Long Beach State University
ITA Southwest Regionals
Razakasoa Advances As ITA Southwest Regionals Begin
10/16/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Sophomore Maeva Razakasoa advanced to the Round of 32 in singles to highlight the Long Beach State women's tennis team on its first day at the ITA Southwest Regional. As the No. 15 seed, Razakasoa played only one match today. The Beach saw three more singles wins in the day.
Razakasoa dominated her first match to advance the furthest of all Beach players thus far. She won 6-1, 6-2 over LMU's Andrea Crespo to advance to tomorrow morning's Round of 32. Both Laura Eales and Julie Gerard won in the Round of 128 with Eales taking a 6-3, 6-4 decision and Gerard winning 7-5, 6-4. However, Eales lost a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 heartbreaker in the next round and Gerard dropped her match 6-1, 6-0 to the No. 6 seed in Arizona's Lauren Marker.
Karolina Rozenberg took a step towards an upset of the No. 10 seed but eventually fell in heartbreaking fashion 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the Round of 64. Hayley Thompson pulled out the dramatic win in her first match but then fell 6-1, 6-3 in the Round of 64.
Ebba Unden fell 6-1, 6-4 in her only singles match of the day. Both Unden and Rozenberg will continue to compete in the backdraw as both dropped their first match.
In doubles, only the Eales/Razakasoa duo competed as the two other Beach duos received first round byes. However, Eales and Razakasoa fell 8-6 in a hard-fought match with a Cal State Fullerton duo. The Gerard/Rozenberg and Thompson/Unden duos begin doubles play tomorrow in the Round of 32.
SINGLES RESULTS
Round of 128
Eales (LBSU) def. Pham (UCR) - 6-3, 6-4
Gerard (LBSU) def. Hoorn (SDSU) - 7-5, 6-4
Thompson (LBSU) def. Gong (UCI) - 6-3, 7-6 (9-7)
Round of 64
Perez (LMU) def. Eales (LBSU) - 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Marker (UA) def. Gerard (LBSU) - 6-1, 6-0
No. 14 Razakasoa (LBSU) def. Crespo (LMU) - 6-1, 6-2
No. 10 Smith (USC) def. Rozenberg (LBSU) - 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Fleming (UCLA) def. Thompson (LBSU) - 6-1, 6-3
Watrous (UCI) def. No. 15 Unden (LBSU) - 6-1, 6-4
DOUBLES RESULTS
Round of 64
Pham/Valenzuela (CSF) def. Eales/Razakasoa (LBSU) - 8-6
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