Long Beach State University
Fullerton Invitational
Dominance continues for Beach tennis at Fullerton Invitational
10/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 9, 2010
Fullerton, Calif. - In a busy day at the Fullerton Invitational, the only matches Long Beach State dropped came to their fellow 49er hitting partners, as Beach tennis continued to dominate the draw. Long Beach State is now the only team left in the tournament, as all four doubles teams advanced to the semifinals, and the 49ers sent four singles players to the semis as well.
Long Beach State completed a second-straight undefeated day in doubles, and was perfect in singles until the draw prevented it, as the 49ers placed seven of the eight players in the quarterfinals.
Klaudia Malenovska dropped only four games on the day in singles, defeating Portland State's Yuki Sugiyama 6-1, 6-2 before the first of LBSU's one-on-one matches, defeating Sarah Cantlay 6-0, 6-1. Cantlay reached the quarters after beating Cal State Northridge's Nina Jaworowski in the day's wildest match, falling 6-7 in the first before outlasting Jaworowski 7-6, 6-3 in the next two sets.
In another all-49er bracket, Anna Jeczmionka defeated Cal State Fullerton's Malorie de la Cruz 6-1, 6-0, and Jaklin Alawi beat Ashley Anderson of LMU 7-5, 6-2 to set up a match that Alawi took 6-0, 6-3. Julie Luzar had a strong day, beating Fullerton's Tiffany Mai before topping teammate Debroah Armstrong 6-2, 6-4 after Armstrong advanced via a walkover.
Long Beach State's lone solo quarterfinal went to Anais Dallara, who beat Nadia Sakhakorn 6-3, 6-0, before bouncing the last non-49er out of the tournament, beating Fullerton's Morgan McIntosh 6-1, 6-1.
In doubles, Long Beach State's tandems cruised to victories to set-up meetings between all eight of the 49ers. Cantlay/Luzar had the tightest match of the day, beating LMU's Anderson/Valenzuela 8-5, while Alawi/Jeczmionka were the only duo to play just one match, getting a walkover against Jaworowski/Yang of CS Northridge to reach the semis.
The 49ers will play the remaining matches in the tournament tomorrow at Fullerton, with the possible exception of moving the doubles final to LBSU on Monday.
Doubles
Dallara/Armstrong, LBSU def. Mannix/Thorneycroft, CSUB 8-2 (Round of 16)
Dallara/Armstrong, LBSU def. McKay/Corpuz, UCR 8-1 (Quarterfinals)
Cantlay/Luzar, LBSU def. Anderson/Valenzuela, LMU 8-5 (Round of 16)
Cantlay Luzar, LBSU def. McIntosh/Mai, CSF 8-3 (Quarterfinals)
Alawi/Jeczmionka, LBSU def. Man-Son-Hing/Korab, CSUN 8-2 (Round of 16)
Alawi/Jeczmionka, LBSU w/o Jaworowski/Yang, CSUN (Quarterfinals)
Malenovska /Manasse, LBSU, def. Bullock/Rodriguez, CSF 8-0 (Round of 16)
Malenovska/Manasse, LBSU, def. Raney/Raney, UCR 8-4 (Quarterfinals)
Singles
Klaudia Malenovska, LBSU, def. Yuki Sugiyama, PSU 6-1, 6-2 (Round of 16)
Klaudia Malenovska, LBSU def. Sarah Cantlay, LBSU 6-0, 6-1 (Quarterfinals)
Sarah Cantlay, LBSU def. Nina Jaworowski, CSUN 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-3 (Round of 16)
Anna Jeczmionka, LBSU def. Malorie de la Cruz, CSF 6-1, 6-0 (Round of 16)
Jaklin Alawi, LBSU def. Anna Jeczmionka, LBSU 6-0, 6-3 (Quarterfinals)
Jaklin Alawi, LBSU def. Ashley Anderson, LMU 7-5, 6-2 (Round of 16)
Deborah Armstrong, LBSU w/o Maria Pistalu, CSUN (Round of 16)
Julie Luzar, LBSU def. Deborah Armstrong, LBSU 6-2, 6-4 (Quarterfinals)
Julie Luzar, LBSU def. Tiffany Mai, CSF 6-2, 6-0 (Round of 16)
Anais Dallara, LBSU def. Nadia Sakhakorn, UCR 6-3, 6-0 (Round of 16)
Anais Dallara, LBSU def. Morgan McIntosh, CSF 6-1, 6-1 (Quarterfinals)
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