The Pirates' men's tennis team opened defense of its Western State Conference title with an easy 9-0 sweep at Glendale Tuesday afternoon. Adrien Etiemble teamed up with Priyank Soni to win No. 2 doubles, 8-1, then produced a love, love winner at No. 3 singles. Alexander Martin also shut out his opponent at No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-0.
Soni also won in No. 2 singles, 6-3, 6-0, and Solal Cherqui and Rafael Dunan were both double winners on the day, prevailing in no. 1 doubles, 8-1, then winning Nos. 1 and 5 singles, respectively, two and love, and love and one. Augustin Lestelle and Rodrigo Perdigao triumphed in No. 3 doubles, 8-0, the Lestelle survived his No. 3 singles match, 6-3, 6-7, 10-6.
Ventura returns home on Thursday Feb. 8 hosting Santa Barbara at 2:00 pm before hosting Cypress on Friday Feb. 9 at 1:00 pm. Both matches will be held at the VC Tennis Center.
Ventura 9, Glendale 0
Doubles
1. Cherqui/Dunan (VC) def. Orellana/Preciado (GCC), 8-1
2. Soni/Etiemble (VC) def. Abe/Garcia (GCC), 8-1
3. Lestelle/Rodrigo Perdigao (VC) def. Moss/Yasmin (GCC), 8-0
Singles
1. Solal Cherqui (VC) def. Kevin Orellana (GCC), 6-2, 6-0
2. Priyank Soni (VC) def. David Preciado (GCC), 6-3, 6-0
3. Adrien Etiemble (VC) def. Natsuki Abe (GCC), 6-0, 6-0
4. Augustin Lestelle (VC) def. Daniel Garcia (GCC), 6-3, 6-7, 10-6
5. Rafael Dunan (VC) def. Kyle Moss (GCC), 6-0, 6-1
6. Alexander Martin (VC) def. James Yamin (GCC), 6-0, 6-0