{"id":261835,"date":"2026-04-10T23:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/261835\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T23:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:32:08","slug":"csun-takes-down-long-beach-state-in-thrilling-4-3-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/261835\/","title":{"rendered":"CSUN Takes Down Long Beach State in Thrilling 4-3 Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — CSUN women’s tennis (12-6, 3-3 Big West) secured a 4-3 victory over Long Beach State (11-10, 4-4 Big West) in a tightly contested conference match Friday afternoon at the Matador Tennis Complex. In a 3-3 game, Emma Moratalla Sanz<\/a> clinched the victory with a win at Court No. 2. Satsuki Ishikawa<\/a> and Sandra Isabela Arguelles<\/a> both had\u00a0singles wins\u00a0as well.
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\nHOW IT HAPPENED
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\nCSUN opened the match by taking two of three doubles contests. The tandem of Angela Ho<\/a> and Nicole West<\/a> defeated Long Beach State’s Cecilia Costa and Paulina Franco, 6-3, while Moratalla Sanz and Arguelles earned a 7-5 win over Thea Jagare and Pamela Badillo to clinch the doubles point.
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\nIn singles play, both teams traded blows across all six courts. Ishikawa gave CSUN an early advantage with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 win over Paulina Franco at Court No. 4. The freshman from Japan has begun her collegiate career on a 10 game winning streak.\u00a0
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\n“We were able to go into the singles matches with great energy thanks to the wins during doubles,” said Ishikawa. “I’d like to thank all my teammates and coaches who supported me leading up to today’s match.\u00a0Also,\u00a0I would like to thank the members from other sports that came to cheer us on. The cheers helped give us some extra strength. I’m very happy with this victory.”
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\nLong Beach State responded with its first win of the day as Costa topped Ho, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, at Court No. 1. The scoreboard now read 2-1 in favor of the Matadors.
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\nArguelles delivered a key point for CSUN at the No. 6 position, defeating Daisy Carpenter, 6-4, 6-2 to give CSUN a 3-1 lead. “I’m beyond happy with today’s results!” Arguelles said. “Today was an incredible day for the team. We all gave it 100 percent and our performance was top notch. It makes me happy to see all the support we got from the other teams, the energy was just amazing. I am so proud.”
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\nThe clinching point came down to Moratalla Sanz. She delivered a three-set, back and forth victory over Diana De Simone, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.
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\n“Big match Emma – we have called her that for four years.” Head coach Gary Victor<\/a> said. “No one would ever want to be in that position more than Emma.” The senior from Valencia, Spain is now 14-3 in singles play on the season.
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\n“Today we came into this match with the mentality of playing for every point.” Moratalla Sanz said. “When it came down to the third set, I knew I had to give it my all. We can do big things when we believe in each other.” She concluded.
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\nThe duel ended with a Jagare victory over West, 4-6, 6-2,\u00a06-2,\u00a0but it was too little, too late for the Beach.
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\nNOTES OF THE GAME<\/p>\n


\n\tCSUN is now 12-6 on the season and 3-3 in Big West play.
\n\tThis is CSUN’s third win in a row, all coming against Big West opponents.
\n\tArguelles has now won three in a row as she’s 4-1 on the season.
\n\tCSUN has won its last three home matches against LBSU, dating back to 2022. <\/p>\n

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH GARY VICTOR
\n“First, I’d like to say a humongous thank you to our women’s soccer, men’s soccer, men’s volleyball and women’s basketball teams for coming out and bringing the Matador Love! Our team felt an unbelievable sense of community today and I think that put us in an excellent headspace.\u00a0 Our freshmen have grown so much since they arrived in January.\u00a0 Sandy\u00a0[Arguelles] has been patient and is now making the most of her opportunity.\u00a0 She and Satsuki are two of the best people you could ever have on a team, and they have learned so much from our\u00a0upperclassmen. When it comes to Satsuki, she has been a breath of fresh air in every way.\u00a0 There is no ego, just a great attitude,\u00a0and a team that loves her.
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\nUP NEXT
\nCSUN will play another duel at home when it takes on UC San Diego this Sunday, April 12, at 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — CSUN women’s tennis (12-6, 3-3 Big West) secured a 4-3 victory over Long Beach State…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-261835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261835","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=261835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}