UCSB women’s tennis team to play in Hawaii

By ERIC BOOSE UCSB SPORTS WRITER

The UCSB women’s tennis team will look to maintain its perfect conference record and build a winning streak as they head to Hawaii for the first match in a five-match road trip on Sunday.

The Gauchos come into the weekend at 2-0 in The Big West, having defeated UC San Diego in their last match. The Rainbow Wahine enter the weekend on a three-match winning streak and with a 4-1 Big West record.

The match is set for 5:30 p.m. Pacific time Sunday at the University of Hawai’i Tennis Center.

The Gauchos have won nine of their last 15 matches against the Rainbow Wahine and are on a three-match winning streak against Hawai’i coming into Sunday’s match. UCSB won on its last trip to the islands in 2021, 5-2, then knocked Hawai’i out of The Big West Championships with a 4-0 win that same season.

LAST TIME OUT

The Gauchos got back into the win column with their second Big West victory of the season in their last match, taking down UC San Diego, 6-1, at the Arnhold Tennis Center. The Gauchos took the doubles point and won on the top five singles courts, with Marta Gonzalez Ballbe clinching the match on court five. Walk-on freshman Solaya Han made her collegiate debut against the Tritons and played well, despite not getting the win on court six.

UP NEXT UCSB will return from Hawaii but remain on the road for their next matches, as the Gauchos are set to take on UCLA March 30 and San Diego April 1 in a pair of road non-conference contests. UCSB’s next home match will be April 15, when they welcome UC Irvine to the Arnhold Tennis Center.

Ranking Up

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released its newest player rankings on March 21, and UCSB’s Amelia Honer and Kira Reuter both were featured. Honer remains one of the most highly regarded singles players in the country, checking in at No.

61 in the most recent rankings. Honer and Reuter continue to form a formidable tandem in doubles as well, and remain in the top 25 partnerships in the country, checking in at No. 24.

HONER WINS BACK-TO-BACK BIG WEST

WEEKLY AWARDS, AGAIN (MARCH 8)

For the second time this season, Amelia Honer earned Big West Player of the Week honors in consecutive weeks, winning the sixth weekly award of her career after a strong showing against Oklahoma State and Loyola Marymount, teams ranked No. 35 and No. 62 at the time.

Honer won both her singles matches against the Cowgirls and Lions in straight sets on court one, while also picking up a win on the top doubles court alongside Kira Reuter against Oklahoma State. The award is her fourth of the season, following back-to-back wins at the end of January and beginning of February Eric Boose is assistant director of athletic communications at UCSB.

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San Marcos swim defeats Buena

The Royals girls and boys swim teams had an impressive swim meet against Buena on March 23.

The San Marcos girls team beat Buena with a score of 118-52, and the boys beat Buena with a score of 119-51.

For the girls, Marina Brown, Lucy Haaland-Ford, Sierra Tallman, and Sophie Yonker came in first in the 200 medley relay. Taylor Steelman came in first in comfortable style in the 200 freestyle, finishing 16 seconds before the second-place finisher.

The boys 100 butterfly winner was Gavin Tallman. The 100 freestyle winner was Alexi Stapf. William Stuart was the winner in the 500 freestyle.

Bishop Diego boys volleyball beats St. Bonaventure

The Cardinals swept St. Bonaventure with scores of 25-21, 25-12, and 25-23 on March 23. This improves Bishop Diego to 4-1 in league and 10-5 overall.

Liam Flood led the team with 11 kills and 22 swings total.

Additionally, Braylon Katers added to the team totals with 10 kills.

“Tonight, we played a cleaner match, and we’re hoping this is a turning point in our season,” said Head Coach Dillan Bennett. Bishop Diego will host the Cardinal Classic tournament on March 25.

Santa Ynez boys golf competes at tournament

The Pirates competed in the Mountain League boys golf tournament at the San Luis Obispo Country Club. Santa Ynez placed fourth out of eight teams. Freshman Von Gordon led the team with a score of 81. Rye Winans and Jackson St. Denis were right behind Gordon with scores of 83. The total team score was 419.

Cate defeats Santa Barbara in lacrosse

The Rams boys lacrosse team competed at Santa Barbara and came away with the win. With a score of 18-4, this put the Rams at

2-0 overall on the season and 2-0 in league. Wade Nieman led the Rams with seven goals and one assist. Cody Mast and Harry McAdam also added to the Rams score with three goals themselves.

Goalie Barak Yanar was solid in the net, holding Santa Barbara to only one goal in the second half.

The Rams return to action Tuesday when they host the Oak Park Eagles.

Chargers girls beach beats Ventura

The Dos Pueblos girls beach volleyball team had a nice win against Ventura with a score of 4-1. Notably, the first team Chloe Hoffman and Lucy Speier won their match with a score of 21-9 and 21-12. Additionally, Makeila Cervantes and Maddy Jones won 21-18 and 21-15, Addison Low and Sonia Mancuso won 21-4 and 2112, and Layla McQuiggan and Ella Benson won 21-11 and 21-11.

“It was a good team win!” exclaimed Head Coach Mike Fitzgerald. “Makeila and Maddy steadied out after a slow start to win at the 3s. Addison and Sonia continued to dominate at the 4s. Ella and Layla played consistent volleyball throughout.”