Beach Tennis Wraps Successful Fall Tourney With Three Flight Wins

Sunday, October 13

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Beach Tennis Wraps Successful Fall Tourney With Three Flight Wins

10/13/2019 5:10:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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Long Beach State picked up three title match wins on Sunday at Rhodes Tennis Center as the Beach claimed the Flight B singles, Flight C singles and Flight B doubles titles at the 2019 Beach Tennis Fall Tournament.

By: Tyler Hendrickson, Associate Athletic Communications Director

LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Beach hosted its annual fall tournament at Rhodes Tennis Center this weekend, claiming three titles along with a consolation crown to conclude a successful event.

Sadaf Sadeghvaziri continued her terrific start to the season, winning the Flight B singles title with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Yang Lee from Washington State. She also partnered with Lalita Devarakonda to claim the Flight B doubles crown, thanks to a 6-3 win over Elanova/Schuster from Portland. Sadeghvaziri is now off to a 13-0 start to her season, going 7-0 for the weekend to lead the Beach's efforts.

The Beach also won a title in Flight C singles, where Carlota Casasampere finished off her unbeaten run with a 6-1, 7-6 (3) victory over Jadie Acidera of Cal State Fullerton. That keeps Casasampere unbeaten on the season as well, going 4-0 in singles play so far.

In Flight A, Zara Lennon claimed her third consecutive singles win following her opening round defeat. Lennon was a comfortable 6-0, 6-2 winner over Emily Soares in the Flight A consolation championship.

In extra matches outside of bracket play, Lalita Devarakonda was a straight-set winner, 6-2, 6-2, and the doubles team of Wiktoria Rutkowska and Emma Bardet won 6-3 over a Washington State pair.

Next on the docket for Long Beach State is the ITA Southwest Regionals starting on Thursday, followed by the CSUN Fall Tournament Nov. 8-10.