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SAN DIEGO – Lorraine Guillermo won the singles red bracket at the San Diego State Fall Classic on Sunday, in the Pepperdine women’s tennis team’s first tournament of the 2012-13 season. Guillermo went a perfect 3-0 to take the title.

Guillermo (Walnut, Calif./Rowland HS) made her season debut on Friday with a dominant 6-0, 6-1 victory over San Diego’s Laura Claus. The following day the sophomore downed Kseniya Barbabush of North Texas in straight sets.

In Sunday’s final, Guillermo suffered a 6-3 setback to the Torero’s Stephanie Hoffpauir, but rebounded and won frames two and three, 6-2, 6-1.

This was the first time Guillermo has won a singles bracket in fall tournament action.

Megan Moore (Portland, Ore./Jesuit HS) and Tara Panu (Los Altos Hills, Calif./The Harker School) were also in action at the Aztec Tennis Center over the weekend.

Moore, competing in the gold bracket, opened the tournament with a three-set triumph against Ros-Polly Nguyen of New Mexico State. Although the junior lost in the second round, she got back on track today with a 6-1, 6-3 win over North Texas’ Dane Joubert.

Panu went a combined 1-2 in singles over the weekend, and defeated Lorraine Cheung from nearby Cal State Northridge, 6-3, 6-4 in the consolation round.

In doubles, Moore and Guillermo teamed up to beat Annemieke Witte and Mia Brandt of New Mexico State, 8-4.

Guillermo looks to continue her early success on Thursday, Oct. 4, when she competes in the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships doubles main draw. Guillermo and Khunpak Issara (Bangkok, Thailand/Bangkok Patana School), who reached the NCAA Doubles Championship quarterfinals in 2012, play for the first time together since May on Thursday.

Issara, as well as Ale Granillo (Pachuca, Mexico/Instituto Hidalgo) battle in singles qualifying starting tomorrow, Oct. 1 in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

SDSU Fall Classic

Sep 28-30, 2012 at San Diego, Calif. (Aztec Tennis Center)

Singles
Red Bracket
Lorraine Guillermo (Pepperdine) def. Laura Claus (San Diego) 6-0, 6-1

Lorraine Guillermo (Pepperdine) def. Kseniya Bardabush (North Texas) 6-1, 7-6 (6)

Lorraine Guillermo (Pepperdine) def. Stephanie Hoffpauir (San Diego) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1

Gold Bracket

Megan Moore (Pepperdine) def. Ros-Polly Nguyen (New Mexico State) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Tamitha Nguyen (San Diego State) def. Megan Moore (Pepperdine) 6-3, 6-2

Megan Moore (Pepperdine) def. Dane Joubert (North Texas) 6-1, 6-3

White Bracket

Lisa Rosianova (New Mexico State) def. Tara Panu (Pepperdine) 3-6, 7-6, 6-1

Tara Panu (Pepperdine) def. Lorraine Cheung (Cal State Northridge) 6-3, 6-4

Agustina Valenzuela (North Texas) def. Tara Panu (Pepperdine) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles
Black Bracket

Lorraine Guillermo/Megan Moore (Pepperdine) def. Annemieke Witte/Mia Brandt (New Mexico State) 8-4
Stephanie Hoffpauir/Cara Brown (San Diego) def. Lorraine Guillermo/Megan Moore (Pepperdine) 8-1

Tamitha Nguyen/Dora Somoracz (San Diego State) def. Megan Moore/Tara Panu (Pepperdine) 8-3