IRVINE, CA -- UC Irvine, ranked No. 41 in the nation, swept visiting Cal State Fullerton, 7-0, Wednesday afternoon in a Big West Conference women's tennis match.
The Anteaters (9-3, 3-0) won three of the six singles matches in straight sets after taking two of the three doubles contests. Alexis Valenzuela and Danielle Pham teamed up to win the No. 2 doubles match for Fullerton, which dropped to 5-7 on the season and 0-4 in Big West competition.
Fullerton hosts Loyola Marymount and Southern Illinois this weekend in a pair of non-conference matches.
Doubles
1 Facey/Facey (UCI) def. De Leon/Sandford (CSUF) – 8-2
2 Pham/Valenzuela (CSUF) def. Gong/Ladhani (UCI) – 8-2
3 Duva/Dvali (UCI) def. Borkowski/Slevcove (CSUF) – 8-4
UC Irvine wins the doubles point
Singles
1 Sarah Gong (UCI) def. Alexis Valenzuela (CSUF) – 7-6, 6-3
2 Arisha Ladhani (UCI) def. Camille De Leon (CSUF) – 6-7, 6-4, (13-11)
3 Kat Facey (UCI) def. Megan Sandford (CSUF) – 7-5, 6-1
4 Ali Facey (UCI) def. Danielle Pham (CSUF) – 6-0, 6-0
5 Vivien Dvali (UCI) def. Emilia Borkowski (CSUF) – 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
6 Andrea Duva (UCI) def. Kalika Slevcove (CSUF) – 6-4, 4-6, (10-8)
Order of finish: Doubles – 1, 2, 3 | Singles – 4, 5, 3, 6, 1, 2
