49ers Down LMU, 6-1
49ers Win Five of Six Singles Matches
February 11, 2006
LONG BEACH, CA-- The No. 47-ranked Long Beach State women's tennis team won its third consecutive match with a resounding 6-1 win over Loyola Marymount on Saturday at the 49er Campus Courts. Long Beach improves to 3-2 with the victory while LMU falls to 5-3.
The 49ers won the doubles point by winning all three matches. At No. 1 doubles, Katy Williams and Sandra Rocha won 8-6 over Pavla Mesterova and Robyn Baker. Hannah Grady and Jessica Weeks claimed an 8-4 win at the No. 2 spot over Erin Ivey and Maja Sundac and at No. 3 doubles Stephanie Bengson and Rachael Porsz won 8-4 over Patrycia Hubl and Sladjana Kos.
In singles play the 49ers won five of the six matches, all in straight sets. Bengson won at No. 3 singles with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Ivey. At the four spot, Rocha claimed a 6-2, 7-6 victory and Weeks won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 singles over Maja Sundac. Porsz rooled to a 6-2, 6-1 win over Kos at the six spot and Williams won 6-0, default at No. 2 singles over Baker. The lone LMU win came at No. 1 singles as Mesterova escaped with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Grady.
The 49ers will next be in action on Wednesday, February 15 when they play at Cal State Northridge.
DOUBLES
1-Rocha/Williams (LBSU) def. Mesterova/Baker (LMU), 8-6
2-Grady/Weeks (LBSU) def. Ivey/Sundac (LMU), 8-4
3-Bengson/Porsz (LBSU) def. Hubl/Kos (LMU), 8-4
SINGLES
1-Pavla Mesterova (LMU) def. Hannah Grady (LBSU), 7-5, 7-5
2-Katy Williams (LBSU) def. Robyn Baker (LMU), 6-0, default
3-Stephanie Bengson (LBSU) def. Erin Ivey (LMU), 6-4, 6-0
4-Sandra Rocha (LBSU) def. Patrycia Hubl (LMU), 6-2, 7-6
5-Jessica Weeks (LBSU) def. Maja Sundac (LMU), 6-1, 6-2
6-Rachael Porsz (LBSU) def. Sladjana Kos (LMU),6-2, 6-1 |
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