Friday, October 20
San Diego, Calif.
Long Beach State University
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ITA Southwest Regionals
Photo by: John Fajardo
Long Beach State Turns In Strong Performance On Day 2 Of ITA Southwest Regionals
10/20/2023 8:09:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Beach earn three singles victories and a pair of doubles wins on the second day of the ITA Southwest Regionals
SAN DIEGO – The Long Beach State Women's Tennis team bounced back on the second day of competition at the ITA Southwest Regionals in San Diego on Friday. The Beach came away with a pair of doubles wins and three singles victories.
The day started with doubles action and the Beach sent four tandems into the East Round of 64. Justine Dondonay and Paulina Franco Martinessi faced Emily Fowler and Carolyna Fowler of UC Irvine. The Beach duo battled their conference counterparts to an 8-5 win, as Dondonay and Franco Martinessi advanced to the East Round of 32 to face USC's Eryn Cayetano and Emma Charney. Going up against the Trojan pair, Dondonay and Franco Martinessi came up on the wrong end of an 8-1 contest.
In another battle of Big West foes, Peppi Ramstedt and Rhona Cook went head-to-head with Gabriella Pachl and Grace Gamal of UC San Diego. The two pairs played a tough match, but it was Ramstedt and Cook who gritted out an 8-6 victory to advance to the East Round of 32 where they would face another conference opponent in UC Santa Barbara. Ramstedt and Cook matched up with the Gauchos' Amelia Honer and Kira Reuter and came up just short, in an 8-6 setback.
Long Beach State sent Dondonay, Cook, Franco Martinessi, and Mathilde Tranberg into singles action in the Round of 128. The Beach came away with 3-of-4 singles wins as Dondonay, Franco Martinessi, and Tranberg won their matches.
Dondonay faced UCSB's Tyra Richardson in a solid battle between Big West opponents. Dondonay claimed the first set 7-6 (3), before taking down Richardson, 7-5, in the second to win the match picking up her second victory of the day.
Franco Martinessi and Cal State Fullerton's Mariia Nikitash fought though a tough three-setter. Nikitash took the first set, 6-3, but Franco Martinessi would not go quietly. She came back and defeated Nikitash 6-3, 10-7 for the win.
Tranberg also had a three-set battle on her hands as she faced the Titans' Diana Yanotovskaya. Trnaberg earned a first-set win, 6-2, then dropped the second set, 6-3. She and Yanotovskaya matched each other point-for-point in the third, until Tranberg surged ahead to win 10-6.
The ITA Southwest Regionals will continue on Saturday, Oct. 21 in San Diego, Calif. Fans can follow the live results by clicking HERE.
DOUBLES
EAST – ROUND OF 64
Elise Wagle & Mia Jovic (UCLA) def. Sarah Medik & Doga Akyurek (LBSU), 8-3
Kaytlin Taylor & Sein Myoung (CSUF) def. Mathilde Tranberg & Hana Becirovic Novak (LBSU), 8-4
Justine Dondonay & Paulina Franco Martinessi (LBSU) def. Emily Fowler & Carolyna Fowler (UCI), 8-5
Peppi Ramstedt & Rhona Cook (LBSU) def. Gabriella Pachl & Grace Gamal (UCSD), 8-6
EAST – ROUND OF 32
Eryn Cayetano & Emma Charney (USC) def. Justine Dondonay & Paulina Franco Martinessi (LBSU), 8-1
Amelia Honer & Kira Reuter (UCSB) def. Peppi Ramstedt & Rhona Cook (LBSU), 8-6
SINGLES
EXTRA MATCHES – ROUND OF 128
Justine Dondonay (LBSU) def. Tyra Richardson (UCSB), 7-6(3), 7-5
Yulia Zhytelna (CSUN) def. Rhona Cook (LBSU), 1-6, 6-1, 10-7
Paulina Franco Martinessi (LBSU) def. Mariia Nikitash (CSUF), 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
Mathilde Tranberg (LBSU) def. Diana Yanotovskaya (CSUF), 6-2, 3-6, 10-6
The day started with doubles action and the Beach sent four tandems into the East Round of 64. Justine Dondonay and Paulina Franco Martinessi faced Emily Fowler and Carolyna Fowler of UC Irvine. The Beach duo battled their conference counterparts to an 8-5 win, as Dondonay and Franco Martinessi advanced to the East Round of 32 to face USC's Eryn Cayetano and Emma Charney. Going up against the Trojan pair, Dondonay and Franco Martinessi came up on the wrong end of an 8-1 contest.
In another battle of Big West foes, Peppi Ramstedt and Rhona Cook went head-to-head with Gabriella Pachl and Grace Gamal of UC San Diego. The two pairs played a tough match, but it was Ramstedt and Cook who gritted out an 8-6 victory to advance to the East Round of 32 where they would face another conference opponent in UC Santa Barbara. Ramstedt and Cook matched up with the Gauchos' Amelia Honer and Kira Reuter and came up just short, in an 8-6 setback.
Long Beach State sent Dondonay, Cook, Franco Martinessi, and Mathilde Tranberg into singles action in the Round of 128. The Beach came away with 3-of-4 singles wins as Dondonay, Franco Martinessi, and Tranberg won their matches.
Dondonay faced UCSB's Tyra Richardson in a solid battle between Big West opponents. Dondonay claimed the first set 7-6 (3), before taking down Richardson, 7-5, in the second to win the match picking up her second victory of the day.
Franco Martinessi and Cal State Fullerton's Mariia Nikitash fought though a tough three-setter. Nikitash took the first set, 6-3, but Franco Martinessi would not go quietly. She came back and defeated Nikitash 6-3, 10-7 for the win.
Tranberg also had a three-set battle on her hands as she faced the Titans' Diana Yanotovskaya. Trnaberg earned a first-set win, 6-2, then dropped the second set, 6-3. She and Yanotovskaya matched each other point-for-point in the third, until Tranberg surged ahead to win 10-6.
The ITA Southwest Regionals will continue on Saturday, Oct. 21 in San Diego, Calif. Fans can follow the live results by clicking HERE.
DOUBLES
EAST – ROUND OF 64
Elise Wagle & Mia Jovic (UCLA) def. Sarah Medik & Doga Akyurek (LBSU), 8-3
Kaytlin Taylor & Sein Myoung (CSUF) def. Mathilde Tranberg & Hana Becirovic Novak (LBSU), 8-4
Justine Dondonay & Paulina Franco Martinessi (LBSU) def. Emily Fowler & Carolyna Fowler (UCI), 8-5
Peppi Ramstedt & Rhona Cook (LBSU) def. Gabriella Pachl & Grace Gamal (UCSD), 8-6
EAST – ROUND OF 32
Eryn Cayetano & Emma Charney (USC) def. Justine Dondonay & Paulina Franco Martinessi (LBSU), 8-1
Amelia Honer & Kira Reuter (UCSB) def. Peppi Ramstedt & Rhona Cook (LBSU), 8-6
SINGLES
EXTRA MATCHES – ROUND OF 128
Justine Dondonay (LBSU) def. Tyra Richardson (UCSB), 7-6(3), 7-5
Yulia Zhytelna (CSUN) def. Rhona Cook (LBSU), 1-6, 6-1, 10-7
Paulina Franco Martinessi (LBSU) def. Mariia Nikitash (CSUF), 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
Mathilde Tranberg (LBSU) def. Diana Yanotovskaya (CSUF), 6-2, 3-6, 10-6
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