Beach Tennis Posts Solid Friday at ITA Southwest Regionals

Friday, October 22

San Diego, Calif.

All Day

Long Beach State University

ITA Southwest Regionals

10/22/2021 4:44:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Three Beach athletes won in straight sets on Friday.

By: Michael Abbott, Athletic Communications Assistant

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - LBSU Tennis continued play at the ITA Southwest Regionals at the Barnes Tennis Center on Friday, with three athletes earning singles sweeps.

The Beach came out strongly in singles play with three athletes taking home straight sets wins. Sheena Masuda earned a bounce-back win in dominant fashion, winning in straight sets 6-3, 6-2. Zara Lennon also won her match in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 over San Diego State's Rimoldi Godoy. Arina Babkova continued the trend, getting the better of Kaytlin Taylor of Cal State Fullerton winning 6-4, 6-3. Nikola Homolkova also won her match on Friday, with a 4-3 win when her opponent retired with an injury.

Claire Le Du took on Magdalena Hedrzak of CSUN and went toe-to-toe with her, but came up just short, falling 7-6 (4), 6-2. Zuzanna Szczepanska also battled throughout her match, taking her match to a tiebreaker in the second set, but fell 6-3, 7-6 (7).

In doubles play Lennon and Masuda faced off in the round of 32 with the No. 2 seed in the tournament. The duo battled throughout the match but came up short, falling 6-2 to Colling and Goldsmith of San Diego. Also in doubles play Le Du and Homolkova won their match in the consolation bracket over Gonzalez-Rico/Schlatter of UC Irvine 6-4. Babkova and Szczepanska fought hard in their doubles match, but came up short, losing 6-4.

Action at the ITA Southwest Regionals will continue Saturday with doubles play beginning at 8:30 a.m. and singles play continuing shortly after that.

Friday's Results
Singles:
Sheena Masuda (LBSU) def. Julianna Sabile (UCSD) 6-3, 6-2.
Zara Lennon (LBSU) def. Rimoldi Godoy (SDSU) 6-2, 6-4
Arina Babkova (LBSU) def. Kaytlin Taylor (CSUF) 6-4, 6-3
Nikola Homolkova (LBSU) def. Julia Jordan (SDSU) 4-3, retire
Magdalena Hedrzak (CSUN) def. Claire Le Du (LBSU) 7-6 (4). 6-2
Victoria Satibanez-Luna (CSUN) def. Zuzanna Szczepanska 6-3, 7-6 (7)

Doubles:
Le Du/Homolkova (LBSU) def. Gonzalez-Rico/Schlatter (UCI) 6-4
Colling/Goldschmidt (UCSD) def. Lennon/Masuda (LBSU) 6-2
Duffy/Tobrand (UCI) def. Szczepanska/Babkova (LBSU) 6-4