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Beach Tennis Fall Tournament
LBSU Hosts Beach Tennis Fall Tournament At Rhodes Tennis Center
10/2/2024 3:03:00 PM | Women's Tennis
The Beach will host most of the Big West at the Rhodes Tennis Center from October 3-6.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Long Beach State kicks off the 2024-25 season at home, hosting the Beach Tennis Fall Tournament from the Rhodes Tennis Center. Action will run across four full days, beginning on Thursday, October 3 and finishing on Sunday, October 6.
TOURNAMENT DRAWS
Singles Top Half
Singles Bottom Half
Doubles
BEACH TENNIS FALL TOURNAMENT
With an expanded field featuring nine of the ten Big West Women's Tennis programs participating to begin the season, play will start with a true bracket with eight seeded single players and four seeded doubles teams in a round of 64 and 32 respectively that will ultimately conclude with a championship match in both formats on Sunday.
Extra consolation singles and doubles matches will be held Friday through Sunday, giving all participants plenty of action throughout the weekend. Play is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. each day, with the latest scheduled matches Thursday set to begin at 5:15 p.m. as two rounds of singles play will be held to open the tournament.
Julia Haynes of UC San Diego and Peyton Dunkle of Cal Poly have the top two seeds of the tournament, while Leroux/Lu from UC Santa Barbara top the doubles draw as the top seed.
Diana De Simone/Daisy Carpenter, Thea Jagare/Pamela Badillo and Cecilia Costa/Paulina Franco Martinessi will all kick off Thursday's action at 9 a.m. in doubles.
Thea Jagare and Daria Malaescu will each play in the first singles window at 10:15 a.m. Cecilia Costa will make her Beach singles debut at Noon as will Diana De Simone while Pamela Badillo, Paulina Franco Martinessi and Daisy Carpenter will all play their first singles match of the day with a scheduled start of 1:45 p.m.
ABOUT THE BEACH
Long Beach State Women's Tennis remains an international flavor in the International City, as all seven members of the team come from different countries, representing Mexico, England, Brazil, Italy, Paraguay, Sweden and Romania.
Paulina Franco Martinessi of Paraguay is the team's lone returner from last season. Franco primarily played doubles in her first season, posting a 13-4 overall record with departed senior Mathilde Tranberg.
Long Beach State's other six players will be making their collegiate debuts this coming weekend, with all six boasting outstanding junior records.
LONG BEACH LEGEND
Long Beach State Head Coach Jenny Hilt-Costello is in her 28th year at the helm of the Beach Tennis program. She owns an overall record of 413-196 for an impressive .678 winning percentage. The winningest coach in Beach Tennis history, Hilt-Costello holds LBSU tennis coaching records in single-season wins (22), career wins (401), and highest winning percentage (.680). Under her leadership, Long Beach State has more overall victories and more conference victories than any other program in the Big West.
Hilt-Costello has been named The Big West Coach of the Year a league-record nine times (2001, 2004-06, 2008-09, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2019). In 2004, she was named the West Region Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year award.
RHODES TENNIS CENTER
The Terry L. Rhodes Tennis Center is the home of the nationally recognized Long Beach State Tennis Program.
The 12-court complex, which opened in the Fall of 2008, features a unique design with four feature courts divided by a 40-foot-wide public concourse. Grandstands for spectator seating have been placed on four of the six varsity courts. All six of which are lighted.
Two gifts from Long Beach State alums have resulted in the construction of the on-campus tennis complex for the Beach Tennis team. Terry Rhodes, a 1962 graduate, generously gifted $1.25 million dollars to enhance the new tennis complex and endow multiple women's tennis scholarships.
The Beach also play in front of a full-sized electronic scoreboard, courtesy of a generous gift from the Hendricks family. It was dedicated in memory of former LBSU Women's Tennis Coach Gloria Hendricks and her husband, Bob. The family also includes former Long Beach State tennis player Cindy (Hendricks) Robbins, her husband Les Robbins, both 1974 alums, and brother John Hendricks. The 40-foot-high scoreboard displays match scores on all six competition courts via wireless controls.
STAYING SOCIAL
Follow Long Beach State Women's Tennis on Instagram and X at @LBSUTennis. Fans can stay up to date on all things Long Beach State by following @LBSUAthletics via X. Be sure to "like" us on Facebook and follow us on X at @LBSU.
TENNIS TRADITION
The traditional player cheer pre-match and each time the team wins a match point is "Here We Go Beach!" All Beach fans are encouraged to follow the team's cheer with their own "Here We Go Beach!"
NEXT UP
Long Beach State will travel down to San Diego, Calif., to compete in the ITA Southwest Regionals from Thursday, Oct. 17-Sunday, Oct. 20.
TOURNAMENT DRAWS
Singles Top Half
Singles Bottom Half
Doubles
BEACH TENNIS FALL TOURNAMENT
With an expanded field featuring nine of the ten Big West Women's Tennis programs participating to begin the season, play will start with a true bracket with eight seeded single players and four seeded doubles teams in a round of 64 and 32 respectively that will ultimately conclude with a championship match in both formats on Sunday.
Extra consolation singles and doubles matches will be held Friday through Sunday, giving all participants plenty of action throughout the weekend. Play is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. each day, with the latest scheduled matches Thursday set to begin at 5:15 p.m. as two rounds of singles play will be held to open the tournament.
Julia Haynes of UC San Diego and Peyton Dunkle of Cal Poly have the top two seeds of the tournament, while Leroux/Lu from UC Santa Barbara top the doubles draw as the top seed.
Diana De Simone/Daisy Carpenter, Thea Jagare/Pamela Badillo and Cecilia Costa/Paulina Franco Martinessi will all kick off Thursday's action at 9 a.m. in doubles.
Thea Jagare and Daria Malaescu will each play in the first singles window at 10:15 a.m. Cecilia Costa will make her Beach singles debut at Noon as will Diana De Simone while Pamela Badillo, Paulina Franco Martinessi and Daisy Carpenter will all play their first singles match of the day with a scheduled start of 1:45 p.m.
ABOUT THE BEACH
Long Beach State Women's Tennis remains an international flavor in the International City, as all seven members of the team come from different countries, representing Mexico, England, Brazil, Italy, Paraguay, Sweden and Romania.
Paulina Franco Martinessi of Paraguay is the team's lone returner from last season. Franco primarily played doubles in her first season, posting a 13-4 overall record with departed senior Mathilde Tranberg.
Long Beach State's other six players will be making their collegiate debuts this coming weekend, with all six boasting outstanding junior records.
LONG BEACH LEGEND
Long Beach State Head Coach Jenny Hilt-Costello is in her 28th year at the helm of the Beach Tennis program. She owns an overall record of 413-196 for an impressive .678 winning percentage. The winningest coach in Beach Tennis history, Hilt-Costello holds LBSU tennis coaching records in single-season wins (22), career wins (401), and highest winning percentage (.680). Under her leadership, Long Beach State has more overall victories and more conference victories than any other program in the Big West.
Hilt-Costello has been named The Big West Coach of the Year a league-record nine times (2001, 2004-06, 2008-09, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2019). In 2004, she was named the West Region Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year award.
RHODES TENNIS CENTER
The Terry L. Rhodes Tennis Center is the home of the nationally recognized Long Beach State Tennis Program.
The 12-court complex, which opened in the Fall of 2008, features a unique design with four feature courts divided by a 40-foot-wide public concourse. Grandstands for spectator seating have been placed on four of the six varsity courts. All six of which are lighted.
Two gifts from Long Beach State alums have resulted in the construction of the on-campus tennis complex for the Beach Tennis team. Terry Rhodes, a 1962 graduate, generously gifted $1.25 million dollars to enhance the new tennis complex and endow multiple women's tennis scholarships.
The Beach also play in front of a full-sized electronic scoreboard, courtesy of a generous gift from the Hendricks family. It was dedicated in memory of former LBSU Women's Tennis Coach Gloria Hendricks and her husband, Bob. The family also includes former Long Beach State tennis player Cindy (Hendricks) Robbins, her husband Les Robbins, both 1974 alums, and brother John Hendricks. The 40-foot-high scoreboard displays match scores on all six competition courts via wireless controls.
STAYING SOCIAL
Follow Long Beach State Women's Tennis on Instagram and X at @LBSUTennis. Fans can stay up to date on all things Long Beach State by following @LBSUAthletics via X. Be sure to "like" us on Facebook and follow us on X at @LBSU.
TENNIS TRADITION
The traditional player cheer pre-match and each time the team wins a match point is "Here We Go Beach!" All Beach fans are encouraged to follow the team's cheer with their own "Here We Go Beach!"
NEXT UP
Long Beach State will travel down to San Diego, Calif., to compete in the ITA Southwest Regionals from Thursday, Oct. 17-Sunday, Oct. 20.
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