Dulay And Vaksman Win B Flight Doubles Title At The Matador Collegiate Invitational

Northridge, CA—UC Riverside's Doubles Team of Karla Dulay and Tamilla Vaksman defeated Scout Shutter and Mari Taslagyan of host CSUN 8-4 to claim the B Flight Matador Collegiate Invitational Title.

Dulay and Vaksman won four matches in three days on their way to the B Flight Doubles Title.

Day 1-Friday October 23
1^st Round-W, 8-1 vs. CSUN's Arpi Bagumyan and Alexa Gregorian

Day 2-Saturday October 24
Quarterfinals-W, 8-2 vs. Montana's Lidia Dukic and Cat Orfanos
Semi-Finals-W, 8-7 vs. Cal Poly's Abby Bacharach and Celine Gruaz

Day 3-Sunday October 25
Championship Match-W, 8-4 vs. CSUN's Scout Shutter and Mari Taslagyan

Below are the full results for the team:

Chloe Pham – Flight A
W. Masako Makiba (CSUF) 6-7, 7-5, 6-3
L. Mickey Hsu (CSUN) 6-4, 6-2
L. Kiryang Kim (CSUN) 6-1, 6-2
L. Francis Dean (UMontana) 6-1, 6-2

Tracy Van – Flight A
L. Francis Dean (UMontana) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
L. Iamin Rosa (South Dakota St.) 6-1, 6-3
L. Masako Makiba (CSUF) 6-3, 6-1

Karla Dulay – Flight B
W. Alexandra Weil (UCSD) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
L. Jessica Warren (CSUN) 6-1, 6-0
L. Madison Hale (UCSD) 6-0 ret.

Natalie Penner – Flight B
L. Madison Hale (UCSD) 6-2, 6-1
L. Cam Kincaid (UMontana) 7-6, 6-0
L. Florencia Magni (South Dakota St.) 6-0, 6-0
W. Samantha Judan 8-4

Abby Valera – Flight C
L. Alex Harrigan (UCI) 0-6, 6-2, 6-3
W. Celine Gruaz (CP) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
W. Leslie Chang (CSUN) 6-4, 7-6
L. Taylor Klein (UCSB) 7-5, 6-3

Tamilla Vaksman – Flight C
W. Cat Orfanos (UMontana) 6-2, 6-1
L. Taylor Klein (UCSB) 7-5, 7-6

Sophie El-Kara – Flight D
W. Alexa Gregorian (CSUN) 6-1, 6-0
L. Elisaveta Nosenko (CSUN) 6-1, 6-0
L. Jessica Cramer (UCSD) 6-3, 6-3

Kassie Truong – Flight D
L. Arpi Bagumyan (CSUN) 6-7, 7-6, 2-1 ret.

Doubles –

Pham/ Van – Flight A

L. Magni/Sousa (South Dakota St.) 8-4
L. Hale/ Weil (UCSD) 8-3
L. Davies/ Rosa (South Dakota St.) 8-2

Dulay/ Vaksman – Flight B

W. Bagumyan/ Gregorian (CSUN) 8-1
W. Dukic/ Orfanos (UMontana) 8-2
W. Bacharach/ Gruaz (CP) 8-7
W. Shutter/ Taslagyan (CSUN) 8-4

Penner/ Valera – Flight B

L. Bacharach/ Gruaz (CP) 8-3
L. Cramer/ Nowamooz (UCSD) 8-7
W. Kreslin/ Gabb (UCI/SDSU) 8-7
L. Bagumyan/ Gregorian (CSUN) 8-6

Truong/ El-Kara – Flight B

L. Brower/ Haws-Lay (South Dakota St) 8-1
L. Nowamooz/ Theisen (UCSD) 8-4
W. Cramer Nowamooz (UCSD) 8-4

The UCR Women's Tennis Alumni game is November 14th. The team will return to competition January 17, 2016 against Grand Canyon University at the SRC Tennis Center.