DAVIS, Calif. — Following a profitable residence convention win, UC Davis ladies’s tennis is again on the street this weekend for a pair of Big West matchups. The Aggies start the weekend on Saturday, Mar. 7 towards UC Riverside at 10:00 a.m. PT and wrap up towards Long Beach State on Sunday, Mar. 8 at 11:00 a.m.
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Mar. 7 — vs. UC Riverside | @ucdaviswten (X/Instagram)
Mar. 8 — vs. Long Beach State | @ucdaviswten (X/Instagram)
GAME NOTES
- The doubles pair of Polina Marakhtanova and Mika Ikemori made it to the second spherical of doubles at ITA Regionals.
- Maya Youssef and Marakhtanova each superior to the subsequent spherical in singles on the ITA Northwest Regional Championships.
- The Aggies excelled at their final competitors, the San Jose State Hidden duals, the place they confronted off towards opponents from SJSU, Santa Clara, and Nevada.
- Aggie Tennis could have its first-ever full season with a brand-new scoreboard, kindly donated by the Khourie household.
- Sophomore switch Aileena Hu scored the one level for the Aggies, defeating Arizona’s Tanvi Narendran 7-5, 7-5.
- Freshman Vivian Gallaway defeated each of her opponents in straight units all through the doubleheader residence opener.
- Junior Ikemori contributed to each of UC Davis’s solely factors towards UCSB and Cal Poly, defeating her doubles opponent with accomplice Polina Marakhtanova and profitable her singles match towards Cal Poly’s Jessica MacCallum.
- Senior Youssef went 1-0 at No. 3 singles and 1-1 at No. 2 doubles towards Washington State and UC Irvine for UC Davis. She earned a comeback singles win over UC Irvine’s Carolyna Fowler, rallying after dropping the primary set to take the match in three units. In doubles, Youssef and Isabella Bringas picked up a 7-6 win over UC Irvine at No. 2 doubles, serving to UC Davis compete strongly throughout the weekend.
- Ikemori went 3-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles towards Stanislaus State, Menlo, and Saint Mary’s, together with a come-from-behind victory at #1 doubles towards St. Mary’s to clinch the doubles level.
- Sophomore Marakhtanova went 2-0 in singles and 0-2 in doubles over the weekend towards Santa Clara and Nevada. She got here out robust at #1 singles to be 1 of 4 Ags to win in singles for the 4-3 crew victory.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS
- UC Riverside is 3-9 on the season with an 0-4 mark in Big West Conference play. The Highlanders will play New Mexico Friday at 2:00 p.m. earlier than internet hosting the Aggies on Saturday.
- Davis has traditionally been dominant over Riverside, profitable 7-0 at residence final season.
- Long Beach State is 7-6 on the 12 months with a 2-1 convention file, beating Youngstown State 6-1 on Thursday.
- Both groups final met in final 12 months’s Big West Tournament second spherical, with the Beach profitable 4-0.
SEASON NOTES
- Veteran Leadership: The 2025 squad options an skilled higher class led by seniors Kaia Wolfe and Maya Youseff, and juniors Mika Ikemori and Sophia Sappa.
- Following a protracted tenure as assistant underneath Aggie legend Bill Maze, Head Coach Sara Jackson returns for her 2nd season.
- Assistant Coach Matthew Foster-Etswick returns for his second season with the Aggies after a profitable debut season.
- New Additions: UC Davis welcomes 2 newcomers in 2025, with one true freshman and a sophomore switch becoming a member of the Aggie roster.
- This is the ultimate season for UC Davis within the Big West earlier than the crew transitions to the Mountain West in 2026-27, and the crew appears to finish its lengthy tenure within the convention on a excessive notice.
ABOUT UC DAVIS ATHLETICS:
UC Davis, the No. 2 ranked public college by the Wall Street Journal, is residence to 40,000 undergraduate college students and 12,000 staff. Ranked No. 1 in Agriculture and Forestry in addition to No. 1 in Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis is situated in a real California faculty city nestled between world-class locations such because the San Francisco Bay Area, Napa Valley and Lake Tahoe. Over 650 Aggie student-athletes compete in 25 Division I varsity sports activities, with 16 sports activities transitioning to the Mountain West Conference starting in 2026–27.
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