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Four Tritons Pick Up Wins But No. 15 UCSD Defeated by Point Loma

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Tritons Fall to Aztecs in Regular Season Finale; NCAA Selection Show Set for Wednesday

SAN DIEGO - The UC San Diego women's tennis team suffered a 7-0 loss Monday to crosstown foe San Diego State, a squad ranked 75th nationally at the Division I level.

The match ended the regular season for both teams, with the Tritons falling to 13-8 and the Aztecs improving to 13-10. UCSD will now await Wednesday's selection show for the NCAA D-II Championships field. The announcement will be broadcast on NCAA.com at 4 p.m. Wednesday and the top four teams in the West Region advance to the tournament, which begins May 8.

In the April 21 regional rankings released by the NCAA, BYU-Hawaii holds the No. 1 spot while Hawaii Pacific, UCSD and Cal State Stanislaus follow behind at the remaining three positions.

During Monday's match with SDSU, the Tritons dropped straight-set losses in all six singles matches and only managed to capture five games combined between the three doubles contests.

Junior Valerie Tang turned out to be most victorious in singles' games among the UCSD players Monday, falling 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 4 spot to Roxanna Ellison.

In doubles, the Tritons' Anita Athavale and Jacquelyn Davis fared the best in number of games won, dropping a 8-3 decision at the No. 2 position to Julia Wais and Julia Trunk.

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Singles competition
1. Julia Trunk (SDSU) def. Taskeen Bains (UCSD) 6-2, 6-3
2. Alicia Aguilar (SDSU) def. Natalie Varnay (UCSD) 6-1, 6-3
3. Julia Wais (SDSU) def. Cindy Dao (UCSD) 6-1, 6-0
4. Roxanne Ellison (SDSU) def. Valerie Tang (UCSD) 6-4, 6-3
5. Emma Cioffi (SDSU) def. Anita Athavale (UCSD) 6-2, 6-1
6. Olivia Colman (SDSU) def. Jacquelyn Davis (UCSD) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Roxanne Ellison/Sierra Ellison (SDSU) def. Taskeen Bains/Natalie Varnay (UCSD) 8-2
2. Julia Wais/Julia Trunk (SDSU) def. Jacquelyn Davis/Anita Athavale (UCSD) 8-3
3. Olivia Colman/Alicia Aguilar (SDSU) def. Cindy Dao/Valerie Tang (UCSD) 8-0

Match Notes
UC San Diego 13-8
San Diego State 13-10
- San Diego State is ranked No. 75 at the Division I level
- UC San Diego is ranked No. 15 at the Division II level
 
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Players Mentioned

Taskeen Bains

Taskeen Bains

Freshman
Cindy Dao

Cindy Dao

Freshman
Valerie Tang

Valerie Tang

Freshman
Natalie Varnay

Natalie Varnay

Freshman
Anita Athavale

Anita Athavale

Junior

Players Mentioned

Taskeen Bains

Taskeen Bains

Freshman
Cindy Dao

Cindy Dao

Freshman
Valerie Tang

Valerie Tang

Freshman
Natalie Varnay

Natalie Varnay

Freshman
Anita Athavale

Anita Athavale

Junior

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