Saturday, April 23, 2011

Bye week

The 49ers do not have any action scheduled this weekend, so it is basically the team's bye week.

However, the Beach resumes play next week, April 29, in the Big West Tournament at the  Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Since the team holds the No. 1 seed – 7-1 in conference play – it plays the winner of the 8/9-seed match.

This season marks LBSU's fourth consecutive Big West title.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

The End Has Come

This weekend marked the regular season finale for women's tennis and the 49ers did not disappoint.

The action started on Friday at No. 56 UC Davis.

LBSU made quick work of UC Davis, winning the day 6-1.

The Beach's No. 1 and No. 3 singles players, Anais Dallara and Deborah Armstrong, both rebounded from forst set losses to win their matches 5-7, 6-1 6-2, and 6-&, 6-2, 6-4, respectively.

UC Davis' lone point came at No. 6 singles as the 'Niners took the top five matches.
Photo courtesy of LBSU



Long Beach State resumed play on Saturday against Pacific.

The 49ers won the match 5-2, clinching the Big West regular season crown.

Senior Deborah Armstrong's win at No. 3 singles clinched the victory as she came away with a 7-6, 6-4, win.

Pacific's two points came at singles play.

LBSU's No. 6 singles player, Sarah Cantlay, lost her match 6-4, 6-2 against Susan Te.

The other loss came as a bit of a surprise, as No. 1 singles action player, Anais Dallara, lost her bout 6-2, 6-3 against Jennifer Widjaja.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

The Last Homestand

This weekend was the Long Beach State women's tennis team's final homestand of the year and they made it count.  The 49ers won both of their games against Oregon & Cal Poly.

On Friday, the Beach out-dueled Oregon 5-2 for the first win of the weekend.


The big story from this match was LBSU's depth.  The bottom half of the the 'Niners' lineup came up with key wins.

Anais Dallara (No. 1 singles) and Deborah Armstrong (No. 3 Singles) were not able to pull off a win, respectively, to make it a sweep.

Photo courtesy of LBSU


Saturday's match came against the Big West top seeded Cal Poly, resulting in a 6-1 win.

Since it was the team's last home game and senior day, LBSU honored its only senior, Deborah Armstrong.

Armstrong also played strong – no pun intended.  The senior outmatched her opponent 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.