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Long Beach State University Athletics
49ers Fall to Third Ranked Team, Fall 6-1
2/26/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 2, 2008
LONG BEACH-- No. 33 LSU (2-0) rebounded after losing the doubles point to take all six singles points to defeat host No. 38-ranked Long Beach State (2-3) 6-1 on Saturday afternoon. All three of the 49ers losses this year have been to teams ranked in the top-35.
LSU won in straight sets in three early singles matches with No. 2 player Mykala Hedberg, No. 3 Tiffany Tucker and No. 6 Staten Spencer to take a commanding 3-1 lead. Hannah Grady was able to take No. 8 singles player Megan Falcon to three sets, but lost after rebounding after a 7-6 first set loss, winning 6-3, before losing 6-3 in the third set.
The 49ers took the doubles point paced by their No. 1 team of Grady and Stephanie Bengson, as they defeated Tiffany Tucker and Falcon, 8-3, after the No. 30-ranked team of State Spencer and Mykala Hedberg defeated Stephanie Jeanes and Jessica Weeks, 8-6. The 49ers received the No. 3 match after Anastaslya Dobova could not finish due to a left ankle injury with LBSU leading 2-1.
The 49ers host San Diego State next Saturday, while LSU travels to Pepperdine on Monday.
DOUBLES (49ers win 2-of-3 matches for 1 point) Bengson/Grady, LBSU def. Tucker/Falcon, LSU 8-3 #30 Spencer/Hedberg, LSU def. Jeanes/Weeks, LBSU 8-6 Armstrong/Lisa Sutton, LBSU def. Anastaslya Dubova/Robinson, LSU, 2-1, retired
SINGLES (LSU won 6-of-6 doubles matches for 6 points) #8 Megan Falcon, LSU def. Hannah Grady, LBSU 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 Mykala Hedberg, LSU def. Deborah Armstrong, LBSU 6-4, 6-0 Tiffany Tucker, LSU def. Stephanie Bengson, LBSU, 6-4, 6-2 Nicole Kantor, LSU def. Stephanie Jeanes, LBSU 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 Hannah Robinson, LSU def. Jessica Weeks, LBSU 6-3, 7-5 Staten Spencer, LSU def. Lisa Sutton, LBSU 6-0, 6-3
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