Lutkemeyer Wins All-UCLA Singles Final, Four Bruins Qualify for NCAAs

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(L-R) Head coach Stella Sampras, Kate Fakih, Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer and associate head coach Rance Brown

Lutkemeyer Wins All-UCLA Singles Final, Four Bruins Qualify for NCAAs

November 11, 2024 | Women's Tennis

LOS ANGELES – Four members of the UCLA women's tennis team qualified for the NCAA Championships singles and doubles tournaments with strong ITA West Sectional performances on USC's campus.

The big winner of the week was Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, who collected the singles title. She beat teammates Elise Wagle and Kate Fakih in her final two matches, respectively. All three earned their NCAA singles spots by reaching the semifinals.

Fakih and fellow freshman Olivia Center also teamed to win a championship, taking the doubles top prize to earn a berth in the NCAA Championships. The event, taking place in the fall as part of a two-year pilot program, runs No. 19-24 at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.

Lutkemeyer and Ahmani Guichard also prevailed in the doubles consolation draw, beating a pair of nationally-ranked tandems – including No. 17 Reece Carter and Alexia Jacobs of Washington in the last match.

No. 83 Lutkemeyer beat four nationally-ranked foes – No. 106 Berta Passola Folch of California, No. 124 Sara Svetac of Arizona State, No. 36 Grace Piper of USC and No. 97 Wagle – en route to the singles final. Wagle downed the tournament's top seed, No. 89 Kailey Evans of San Diego – in the second round.

ITA West Sectional Championships
11/7-11/10/2024 at Los Angeles, CA (David X. Marks Tennis Stadium)

Singles competition
Main Draw
32	#97 Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Midori Castillo-Meza (Arizona) 6-3, 6-3
32	#83 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. #106 Berta Passola Folch (California) 7-5, 6-0
32	#77 Valencia Xu (Stanford) def. #110 Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) 6-1, 6-3
32	Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. Alexia Harmon (Pepperdine) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
32	#60 Reece Carter (Washington) def. #42 Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) 6-4, 6-4
16	#97 Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. #89 Kailey Evans (San Diego) 6-2, 7-6 (9-7)
16	#83 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. #124 Sara Svetac (Arizona State) 6-2, 6-1
16	Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. Elyse Tse (Washington State) 6-4, 6-4
QF	#97 Elise Wagle (UCLA) def. Eva Alvarez Sande (Washington State) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5)
QF	#83 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. #36 Grace Piper (USC) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
QF	Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. Lan Mi (California) 6-4, 6-3
SF	#83 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. #97 Elise Wagle (UCLA) 7-6 (10-8), 6-2
SF	Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. #107 Mao Mushika (California) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
F	#83 A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. Kate Fakih (UCLA) 6-3, 6-4
Consolation
CQF	Martyna Ostrzygalo (Arizona) def. #110 Ahmani Guichard (UCLA) 0-6, 6-4, 1-0 (20-18)
CQF	Mila Stanojevic (Colorado) def. #42 Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles competition
Main Draw
16	Midori Castillo-Meza/Martyna Ostrzygalo (Arizona) def. #28 Ahmani Guichard/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) 6-4, 6-4
16	Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. #44 Parker Fry/Maia Sung (USC) 6-4, 6-4
QF	Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. Lan Mi/Berta Passola Folch (California) 6-3, 7-5
SF	Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. #35 Amelia Honer/Marie Weissheim (UC Santa Barbara) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-4)
F	Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA) def. Yujia Huang/Kendall Kovick (BYU), walkover
Consolation
CSF	#28 Ahmani Guichard/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. #41 Patricija Spaka/Sara Svetac (Arizona State) 6-1, 1-6, 1-0 (10-8)
CF	#28 Ahmani Guichard/A. Lutkemeyer (UCLA) def. #17 Reece Carter/Alexia Jacobs (Washington) 7-5, 6-2