April 19, 2009

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.

 

- The No. 2 seed UC Irvine women's tennis team (16-8, 7-1) lost 4-1 Sunday afternoon to No. 1 seed Long Beach State in the Big West Championship match at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

The 49ers won two of three doubles matches to take the doubles point. Seniors Clare Fermin (Yorba Linda/Troy HS) and Heidi Kaloi (Wahiawa, Hawaii/Kamehameha School) defeated Hannah Grady and Jessica Weeks 8-4 in No. 1 singles. Anais Dallara and Rachel Manasse beat sophomores Brooke Bartlett (Fountain Valley HS) and Becka Kwan (San Diego/Torrey Pines HS) 8-3 in the No. 3 match. Deborah Armstrong and Lisa Sutton defeated sophomore Miranda Young (Newport Beach/Tufts Univ.) and freshman Courtney Byron (Scottsdale, Ariz./Notre Dame Prep HS) 8-6 in the No. 2 match.

Courtney Byron tied the match at 1-1 as she defeated Rachel Manasse 6-3, 7-6 in the No. 1 singles match. Anais Dallara topped Clare Fermin 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 4 slot. Julie Luzar put the 49ers up 3-1 with a 6-1, 7-6 win against Becka Kwan in the No. 5 match. Hannah Grady clinched the championship defeating freshman Stephanie Hammel (Placentia/Valencia HS) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 1 singles match.

The Anteaters conclude the season with a 16-8 record overall.

 Results

 

Long Beach State 4, UC Irvine 1
No. 1	Hannah Grady (LBSU) def. Stephanie Hammel (UCI)	2-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 2	Courtney Byron (UCI) def. Rachel Manasse (LBSU)	6-3, 7-6
No. 3	Brooke Bartlett (UCI) vs. Deborah Armstrong (UCI)	DNF
No. 4	Anais Dallara (LBSU) def. Clare Fermin (UCI)	6-3, 6-4
No. 5	Julie Luzar (LBSU) def. Becka Kwan (UCI)	6-1, 7-6
No. 6	Heidi Kaloi (UCI) vs. Lisa Sutton (LBSU)	DNF
	Singles Order of Finish: 2,4,5,1
No. 1	Kaloi/Fermin (UCI) def. Grady/Weeks (LBSU)	8-4
No. 2	Armstrong/Sutton (LBSU) def. Miranda Young /Byron (UCI)	8-6
No. 3	Dallara/Manasse (LBSU) def. Bartlett/Kwan (UCI)	8-3
	Doubles Order of Finish: 1,3,2

 

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