LOS ANGELES – No. 38/26 Stanford dropped a 7-0 decision to No. 9/7 UCLA on Friday afternoon to open its SoCal road swing.
Despite entering the match within one game in the conference standings, Stanford (10-3, 6-2 Pac-12) was unable to avoid the shutout.
Following recent back-to-back 4-3 defeats to No. 7 Pepperdine and No. 46 Oregon, the Cardinal finds itself in an extremely rare stretch that now includes its first three-match losing streak since 1981.
After holding the upper hand in the series with six consecutive wins from 2016-19, Stanford has lost three in a row to UCLA (14-3, 8-0 Pac-12).
Friday's loss was also only Stanford's third defeat in 47 regular-season Pac-12 matches.
Playing short-handed with singles lineup regular Ana Geller unavailable, Emily Arbuthnott was the only Cardinal player to force a third set in singles, ultimately falling 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 at the No. 3 spot.
Stanford has a chance to bounce back on Saturday, visiting No. 34/32 USC at 12 p.m.
No. 9/7 UCLA 7, No. 38/26 Stanford 0
DOUBLES
1) No. 79 Forbes/Hart (UCLA) d. Gordon/Niluka Madurawe (STAN) 6-2
2) Arbuthnott/Blake (STAN) vs. Goulak/Wolff (UCLA) 4-4, susp.
3) Bolton/Taylor Johnson (UCLA) d. Choy/Higuchi (STAN) 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 1
SINGLES
1) No. 11 Abbey Forbes (UCLA) d. No. 48 Michaela Gordon (STAN) 6-2, 6-4
2) No. 121 Jada Hart (UCLA) d. Angelica Blake (STAN) 6-4, 6-2
3) No. 113 Elysia Bolton (UCLA) d. Emily Arbuthnott (STAN) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
4) Vivian Wolff (UCLA) d. Janice Shin (STAN) 6-2, 6-0
4) Sasha Vagramov (UCLA) d. Sara Choy (STAN) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (9)
5) Annette Goulak (UCLA) d. Emma Higuchi (STAN) 6-2, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 4, 2, 5, 3