Cougs drop Sunday home match, 5-2, vs UCLA

Sunday, March 5

Pullman, WA

11:00 AM

Washington State University

UCLA

March 05, 2023 | Tennis

Box Score

Freshman Yura Nakagawa earned her first-career ranked win with a straight sets victory at No. 2 singles.

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Washington State women's tennis saw a freshman pick up a nationally ranked win for a second straight match as Yura Nakagawa defeated No. 64 Ava Catanzarite 6-3, 6-3, at No. 2 singles. Washington State (7-6, 0-2 Pac-12) fell 5-2 to No. 63 UCLA (4-3, 1-1 Pac-12) in its second home Pac-12 contest of the season.

The Cougs dropped the dubs point after UCLA won court three and clinched the team point with a 6-2 win from its sixth-ranked doubles pair at the No. 1 spot.

Yura Nakagawa won the opening set, and following brief medical timeout, won three of the final four games to close out her first ranked win of the year in straight sets.

Elyse Tse was up a break late in the opening set when she was broken at 5-4, but the sophomore from New Zealand answered righ back with a strong ensuing game to break back for the one-set lead. Tse then jumped ahead early in the second set with a break to go up 3-1, before holding on to even the match for WSU with her 6-4, 6-3 win.

UCLA later clinched the match with wins at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, before picking up the final point of the afternoon at the No. 6 spot.

Washington State will continue its five-match home stand to begin Pac-12 play on Fri., March 17, as it hosts Arizona beginning at 1:30 p.m. (PST).

WASHINGTON STATE TENNIS
No. 63 UCLA 5, def. Washington State 2
March 5, 2023
Simmelink Tennis Courts

Pullman, Wash.

DOUBLES

1. #6 Kimmi Hance/Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Yura Nakagawa/Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) 6-2

2. Elyse Tse/Hania Abouelsaad (WSU) vs. Ava Catanzarite/Fangran Tian (UCLA) 3-4, unfinished

3. Sasha Vagramov/Vanessa Ong (UCLA) def. Yang Lee/Fifa Kumhom (WSU) 6-1

Order of Finish: 3, 1

SINGLES

1. #57 Fangran Tian (UCLA) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (WSU) 6-2, 6-3

2. Yura Nakagawa (WSU) def. #64 Ava Catanzarite (UCLA) 6-3, 6-4