#121 Anais Dallara and fellow sophomore Rachel Manasse each continued in the main draw at the ITA Southwest Regionals in the final tournament in the fall for Long Beach State. Both players also advanced in the doubles draw with their partners Deborah Armstrong and Jaklin Alawi.

Both Manasse and Dallara earned first-round byes and advanced to the round of 32 with wins. Dallara defeated Alexandra Demidova of host San Diego, 6-2, 6-4, while Manasse defeated CS Northridge’s Whitney Paluch 6-4, 6-3.

In other singles action, Armstrong defeated UC Irvine’s Courtney Byron 6-3, 6-4 before falling in the second round to 13-seed Anamika Bhargava, and Alawi earned a win over Anna Yang 6-2, 7-5 and took a set from top-seeded Kelcy McKenna of Arizona State before losing in three sets.

Julie Luzar’s undefeated streak came to an end in a 7-5, 6-3 loss to Andrea Oates, and Anna Jeczmionka fell to ASU’s Ashlee Brown.

In doubles, Armstrong/Dallara def. Marbach/Perl of San Diego 8-5, and Alawi/Manasse swept USC’s duo of Andrews/Entekhabi 8-0, both advancing to the Round of 16.

The 49ers will continue with a full team Friday, as all players not advancing in the main draw resume play in the back draw in San Diego. 

Singles

Jaklin Alawi, LBSU def. Anna Yang, CSUN 6-2, 7-5

(1) Kelcy McKenna def. Jaklin Alawi, LBSU 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

Rachel Manasse, LBSU def. Whitney Paluch, CSUN 6-4, 6-3

Ashlee Brown, ASU def. Anna Jeczmionka, LBSU 6-1, 6-0

(12) Anais Dallara def. Alexandra Demidova, USD 6-2, 6-4

Deborah Armstrong, LBSU def. Courtney Byron, UCI 6-3, 6-4

(13) Anamika Bhargava, PEPP def. Deborah Armstrong, LBSU 6-1, 6-3

Andrea Oates, PEPP, def. Julie Luzar, LBSU 7-5, 6-3

Doubles

Armstrong/Dallara, LBSU def. Marbach/Perl, USD 8-5

Alawi/Manasse, LBSU def. Andrews/Entekhabi, USC 8-0

Jeczmionka/Luzar, LBSU lost Landsman/Masschelein, UA 8-4

Report by LBSU