Long Beach State Women’s Tennis Hosts Big West Rival Cal State Fullerton On Friday - Long Beach State University Athletics
LONG BEACH, Calif. – In the penultimate home contest of the year for Long Beach State Women's Tennis, the Beach host Big West rival Cal State Fullerton on ... Long Beach State University's women's tennis team is set to face Cal State Fullerton in a Big West match, where they are currently 3-1 in Big West action. The Beach, which is on a three-match winning streak, has won five of their last six contests. The Titans are currently tied for fifth place with a 2-1 league record. Long Beach State is led by Dondonay, Cook, and Akyurek, who have won their last five singles competitions, respectively. The match marks the end of LBSU's eight-match homestand, which has seen a 5-1 win. The winningest coach in Beach Tennis history, Hilt-Costello, holds records in single-season wins (22), career wins (410), and highest winning percentage.
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• Long Beach State brings a 9-5 overall record into the match against Cal State Fullerton. The Beach are 3-1 in Big West action.
• LBSU is on a three-match winning streak, and the Beach have won five out of their last six contests.
• The match between the Beach and the Titans wraps up LBSU's eight-match homestand in which Long Beach has gone 5-1, with one match cancellation due to weather.
• With their 3-1 Big West record, Long Beach State is currently in fourth place in the conference standings. Meanwhile, the Titans are tied for fifth place with a 2-1 league record.
• The Beach have won their last three matches against Saint Mary's (4-1), Dartmouth (4-3), and Brown (4-3). The two Ivy League contests came down to the wire and saw LBSU clinch the matches in dramatic fashion. With both matches knotted at 3-3, all eyes were on the final court. Against Dartmouth, it was who emerged victorious at the top flight. Then against Brown, it was Doga Akyruek who earned a hard-fought tiebreaker to lift the Beach to a win.
• When playing at Rhodes Tennis Center, Long Beach State is 7-3 this season.
• The Beach are led by and . Dondonay is 18-8 overall, while Cook is 17-10 overall with an 8-4 dual record.
• Cook is a perfect 4-0 in Big West action. In Hawaii, she took down nationally-ranked No. 99 Ana Vilcek in a pivotal three-set contest at flight one.
• Most recently, Cook led the Beach to a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Dartmouth as she earned an exciting 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 win at the top flight to clinch the match. Cook is currently on a four-match winning streak in both singles and doubles action.
• Dondonay owns an 18-8 overall singles mark and has worked her way up from flight six to flight two. She has won three of her last five singles contests.
• Akyurek brings an overall 14-10 singles record into the week. She is coming off of a 7-6 (8), 7-6 (7) match clinching victory at flight five against Brown. Akyurek has won four of her last five singles competitions.
• is 16-9 overall in singles competition. She started the season playing at flight five where she went 5-1, and has now been playing at flight three.
• In doubles action, LBSU is led by the tandem of and at flight one. The pair boast a 19-7 overall records in doubles action this season. They are 9-3 when playing in the dual season.
• Playing at flight three in doubles action, and have put together a 12-2 overall record. The pair are 11-1 in the dual season and are riding a six-match winning streak.
• Long Beach State Head Coach is in her 27th year at the helm of the Beach Tennis program. She owns an overall record of 410-193 for an impressive .680 winning percentage. The winningest coach in Beach Tennis history, Hilt-Costello holds LBSU tennis coaching records in single-season wins (22), career wins (410), and highest winning percentage (.680).
• Cal State Fullerton brings a 9-5 overall record into the week. The Titans are 2-1 in Big West action and sit in a fifth place tie, along with Cal Poly, in the conference standings.
• The Titans are looking to bounce back after dropping a 6-1 decision at San Diego on Friday, March 22.
• CSUF will face CSUN on Thursday, March 28, the day before they take on the Beach.
• When playing on the road, the Titans are 3-4 thus far.
• Mariia Nikitash leads the Titans with an 8-2 overall record. She has played primarily at sixes, where she is 3-1, and fives, where she is 4-1.
• Seha Yu is 8-3 on the year. She is a perfect 4-0 when playing at flight three and 4-3 when playing at court four.
• Natalie Duffy has won her last four matches in singles action. Overall, she is 7-4. Duffy has played primarily at flight three where she is 4-2.
• In doubles action, the Titans are led by Yu and Milena Gevorgyan at flight three. The tandem owns a 6-1 overall record this season and are riding a five-match winning streak.
• The Titans are led by Trang Huynh-McClain who is in her second season with Cal State Fullerton.
• Friday's match between Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton is the 65th overall meeting between the two schools in program history.
• In the all-time series, the Beach lead the Titans, 46-18.
• Last season, Long Beach State defeated Cal State Fullerton twice. During the regular season, the Beach took down the Titans, 4-2), then LBSU defeated CSUF, 4-1, in the Big West Tournament to advance to the Semifinals.
• Cal State Fullerton is looking for its first win over the Beach since 2022, when the Titans defeated Long Beach, 4-3, at Rhodes Tennis Center.
• The Beach is 25-10 in doubles action during the dual season thus far.
• With 25 wins on the year, Long Beach State owns a .714 winning percentage in doubles competition during the dual season.
• The duo of and have been solid posting an 11-1 doubles record during the dual season thus far. The pair are a perfect 3-0 in Big West doubles play.
• At flight one, and have posted a 9-3 doubles record in the dual season.
• Long Beach State's doubles dominance began in the Fall Season, as the Beach won four doubles draws. The Beach picked up a pair of doubles victories at the Beach Tennis Fall Tournament before winning two more doubles flights at the UNLV Watanabe Classic.
• Senior kicked off her senior season in a big way. The Chester, United Kingdom native turned in an incredible performance to open the year at the Cal Fall Invitational as she captured the Gold Draw Title.
• Cook faced junior Lan Mi from host school, Cal, in the Finals of the Gold Draw. She promptly took down Mi in the first set, 6-4. In the second set, the two battled out an epic rally of 32 strokes before Cook went down the line to win 6-3.
• While Cook shined in singles action, she also was solid in doubles play. She teamed up with and the duo defeated Gonzaga's Carolina Wernli and Lia Espinal with a convincing 8-2 victory.
• In dual season action, Cook is 8-4 this year at flight one in singles competition. She is a perfect 4-0 in Big West action. One of her more notable wins was a three-set win over nationally-ranked No. 99 Ava Vilcek of Hawaii on March 3.
• At doubles, she has paired with Ramstedt and the duo are 9-3 in the dual season and 3-1 in Big West action.
• Senior led Long Beach State at the Beach Tennis Fall Tournament as she came away with both a singles and doubles title in during the three-day competition.
• Dondonay paired with sophomore and secured the Black Draw Title with an impressive 6-1 win over LBSU teammates and .
• In singles action, Dondonay was excellent as she captured the White Draw Championship with an exciting battle against Akyurek. After dropping the first set, 6-3, Dondonay came back to win, 7-5, 6-2, in a gritty three-setter.
• Dondonay picked up the Beach's lone singles victory against LMU as she defeated Anastasia Bozova, 6-3, 6-4.
• This season, Dondonay is 7-4 in singles dual action. She is 2-0 when playing singles at flight six. She has worked her way up and is now playing at flight two where she is 2-2.
• has been an integral part of Long Beach State's success this season.
• She is part of the tandem, along with , who plays at the top doubles flight that boasts a 9-3 record in the dual season.
• In singles competition, Ramstedt is 3-1 in Big West action and 7-6 overall.
• Ramstedt is riding a four-match winning streak in doubles competition and has won six of her last seven doubles outings.
• Earlier this season, Ramstedt was named Big West Player of the Week for the week of January 25. She turned in a solid performance in which she captured three doubles victories and a pair of singles wins at LBSU's Beach Tennis Winter Invite. Additionally, she earned a pair of singles wins against Nevada and Pacific.
• kicked off the dual season in a big way. The senior from Horsholm, Denmark waltzed her way to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Fresno Pacific's Halle Faherty at flight six to help the Beach capture a 7-0 sweep over Fresno Pacific on Friday, Jan. 26.
• On the year, Tranberg is 4-2 in singles action during the dual season with a 2-1 record at flights five and six.
• In doubles competition, Tranberg is joined by , and the pair own a 11-1 overall record when playing together at flight three. The tandem is on a six-match winning streak.
• Long Beach State Women's Tennis had an excellent Fall off the court as well. The Beach Tennis team finished the semester with an impressive 3.74 grade point average to win the LBSU Athletics Team Academic Award.
• All eight players on the roster were named Academic All-Stars, while two were named to the Dean's List, and three earned President's List honors.
• In addition, Long Beach State boasted three players with perfect 4.0 GPAs during the fall semester.
• The Terry L. Rhodes Tennis Center is the home of the nationally recognized Long Beach State Tennis Program.
• The 12-court complex, which opened in the Fall of 2008, features a unique design with four feature courts divided by a 40-foot-wide public concourse. Grandstands for spectator seating have been placed on four of the six varsity courts. All six of which are lighted.
• Two gifts from Long Beach State alums have resulted in the construction of the on-campus tennis complex for the Beach Tennis team. Terry Rhodes, a 1962 graduate, generously gifted $1.25 million dollars to enhance the new tennis complex and endow multiple women's tennis scholarships.
• The Beach also play in front of a full-sized electronic scoreboard, courtesy of a generous gift from the Hendricks family. It was dedicated in memory of former LBSU Women's Tennis Coach Gloria Hendricks and her husband, Bob. The family also includes former Long Beach State tennis player Cindy (Hendricks) Robbins, her husband Les Robbins, both 1974 alums, and brother John Hendricks. The 40-foot-high scoreboard displays match scores on all six competition courts via wireless controls.
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• The traditional player cheer pre-match and each time the team wins a match point is "Here We Go Beach!" All Beach fans are encouraged to follow the team's cheer with their own "Here We Go Beach!"
• The Beach hit the road for the first time since March 3 next week. On Friday, April 5, Long Beach State plays in San Luis Obispo, Calif., against Cal Poly at 12 noon. The next day, LBSU will face UC Santa Barbara at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 6.
In the penultimate home contest of the year for Long Beach State Women's Tennis, the Beach host Big West rival Cal State Fullerton on Friday, March 29 at 2 p.m. at Rhodes Tennis Center.Live Scoring will be available via BeachLiveStats.com
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