LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013 Long Beach State women’s tennis closed the 18th Annual ITA Kickoff Weekend Texas Tech Regional on a high note Saturday, earning a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Wichita State in the consolation match at The Falls Tennis and Athletic Club.<\/p>\n
The Beach secured four singles wins, including a decisive comeback at No. 5 singles, to seal the win after doubles play concluded with the point awarded to the Shockers.<\/p>\n
Long Beach State quickly built momentum in singles action with strong performances across the lineup.\u00a0Cecilia Costa<\/a>\u00a0earned a straight-set victory at No. 2 singles, defeating Kristina Kudryavtseva 6-2, 7-5, while Paulina Franco Martinessi<\/a> followed with a composed 6-3, 6-3 win over Sati Aubakirova on court six.<\/p>\n Diana De Simone<\/a>\u00a0added another critical point for the Beach at No. 3 singles, battling past Anne Knuettel in three sets, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.<\/p>\n The match-clinching point came from\u00a0Pamela Badillo<\/a>\u00a0at No. 5 singles, who rallied after dropping the first set to defeat Tatyana Nikolenko 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, securing Long Beach State’s fourth and final point of the day.<\/p>\n Wichita State picked up singles wins on courts one and four, but the Beach’s depth and resilience proved decisive in the narrow victory.<\/p>\n Final Score
Doubles<\/p>\n
Order of finish: Doubles (3, 2); Singles (1, 2, 4, 3, 6, 5)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013 Long Beach State women’s tennis closed the 18th Annual ITA Kickoff Weekend Texas Tech Regional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-149066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLong Beach State 4, Wichita State 3
\nSingles<\/p>\n
\n\tXin Tong Wang (WSU) def.\u00a0Thea Jagare<\/a>\u00a0(LBSU) 6-0, 6-1
\n\tCecilia Costa<\/a>\u00a0(LBSU) def. Kristina Kudryavtseva (WSU) 6-2, 7-5
\n\tDiana De Simone<\/a>\u00a0(LBSU) def. Anne Knuettel (WSU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
\n\tPalmy Vimuktananda (WSU) def.\u00a0Daria Malaescu<\/a>\u00a0(LBSU) 6-1, 6-4
\n\tPamela Badillo<\/a>\u00a0(LBSU) def. Tatyana Nikolenko (WSU) 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
\n\tPaulina Franco Martinessi (LBSU) def. Sati Aubakirova (WSU) 6-3, 6-3
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\n\tXin Tong Wang \/ Tatyana Nikolenko (WSU) vs.\u00a0Cecilia Costa<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Thea Jagare<\/a>\u00a0(LBSU) 6-6 (6-4), unfinished
\n\tPalmy Vimuktananda \/ Anne Knuettel (WSU) def.\u00a0Diana De Simone<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Pamela Badillo<\/a>\u00a0(LBSU) 7-5
\n\tKristina Kudryavtseva \/ Sati Aubakirova (WSU) def.\u00a0Daisy Carpenter<\/a>\u00a0\/ Paulina Franco (LBSU) 7-5
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