{"id":3156,"date":"2009-10-04T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-04T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/lbsu-tennis-sends-three-to-semis\/"},"modified":"2009-10-04T05:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-04T05:10:00","slug":"lbsu-tennis-sends-three-to-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/lbsu-tennis-sends-three-to-semis","title":{"rendered":"LBSU Tennis Sends Three To Semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Long Beach State\u2019s first weekend of action continued with positive results, sending two doubles teams and Julie Luzar in singles to the semifinals on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Luzar came away with a singles win in Flight C over Zalina Nazarova of Sacramento State, winning 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the finals, which begin Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. In back draw action, Jaklin Alawi picked up her first singles win of the year, defeating Alana McMahon of USF 6-4, 6-2, while Anna Jeczmionka and Deborah Armstrong each fell in two sets.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In doubles, the 49ers had another big day, Armstrong and Anais Dallara continued their run by defeating Carney\/Hayasaka of BYU 8-3, and the mashup team of Alawi and Molly Aloia of St. Mary\u2019s defeated Fresno State\u2019s Modoc\/Mikhavlova 8-5 to move into the semifinals.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The two teams then met on the same side of the draw, with Armstrong and Dallara outlasting Alawi and Aloia 9-7 to earn the trip to the finals in Flight B doubles. Jeczmionka and Luzar also had action in the same flight, falling in the consolation draw to Santa Clara\u2019s Hoy\/Zaniewski in a hard-fought 9-7 match.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Action at the Cal NIKE Invitational concludes tomorrow.&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Doubles<o:p><\/o:p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Armstrong\/Dallara (LBSU) def. Carney\/Hayasaka (BYU), 8-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Alwai (LBSU)\/ Aloia (STM) def. Modoc\/Mikhavlova (FS), 8-5<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Armstrong\/Dallara (LBSU) def. Alawi (LBSU)\/Aloia (STM) 9-7<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Hoy\/Zaniewski (SC) def. Jeczmionka\/Luzar (LBSU), 9-7&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Flight A Singles<o:p><\/o:p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Jaklin Alawi def. Alana McMahon (USF), 6-4, 6-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Flight B Singles<o:p><\/o:p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Bianca Modoc (FS) def. Anna Jeczmionka, (LBSU) 7-5, 6-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Melissa McQueen (FS) def. Deborah Armstrong (LBSU) 6-1, 7-6 [3]<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Flight C Singles<o:p><\/o:p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Julie Luzar (LBSU) def. 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