UCI women stop 49ers

LONG BEACH - UC Irvine ran its win streak to 11 straight matches

Saturday, stopping Long Beach State, 5-2, in a Big West Conference match

on the 49ers’ campus.

The Anteaters improved to 15-6 overall, 7-0 in the Big West. Long

Beach State, with its 16-match streak snapped, fell to 18-2, 6-1.

The Anteaters got off to a great start as they swept all threee

doubles matches to earn the doubles point, for the 49ers, a first-time

situation this season that they have dropped all three doubles matches.

Jonni Seymour of UCI set the tone in singles with a 7-6 (7-1), 3-6,

6-3 victory over Anastasia Dvornikova at No. 1, and Anna Bentzer, Hui

Leow and Christie Posner, competing in the 4-5-6 slots picked up on it.

Seymour’s third set victory was ignited by a 5-0 jump.

While Lindsey Marvel and Alena Dvornikova of Long Beach brought the

49ers back into the hunt with straight set victories over Tiffany Chang

and Amy Tranckino, Bentzer, Leow and Posner closed the door with similar

straight set wins.

This was the regular season finale for both teams. They’ll compete at

the Big West Championships April 25-28 at Ojai.

BIG WEST CONFERENCE WOMEN

UC Irvine 5, Long Beach St. 2

Singles - Seymour (UCI) def. Ana. Dvornikova, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3; Marvel

(LB) def. Chang, 6-3, 6-3; Ale. Dvornikova (LB) def. Tranckino, 6-1, 6-3;

Bentzer (UCI) def. Thomas, 6-2, 6-4; Leow (UCI) def. Kindred, 7-5, 6-2;

Posner (UCI) def. Argumedo, 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles - Chang-Seymour (UCI) def. Dvornikova-Dvornikova, 8-4;

Leow-Bentzer (UCI) def. Marvel-Thomas, 8-0; Posner-Boss (UCI) def.

Kindred-Chan, 8-5.