{"id":270073,"date":"2026-04-16T02:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270073\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T02:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:47:13","slug":"long-beach-state-closes-regular-season-hosting-uc-irvine-on-senior-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270073\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach State Closes Regular Season Hosting UC Irvine On Senior Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, Calif. &#8212; Long Beach State closes out the regular season at home this Saturday with a Big West matchup against UC Irvine at the Rhodes Tennis Center in Long Beach. First serve is scheduled for 11 a.m. as the Beach celebrates Senior Day and honors <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachstate.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/paulina-franco-martinessi\/9578\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9578\" target=\"_blank\">Paulina Franco Martinessi<\/a> for her contributions to the program.<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach State enters the match at 11-10 overall and 4-4 in Big West play, positioning this contest as a key opportunity to finish conference play above .500 and build momentum heading into the postseason. UC Irvine arrives at 12-7 overall and 3-4 in conference, making this a tightly matched meeting between two teams competing in the middle of the Big West standings.<\/p>\n<p>The Beach is coming off a narrow 4-3 loss at CSUN last week, a match that highlighted both resilience and missed opportunities. In singles, Long Beach State picked up three points through <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachstate.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/cecilia-costa\/9576\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9576\" target=\"_blank\">Cecilia Costa<\/a> at the top spot, <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachstate.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/thea-jagare\/9580\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9580\" target=\"_blank\">Thea Jagare<\/a> at No. 3, and <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachstate.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/pamela-badillo\/9574\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9574\" target=\"_blank\">Pamela Badillo<\/a> at No. 5. Costa&#8217;s straight-sets win at No. 1 continues to anchor the lineup, while Jagare&#8217;s comeback performance demonstrated the depth and competitiveness in the middle of the order.<\/p>\n<p>However, the difference ultimately came down to doubles and a few tightly contested singles matches. The Beach dropped the doubles point and split three-set matches, underscoring an area of emphasis heading into Saturday. Securing the early 1-0 advantage in doubles will be critical against UC Irvine, especially in what is expected to be another closely contested match.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Day adds an additional layer of significance. <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachstate.com\/sports\/womens-tennis\/roster\/paulina-franco-martinessi\/9578\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9578\" target=\"_blank\">Paulina Franco Martinessi<\/a> has been a steady presence in both singles and doubles throughout her Long Beach State career, competing against top conference opponents and contributing to the program&#8217;s consistency. Her experience and leadership will be central in a match where composure and execution in key moments are likely to determine the outcome.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif. &#8212; Long Beach State closes out the regular season at home this Saturday with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-270073","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\/270073","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=270073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}