University of Denver
UC Santa Barbara
DENVER DROPS 5-2 DECISION TO UC SANTA BARBRA
3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
The DU women's tennis team saw its two-match winning streak come to an end on Friday as the Pioneers dropped a 5-2 decision to UC Santa Barbara on the road in California. Denver is now 7-4 on the season.
UC Santa Barbara took the teams' first two doubles matches to take an early 1-0 lead prior to winning four of the six singles matches to take the team victory. Junior Julia O'Loughlin and senior Maureen Slattery both scored singles wins for DU on the day. Complete results from Friday can be found below:
Doubles (Order to finish: 2, 1)
- Palina Dubavets/ Melissa Baker (UCSB) def. Julia O'Loughlin / Maureen Slattery (D) 6-2
- Natalie Da Silveira/ Jaimee Gilbertson (UCSB) def. Gracia Mboko/ Morgan Barnhill (D) 6-1
- Stefani Stojic/ Amanda Atanasson (UCSB) vs. Sonja Radosevic / Bianca Mok (D) 5-4 (unfinished)
Singles (Order to finish: 6, 5, 3, 4, 2, 1)
- Julia O'Loughlin (D) def. Palina Dubavets (UCSB) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
- Maureen Slattery (D) def. Natalie Da Silveira (UCSB) 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Jaimee Gilbertson (UCSB) def. Bianca Mok (D) 7-6, 6-3
- Stefani Stojic (UCSB) def. Gracia Mboko (D) 4-6, 7-6 (10-8)
- Amanda Atanasson (UCSB) def. Sonja Radosevic (D) 6-3, 6-3
- Amit Lev-Ari (UCSB) def. Arisha Ladhani (D) 6-2, 6-4
Up next for the Crimson & Gold is a Saturday showdown with Pepperdine in Malibu, Calif. Live scoring for this 1pm MT match can be found , Click HERE to view DU's complete 2017 schedule.
