Beach Tennis Travels To Cal Poly, UC Santa Barbara For A Pair Of Big West Matches - Long Beach State University Athletics
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Long Beach State Women's Tennis team will hit the road this week for a pair of Big West matches. The Beach will face Cal Poly on F... Long Beach State University's tennis team is set to play against Cal Poly, UC Santa Barbara, and CSUN in a pair of Big West matches. The Beach, which has a 10-5 overall record, is on a four-match winning streak and has won six out of their last seven contests. The match will mark the start of a three-match road swing that also includes UC Santa Bar and CSN. Long Beach State is led by and Dondonay, who is 19-8 overall, while Cal Poly's Cook is 18-10 overall with an 9-4 dual record. The Mustangs are led by Delaine Dunkle, who plays at No. 1 singles and is 3-0 in league play overall. The last time the teams have met was at the Rhodes Tennis Center in 1983.
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• Long Beach State brings a 10-5 overall record into the week. The Beach are 4-1 in Big West action.
• LBSU is on a four-match winning streak, and the Beach have won six out of their last seven contests.
• The match between the Beach and the Mustangs kicks off a three-match road swing which also features UC Santa Barbara (Saturday, April 6) and CSUN (Friday, April 12).
• The Beach have won their last four matches against Saint Mary's (4-1), Dartmouth (4-3), Brown (4-3), and Cal State Fullerton (5-2). 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 8-3 this season.
• The Beach are led by and . Dondonay is 19-8 overall, while Cook is 18-10 overall with an 9-4 dual record.
• Cook is a perfect 5-0 in Big West action. In Hawaii, she took down nationally-ranked No. 99 Ana Vilcek in a pivotal three-set contest at flight one. Last week, she defeated Cal State Fullerton's Josie Usereau, 7-6, 0-6, 6-2 to clinch the match for the Beach on her way to being named Big West Player of the Week. Cook is on a five-match winning streak.
• Dondonay owns a 19-8 overall singles mark and has worked her way up from flight six to flight two. She has won three of her last four singles contests.
• Akyurek brings an overall 15-10 singles record into the week. She has won her last three-straight matches over Dartmouth, Brown, and Cal State Fullerton.
• is 17-9 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 where she is now 1-1. Medik is coming off of a 7-5, 6-3 win against Cal State Fullerton's Natalie Duffy.
• In doubles action, LBSU is led by the tandem of and at flight one. The pair boast a 20-7 overall record in doubles action this season. They are 10-3 when playing in the dual season.
• Playing at flight three in doubles action, and have put together an impressive 13-2 overall record. The pair are 12-1 in the dual season and are riding a seven-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 411-193 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 (411), and highest winning percentage (.680).
• Cal Poly brings a 7-6 overall record into the week. In Big West action, the Mustangs are 2-1.
• The Mustangs are coming off of a pair of road wins at LMU (4-3) and UC San Diego (6-1).
• Cal Poly has won three of its last four matches.
• When playing at home, Cal Poly is 2-0 so far this season.
• Delaine Dunkle leads the Mustangs this season as she plays at No. 1 singles. Dunkle is 5-8 this year and 3-0 in Big West action.
• In doubles action, Dunkle is paired with her sister Peyton Dunkle at the top flight where they own a 10-2 overall record and are 3-0 in league play.
• Peyton Dunkle plays at No. 2 singles and is 5-4 on the year thus far.
• Romane Mosse, who is 9-4 in singles competition, has worked her way up from flight six to flight three.
• The Mustangs are led by Ellie Edles Williams who is in her second year at the helm of the Cal Poly Women's Tennis program.
• Long Beach State and Cal Poly will meet for the 42nd time in program history.
• In the all-time series, the Beach lead the Mustangs, 29-11-1.
• Last season, Cal Poly defeated Long Beach State, 6-1, at Rhodes Tennis Center. The Mustangs have won the last three meetings against the Beach.
• The Beach are looking to bounce back and earn their first win over the Mustangs since 2019 when LBSU downed Cal Poly, 4-0, at The Big West Tournament. That year, Long Beach State would win the conference tournament and advance to the NCAA Tournament.
• UC Santa Barbara owns a 6-7 overall record and is 1-0 in Big West action.
• The Gauchos are coming off of a 5-2 win over No. 32 SMU on Wednesday, March 13.
• Their lone conference victory came against UC Davis, 6-1, back on Friday, February 2.
• When playing at home this season the Gauchos are 4-3.
• At flight one, Amelia Horner leads UCSB with a 10-2 singles record. She is on a six-match winning streak and is 8-2 in her last 10 contests.
• In doubles competition, Horner plays at the top flight along with Kira Reuter. The pair are 5-2 and have won their last three matches.
• Camille Kiss has played most of the season at No. 2 singles where she is 7-5.
• The Gauchos are led by Simon Thibodeau who has been at the helm since June 2012.
• Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara will meet for the 45th time in program history.
• In the all-time series, the Beach lead the Gauchos, 27-17.
• Last season, UCSB defeated Long Beach State in a close 4-3 contest at Rhodes Tennis Center. The Gauchos have won the last six matches against the Beach.
• LBSU looking to bounce back and earn its first win over the Gauchos since 2016 when LBSU won an exciting 4-3 match over UC Santa Barbara on the road.
• This season Long Beach State has boasted two Big West Player of the Week award winners.
• Just on Wednesday, April 3, claimed the honors for the first time in her career.
• The Beach is 27-11 in doubles action during the dual season thus far.
• With 27 wins on the year, Long Beach State owns a .711 winning percentage in doubles competition during the dual season.
• The duo of and have been solid posting a 12-1 doubles record during the dual season thus far. The pair are a perfect 4-0 in Big West doubles play.
• At flight one, and have posted a 10-3 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 9-4 this year at flight one in singles competition. She is a perfect 5-0 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 10-3 in the dual season and 4-1 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 8-4 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 3-2.
• 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 10-3 record in the dual season.
• In singles competition, Ramstedt is 3-2 in Big West action and 7-7 overall.
• Ramstedt is riding a five-match winning streak in doubles competition and has won seven of her last eight 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.
• 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 continue their road swing as they head to Northridge to go up against CSUN on Friday, April 12 at 1 p.m.
The Long Beach State Women's Tennis team will hit the road this week for a pair of Big West matches. The Beach will face Cal Poly on Friday, April 5 at 12 p.m., before taking on UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, April 6 at 11 a.m.Live Scoring for the LBSU-Cal Poly match will be available viaLive Streaming for the LBSU-UCSB match will be available via
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