FOREST GROVE, OR -- No. 37 UC Santa Cruz made it two-for-two after a hard-fought 5-4 dual win at Pacific University.
The Banana Slugs improved to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the Spring.

Against the Boxers, UC Santa Cruz started out ahead 2-1 after doubles. The hosts came back to tie it and take the lead as the singles got underway. After UC Santa Cruz's Meghana Damojipurapu won at No. 4 singles to tie it again, it was first-year Sweden Van Houten with the deciding point for the second time this weekend. 

"I focused on controlling my game and playing smart. I knew what I had to do & that I was perfectly able to do it," Van Houten said. "I'm so proud of my whole team today for battling and supporting each other the whole way through singles and doubles," she explained after the match.

UC Santa Cruz has three weeks until their next matches, when they host Menlo and American River in a doubleheader on Saturday, March 9th at the Rachel Carson College courts.

 

	Singles
1	Cassidy Binder (Pac.) def. Sara Beckman (UCSC) 6-2, 6-4
2	Sydnie Binder (Pac.) def. Natalie Sprenger (UCSC) 6-4, 6-1
3	Chloe Wu (UCSC) def. Valentina Casab-Klescova 6-3, 6-2
4	Meghana Damojipurapu (UCSC) def. Sofia Mazzola 6-3, 6-3
5	Stella Nishimura (Pac.) def. Melody Ghaffari (UCSC) 6-2, 6-1
6	Sweden Van Houten (UCSC) def. Mia Yamaguchi (Pac.) 6-4, 6-1
	Order of finish:  3,2,1,5,4,6
	Doubles
1	S. Binder/C. Binder (Pac.) def.  Ghaffari /Beckman (UCSC) 8-2
2	Sprenger/Van Houten (UCSC) def. Nishimura/Mazzola 8-3
3	Damojipurapu/Wu (UCSC) def. Yamaguchi/Casab-Klescova 8-7
	Order of finish: 2,1,3