Beach Sweep Doubles Play on Final Day of ITA Southwest Regionals

Saturday, October 23

San Diego, Calif.

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Long Beach State University

ITA Southwest Regionals

Beach Sweep Doubles Play on Final Day of ITA Southwest Regionals

10/23/2021 5:36:00 PM | Women's Tennis

The Beach had three doubles wins and a pair of singles wins on Saturday.

By: Michael Abbott, Athletic Communications Assistant

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - LBSU Tennis wrapped up play at the ITA Southwest Regionals at the Barnes Tennis Center on Saturday, earning a doubles sweep and a pair of singles wins.

The Beach started the day strong with a Saturday sweep in doubles play. Zara Lennon and Sheena Masuda set the tone with a back-and-forth encounter with Fry/Wilkins of UCI, but put in a gustpy performance to win 7-6 (4). Nikola Homolkova and Claire Le Du also won their match in dominant fashion, only dropping one game, en-route to a 6-1 win. Arina Babkova and Zuzanna Szczepanska continued the trend for LBSU, with another doubles win, this time a 6-2 win.

"With such a young team, our goal is to make small improvements everyday," said Head Coach Jenny Hilt-Costello. "We accomplished our goal everyday of the tournament this weekend, and we look forward to our next tournament at UNLV in November."

The Beach came out swinging in singles play with four athletes taking home straight sets wins. Sheena Masuda earned her second straight, straight sets win, with another dominat performance 6-1, 7-5. Arina Babkova also continued her winning ways, with a another straight sets win for the Beach, winning 6-2, 6-4 over Jenna Dorian of CSUN.

Also in singles play Zara Lennon went back-and-forth with Alexis Miller of Hawai'i, but came up short 6-2, 6-3. Zuzanna Szczepanska also battled throughout her match, taking the second set to a tiebreaker, but fell just short 6-2, 7-6 (5). Finally, Nikola Homolkova also fought back-and-forth in her match but fell 6-2, 7-5.

The Beach will be back on the court in three weeks at the UNLV Fall Tournament on November 12-14.

Saturday's Results
Singles:
Sheena Masuda (LBSU) def. Khim Iglupas (Arizona) 6-1, 7-5
Arina Babkova (LBSU) def. Jenna Dorian (CSUN) 6-2, 6-4
Madison Kim (Hawai'i) def. Zuzanna Szczepanska (LBSU) 6-2, 7-6 (5)
Alexis Miller (Hawai'i) def. Zara Lennon (LBSU) 6-2, 6-3
Ekatarina Repina (CSUN) def. Nikola Homolkova (CSUN) 6-2, 7-5

Doubles:
Lennon/Masuda (LBSU) def.Fry/Wilkins (Arizona) 7-6 (4)
Homolkova/Le Du (LBSU) def. Masonhing/Makensen (UCI) 6-1
Babkova/Szczepanska (LBSU) def. Pavani/Totah (UCI) 6-2