Feb. 7, 2013
Lions 7 – Highlanders 0
The UC Riverside women’s tennis team was shutout for the third time this year with a 7-0 loss Thursday against Loyola Marymount.
UC Riverside’s only win came in doubles action when the pairing of Kate Bergeson and Thanh Doan defeated LMU’s Lisa Piller and Adriana Radinovic 8-6. However, Loyola Marymount defeated the other two Highlander pairs of Jamie Raney/Taylor Raney and Natalia McKay/Courtney Pattugalan, sealing the doubles point.
UCR was handily defeated in singles play, unable to register a single win against the Lions. The most closely contested match up came when Taylor Raney took Claudia Razzeto to a rubber match. She would eventually fall to Razzeto 10-3 in the tiebreaker. Pattugalan also had a chance to register a point for UC Riverside, but was downed by Miya Jin 6-4 and 6-3.
Among the other Highlanders who competed were: Highlander Jamie Raney against April Bisharat (0-6,0-6), Taylor Raney against Claudia Razzeto (7-6, 1-6, 3-10), Natalie McKay against Reka Rohonyi (3-6, 3-6), Kate Bergeson against Kristine Kouyoumijan (0-6, 0-6), and Thanh Doan against Lisa Piller (0-6, 0-6).
February 9, 2013
Gauchos 6 – Highlanders 1
Jamie Raney provided the UC Riverside women’s tennis team with its first singles win of the season when she defeated April Scatliffe 6-2 and 6-3. Though Raney was able to record a rare win, the rest of the team was not able to find the same pot of gold as the Highlanders fell to UC Santa Barbara 1-6.
In doubles action, the Gauchos made short work of the struggling UC Riverside squad, earning the doubles point relatively easily. Santa Barbara’s pairings of Megan Carter/Priscila Garcia and Erica Cano/Stacy Yam dismantled UCR’s pairings of Natalie McKay/Courtney Pattugalan and Kate Bergeson/Thanh Doan 8-1 and 8-0, respectively.
Singles play did not provide any solace for the Highlanders. Jamie Raney’s sole singles win prevented the team from getting shutout for the third straight time. Taylor Raney was able to take a set off of Gaucho Kiersten Meehan before eventually falling in three sets, 1-6, 6-4, 2-6.
Among the other fixtures were Priscila Garcia (UCSB) defeating Natalia McKay (UCR) 6-3, 6-3, Stacy Yam (UCSB) defeating Courtney Pattugalan (UCR) 6-4, 6-2, Erica Cano (UCSB) beating Kate Bergeson (UCR) 6-2, 6-2, and Megan Carter (UCSB) defeating Thanh Doan (UCR) 6-3, 6-2.
February 10, 2013
Thunderbirds 4 – Highlanders 3
After dropping two straight this week, the Highlanders hoped that a match against the Southern Utah Thunderbirds would net them their first win of the season. They left the game disappointed as UCR dropped a 4-3 decider on Sunday afternoon.
In doubles action, the Highlanders were again unable to secure the point. Though Jamie and Taylor Raney won the first doubles match 8-1, the ensuing two fell in Southern Utah’s favor, 8-4 each.
Even though the doubles point was lost, UC Riverside could have still won the meet by winning four singles matches, but fell just short and split 3-3 with Southern Utah.
Jamie Raney was taken to a tiebreaker, but pulled off the win in the first singles match against Olya Kunz 3-3, 7-6, 10-5. Thunderbirds Veronika Rogova and Alex Ivanova would take the next two against Taylor Raney and Natalie McKay. UCR showed resilience though, with Courtney Pattugalan and Kate Bergeson taking the next two matches to set the stage for a game-deciding number six. Southern Utah’s Afton Staheli was able to make short work of Rachell Andra 6-0, 6-0, sending the Highlanders home looking for answers yet again.
The women’s tennis team remains at home as they prepare to take on Hawaii at on Feb. 14 at Andulka Park.
