Long Beach State University
Cal NIKE Invitational
49ers send three to finals at Cal NIKE Invite
10/3/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 3, 2009
Berkeley, Calif. - Long Beach State's first weekend of action continued with positive results, as sent two doubles teams and Julie Luzar in singles to the semifinals on Saturday.
Luzar came away with a singles win in Flight C over Zalina Nazarova of Sacramento State, winning 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the finals, which begin Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. In back draw action, Jaklin Alawi picked up her first singles win of the year, defeating Alana McMahon of USF 6-4, 6-2, while Anna Jeczmionka and Deborah Armstrong each fell in two sets.
In doubles, the 49ers had another big day, Armstrong and Anais Dallara continued their run by defeating Carney/Hayasaka of BYU 8-3, and the mashup team of Alawi and Molly Aloia of St. Mary's defeated Fresno State's Modoc/Mikhavlova 8-5 to move into the semifinals.
The two teams then met on the same side of the draw, with Armstrong and Dallara outlasting Alawi and Aloia 9-7 to earn the trip to the finals in Flight B doubles. Jeczmionka and Luzar also had action in the same flight, falling in the consolation draw to Santa Clara's Hoy/Zaniewski in a hard-fought 9-7 match.
Action at the Cal NIKE Invitational concludes tomorrow.
Doubles
Armstrong/Dallara (LBSU) def. Carney/Hayasaka (BYU), 8-3
Alwai (LBSU)/ Aloia (STM) def. Modoc/Mikhavlova (FS), 8-5
Armstrong/Dallara (LBSU) def. Alawi (LBSU)/Aloia (STM) 9-7
Hoy/Zaniewski (SC) def. Jeczmionka/Luzar (LBSU), 9-7
Flight A Singles
Jaklin Alawi def. Alana McMahon (USF), 6-4, 6-2
Flight B Singles
Bianca Modoc (FS) def. Anna Jeczmionka, (LBSU) 7-5, 6-2
Melissa McQueen (FS) def. Deborah Armstrong (LBSU) 6-1, 7-6 [3]
Flight C Singles
Julie Luzar (LBSU) def. Zalina Nazarova (CSUS) 6-3, 6-2
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