
The Beach Falls to Hawai’i, 5-2
3/5/2022 8:43:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Long Beach State suffered their first conference loss on the road at Hawai’i.
HONOLULU, HAWAII – Long Beach State got off to a strong start winning the doubles points at Hawai'i, but the Rainbow Wahine rallied in singles to give the Beach their first conference loss with a 5-2 score.
"This was a very competitive match from start to finish," stated head coach Jenny Hilt-Costello "We played strong during doubles and came up just a few points short in singles. Proud of our team's fight today!"
Long Beach State (3-1, 1-0 Big West) started well in doubles, as Nikola Homolkova and Peppi Ramstedt won 6-2 vs. Ana Vilcek and Tai Talya Zandberg. Hawai'i (3-3, 3-0 Big West) evened the doubles contest with a win in the third flight, but the Beach won the points with a 6-3 win in the top flight from Zara Lennon and Sheena Masuda over Satsuki Takamura and Lea Romain.
In singles action,Hawai'i evented the score after losing the doubles point as Madison Kim won over Andreea Ciornei, 6-3, 6-1. In the second flight, Ana Vilcek added another point for the Rainbow Wahine against Sheena Masuda, 6-1, 6-2.
The remaining matches would all come down to three sets. Nikola Homolkova picked up a win in the top flight, defeating Satsuki Takamura 6-4, 2-6, 6-0, but the Rainbow Wahine would win the remaining three matches to get the home Big West victory.
The Beach can still head home with a winning record from the islands, going into the last match of the weekend against Army on Monday, March 7 at 10 a.m. Live scoring of the match will be available at https://ioncourt.com/ties/6222cae3bc8e2bbea245a759
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Singles competition: Order of finish (6,3,2,1,4,5)
1. Nikola Homolkova (LBSU) def. Satsuki Takamura (UH-W) 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
2. Lea Romain (UH-W) def. Zara Lennon (LBSU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
3. Ana Vilcek (UH-W) def. Sheena Masuda (LBSU) 6-1, 6-4
4. Tal Talya Zandberg (UH-W) def. Claire Le Du (LBSU) 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
5. Gitte Heynemans (UH-W) def. Peppi Ramstedt (LBSU) 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Madison Kim (UH-W) def. Andreea Ciornei (LBSU) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition: Order of finish (2,1,3)
1. Zara Lennon/Sheena Masuda (LBSU) def. Satsuki Takamura/Lea Romain (UH-W) 6-3
2. Nikola Homolkova/Peppi Ramstedt (LBSU) def. Ana Vilcek/Tal Talya Zandberg (UH-W) 6-2
3. Gitte Heynemans/Nidhi Surapaneni (UH-W) def. Claire Le Du/Andreea Ciornei (LBSU) 6-4