36th-ranked UC Santa Cruz won 6-3 against Colorado College with an amazing fight under the lights at the La Madrona Athletic Club. 
 
The Banana Slugs won in a landslide in the double matches. No. 1 duo Sara Beckman and Natalie Sprenger won 8-3. At No.2, Sweden Van Houten and Chloe Wu had an 8-7 tiebreaker (7-3). At No.3, Meghana Damojipurapu and Tanner Rowland finished with a win of 8-4.
 
Colorado College rallied however, and took the first three singles matches to tie the dual match. UC Santa Cruz then responded with the last three winners. After Sprenger won in straight sets at No. 3, Melody Ghaffari won a close match at No. 5 to get the Banana Slugs to the decisive fifth point with a score of 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. Van Houten finished the night and won a close match at No. 6 7-6 (8), 2-6, 7-6 (3), winning the match with an ace. 
 
Both Melody and Sweden gave quotes on how they felt about the game. 

Ghaffari praised the support surrounding them. "There was great support from the team today. I love the energy, it was a super tough battle but the grind didn't stop. Santa Cruz slugs are tough PERIOD. I'm so proud of my Sweden, who was fighting in her third set together with me. Her insane endurance and comeback kept motivating me. I love this team so much!"  
 
Van Houten went on to further emphasize "The energy today was incredible. Everyone fought so hard and didn't give up, no matter the score. At one point, me and Melody were both down in the third set, and faced multiple match points against us. I'm honestly speechless at our result and all I have to say is how proud I am and how much I love this team." 
 
The Banana Slugs (8-3) will have the week off for finals before opening their Spring Break road trip on March 24^th against Occidental.