SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – Dominican women's tennis fell 7-0 Thursday afternoon to No. 39 UC San Diego in its first match against a ranked opponent this season at Castellucci Family Tennis Center.

Michelle Li and Alex Wartenberg saw their doubles winning streak halted in their first match of the year at the top court in a 6-1 loss to Ashley Chao and Becky Chou. The Tritons (7-5) added 6-1 and 6-2 victories to sweep the doubles portion and take a 1-0 lead heading into singles play. 

UC San Diego continued to role with Shweta Kumar winning 6-0, 6-0 and Chou adding a 6-1, 6-0 victory to get them a point from sealing the match victory. Valeria Corral took No. 4 singles 6-1, 6-1 to give the Tritons the team victory. Taylor Lim had the strongest match for the Penguins (3-9) giving Chao all she could handle at No. 1 singles as she played to an even 4-4 in the first set, but Chao one the final two games for the set victory. The second set was equally close with Chao once again coming away with the victory at 6-3.

Dominican will stay home to host Fresno Pacific on Saturday at 2 p.m. PDT.