Emma Bardet Advances to Quarterfinals at ITA Southwest Regionals

Friday, October 18

San Diego, Calif.

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Long Beach State University

ITA Southwest Regionals

Photo by: John Fajardo

Emma Bardet Advances to Quarterfinals at ITA Southwest Regionals

10/18/2019 4:48:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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The Beach continued play at the ITA Southwest Regionals on Friday, and Emma Bardet continued her impressive run in the singles bracket with a pair of wins to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinal round. Her big win came against No. 33-ranked Petra Melounova of Hawai’i.

By: Tyler Hendrickson, Associate Athletic Communications Director

SAN DIEGO – Sophomore Emma Bardet improved to 4-0 in singles play at this weekend's ITA Southwest Regionals, picking up a pair of big wins on Friday. Bardet knocked off three-time Big West Player of the Year Petra Melounova of Hawai'i to start the day, then picked up another victory to advance to Saturday's quarterfinal round.

Bardet's win over Melounova, who reached the Round of 16 in last year's NCAA Tournament and is ranked No. 33 in the country, was a 6-4, 7-6 victory. She followed that up with a 6-3, 6-4 win over LMU's Eva Marie Voracek to reach the quarterfinal, along with seven other players from across the region. Bardet is now 4-0 on the weekend and has yet to drop a set in any of those wins.

LBSU also got singles wins outside of the main draw, as Wiktoria Rutkowska defeated Cal State Fullerton's Eira Tobrand 7-6, 6-4. Zara Lennon went three sets against Kayla Wilkins of Arizona to pick up the win, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7.

The Beach swept its two doubles matches on Friday, with Lennon and Natalia Munoz winning their first match in the main draw after receiving a first-round bye. They defeated Puehse/Weiss of Grand Canyon, 8-6. In an extra match, Rutkowska/Bardet teamed up to blank Mackensen/Alajeely, 8-0.

Play will continue down in San Diego on Saturday morning as Bardet looks to move to the singles semifinals and the Lennon/Munoz pair looks to advance to the quarterfinals in the doubles bracket. Lennon, Munoz and Rutkowska are all scheduled to play extra singles matches on Saturday as well.