WTEN | Saint Mary's Defeats Long Beach State 6-1

Sunday, March 13

Long Beach, CA

12:00 PM

Saint Mary's College of California

Long Beach State University

Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner

WTEN | Saint Mary's Defeats Long Beach State 6-1

3/13/2022 8:34:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

LONG BEACH, Calif. – SMC Women's Tennis responded well to the quick turnaround from San Diego with their own 6-1 victory over Long Beach State on Sunday afternoon.

The Gaels swept the singles competition with only one match going to three sets. Julia Ronney beat Claire Le Du 6-0, 6-2 to start the singles group for Saint Mary's followed by Gabriela Tevez' win over Zuzanna Szczepanska 6-0, 6-1.

Lene Mari Hovda defeated Peppi Ramstedt 6-1, 6-3 and Jocelyn Massey (SMC) def. Arina Babkova (LBSU) 6-2, 6-3 as both Gaels have won their last four matches.

Mariia Kozyreva also won her fourth-straight match and is 6-1 in dual match play after she topped Nikola Homolkva 6-2, 7-6 while Jordan Harris defeated Sheena Masuda 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

UP NEXT
The Gaels will host San Jose State on Wednesday, March 16 at 1:00 p.m.

Tennis Match Results

ST MARYS 6, Long Beach State 1

Singles competition
1. Mariia Kozyreva (SMC) def. Nikola Homolkova (LBSU) 6-2, 7-6
2. Jordan Harris (SMC) def. Sheena Masuda (LBSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. Julia Ronney (SMC) def. Claire Le Du (LBSU) 6-0, 6-2
4. Lene Mari Hovda (SMC) def. Peppi Ramstedt (LBSU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Jocelyn Massey (SMC) def. Arina Babkova (LBSU) 6-2, 6-3
6. Gabriela Tevez (SMC) def. Zuzanna Szczepanska (LBSU) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Zara Lennon/Sheena Masuda (LBSU) def. Mariia Kozyreva/Jordan Harris (SMC) 6-4
2. Nikola Homolkova/Peppi Ramstedt (LBSU) vs. Jocelyn Massey/Julia Ronney (SMC) 2-3, unfinished
3. Claire Le Du/Arina Babkova (LBSU) def. Lene Mari Hovda/Gabriela Tevez (SMC) 6-2
Match Notes:

ST MARYS 3-6
Long Beach State 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,6,4,5,1,2)

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