Almaguer Wins At #1 Singles For Women's Tennis In 6-1 Loss To Air Force

Friday, January 24

Riverside, CA

12:00 pm

UC Riverside

Air Force

Photo by: UCR Athletics Media Relations

Almaguer Wins At #1 Singles For Women's Tennis In 6-1 Loss To Air Force

1/24/2014 4:11:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Riverside - The UC Riverside Women's Tennis Team lost its season opener Friday afternoon, 6-1, to visiting Air Force Academy at Andulka Park.

Freshman Jasmine Almaguer defeated USAF's Tiffany Tran at #1 singles, 6-2, 6-4, earning the Highlanders lone point of the match.

"Jasmine played a very nice match to win at #1," Head Coach Mark Henry stated. "Courtney, Kat, and Kate all played well but weren't able to pull their matches out."

UC Riverside now prepares for a Friday, January 31 match against Nevada at 12 pm PT at Andulka Park in Riverside.

Air Force 6, UC Riverside 1
Friday, January 24, 2014
Andulka Park

Doubles
1. Magday/Rizvi (USAF) def. Almaguer/Saltarelli (UCR) 6-4
2. Tran/Meyers (USAF) def. Jue/Pattugalan (UCR) 6-4
3. Forlini/Forlini (USAF) def. Bergeson/Doan (UCR) 6-1

Singles
1. Jasmine Almaguer (UCR) def. Tiffany Tran (USAF) 6-2, 6-4
2. Natasha Rizvi (USAF) def. Kat Saltarelli (UCR) 7-5, 6-1
3. Mary Meyers (USAF) def. Courtney Pattugalan (UCR) 2-6, 6-3 (10-7)
4. Marcelli Magday (USAF) def. Kate Bergeson (UCR) 6-2, 6-3
5. Lily Forlini (USAF) def. Tiffany Jue (UCR) 6-0, 6-0
6. Tracy Landram (USAF) def. VJ Ganesan (UCR) 6-0, 6-0