubles contests and fell to the Tritons, 7-2, in La Jolla. Cal State LA (2-5) picked up singles wins from Luciana Di Laura and Chelsey Ruiz, but the Tritons (4-4) captured the other four singles points in straight sets.

Cal State LA lost three competitive doubles matches. The closest battle came at No. 2 doubles where Di Laura and Isabella Lopez lost in a tiebreaker to Alexandra Weil and Madison Hale, 8-7 (7-5). Elizaveta Sokolova and Amanda Schneider fell to Ashley Chao and Becky Chou, 8-4, at No. 1 doubles and Ruiz and Mariko Sagara fell at No. 3 doubles, 8-5, to Nousha Nowamooz and Chloe Wight.

Di Laura had the best singles outing for the Golden Eagles, recording a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Weil at No. 3 singles. Ruiz pulled out a win at No. 6 singles over Hale, 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 in a third-set supertiebreaker.

Cal State LA will return to action on Tuesday with a road match at Concordia.

#14 UC San Diego 6, Cal State LA 3
Feb 24, 2018 at La Jolla, Calif.
 

Singles competition

1. Ashley Chao (UCSD) def. Elizaveta Sokolova (CSLA) 6-1, 6-3

2. Becky Chou (UCSD) def. Amanda Schneider (CSLA) 6-3, 7-5

3. Luciana Di Laura (CSLA) def. Alexandra Weil (UCSD) 6-3, 6-2

4. Jasmine Hosseini (UCSD) def. Isabella Lopez (CSLA) 6-1, 6-1

5. Valeria Corral (UCSD) def. Mariko Sagara (CSLA) 6-1, 6-1

6. Chelsey Ruiz (CSLA) def. Madison Hale (UCSD) 6-4, 4-6, 10-7

Doubles competition

1. Ashley Chao/Becky Chou (UCSD) def. Elizaveta Sokolova/Amanda Schneider (CSLA) 8-4

2. Alexandra Weil/Madison Hale (UCSD) def. Isabella Lopez/Luciana Di Laura (CSLA) 8-7 (7-5)

3. Nousha Nowamooz/Chloe Wight (UCSD) def. Mariko Sagara/Chelsey Ruiz (CSLA) 8-5

Match Notes

Cal State LA 2-5

UC San Diego 4-4; National ranking #14

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,1,5,2,3,6)