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Beach crashes
against Waves
Staff reports
Long Beach State
won the Big West Conference women's tennis championship this
year, but the 49ers were unable to take the next step, losing,
4-1, to Pepperdine in the first round of the NCAA Championships
Friday in Palo Alto.
Pepperdine took an early 1-0 advantage by winning the doubles'
point, then built a 3-0 lead after scoring two straight-set
victories at the No. 5 and 6 singles positions.
Alena Dvornikova got The Beach's only point with a 3-6, 7-5,
6-0 victory over Veronica Koksova at the No. 3 singles spot,
cutting the Waves' lead to 3-1. With matches at the No. 1,
No. 2 and No. 4 singles slots still to be decided, LBSU still
had hope.
The hammer finally fell at No. 2 singles when Pepperdine's
Monika Horvath, already up a set, rallied from a 6-5 deficit
to tie Lindsay Marvel at 6-6 in the second set, then pulled
out the match with a 7-3 decision in the tiebreaker.
The victory gave the Waves an insumountable 4-1 lead, and
the remaining two matches were halted.
LBSU finished the season with a 21-3 record. Pepperdine went
on to lose to host Stanford, 4-0, Saturday.
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