The Ventura College women's tennis team dropped the finale of its Covid-shortened 2021 season 6-3 to visiting Santa Monica on Thursday at the VC Tennis Center. Isabella DeRosa was a double-winner on the day, claiming the No. 6 singles match and winning at No. 2 doubles with Alyssa McClain.
DeRosa and McClain won the No. 2 doubles match 8-4. Victoria Zegers and Tanya Thompson prevailed at No. 3 doubles 8-6 and the Pirates led 2-1 heading to singles.
The Corsairs battled back, however, and VC only managed DeRosa's win at No. 6, 7-5, 6-0. Thompson lost a close match at No. 5, winning the first set 7-5 before falling in the second 6-2 and losing the tiebreaker 10-5. McClain also was close at No. 3, dropping the match 6--4, 6-4.
The Pirates end the season at 3-6, but a pair of those losses were to four year schools. And considering the Covid situation around at home and around the world, the Pirates returning to the court this spring was a huge victory in itself.
Ventura 3, Santa Monica 6
Doubles
1. Van Cott/Gaynor (VC) lost to West/Mayo (SMC), 8-4
2. McClain/DeRosa (VC) def. Gulati/Brandis (SMC), 8-4
3. Zegers/Thompson (VC) def. Yahjoubi/Armijo (SMC), 8-6
Singles
1. Sylvie Van Cott (VC) lost to Nicole West (SMC) 6-3, 6-0
2. Erin Gaynor (VC) lost to Savaughna Mayo (SMC) 6-4, 6-1
3. Victoria Zegers (VC) lost to Kiara Gulati (SMC), 7-5, 6-0
4. Alyssa McClain (VC) lost to Maya Brandis (SMC), 6-4, 6-4
5. Tanya Thompson (VC) lost to Yasna Yaghoubi (SMC), 5-7, 6-2, 10-5
6. Isabella DeRosa (VC) def. Giselle Armijo (SMC), 7-5, 6-0