Gauchos Beat Dons, 6-1

Sunday, February 21

Santa Barbara, Calif.

12 P.M.

University of San Francisco

UC Santa Barbara

Photo by: Stephanie Trapp

2/21/2016 5:53:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Santa Barbara, Calif. –– With a shorthanded roster on Sunday, the USF Dons were forced to forfeit both the No. 6 singles match and No. 3 doubles match and lost 6-1 to UCSB at the Rec Center Courts.

Entering the No. 1 doubles match, the Gauchos already held a 1-0 lead over the Dons due to the default loss at No. 3. Andrea Ka and Thyra Taune played very well and beat Palina Dubavets and Jaimee Gilbertson 6-1. The Green and Gold desperately needed a win at No. 2 to secure the doubles point, but Melissa Baker and Stephanie Yamada took care of business and beat USF's Hanna Börjeson and Shanna Dos Santos 6-0.

Up 2-0 due to the forfeit at No. 6 singles, UCSB extended its lead at No. 5 singles with Natalie De Silveira defeating Jiayu Mu, 6-0, 6-0. At No. 4, Jaimee Gilbertson took down Borjeson 6-3, 6-2. The Gauchos made it four straight singles wins with Amanda Atanasson beating Dos Santos 6-3, 6-4 at No. 3.

Ka, who entered the match 4-1 in singles play, lost the first set to Dubavets 6-4, but battled back to win 6-4 in the second set and earned the third set tiebreaker with a 10-7 win to secure her fifth victory of the year. In the final match of the day, Lou Adler picked up the win over Taune with a 3-6, 7-5, 13-11 victory.

The Dons will return to the Olympic Club on Feb. 27 to face South Alabama at 1 p.m.

Singles
1. Andrea Ka (USF) def. Palina Dubavets (UCSB) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7
2. Lou Adler (UCSB) def. Thyra Taune (USF) 3-6, 7-5, 13-11
3. Amanda Atanasson (UCSB) def. Shanna Dos Santos (USF ) 6-3, 6-4
4. Jaimee Gilbertson (UCSB) def. Hanna Borjeson (USF) 6-3, 6-2
5. ?Natalie Da Silveira (UCSB) def. Jiayu Mu (USF) 6-0, 6-0
6. USF Defaulted.
Order of finish (5, 4, 3, 1, 2)

Doubles
1. Andrea Ka/ Thyra Taune (USF) def. Palina Dubavets/Jaimee Gilbertson (UCSB) 6-1
2. Melissa Baker/Stephanie Yamada (UCSB) def. Hanna Borjeson/Shanna Dos Santos (USF) 6-0
3. USF Defaulted.
Order of finish (2,1)

Match Notes:
No. 68 UC Santa Barbara (4-4)
USF (0-7)