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Three Beach Athletes Advance to Finals at San Diego State Fall Classic
10/2/2021 3:40:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Three Beach athletes advanced to the finals of their singles flights Saturday afternoon at the San Diego State Fall Classic.
SAN DIEGO, Calif- Three Beach athletes advanced to the finals of their singles flights Saturday afternoon at the San Diego State Fall Classic. Overall Long Beach State went 4-2 in singles play and 0-3 in doubles action.
"Today was another strong day of tennis for us with 3 players advancing to the finals of their singles draw," said Head Coach Jenny Hilt-Costello.
Zara Lennon continued her strong play in the scarlet flight with a straight sets win 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the finals tomorrow. Over the course of the weekend Lennon has only dropped one set in singles play going 4-1 throughout the weekend. In the black flight, Nikola Homolkova dominated her match, only dropping a single game enroute to a 6-0, 6-1 win to advance to the finals. Also, in the black flight Arina Babkova fell in a tightly contested match 1-6, 4-6, and will play in the third-place match on Sunday.
In the silver flight Zuzanna Szczepanska battled to a 2-6, 5-7 result in her match and will play in the third-place match on Sunday. Claire Le Du advanced to the finals of the gold flight, improving her collegiate singles record to 2-0, with a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) thrilling win over Lara Marcos Mas of San Jose State. Also in the gold flight, Sheena Masuda earned her first collegiate singles win with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Laura Schmitz of UTEP. Masuda will play in the fifth-place match of the gold flight on Sunday.
In doubles action Lennon and Bakovva fell 6-0 in their match in the scarlet flight and will play for fifth place on Sunday. Homolkova and Masuda came up just short of the championship match in the black flight falling 6-7 (8-10). They will play fellow beach athlete's Szczpanska and Le Du who lost their semifinal 6-3, for third place in the black flight.
Action is scheduled to resume on Sunday at 9 a.m with doubles action followed by singles flights.
Saturday's Results:
Singles competition:
Zara Lennon (Long Beach State) def. Natasha Puehse (GCU) 6-2, 6-2
Rozalina Youseva (SJSU) def. Arina Babkova (Long Beach State) 6-1, 6-4
Nikola Homolkova (Long Beach State) def. Augustina Rimoldi Godoy (SDSU) 6-0, 6-1
Alexandra Von Tersch Pohrer (SDSU) def Zuzanna Szczepanska (Long Beach State) 6-2, 7-5
Claire Le Du (Long Beach State) def. Veronika Lebisova (UTEP) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
Sheena Masuda (Long Beach State) def. Laura Schmitz (UTEP) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles Results:
Hedzrak/Turchak (CSUN) def. Lennon/Babkova (Long Beach State) 6-0
Daniels/Dibattista (UTEP) def. Le Du/Szczepanska (Long Beach State) 6-3
Youseva/Muradyan (SJSU) def. Homolkova/Masuda (Long Beach State) 7-6 (10-8)
"Today was another strong day of tennis for us with 3 players advancing to the finals of their singles draw," said Head Coach Jenny Hilt-Costello.
Zara Lennon continued her strong play in the scarlet flight with a straight sets win 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the finals tomorrow. Over the course of the weekend Lennon has only dropped one set in singles play going 4-1 throughout the weekend. In the black flight, Nikola Homolkova dominated her match, only dropping a single game enroute to a 6-0, 6-1 win to advance to the finals. Also, in the black flight Arina Babkova fell in a tightly contested match 1-6, 4-6, and will play in the third-place match on Sunday.
In the silver flight Zuzanna Szczepanska battled to a 2-6, 5-7 result in her match and will play in the third-place match on Sunday. Claire Le Du advanced to the finals of the gold flight, improving her collegiate singles record to 2-0, with a 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) thrilling win over Lara Marcos Mas of San Jose State. Also in the gold flight, Sheena Masuda earned her first collegiate singles win with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Laura Schmitz of UTEP. Masuda will play in the fifth-place match of the gold flight on Sunday.
In doubles action Lennon and Bakovva fell 6-0 in their match in the scarlet flight and will play for fifth place on Sunday. Homolkova and Masuda came up just short of the championship match in the black flight falling 6-7 (8-10). They will play fellow beach athlete's Szczpanska and Le Du who lost their semifinal 6-3, for third place in the black flight.
Action is scheduled to resume on Sunday at 9 a.m with doubles action followed by singles flights.
Saturday's Results:
Singles competition:
Zara Lennon (Long Beach State) def. Natasha Puehse (GCU) 6-2, 6-2
Rozalina Youseva (SJSU) def. Arina Babkova (Long Beach State) 6-1, 6-4
Nikola Homolkova (Long Beach State) def. Augustina Rimoldi Godoy (SDSU) 6-0, 6-1
Alexandra Von Tersch Pohrer (SDSU) def Zuzanna Szczepanska (Long Beach State) 6-2, 7-5
Claire Le Du (Long Beach State) def. Veronika Lebisova (UTEP) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
Sheena Masuda (Long Beach State) def. Laura Schmitz (UTEP) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles Results:
Hedzrak/Turchak (CSUN) def. Lennon/Babkova (Long Beach State) 6-0
Daniels/Dibattista (UTEP) def. Le Du/Szczepanska (Long Beach State) 6-3
Youseva/Muradyan (SJSU) def. Homolkova/Masuda (Long Beach State) 7-6 (10-8)
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