Saturday, February 15
Long Beach, Calif.
12:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
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Long Beach State
Photo by: Connor Clark
Long Beach State Edges CSUN, 4-3
2/15/2025 7:19:00 PM | Women's Tennis
LONG BEACH, Calif -- CSUN Women's Tennis narrowly lost to Long Beach State, 4-3 Saturday afternoon at Rhodes Tennis Center. After CSUN won the doubles point and the first singles point, the Beach stormed back to take the next four points and earned the win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES PLAY
In #1 doubles CSUN came out victorious when Ho, Angela Ho and Yuliia Zhytelna bested Cecilia Costa and Johanna Hiesmair, 7-5 to inch closer to the doubles point. LBSU struck back on the #2 court, as Elena Goodman and Emma Moratalla Sanz were defeated by Daisy Carpenter and Paulina Franco, 7-5.
In the final and deciding doubles match, CSUN took home the doubles point when Victoria Santibañez Luna and Nicole West defeated Diana De Simone and Thea Jagare, 7-6 (7-5)
SINGLES PLAY
CSUN took the first singles point to go up 2-0 when Ho beat Jagare in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.
The Beach took their first point of the dual as Daria Malaescu defeated West in three sets, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.
Long Beach State tied things at two apiece when Costa defeated Santibanez Luna 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
The next match took place at No.1 singles in a hard-fought back and forth battle. De Simone from LBSU won the first set in a tie breaker, 7-6 (7-5) and won the second set 6-4 over Zhytelna, giving the Beach a 3-2 lead.
Long Beach took the deciding fourth point when Pamela Badillo bested Moratalla Sanz 6-7 (7-5), 6-4, 6-1 on court No. 5.
The last remaining match was Goodman against Carpenter. The sophomore from Burbank notched her second win on the season, winning with a score of 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
NEWS AND NOTES
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH GARY VICTOR
"This loss was tough, we have lost four matches by a total of five points. We beat our conference opponents three out of six times last year by a total of five points. Margins are that small."
UP NEXT
CSUN next plays a week from today at San Jose State for a non-conference dual.
SCHEDULE CHANGE
Initially set to square off on Feb 28, CSUN will now play Pacific on March 2nd at 11 a.m.
HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES PLAY
In #1 doubles CSUN came out victorious when Ho, Angela Ho and Yuliia Zhytelna bested Cecilia Costa and Johanna Hiesmair, 7-5 to inch closer to the doubles point. LBSU struck back on the #2 court, as Elena Goodman and Emma Moratalla Sanz were defeated by Daisy Carpenter and Paulina Franco, 7-5.
In the final and deciding doubles match, CSUN took home the doubles point when Victoria Santibañez Luna and Nicole West defeated Diana De Simone and Thea Jagare, 7-6 (7-5)
SINGLES PLAY
CSUN took the first singles point to go up 2-0 when Ho beat Jagare in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2.
The Beach took their first point of the dual as Daria Malaescu defeated West in three sets, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.
Long Beach State tied things at two apiece when Costa defeated Santibanez Luna 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
The next match took place at No.1 singles in a hard-fought back and forth battle. De Simone from LBSU won the first set in a tie breaker, 7-6 (7-5) and won the second set 6-4 over Zhytelna, giving the Beach a 3-2 lead.
Long Beach took the deciding fourth point when Pamela Badillo bested Moratalla Sanz 6-7 (7-5), 6-4, 6-1 on court No. 5.
The last remaining match was Goodman against Carpenter. The sophomore from Burbank notched her second win on the season, winning with a score of 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
NEWS AND NOTES
- With the defeat, CSUN falls to 2-4 on the season and 0-2 in Big West play.
- Ho is back in the winners' column in singles play. She's 5-1 on the season.
- Goodman, with her singles win, is now 2-0.
- In doubles play, Santibanez Luna and West are now 3-0.
- Zhytelna and Ho have won two in a row in doubles play, they are now 5-1 on the campaign.
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH GARY VICTOR
"This loss was tough, we have lost four matches by a total of five points. We beat our conference opponents three out of six times last year by a total of five points. Margins are that small."
UP NEXT
CSUN next plays a week from today at San Jose State for a non-conference dual.
SCHEDULE CHANGE
Initially set to square off on Feb 28, CSUN will now play Pacific on March 2nd at 11 a.m.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#4 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
64
Diana De Simone / 0 [LBSU]
76
#2 Singles Match
123
631
Cecilia Costa / 0 [LBSU]
466
#3 Singles Match
12
66
Thea Jagare / 0 [LBSU]
32
#4 Singles Match
123
362
Daria Malaescu / 0 [LBSU]
606
#5 Singles Match
123
741
Pamela Badillo / 0 [LBSU]
666
#6 Singles Match
123
276
Daisy Carpenter / 0 [LBSU]
654
#7 Singles Match
1
0
Paulina Franco / 0 [LBSU]
0
#8 Singles Match
1
0
Johanna Hiesmair / 0 [LBSU]
0
Order of Finish:
3,4,2,1,5,6
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