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De Simone And Jagare Advance To Doubles Quarterfinals At Big West Fall Tournament

10/2/2025 7:17:00 PM | Women's Tennis

With two full rounds played in the main doubles draw, Diana De Simone and Thea Jagare won two matches to advance.

LA JOLLA, Calif. – Seeded in the top four for the Big West Fall Tournament, sophomores Diana De Simone and Thea Jagare won both of their matches to advance to the quarterfinals of the main draw as competition got underway Thursday from the Big West Fall Tournament.
 
Results
 
Long Beach State won three of four matches in doubles to start the day in the round of 32, as Cecilia Costa and Paulina Franco rolled past Varsha Jawadi and Kamya Nair, 8-1. Pamela Badillo and Daisy Carpenter won 8-3 over Lieberman/Vayser of UCSB, and De Simone and Jagare defeated Katarina Curcic and Clhoe Vu of UCR, 8-5.
 
Advancing to the quarterfinals, De Simone and Jagare were 8-5 winners over Berl/Forgac of Hawai'i, while Costa and Franco were stunned 8-5 by Grete Gull and Sophie Rachor, while second-seeded Candela Aparisi and Jessica MacCallum of Cal Poly knocked out Badillo and Carpenter from the main draw.
 
In singles, Long Beach State went 6-2 overall. Both of Long Beach State's seeded players in the 5-8 entries were winners, as Cecilia Costa won 7-5, 6-1 over Sofia Dermenjyan of CSUN, while Diana De Simone closed the day with a tight 7-5, 7-6 win over My-Anh Holmes of UCSB. Thea Jagare was a straight sets winner over Amanda Perez of UCI, 7-6, 6-2 and Johanna Hiesmair cruised past Alisa Lansky of UC San Diego 6-3, 6-2.
 
Pamela Badillo and Paulina Franco both won in three sets to advance to Friday's Round of 32 in the main draw, while Daisy Carpenter and Daria Malaescu were both knocked out in the Round of 64.
 
Action continues from San Diego on Friday, with two rounds of singles from the main draw scheduled in addition to extra doubles and singles matches.
 
Singles Results
Round of 64
Thea Jagare (LBSU) def. Amanda Perez (UCI) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
Pamela Badillo (LBSU) def. Ramey Yu (UCR) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Susannah Su (UCR) def. Daria Malaescu (LBSU) 6-1, 6-1
Johanna Hiesmair (LBSU) def. Alisa Lansky (UCSD) 6-3, 6-2
Diana De Simone (LBSU) def. My-Anh Holmes (UCSB) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)
Paulina Franco (LBSU) def. Emma Moratella Sanz (CSUN) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1
Cecilia Costa (LBSU) def. Sofia Dermenjyan (CSUN) 7-5, 6-1
Katarina Vayser (UCSB) def. Daisy Carpenter (LBSU) 6-2, 6-4
 
Doubles Results
Round of 32
(1) Cecilia Costa and Paulina Franco (LBSU) def. Varsha Jawadi and Kamya Nair (UCSD), 8-1
Hana Gamracy and Julia Visaya (UCSD) def. Johanna Hiesmair and Daria Malaescu (LBSU), 8-6
Pamela Badillo and Daisy Carpenter (LBSU) def. Shachf Lieberman and Katarina Vayser (UCSB), 8-3
(3) Diana De Simone and Thea Jagare (LBSU) def. Katarina Curcic and Chloe Vu (UCR), 8-5
 
Round of 16
Grete Gull and Sophie Rachor (UH) def. (1) Cecilia Costa and Paulina Franco (LBSU), 8-5
(2) Candela Aparisi and Jessica MacCallum (CP) def. Pamela Badillo and Daisy Carpenter (LBSU), 8-0
(3) Diana De Simone and Thea Jagare (LBSU) def. Allaire Berl and Emma Forgac (UH), 8-5
 
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