49ers Open Season by Hosting San Diego on Saturday
No. 41-ranked 49ers Look to Win Fifth-Straight Big West Title
January 14, 2007 | SEPTEMBER | o | o | | Fri.-Sun. 28-30 | Cal "Nike" Invitational | Day 1
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Day 3 | | OCTOBER | | | | Fri-Sun. 5-7 | CS Fullerton
Fall Intercollegiates | Day 1
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Day 3 | | Thr-Mon 18-22 | Wilson/ITA West Regional Championships
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Day 3 | | JANUARY | o | o | | SAT. 19 | SAN DIEGO | 1:30 PM | | Wed. 23 | at USC (No. 8) | 1:30 pm | | SAT. 26 | CALIFORNIA (No. 6) | 2 PM | | FEBRUARY | o | o | | FRI. 1 | *CS FULLERTON | 1 PM | | SAT. 2 | LSU (No. 33) | 1:30 PM | | SAT. 9 | SAN DIEGO STATE (No. 48) | 1:30 PM | | Fri. 15 | at Arizona (No. 42) | 1:30 pm | | Sat. 16 | at Arizona State (No. 19) | 12 pm | | Fri. 22 | *at UC Riverside | 2 pm | | MARCH | o | o | | SAT. 1 | SAINT MARY'S (No. 57) | 1:30 PM | | FRI. 7 | *UC DAVIS | 1 PM | | SAT. 8 | *UC IRVINE (No. 37) | 1:30 PM | | WED. 12 | PURDUE (No. 49) | 2 PM | | THR. 13 | PENN (No. 54) | 2 PM | | SAT. 15 | NEVADA (No. 66) | 10 AM | | Fri. 21 | at Pepperdine (No. 18) | 1:30 pm | | Fri. 28 | *at CS Northridge (No. 69) | 2 pm | | APRIL | o | o | | Thr. 3 | at UC Santa Barbara | 1:30 pm | | Fri. 4 | *at Cal Poly (No. 63) | 1:30 pm | | FRI. 11 | LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (No. 64) | 1 PM | | SAT. 12 | *PACIFIC (Gold Game) | 1:30 PM | | Fri. 18 | at Fresno State (No. 14) | 1:30 pm | | Fri-Sun 25-27 | Big West Championships | tba | | MAY | | | | Fri-Sun 9-11 | NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds | tba | Sat-Mon 15-26
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49ERS SET FOR ANOTHER BANNER SEASON
Long Beach State Women's Tennis (0-0), which has reached four-straight NCAA Tournaments, will open up with the University of San Diego (0-0 prior to playing at CS Fullerton on Friday) at home at El Dorado Park on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The 49ers feature four returning players, including two-time Big West Player of the Year Hannah Grady and all-conference selections Stephanie Bengson and Jessica Weeks. The 49ers also feature four freshmen, two that played during the fall, Deborah Armstrong and Lisa Hagele and two others which flew in starting in the spring, Lisa Sutton and Stephanie Jeanes. ABOUT THE OPPONENT
The University of San Diego features No. 32-ranked Samantha Mouly (Paris, France) at the top of their lineup. Mouly was 6-3 in the fall, while Wiesener, a senior who was ranked No. 105 prior to the fall, was 2-4. The Toreros open up with CS Fullerton on Friday. Head Coach Sherri Stephens is in her 24th year at the helm. Mouly prepped at the same high school as 49er, Emmanuelle Tabatruong in France. CHANGE IN VENUES
2007-08 Home Matches will be played at El Dorado Park (between Spring and Willow) at 2800 Studebaker Road in Long Beach due to construction on the team's tennis courts. Home matches will move back to the NEW 49er Tennis Complex sometime in the fall. IN THE RANKINGS
Long Beach State Tennis, is ranked No. 41 in the first ranking of the spring season. The ranking is the second highest in school-history for this time period, behind last year's start of No. 28. Last year's team finished No. 40 nationally. The 49ers have been nationally ranked every year since 2001, ranking as high as No. 18 nationally (in 2006). RE-CAP FROM THE FALL
Junior Hannah Grady (Coventry, England) posted the best record in the fall, going 9-2, with a singles championship at the Fullerton Invite and a doubles title with Stephanie Bengson (Albion Park, Australia) at the same venue. The team of Grady and Bengson finished the fall going 5-2. Freshman Deborah Armstrong (New Castle, England) also had nine wins, going 9-5, reaching the Consolation Finals of the Cal Invite. KEEP RAISING THE BANNERS
Since 2002 the 49ers have won five Big West titles (in seven years) and four-straight. Each year as also led to an NCAA Tournament appearance, which included a second round appearance in 2006. The 49ers had never won a Big West title or appeared in the NCAA's post-season prior to the 2002 season. NOW THAT'S SMART
The 49ers also continued their stellar work in the classroom as five of the six players in the fall received 4.0 GPAs. Prior to this semester, the tennis team had had nine of the last 12 highest GPAs amongst athletic teams at LBSU. The program's fall GPA was 3.78. The fall GPA was a program-high. PACKED SCHEDULE
The 49ers' schedule features 16 teams ranked in January, with six of the team's first eight matches against ranked opponents. A number of the opponents are in the top-25, including No. 8-ranked USC, No. 6-ranked Cal, No. 19-ranked Arizona State, No. 18-ranked Pepperdine and No. 14-ranked Fresno State. Another five are ranked in the top-50. LBSU plays the Women of Troy, the Golden Bears and the Sun Devils over the first month of the season during that opening stretch of matches. BRITISH INVASION
The 49ers roster has a very British feel to it, featuring four of its eight players from Great Britain with the edition of freshman Lisa Sutton (Kelsall) in the spring. Hannah Grady (Coventry) is a two-time All-Big West pick, Jessica Weeks (Beckenham) is also an all-conference pick, while Deborah Armstrong (London) is a freshman. Sutton is the seventh British woman to play for the 49ers since 2001. ADDITION FOR 2008-09
Long Beach State Tennis reloaded with two American high school seniors Julie Luzar (Anaheim/El Dorado HS) and Rachel Manasse (Manhattan Beach/Mira Costa HS), who signed National Letters of Intent to play for the 49ers starting in 2008-09. Luzar, from El Dorado High School, won the league singles title this past season, reaching the round of 16 at the CIF Southern Sectional for the second consecutive year. Luzar is ranked No. 15 in California and was rated as high as No. 104 in tennisrecruiting.net. Luzar also polished off the resume with a doubles win over the No. 1-ranked pair in the country this past season. Manasse is the 2006 South Bay Junior 16's Champion out of Mira Costa High School. She is currently ranked No. 14 in the State and has been rated as high as No. 51 nationally by the recruiting database. Manasse also recorded a top-40 singles win as well in the fall. LBSU loses just two seniors this season. | 
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