49ers
lose close battle to UCF 4-3
Staff Reports
On-line Forty-Niner
 University
of Central Florida traveled to The Beach
Friday and ended Long Beach State’s six-match
winning streak.
The Golden Knights defeated the 49er women’s
tennis team 4-3 Friday afternoon at the
49er Campus Courts.
LBSU started the day off well in singles
action as Alena Kovalchuk defeated UCF’s
Anna Westin 6-2, 1-0 in a match that Westin
was forced to retire.
Unfortunately for The Beach Kovalchuk’s
victory would not carry over as the 49ers
lost in the No.2, No.3 and No.4 singles
matches.
UCF’s Julie Pecastaing defeated Laura Thomas
in the No.2 singles match 6-4, 6-1. While
Lindsey Marvel dropped her No.3 match to
Kristina Lohmos 6-1, 7-6 (6). In the No.4
match Kelly Chan could not keep up with
UCF’s Pamela Fernandez as she took their
match 6-3, 6-4.
Long Beach clawed back into the match as
both No.5 singles’ Alanah Carrol and No.6
singles’ Claudia Argumedo won their matches.
Carroll defeated Ola Luczak 7-6 (5), 7-5
in a hard fought battle as Argumedo took
her match from Amira Samara 6-0, 6-1.
Having split the singles matches three apiece
the event would be decided in doubles matches.
LBSU struck first, winning the No.1 doubles
match. In the match Kovalchuk and Marvel
easily dispatched the Golden Knights’ Pecastaing
and Samara 8-1.
The 49ers would be unable to capitalize
as the team went on to lose both remaining
doubles matches.
Thomas and Argumedo dropped their match
8-6 to the tandem of Fernandez and Luczak.
In the final doubles match Chan and Carroll
lost a hard contested match to Lohmos and
Marieke Gunawan 9-8 (4).
Long Beach had won six straight matches
prior to Friday. Wednesday afternoon the
49ers trounced Rice University 7-0 at the
49er Campus Courts.
The Beach was set to host Penn State University
Saturday at noon, but that match was called
due to rain. Head Coach Jennifer Hilt said
that the match would not be made up at a
later date.
Long Beach State returns to action March
21 against University Texas El Paso.
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