The Ventura College men's tennis team fell to No. 2-ranked Cerritos 8-0 Friday at the VC Tennis Center. THe match was closer than the score indicated, however, as Manu Rowe extended his No. 3 singles match to a third set after dropping a second set tiebreaker. Damon Mitchell extended the first set of his No. 6 singles match to a tiebreaker before darkness suspended his contest three games into the second set.
Rowe dropped the first set of his match 6-2 before coming back to take the second, 6-7. He ultimately lost the tiebreaker set 10-6.
Cruz Thayne fell in his No. 4 singles match 6-3, 7-6, and the doubles team of Augustin Lestelle and Mitchell fell in No. 2 doubles 8-6.
Ventura (8-2, 6-0) will host Riverside on Tuesday March 14 at 2:00 pm before resuming Western State Conference action on Thursday March 16.
Ventura 0, Cerritos 8
Singles
1. Bill Whitaker (VC) lost to Sasha Krasnov (CERR), 6-2, 6-3
2. Augustin Lestelle (VC) lost to Nikita Katsnelson (CERR), 6-4, 6-1
3. Manu Rowe (VC) lost to Aleks Trifunovic (CERR), 6-2, 6-7, 10-6
4. Cruz Thayne (VC) lost to Bruno Duarte (CERR), 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
5. Rodrigo Perdigao (VC) lost to James Zhang (CERR), 6-1, 6-4
6. Damon Mitchell (VC) vs. Carlos Mendez (CERR), 7-6, 2-1 (suspended, darkness)
Doubles
1. Bill Whitaker/Thayne (VC) lost to Krasnov/Katsnelson (CERR), 8-4
2. Lestelle/Mitchell (VC) lost to Duarte/Marcos Paulo Silvestre (CERR), 8-6
3. Rowe/Perdigao (VC) lost to Trifunovic/Zhang (CERR), 8-4