University of San Francisco Athletics

DAVIS, Calif. – The San Francisco women's tennis team notched its third win in a row, beating UC Davis 4-3 Saturday at Marya Welch Tennis Center.

With the victorious effort over the Aggies, USF improves to 7-2 on the season. UC Davis falls to 3-5 and the Dons have now taken care of its third Big West opponent of the year.

USF found itself playing from behind after dropping the doubles match to the home team, but Brooke Irish's straight-set win in the No. 6 spot evened the score. Andrea Ka dispatched Layla Sanders, 6-1, 6-2, to put the Dons on top before the Aggies knotted the score at 2-2.

UC Davis' Megan Heneghan gave the home team the lead once again before freshman Genevieve McCloskey's 7-5, 7-5 victory left the day's deciding match on the court.

Marina Nikolic fell behind after dropping the first set to Nicole Koehly. But the junior from Mountain View, Calif., rebounded in the back half of the match coming back to win, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 and give USF its decisive fourth point of the day.

With the victory, USF has taken two straight from the Aggies, defeating UC Davis by the same 4-3 match score on Feb. 16, 2013.
Next, USF will face its first West Coast Conference foe of the season Tuesday as the Dons square off at Santa Clara. First serve is slated for 2 p.m.
 

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San Francisco 4, UC Davis 3
Feb. 22, 2014 |Marya Welch Tennis Center | Davis, Calif.

Singles | Order of finish: 6, 2, 4, 1, 5, 3*
No. 1 – Megan Heneghan (UC Davis) def. Thyra Taune (USF); 6-3, 7-6(5)
No. 2 – Andrea Ka (USF) def. Layla Sanders (UC Davis); 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 – Marina Nikolic (USF) def. Nicole Koehly (UC Davis); 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 – Melissa Kobayakawa (UC Davis) def. Milica Hadzi-Tanovic (USF); 7-6(5), 6-2
No. 5 – Genevieve McCloskey (USF) def. Tiffany Pham (UC Davis); 7-5, 7-5
No. 6 – Brooke Irish (USF) def. Kamila Kecki (UC Davis); 6-1, 6-1

Doubles | Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
No. 1 – Koehly/Sanders (UC Davis) def. Ka/Nikolic (USF); 8-7 (7-5)
No. 2 – Heneghan/Kobayakawa (UC Davis) def. Hadzi-Tanovic/Irish (USF); 8-2
No. 3 – McCloskey/Taune (USF) def. Martino/Pham (UC Davis); 8-4