Long Beach State University
Purdue
49ers Began Busy Week with Win
3/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 12, 2008
LONG BEACH--No. 32-ranked Long Beach State (9-4) began a busy week of matches, cruising past Purdue (2-8) at the El Dorado Tennis Courts, 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon. The 49ers have now won six straight as they host Penn tomorrow at 1 p.m. and Nevada at the Costa Mesa Tennis Courts on Saturday at 1 p.m.
The doubles trio again posted the first point of the match, winning the doubles point for the 10th-straight time, led by Stephanie Bengson and Hannah Grady, who won 9-7 at the No. 1 position for the ninth-straight time. Stephanie Jeanes and Jessica Weeks made easy work at the No. 2 position, winning 8-1, while Deborah Armstrong and Lisa Sutton won 9-7.
Four singles players won in straight sets.
No. 72-ranked Hannah Grady posted her sixth-straight win, defeating Brooke Beier 6-1, 6-2. Stephanie Bengson also won in straight sets, at the No. 2 position, as did Stephanie Jeanes, Jessica Weeks and Lisa Sutton at the bottom three spots of the lineup.
DOUBLES (won 3-of-3 for 1 point) Bengson/Grady, LBSU def. Wooten/Beier, PUR 9-7 Jeanes/Weeks, LBSU def. Craven/Duru, PUR 8-1 Armstrong/Sutton, LBSU def. Boeker/Dzeva, PUR 9-7
SINGLES (won 5-of-6 for 5 points) #72 Hannah Grady, LBSU def. Brooke Beier, PUR 6-1, 6-2 Stephanine Bengson, LBSU def. Cigdem Duru, PUR 6-1, 6-4 Stephanie Wooten, PUR def. Deborah Armstrong, LBSU 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 Stephanie Jeanes, LBSU def. Joanna Craven, PUR 6-3, 7-6 Jessica Weeks, LBSU def. Anna Dzeva, PUR 6-3, 6-2 Lisa Sutton, LBSU def. Alejandra Boeker, PUR 6-2, 6-1
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