Tennis
Team serves first two wins of season
By Daniel Frias
On-line Forty-Niner
The
Long Beach State Women’s tennis team already
has more losses this year than they did
all of last year when they went 21-3 under
six-year Head Coach Jennifer Hilt.
Junior Lindsay Marvel put a stop to the
losing streak as she led the defending Big
West Champions to their first two victories
of the season.
The 49ers beat both the University of Idaho
and the University of Hawaii in Moscow,
Idaho this past weekend to improve their
record to 2-4.
Marvel performed like the standout player
coach Jennifer Hilt has billed her to beas
she beat Vida Senci of the University of
Idaho 7-5, 6-0 in singles competition to
record the 49ers’ first victory of the season.
In the second match Marvel also led her
team to victory in singles and doubles competition
with the help of freshman Megan Biorkman
and junior Kelly Chan.
Sophomore Claudia Argumedo won her match
against the University of Idaho by beating
Monica Martin 6-0, 6-2 in two sets. Freshman
Alanah Carroll contributed to the win with
a victory over Larissa Nicoll 6-3, 6-2.
And junior Kelly Chan beat Karen Konishi
6-3, 6-2.
Chan and Carroll teamed up in doubles competition
to defeat Martin and Sunel Nieuwoudt of
Idaho 9-7. Marvel and Argumedo (LBSU) also
won their doubles match against Banks and
Konishi (Idaho) 8-5.
The tennis team was not done there. They
won their second match of the season by
defeating the University of Hawaii in Moscow
on Sunday. In this game the 49ers won five
of six singles matches and swept all three
doubles matches to improve their record
to 2-4.
Sophomore Laura Thomas led the way with
an impressive 6-2, 6-2 win over Lauren Fitzgerald
of Hawaii. Lindsey Marvel added to the victory
by defeating Stacy Hakikawa 6-3, 6-3 in
her singles match. Freshman Megan Biorkan
won her second consecutive match in three
sets 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 with a win over Polina
Kravert. Kelly Chan and Alanah Carroll also
earned singles wins against Hawaii.
In doubles, the 49ers won all three matches
for the first time all season. Thomas
and Boirkman won 8-1 over Hakikawa and Justine
Boutet. Chan and Carroll defeated Fukushima
and Kravets 8-6 in their match. Marvel and
Claudia Argumedo won 8-5 over Fitzgerald
and Mainor in the last match of the
game to complete the sweep.
Long Beach State hopes to carry its momentum
into this Saturday’s match against Cal State
Northridge at the 49er Campus Courts.
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