Banana Slugs Sweep Warriors

UC Santa Cruz Women’s Tennis (2-1) pulled off a sweep over the Westmont Warriors (1-2) on a warm Friday afternoon at the Abbott Tennis Courts on the Westmont campus.

The Banana Slugs Megan Sweeney and Jessica Ruth defeated Lorelei Belindean and Gillian Ayres on court one by a score of 8-5. On court three, Angel Zabala and Lauren Tisdale – a senior from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta - claimed an 8-4 victory over Westmont’s Sarah Kamida and Gabriela Michel.

Westmont nearly picked up a point on court two where the Warriors’ Jennie Dunn and Lauren DiSalvo held a 7-6 lead with the serve. But Kyla Rowe and Chayla Furlong managed to break serve twice to claim a 9-7 win.

In the singles matches, Ayres won the first set 6-4 at number two, but Zabala stormed back to take sets two and three 6-0, 6-0. Ruth defeated Belindean on court one 6-1, 6-3 and Sweeney picked up a point for the Banana Slugs at number three with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Dunn.

UC Santa Cruz won handily on the lower courts. At number four Marjorie Youn defeated DiSalvo 6-1, 6-1, while on court five Furlong won 6-1, 6-2 over Kamida. Rowe swept Emily Hughes at number six 6-0, 6-0. Westmont will return to the Abbott Tennis Courts tomorrow where they will host #3 Vanguard at 1:00 p.m.

UC Santa Cruz 9 Westmont 0

Singles
#1 - Jessica Ruth (UCSC) def. Lorelei Belindean (WC) 6-1, 6-3
#2 - Angel Zabala (UCSC) def. Gillian Ayres (WC) 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
#3 - Megan Sweeney (UCSC) def. Jennie Dunn (WC) 6-4, 6-1
#4 - Marjorie Youn (UCSC) def. Lauren DiSalvo (WC) 6-1, 6-1
#5 - Chayla Furlong (UCSC) def. Sarah Kamida (WC) 6-1, 6-2
#6 - Kyla Rowe (UCSC) def. Emily Hughes (WC) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
#1 - Megan Sweeney /Jessica Ruth (UCSC) def. Lorelei Belindean / Gillian Ayres (WC) 8-5
#2 - Kyla Rowe /Chaya Furlong (UCSC) def. Jennie Dunn / Lauren DiSalvo (WC) 9-7
#3 - Angel Zabala /Lauren Tisdale (UCSC) def. Sarah Kamida / Gabriela Michel (WC) 8-4