The VC men's tennis team completed the first round of Western State Conference play with an 8-1 victory at Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon. Rafael Matias, Lucas Abreau, Julian Tellez and Edgar Ploquin all claimed two-point days for the Pirates (7-4, 3-0) with wins in singles and doubles play.
Cody Ray Emery and Matias claimed the Pirates' first point of the day with a dominant 8-1 victory at No. 1 doubles. Tellez and Ploquin followed with an 8-1 win at No. 3 before Abreau and Leo Pham-Kobayashi made it 3-0 for VC with an 8-4 win at no. 2 doubles.
Robinson Pelluault won his No. 5 singles match one and love and Tellez earned his second point of the day and clinched the Ventura win with a love and one triumph in No. 4 singles. Matias claimed the No. 2 contest 6-1, 6-1 and Abreau triumphed in No. 3 singles, 6-2, 7-5 and Ploquin won in the No. 6 slot, 7-5, 6-2. Emery dropped a hard fought 6-3, 1-6, 12-10 decision in No. 1 singles preventing the Pirate sweep.
VC next travels to Glendale for a big WSC match on Thursday March 7.
Ventura 8, Bakersfield 1
Doubles
1. Cody Ray Emery/ Rafael Matias (VC) def. Sebastian Junghanns/Filip Novacek (BC), 8-2
2. Lucas Abreau/Leo Pham-Kobayashi (VC) def. Brett Yackovich/Chin-Chang Wu (BC), 8-4
3. Julian Tellez/Edgar Ploquin (VC) def. Niteesh Kuchakulla/Will LaClare (BC), 8-1
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles
1. Emery (VC) lost to Junghanns (BC), 6-3, 1-6, 12-10
2. Matias (VC) def. Novacek (BC), 6-1, 6-1
3. Abreau (VC) def. Yackovich (BC), 6-2, 7-5
4. Tellez (VC) def. Wu (BC), 6-0, 6-1
5. Robinson Pelluault (VC) def. LaClare (BC), 6-1, 6-0
6. Ploquin (VC) def. Kuchakulla (BC), 7-5, 6-2
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 2, 3, 6, 1