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Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer (Photo: Leigha Miller)
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Lutkemeyer Wins NCAA Singles Debut
November 19, 2024 | Women's Tennis
WACO, Texas โ Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer of the UCLA women's tennis team made her NCAA Championships singles debut one to remember Tuesday, rolling to a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Ludmila Kareisova of Ole Miss at Hurd Tennis Center. The win also represented No. 100 total of Lutkemeyer's career.
Kareisova held serve out of the gate, but Lutkemeyer broke for a 2-1 advantage in the first set and never looked back. Kareisova then broke for 1-0 to start the second, but Lutkemeyer answered back to take each of the next three games.
Lutkemeyer next faces Ozlem Uslu of Virginia Tech Wednesday at a time to be announced. Uslu downed Bridget Stammel of Vanderbilt in the first round.
Bruins Kate Fakih and Elise Wagle suffered losses, meanwhile, in their NCAA singles debuts. Tasked with facing No. 1 seed Mary Stoiana of Texas A&M, Fakih dropped a 6-1, 6-1 decision. The 97th-ranked Wagle was outlasted by No. 21 Annabelle Xu of Virginia 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-1.
Doubles play begins Wednesday, as the all-freshman combination of Fakih and Olivia Center, seeded No. 5-8, meets Kendall Kovick and Yujia Huang of BYU at 2 p.m. PT. The top-seeded and 15th-ranked pair of Wagle and Kimmi Hance takes on No. 16 Jessica Alsola and Mao Mushika of California at 2:30 p.m.
Kareisova held serve out of the gate, but Lutkemeyer broke for a 2-1 advantage in the first set and never looked back. Kareisova then broke for 1-0 to start the second, but Lutkemeyer answered back to take each of the next three games.
Lutkemeyer next faces Ozlem Uslu of Virginia Tech Wednesday at a time to be announced. Uslu downed Bridget Stammel of Vanderbilt in the first round.
Bruins Kate Fakih and Elise Wagle suffered losses, meanwhile, in their NCAA singles debuts. Tasked with facing No. 1 seed Mary Stoiana of Texas A&M, Fakih dropped a 6-1, 6-1 decision. The 97th-ranked Wagle was outlasted by No. 21 Annabelle Xu of Virginia 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-1.
Doubles play begins Wednesday, as the all-freshman combination of Fakih and Olivia Center, seeded No. 5-8, meets Kendall Kovick and Yujia Huang of BYU at 2 p.m. PT. The top-seeded and 15th-ranked pair of Wagle and Kimmi Hance takes on No. 16 Jessica Alsola and Mao Mushika of California at 2:30 p.m.
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