On a cool and blustery day the Ventura College women's tennis team battled through the elements to double-up visiting Antelope Valley 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon at the VC Tennis Center. Tanya Thompson and Iskra Volic partnered to win their doubles match, and also won their respective singles contests, producing four of the Pirates' six points in the triumph.
Ventura (3-4, 2-4) held on to a 2-1 lead following doubles play. Volic and Thompson posted an 8-6 win in No. 2 doubles while Victoria Zegers and Ava Gallo won in No. 3 doubles, 8-4.
Hanna Dever came from behind to win in No. 1 singles, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 and Volic won in the No. 2 slot, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Elizabeth Nguyen claimed her No. 4 singles match one and love while Thompson prevailed in No. 5 singles, 6-2, 6-4.
The Pirates next travel to Santa Barbara on Tuesday March 1.
Ventura 6, Antelope Valley 3
Doubles
1. Dever/Nguyen (VC) lost to Henderson/Smithley (AVC), 8-2
2. Volic/Thompson (VC) def. Faulk/Bulsombut (AVC), 8-6
3. Zegers/Gallo(VC) def. Garcia/Martinez (AVC), 8-4
Singles
1. Hanna Dever (VC) def. Kristi Henderson (AVC), 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. Victoria Zegers (VC) lost to Naia Smithley (AVC), 6-3, 6-3
3. Iskra Volic (VC) def. Brooke Faulk (AVC), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
4. Elizabeth Nguyen (VC) def. Sabrina Bulsombut (AVC), 6-1, 6-0
5. Tanya Thompson (VC) def. Gabriela Garcia (AVC), 6-2, 6-4
6. Ava Gallo (VC) lost to Juliana Martinez (AVC), 6-1, 7-6