Aggies Hold off Pilots, 4-3
PORTLAND, Ore. --- Senior Valeska Hoath picked up her fifth win of the season and freshman Maja Mladenovic posted a straight set victory from the one position, but the UC Davis Aggies held off the Portland Pilots Sunday at the Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center by a score of 4-3.
Portland (3-3) started the day with Hoath and freshman Tori Troesch cruising to an 8-1 victory in the top doubles spot, Portland looked poised to take the doubles point with ease as Cubelli and Fuchs carried a 7-3 lead.
Momentum suddenly shifted to the Aggies (2-5), however, as Layla Sanders and Nicole Koehly took the last four games against Dhatt and Mladenovic in the second spot. On the far court Megan Heneghan and Lauren Curry applied increase pressure on Cubelli and Fuchs as well, taking three straight games to close Portland’s lead.
Portland’s duo regained their composure and stopped the Aggies rally cold. With Fuchs serving, she and Cubelli clinched the doubles point with a perfect game.
Mladenovic wasted no time in expanding Portland’s lead to 2-0, needing less than 45 minutes in her straight set victory.
As the first round of singles play concluded, the Aggies tied the match with wins from the second and third positions before Hoath put the Pilots back on top with a 6-0, 6-2 victory.
Portland concludes its four match homestand on Friday, taking on the Montana State Bobcats.
