She responded by matching her first set performance to emerge victorious 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 before bowing out to No. Lutkemeyer snagged an early lead against USC’s McKenna Koenig with a 6-4 first set but surrendered multiple service games en route to dropping the following frame. Standing in the way of a semifinal berth was the first Trojan adversary of her career. She then notched her first win as a Bruin via a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Iowa’s Marisa Schmidt. 3-ranked recruit in the country and the only blue-chip recruit in the blue and gold’s 2022 recruiting class.Ĭourtesy of a first-round bye followed by a walkover against San Diego’s Victoria Kalaitzis in the round of 32, Lutkemeyer earned a spot in the round of 16 sans the swing of a racket. “She competes really well, and I think that goes a long ways even when you don’t win on your good days.”
#Fall season pro
“She had a good summer and played a competitive pro schedule this summer, so I knew she was up for the task,” Brown said. 4 seeds, respectively, at the first event of the blue and gold’s fall slate.Īssociate coach Rance Brown said it was no shock to see Lutkemeyer - the only Bruin to reach the semifinals - execute a deep run in her first collegiate competition. Freshman Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, junior Vanessa Ong and senior Sasha Vagramov constituted the No.
UCLA women’s tennis had three representatives in action at the Intercollegiate Championships in San Diego over the weekend. Alongside two veterans, it was the rookie who made it the farthest for the Bruins.
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