Lieb & Elaerts Move to Doubles Semi's at WSC
Talia Lieb and Nell Elaerts won their doubles quarterfinal Friday at the Western State Conference Championships while Lieb also posted a pair of love, love wins in the singles draw to move to the quarterfinals Friday at the VC Tennis Center. Alexis Schmidt and Elizabeth Nguyen rebounded from a narrow loss in the doubles Round f 16 to win their match in the backdraw to qualify for state in late April at The Ojai.
Talia Lieb and Nell Elaerts won their doubles quarterfinal Friday at the Western State Conference Championships while Lieb also posted a pair of love, love wins in the singles draw to move to the quarterfinals Friday at the VC Tennis Center. Alexis Schmidt and Elizabeth Nguyen rebounded from a narrow loss in the doubles Round of 16 to win their match in the backdraw to qualify for state in late April at The Ojai.
Lieb and Elaerts, the No. 3-seed in the bracket, prevailed in their quarterfinal match 8-3 over the No. 5 team from Bakersfield to move to Saturday's quarterfinal. Meanwhile, Schmidt and Nguyen dropped a 9-7 decision in their match against Antelope Valley suspended on Thursday before they won their backdraw match over a pair from Bakersfield 8-4.
In singles play, Lieb was dominant with a pair of love, love victories over opponents from Canyons and Bakersfield, respectively, to move into the quarterfinal round. Elaerts came from behind in he Round of 32 with a 3-6, 6-0, 10-5 win over a player from Glendale before she narrowly dropped another three-set marathon, 3-6, 7-6, 10-5. Belladora Moga defeated an opponent from LA Mission 6-4, 6-4, before falling in the Round of 16, 6-0, 6-2, to the draw's top-seed from Santa Monica.
On Saturday April 1, Lieb plays in the singles quarterfinals beginning at 10:00 AM at the VC Tennis Center with the semifinals scheduled for 11:00 am. Elaerts and Moga will play in the singles backdraw with a chance to qualify for state at 10:00 am, also. Lieb and Elaerts will play in the doubles semifinals at 1:00 pm. The women's singles and doubles championships are slated for Tuesday April 4.
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