The VC men's tennis team clinched the 2023 Western State Conference championship with a 9-0 sweep over Glendale Thursday at the VC Tennis Center. Santino Serralonga and Valentino Oggero provided the most lopsided scores on the day in No. 2 doubles and Nos. 2 and 5 singles, respectively. The WSC title is the program's sixth in the last seven seasons and its 22nd overall.
Serralonga and Oggero got the Pirates (8-0, 5-0) off on the right foot with an 8-1 win in No. 2 doubles. Eduardo Gorgonio Criscuolo and Lucas Abreau followed with an 8-4 victory in the No. 3 slot before Jinsei Tajima and Philemon Jabin provided an 8-3 triumph in the No. 1 match.
Abreau quickly won his No. 4 singles match one and love before Oggero had a love, love decision at No. 5. Serralonga then won his No. 2 singles match 6-1, 6-1 before Julian Tellez claimed the No. 6 contest 6-0, 6-1. Tajima won in No. 1 singles 6-2, 6-4 and Jabin claimed the No. 3 singles match, 6-3, 6-3.
Ventura next quickly heads north to Bakersfield on Friday and Saturday March 17 and 18 to play in the North/South Challenge. The Pirates face Foothill College on Friday before taking on Chabot and American River on Saturday, all competing for the Pfister Cup.
Ventura 9, Glendale 0
Doubles
1. Tajima/Jabin (VC) def. Ben Mira/Camarillo (GCC) 8-3
2. Serralonga/Oggero (VC) def. Vicenciio/Mesina (GCC) 8-1
3. Eduardo Gorgonio Criscuolo/Abreau (VC) def. Bowlin/Zau (GCC), 8-4
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles
1. Jinsei Tajima (VC) def. Mostafa Ben Mira (GCC), 6-2, 6-4
2. Santino Serralonga (VC) def. (GCC), 6-1, 6-1
3. Philemon Jabin (VC) def. Andy Zau (GCC), 6-3, 6-3
4. Lucas Abreau (VC) def. Carlos Vicenciio (GCC) 6-1, 6-0
5. Valentino Oggero (VC) def. Cody Bowlin (GCC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Julian Tellez (VC) def. Forrest Mesina (GCC) 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 2, 6,