Friday, April 1
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
12:00 P.M.

Long Beach State University

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Cal Poly

Claire Le Du and Peppi Ramstedt

Long Beach State Defeated On The Road At Cal Poly

4/1/2022 4:25:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Long Beach State suffers conference loss at the Mustang Tennis Complex on Friday.

Long Beach State Defeated On The Road At Cal Poly
Long Beach State suffers conference loss at the Mustang Tennis Complex on Friday.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Long Beach State was in the midst of a number of close matches with Cal Poly, but the Mustangs prevailed at home defeating the Beach 4-0 in the first of two Big West dual matches this weekend. 

"It was a tough loss against a very strong Cal Poly team," stated head coach Jenny Hilt-Costello. "It was a slow start for us, but we are proud of our fight to get ourselves into the match."

In doubles action, Cal Poly (11-4, 4-0 Big West) grabbed the first point of the day as Peyton Dunkle and Laura Bente took down Claire Le Du and Zuzanna Szczepanska in the third flight, 6-1. In the second flight, Cal Poly clinched the doubles point with Delanie Dunkle and Melissa LaMette's win over Nikola Homolkova and Peppi Ramstedt, 6-3.

Cal Poly continued their momentum with an impressive win in the top flight by Kim Bhunu over Nikola Homolkov while Emily Ackerman dropped Claire Le Du to pull to within one point of victory over Long Beach State (8-7, 3-2 Big West)

The remaining matches were all extremely close. Zara Lennon and Laura Bente were in the third set when the match was clinched, while Peppi Ramstedt and Delanie Dunkle were in the midst of a tiebreak of their own when Melissa LaMette closed the win for the Mustangs with a 7-5, 7-6 (4) win over Sheena Masuda in the third flight. 

The Beach is back at it tomorrow facing off against UC Santa Barbara. Live coverage of the match will be available here: https://web.playsight.com/facility/university-of-california-santa-barbara-ucsb/home 
 

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Singles competition
1. Kim Bhunu (CP) def. Nikola Homolkova (LBSU) 6-2, 6-1 
2. Laura Bente (CP) vs. Zara Lennon (LBSU) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0, unfinished 
3. Melissa LaMette (CP) def. Sheena Masuda (LBSU) 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) 
4. Emily Ackerman (CP) def. Claire Le Du (LBSU) 6-1, 6-2 
5. Delanie Dunkle (CP) vs. Peppi Ramstedt (LBSU) 6-2, 6-6, unfinished 
6. Peyton Dunkle (CP) vs. Zuzanna Szczepanska (LBSU) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished


Doubles competition 

1. Emily Ackerman/Kim Bhunu (CP) vs. Zara Lennon/Sheena Masuda (LBSU) 4-5, unfinished
2. Delanie Dunkle/Melissa LaMette (CP) def. Nikola Homolkova/Peppi Ramstedt (LBSU) 6-3
3. Peyton Dunkle/Laura Bente (CP) def. Claire Le Du/Zuzanna Szczepanska (LBSU) 6-1


 
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