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Upset Win Sends Lieb and Elaerts to Quarterfinals

VC freshmen Talia Lieb and Nell Elaerts are still alive in the CCCAA State Doubles Championships at The Ojai Tournament. The Pirates' No. 1 duo put together a pair of wins, including an upset of Northern California's No. 2-seeded team to advance to the state quarterfinals to be played Saturday at the Ojai Athletic Club.

Pirate freshman Talia Lieb (pictured) along with Nell Elaerts advanced to the quarterfinal round of the CCCAA State Championships Friday at The Ojai Tournament.
Pirate freshman Talia Lieb (pictured) along with Nell Elaerts advanced to the quarterfinal round of the CCCAA State Championships Friday at The Ojai Tournament.
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April 28, 2023

VC freshmen Talia Lieb and Nell Elaerts are still alive in the CCCAA State Doubles Championships at The Ojai Tournament. The Pirates' No. 1 duo put together a pair of wins, including an upset of Northern California's No. 2-seeded team to advance to the state quarterfinals to be played Saturday at the Ojai Athletic Club.

Lieb and Elaerts, the No. 5-seed from Southern California, defeated the NorCal No. 11 team from West Valley in their first match of the day, 6-1, 6-1. They followed with an upset victory over the No. 2-seed from NorCal's Sierra College 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday. 

Earlier in the day, Lieb won her first singles match of the day, 6-2, 6-3 against the NorCal No. 9-seed from American River. The SoCal No. 5-seed then dropped a three-set thriller to the NorCal No. 3-seeded player from City College of San Francisco, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

Elaerts also played in the singles draw Friday morning, dropping her round of 32 match 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 to the SoCal No. 7-seed from Glendale.

Lieb and Elaerts are slated to play the No. 2-seed from SoCal's LA Mission College at 3:00 pm Saturday at the Ojai Athletic Club.