Saturday, November 9
Northridge, Calif.
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Long Beach State University
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CSUN Fall Invitational
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Beach Tennis Goes 10-0 on Perfect Saturday in Northridge
11/9/2019 7:26:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Long Beach State went unbeaten on Saturday at the CSUN Fall Tournament, winning all 10 matches on the day. Only one of the matches even made it to three sets as the Beach dominated its competition heading into Sunday’s final day.
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – Long Beach State went a perfect 10-0 on day two of the CSUN Fall Tournament on Saturday, winning both doubles matches and all eight singles contests. Wiktoria Rutkowska and Lalita Devarakonda both advanced to the finals in the top two singles flights while Rutkowska and partner Carlota Casasampere will play for the top-flight doubles title on Sunday.
"It was an incredibly strong day of tennis for us," said LBSU head coach Jenny Hilt-Costello. "It is very difficult to go 10-0 in one day and we did it in the top two flights. Impressive performance by everyone!"
The day started with doubles as Rutkowska and Casasampere won their match against a pair from LMU to reach the Flight A doubles final to be played Sunday at 9 a.m. In Flight B, LBSU's pair of Lalita Devarakonda and Sadaf Sadeghvaziri picked up a 6-4 win over a pair of Big West rivals from Cal State Fullerton to advance to the consolation final.
In singles action, each player played twice on Saturday, and each player won twice. Rutkowska won her first match 7-5, 6-4, then had to go to three sets in the Flight A semifinals, coming back for a 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 win over Kalani Soli of Liberty. That was the only match of the day that went three sets for the Beach.
In the consolation bracket of Flight A, Sadeghvaziri was a 7-6 (4), 6-1 winner in the quarterfinals and then defeated Mariya Ponomoreva from North Texas, 6-3, 6-4, to reach Sunday's consolation final.
In Flight B, Devarakonda improved to 3-0 on the weekend in singles as she picked up a 6-4, 6-2 win followed by a 6-2, 6-2 win in the semifinals against Ana Fraile Toboso of host CSUN. Casasampere moved her way through to the consolation final with a 6-2, 6-1 win followed by a 6-2, 6-4 win over Georgia Lawson of Fresno State.
Action resumes on Sunday morning with doubles at 9 a.m. followed by the conclusion of singles play at 10:30 a.m.
"It was an incredibly strong day of tennis for us," said LBSU head coach Jenny Hilt-Costello. "It is very difficult to go 10-0 in one day and we did it in the top two flights. Impressive performance by everyone!"
The day started with doubles as Rutkowska and Casasampere won their match against a pair from LMU to reach the Flight A doubles final to be played Sunday at 9 a.m. In Flight B, LBSU's pair of Lalita Devarakonda and Sadaf Sadeghvaziri picked up a 6-4 win over a pair of Big West rivals from Cal State Fullerton to advance to the consolation final.
In singles action, each player played twice on Saturday, and each player won twice. Rutkowska won her first match 7-5, 6-4, then had to go to three sets in the Flight A semifinals, coming back for a 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 win over Kalani Soli of Liberty. That was the only match of the day that went three sets for the Beach.
In the consolation bracket of Flight A, Sadeghvaziri was a 7-6 (4), 6-1 winner in the quarterfinals and then defeated Mariya Ponomoreva from North Texas, 6-3, 6-4, to reach Sunday's consolation final.
In Flight B, Devarakonda improved to 3-0 on the weekend in singles as she picked up a 6-4, 6-2 win followed by a 6-2, 6-2 win in the semifinals against Ana Fraile Toboso of host CSUN. Casasampere moved her way through to the consolation final with a 6-2, 6-1 win followed by a 6-2, 6-4 win over Georgia Lawson of Fresno State.
Action resumes on Sunday morning with doubles at 9 a.m. followed by the conclusion of singles play at 10:30 a.m.
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