For the third time in the past four matches, and for the fourth time this season in Western State Conference play, the VC women's tennis team dropped a narrow 5-4 decision, Tuesday to Santa Monica at the VC Tennis Center. Alyssa McClain and Elizabeth Nguyen both earned a doubles point, and each won their respective singles match, and Tanya Thompson won in singles to nearly push the Pirates to victory.
Ventura trailed 2-1 coming out of doubles play with McClain and Nguyen taking their No. 3 doubles match 8-0.
In singles play, the Corsairs stretched their lead to 4-1 before Nguyen produced her 6-1, 6-3 victory in the No. 4 slot. McClain followed with a 6-2, 6-3 win in No. 5 singles before Thompson won in No. 6 singles, love and love, to square the match. SMC won a tight, three-set contest in No. 3 singles to clinch the victory.
Ventura completes WSC play Tuesday March 22 at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster.
Ventura 4, Santa Monica 5
Doubles
1. Dever/Zegers (VC) lost to West/Nikchevich (SMC), 8-1
2. Volic/Thompson (VC) lost to Gerlach/Pollack (SMC), 8-4
3. McClain/Nguyen(VC) def. Galvan/Prado (SMC), 8-0
Order of Finish: 3,1,2
Singles
1. Victoria Zegers (VC) lost to Nicole West (SMC), 6-0, 6-0
2. Hanna Dever (VC) lost to Kai Nikchevich (SMC), 6-0, 6-2
3. Iskra Volic (VC) lost to Veronica Gerlach (SMC), 5-7, 6-4, 6-0
4. Elizabeth Nguyen (VC) def. Yasna Yaghoubi (SMC), 6-1, 6-3
5. Alyssa McClain (VC) def. Juyan Pollack (SMC), 6-2, 6-3
6. Tanya Thompson (VC) def. Nadima Shirzad (SMC), 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 6, 4, 5, 3