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Beach Tennis Sends Three Doubles Pairs To Finals At CSUN Fall Invitational
11/9/2018 6:20:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Beach won seven of eight doubles matches in a busy day.
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – Long Beach State won seven of eight doubles matches Friday to get off to a fast start at the CSUN Fall Invitational, the final tournament competition for LBSU in 2018.
Friday's action featured two rounds of doubles play, with Long Beach State winning all four quarterfinal matches. Emma Bardet and Lalita Devarakonda dropped Malykh/Abramyan of BYU, 6-3 and went on to defeat Lee/Nederstigt of Pacific by the same score to advance to the top flight's championship match.
In flight two, Natalia Munoz and Zara Lennon defeated conference foes Elpusan/Khattab of UC Riverside 6-4 before falling to Alcon/Toboso of CSUN.
The remaining players all advanced to Sunday's finals as well in doubles. Dominique Meyer and Wiktoria Rutkowska were 6-3 winners against Pacific in the quarterfinals, and then dropped Hassim/Khokhlova of Youngstown State by the same margin in the semifinals of flight three. Flight four also featured two wins, as Carlota Casasampere and Sadaf Sadeghvaziri were 6-1 winners over Gonzales/Ugarzovic of Sacramento State before winning 6-4 in the semifinals against Acero/Schneider of Cal State Los Angeles.
In singles, Sadeghvaziri was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Azusa Pacific's Jacqueline Wagner to advance in the main draw of flight two, while Rutkowska and Casasampere also both won in flight four. Rutkowska was a 6-0, 6-3 winner over Ioana Popescu of Pacific, while Casasampere won 6-3, 6-2 against Cassandra Moraleia of Youngstown State.
The action will flip Saturday, with each competitor playing two singles matches before playing one final match, including the doubles championship matches, on Sunday.
Singles competition
Round of 16
Tamara Culibrk (San Jose State) def. Natalia Munoz (Long Beach State) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
Polina Malykh (BYU) def. Lalita Devarakonda (Long Beach State) 6-3, 6-2
Sadaf Sadeghvaziri (Long Beach State) def. Jacqueline Wagner (Azusa Pacific) 6-2, 6-2
Tia Elpusan (UC Riverside) def. Emma Bardet (Long Beach State) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
Karina Vyrlan (Pacific) def. Zara Lennon (Long Beach State) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Lindsey Gelinas (UC Riverside) def. Dominique Meyer (Long Beach State) 6-3, 6-4
Wiktoria Rutkowska (Long Beach State) def. Ioana Popescu (Pacific) 6-0, 6-3
Carlota Casasampere (Long Beach State) def. Cassandra Moraleja (Youngstown State) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
Quarterfinals
Emma Bardet/Lalita Devarakonda (Long Beach State) def. Polina Malykh/Anastasia Abramyan (BYU) 6-3
Natalia Munoz/Zara Lennon (Long Beach State) def. Tia Elpusan/Sara Khattab (UC Riverside) 6-4
Dominique Meyer/Wiktoria Rutkowska (Long Beach State) def. Anna Ramos Vinolas/Ioana Popescu (Pacific) 6-3
Carlota Casasampere/Sadaf Sadeghvaziri (Long Beach State) def. Maria Gonzalez/Frana Ugarkovic (Sacramento State) 6-1
Semifinals
Emma Bardet/Lalita Devarakonda (Long Beach State) def. Dohee Lee/Anneroos Nederstigt (Pacific) 6-3
Skyla Alcon/Ana Toboso (CSUN) def. Natalia Munoz/Zara Lennon (Long Beach State) 6-4
Dominique Meyer/Wiktoria Rutkowska (Long Beach State) def. Imaan Hassim/Anastasia Khokhlova (Youngstown State) 6-3
Carlota Casasampere/Sadaf Sadeghvaziri (Long Beach State) def. Berta Acero/Amanda Schneider (CS Los Angeles) 6-4
Friday's action featured two rounds of doubles play, with Long Beach State winning all four quarterfinal matches. Emma Bardet and Lalita Devarakonda dropped Malykh/Abramyan of BYU, 6-3 and went on to defeat Lee/Nederstigt of Pacific by the same score to advance to the top flight's championship match.
In flight two, Natalia Munoz and Zara Lennon defeated conference foes Elpusan/Khattab of UC Riverside 6-4 before falling to Alcon/Toboso of CSUN.
The remaining players all advanced to Sunday's finals as well in doubles. Dominique Meyer and Wiktoria Rutkowska were 6-3 winners against Pacific in the quarterfinals, and then dropped Hassim/Khokhlova of Youngstown State by the same margin in the semifinals of flight three. Flight four also featured two wins, as Carlota Casasampere and Sadaf Sadeghvaziri were 6-1 winners over Gonzales/Ugarzovic of Sacramento State before winning 6-4 in the semifinals against Acero/Schneider of Cal State Los Angeles.
In singles, Sadeghvaziri was a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Azusa Pacific's Jacqueline Wagner to advance in the main draw of flight two, while Rutkowska and Casasampere also both won in flight four. Rutkowska was a 6-0, 6-3 winner over Ioana Popescu of Pacific, while Casasampere won 6-3, 6-2 against Cassandra Moraleia of Youngstown State.
The action will flip Saturday, with each competitor playing two singles matches before playing one final match, including the doubles championship matches, on Sunday.
Singles competition
Round of 16
Tamara Culibrk (San Jose State) def. Natalia Munoz (Long Beach State) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
Polina Malykh (BYU) def. Lalita Devarakonda (Long Beach State) 6-3, 6-2
Sadaf Sadeghvaziri (Long Beach State) def. Jacqueline Wagner (Azusa Pacific) 6-2, 6-2
Tia Elpusan (UC Riverside) def. Emma Bardet (Long Beach State) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
Karina Vyrlan (Pacific) def. Zara Lennon (Long Beach State) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Lindsey Gelinas (UC Riverside) def. Dominique Meyer (Long Beach State) 6-3, 6-4
Wiktoria Rutkowska (Long Beach State) def. Ioana Popescu (Pacific) 6-0, 6-3
Carlota Casasampere (Long Beach State) def. Cassandra Moraleja (Youngstown State) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
Quarterfinals
Emma Bardet/Lalita Devarakonda (Long Beach State) def. Polina Malykh/Anastasia Abramyan (BYU) 6-3
Natalia Munoz/Zara Lennon (Long Beach State) def. Tia Elpusan/Sara Khattab (UC Riverside) 6-4
Dominique Meyer/Wiktoria Rutkowska (Long Beach State) def. Anna Ramos Vinolas/Ioana Popescu (Pacific) 6-3
Carlota Casasampere/Sadaf Sadeghvaziri (Long Beach State) def. Maria Gonzalez/Frana Ugarkovic (Sacramento State) 6-1
Semifinals
Emma Bardet/Lalita Devarakonda (Long Beach State) def. Dohee Lee/Anneroos Nederstigt (Pacific) 6-3
Skyla Alcon/Ana Toboso (CSUN) def. Natalia Munoz/Zara Lennon (Long Beach State) 6-4
Dominique Meyer/Wiktoria Rutkowska (Long Beach State) def. Imaan Hassim/Anastasia Khokhlova (Youngstown State) 6-3
Carlota Casasampere/Sadaf Sadeghvaziri (Long Beach State) def. Berta Acero/Amanda Schneider (CS Los Angeles) 6-4
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