49ers Roll Past Portland, 7-0
Grady Wins Fifth Straight Singles Match
February 26, 2006 PORTLAND, OR-- No. 46-ranked Long Beach State (8-2) closed out a perfect weekend with a 7-0 win at the University of Portland (2-8) on Sunday afternoon. Freshman Hannah Grady won her fifth consecutive singles match at the No. 1 position to lead the 49er triumph.
Long Beach got off on the right foot by winning all three doubles matches. At the No. 1 spot, newly annointed No. 1 doubles team of Grady and Jessica Weeks won 8-4 over Lindsey Griffin and Katie Kennel. At No. 2 doubles, Katy Williams and Sandra Rocha won 8-4 over Laura Leoni and Jaclyn Soltysik, while at the No. 3 spot, Stephanie Bengson and Rachael Porsz won 8-1 over Anna Gullickson and Jenna Tanzer.
In singles play Grady rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Cristin Sammiss. Grady, who defeated two nationally-ranked players on Friday and Saturday, had little trouble against Sammiss. Grady has now won five consecutive singles matches at the No. 1 position. No. 91-ranked Williams breezed to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Griffin at the No. 2 spot and Bengson won 6-1, 6-2 at three singles over Soltysik.
The bottom of the 49er order came up big as well with all winning their matches. At No. 4 singles Weeks claimed a 6-3, 6-3 win over Tanzer and at the five spot Porsz won 6-4, 6-3 over Kennel. Krystina Katayama played at No. 6 singles for the first time this spring and came away with a 1-6, 7-6 (4), 10-7 win over Gullickson.
The next match for the 49ers will be on Thursday, March 2 when they host No. 67 ranked UC Irvine at 2 pm at the 49er Campus Courts. DOUBLES
1. Williams/Rocha, LBSU def. Griffin/Kennel, UP, 8-4
2. No. 25-Grady/Weeks, LBSU def. Leoni/Soltysik, UP, 8-4
3. Bengson/Porsz, LBSU def. Gullickson/Tanzen, UP 8-1 SINGLES
1. Hannah Grady, LBSU def. Cristin Sammiss,UP, 6-1, 6-1
2. No. 91-Katy Williams, LBSU def. Lindsey Griffin, UP, 6-4, 6-3
3. Stephanie Bengson, LBSU def. Jaclyn Soltysik, UP, 6-1, 6-2
4. Jessica Weeks, LBSU def. Jenna Tanzer, UP, 6-3, 6-3
5. Rachael Porsz, LBSU def. Katie Kennel, UP, 6-4, 6-3
6. Krystina Katayama, LBSU def. Anna Gullickson, UP, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 10-7 |
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