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Women's Tennis Logs 5-2 Win at Washington State
March 05, 2023 | Women's Tennis
PULLMAN, Wash. – The UCLA women's tennis team earned its first win of Pac-12 play Sunday, defeating Washington State by a 5-2 score on the Simmelink Tennis Courts at Hollingbery Fieldhouse.
The Bruins (4-3, 1-1 Pac-12) collected the final three wins of the day, including Elise Wagle's straight-set clincher. Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Vanessa Ong and Fangran Tian were also victorious for UCLA. Yura Nakagawa and Elyse Tse momentarily pulled the Cougars (7-6, 0-2) even on the singles courts. The Bruins earned the doubles point after dropping just three total games in the completed contests.
Ong and Sasha Vagramov controlled their doubles match from the start, breaking the serve of Fifa Kumhom and Yang Lee twice for a 3-0 lead. The Bruins would roll to a 6-1 win for their fourth positive result in six dual-match decisions. Finishing right on their heels were the sixth-ranked tandem of Wagle and Kimmi Hance, which notched a 6-2 defeat of Nakagawa and Eva Alvarez Sande to lock up the initial point.
The four-court setup at Hollingbery Fieldhouse left Ong and Wagle on the sidelines when singles play began. Nakagawa tied the overall score on Court 2, dispatching of No. 64 Ava Catanzarite by a 6-3, 6-4 margin in the first completed contest.
UCLA answered on the top court, where No. 57 Tian stayed undefeated in dual-match play (5-0) with a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Alvarez Sande. WSU again pulled level soon after, as Elyse Tse prevailed 6-4, 6-3 against Vagramov on Court 3.
Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer and the Bruins retook the lead on Court 4, where the freshman outlasted Kumhom 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 to increase her team-high singles win total to 16.
Ong and Wagle emphatically took their first sets, with each seizing six of seven games. Wagle topped her first-set performance in the second, sealing the overall result with a 6-1, 6-0 triumph over Abouelsaad on Court 5. Wagle has won eight consecutive singles matches, including four straight in dual-match play. Ong tacked on her third singles win in as many tries, a 6-1, 6-2 decision over Stefaniia Mikhailova on Court 6.
UCLA takes a break from conference play when it welcomes No. 3 Ohio State to Los Angeles Tennis Center for a Sunday, March 12 meeting. First serve is scheduled for 12 p.m. PT.
Tennis Match Results
UCLA vs Washington State
3/5/2023 at Pullman, WA
(Simmelink Tennis Courts)
#63 UCLA 5, Washington State 2
Singles competition
1. #57 Fangran Tian (UCLA) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Yura Nakagawa (WSU) def. #64 Ava Catanzarite (UCLA) 6-3, 6-4
3. Elyse Tse (WSU) def. Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3
4. A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Fifa Kumhom (WSU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
5. Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Hania Abouelsaad (WSU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Vanessa Ong (UCLA) def. Stefaniia Mikhailova (WSU) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #6 Kimmi Hance/Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Eva Alvarez Sande/Yura Nakagawa (WSU) 6-2
2. Hania Abouelsaad/Elyse Tse (WSU) vs. Ava Catanzarite/Fangran Tian (UCLA) 3-4, unfinished
3. Vanessa Ong/Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) def. Fifa Kumhom/Yang Lee (WSU) 6-1
Match Notes:
UCLA 4-3; National ranking #63
Washington State 7-6
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (2,1,3,4,5,6)
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
2,1,3,4,5,6
Players Mentioned
