04/27/24 Tritons Travel to UCLA to take on UCI, CSUN, UCSB, and SLO
During the past weekend, UCSD badminton went to UCLA to play against UCI, CSUN, UCSB, and CPSLO. The UCSD badminton team lost 5-10 against UCI, won 13-2 against CSUN, won 14-1 against UCSB, and won 15-0 against SLO.
Freshman Edwards Tong and Sophomore Jessica Qu engaged in several tightly contested matches. They beat UCSB's Michelle Hu and Thomas Yu with scores of 21-12, 16-21, 21-10. They also won against SLO's Justin Teng and Chenyi Zhao, winning 21-16, 15-21, 21-12, and they defeated CSUN's Akshay Kukanur and Trang Le with scores of 18-21, 21-12, 21-9. Junior Reno Guo also experienced a series of challenging games in the league match. He beat Brandon Xu from SLO with scores of 10-21, 21-19, 21-17, Kenny Luu from UCI 21-17, 21-17, and Jerry Wang from UCSB with scores of 21-10, 18-21, 21-16. Together with freshman Matthew Chan, Guo won against UCI's Tyler Lee and Kyle Pan, with scores of 21-19, 21-23, 21-13.