Friday, February 26
Los Angeles, Calif.
12:00 PM
USC
1
vs
6
UCLA
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No. 17 USC Women’s Tennis Falls 6-1 to No. 6 UCLA
February 26, 2021 | Women's Tennis
LOS ANGELES--The No. 17 USC women's tennis team lost 6-1 to crosstown rival, the No. 6 UCLA Bruins in a nonconference match today (Feb. 26) at Marks Stadium. With the loss, the Trojans are 5-3 on the 2021 season.
On the sunny, cloudless day in Los Angeles, the crosstown rivals took to the court. Doubles began first, and the Bruins drew blood first as Goulak/Wolff beat USC's Ewing/McKee 6-1 on court two. Over on court one, Trojans Cayetano/Cheong competed against the No. 1 doubles team in the nation in UCLA's 1 Bolton /Hart. The Trojan tandem battled hard but fell to the No. 1 ranked Bruins 6-4 to give the doubles point to UCLA. The match on court three was played out, and the Trojan pair of Dvorak/Willson beat the Bruin duo Altick /Johnson 6-4. Dvorak/Willson are undefeated on the season with three straight victories.
The Trojans entered singles at a 0-1 deficit. The Bruins continued to roll with the momentum gained in doubles as No. 7 Abbey Forbes defeated Trojan sophomore No. 48 Eryn Cayetano 6-1, 6-4 on court one. Shortly thereafter, USC's redshirt senior Clare McKee fell to UCLA's Annette Goulak 6-4, 6-1 on court six. The Bruins held a 3-0 lead.
UCLA's No. 113 Sasha Vagramov defeated Trojan redshirt senior Summer Dvorak 6-3, 6-3 on court five to clinch the match for the Bruins. This loss broke Dvorak's five-match winning streak.
Although UCLA had won the match, the remaining courts were played out. UCLA's Vivian Wolff defeated USC junior Danielle Willson 6-4, 6-4 on court four to increase the Bruins' lead to 5-0.
Trojan junior Salma Ewing dropped her first set 6-4 to UCLA's No. 19 Jada Hart, but she battled back in true fight on fashion by taking the next set 6-4 and winning her 10-point tiebreak 10-6 to put the only point on the board for USC. With this victory, Ewing improves her wining streak to four-straight matches.
After losing the first set 6-3 to UCLA's No. 9 Elysia Bolton, freshman No. 103 Naomi Cheong recovered from a five-games-to-love deficit to impressively win the second set 7-5 and force a 10-point tiebreak set. After a close battle, Bolton won the tiebreak to claim the match with a 10-8 score.
After today's loss, USC still holds a 50-49 all-time record over UCLA. The Trojans will face the Bruins again on April 16 in a conference match at 1:30 p.m. PT in Westwood, Calif.
The Women of Troy return to Marks Stadium tomorrow (Feb. 27) to take on No. 13 Oklahoma State at 12 p.m. PT.
UCLA 6, USC 1
February 26, 2021 – Marks Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif.
Doubles
UCLA wins the doubles point
Singles
On the sunny, cloudless day in Los Angeles, the crosstown rivals took to the court. Doubles began first, and the Bruins drew blood first as Goulak/Wolff beat USC's Ewing/McKee 6-1 on court two. Over on court one, Trojans Cayetano/Cheong competed against the No. 1 doubles team in the nation in UCLA's 1 Bolton /Hart. The Trojan tandem battled hard but fell to the No. 1 ranked Bruins 6-4 to give the doubles point to UCLA. The match on court three was played out, and the Trojan pair of Dvorak/Willson beat the Bruin duo Altick /Johnson 6-4. Dvorak/Willson are undefeated on the season with three straight victories.
The Trojans entered singles at a 0-1 deficit. The Bruins continued to roll with the momentum gained in doubles as No. 7 Abbey Forbes defeated Trojan sophomore No. 48 Eryn Cayetano 6-1, 6-4 on court one. Shortly thereafter, USC's redshirt senior Clare McKee fell to UCLA's Annette Goulak 6-4, 6-1 on court six. The Bruins held a 3-0 lead.
UCLA's No. 113 Sasha Vagramov defeated Trojan redshirt senior Summer Dvorak 6-3, 6-3 on court five to clinch the match for the Bruins. This loss broke Dvorak's five-match winning streak.
Although UCLA had won the match, the remaining courts were played out. UCLA's Vivian Wolff defeated USC junior Danielle Willson 6-4, 6-4 on court four to increase the Bruins' lead to 5-0.
Trojan junior Salma Ewing dropped her first set 6-4 to UCLA's No. 19 Jada Hart, but she battled back in true fight on fashion by taking the next set 6-4 and winning her 10-point tiebreak 10-6 to put the only point on the board for USC. With this victory, Ewing improves her wining streak to four-straight matches.
After losing the first set 6-3 to UCLA's No. 9 Elysia Bolton, freshman No. 103 Naomi Cheong recovered from a five-games-to-love deficit to impressively win the second set 7-5 and force a 10-point tiebreak set. After a close battle, Bolton won the tiebreak to claim the match with a 10-8 score.
After today's loss, USC still holds a 50-49 all-time record over UCLA. The Trojans will face the Bruins again on April 16 in a conference match at 1:30 p.m. PT in Westwood, Calif.
The Women of Troy return to Marks Stadium tomorrow (Feb. 27) to take on No. 13 Oklahoma State at 12 p.m. PT.
UCLA 6, USC 1
February 26, 2021 – Marks Stadium | Los Angeles, Calif.
Doubles
- #1 Bolton /Hart (UCLA) def. Cayetano/Cheong (USC) – 6-3*
- Goulak / Wolff (UCLA) def. Ewing/McKee (USC) – 6-1
- Dvorak/Willson (USC) def. Altick /Johnson (UCLA) – 6-4
UCLA wins the doubles point
Singles
- #7 Abbey Forbes (UCLA) def. #48 Eryn Cayetano (USC) – 6-1, 6-4
- #9 Elysia Bolton (UCLA) def. #103 Naomi Cheong (USC) – 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8)
- Salma Ewing (USC) def. #19 Jada Hart (UCLA) – 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6)
- Vivian Wolff (UCLA) def. Danielle Willson (USC) – 6-4, 6-4
- #113 Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) def. Summer Dvorak (USC) – 6-3, 6-3
- Annette Goulak (UCLA) def. Clare McKee (USC) – 6-4, 6-1
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