Box Score PASADENA -- Cal State LA's women's tennis team got some clutch individual performances to pull out a tight decision against Caltech Monday in Pasadena.

The Golden Eagles took two of the three doubles matches and three of the six singles contests to edge Caltech, 5-4. With the Golden Eagles trailing, 4-3, Chelsey Ruiz finished up a three-set win at No. 3 singles to tie it and Mariko Sagara won a three-set decision at No. 5 singles to win it. Cal State LA (2-0) won its second straight match. The contest was an exhibition match for Caltech, which was coming off a 6-3 exhibition victory over UC Irvine last week.

Cal State LA took an early lead by taking a pair of doubles matches. Noa Davico and Sagara picked up a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles and Berta Acero and Sakura Kurokawa won at No. 3 doubles, 7-6.

In singles, Kurokawa won her match at No. 4 singles in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, to get the Golden Eagles their third point. Ruiz rallied from a first-set deficit and beat Sarina Liu, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 3 singles, in the tightest match of the day and Sagara clinched the win with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles over Ankita Roychoudhury.

Cal State LA will return to action on Saturday with a home match against Pomona-Pitzer at 9 a.m.

CAL STATE LA 5, CALTECH 4
Singles
1. Anna Tifren (CT) def. Noa Davico (LA), 6-3, 6-3
2. Jennifer Yu (CT) def. Amanda Schneider (LA), 6-4, 6-2
3. Chelsey Ruiz (LA) def. Sarina Liu (CT), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
4. Sakura Kurokawa (LA) def. Michelle Hyun (CT), 6-2, 6-4
5. Mariko Sagara (LA) def. Ankita Roychoudhury (CT), 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
6. Nina Solovyeva def. Alexandra Altamirano (LA), 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
1. Tifren/Liu (CT) def. Ruiz/Schneider (LA), 6-3
2. Davico/Sagara (LA) def. Yu/Solovyeva (CT), 6-3
3. Berta Acero/Kurokawa (LA) def. Hyun/Roychoudhury (CT), 7-6 (5)