The Ventura College men's tennis team dominated the first day of the Western State Conference singles and doubles championships Friday at the VC Tennis Center. The Pirates were 13-0 in singles play, advancing to seven of the eight remaining spots in the draw. Meanwhile, VC was 3-0 in doubles play with a bye as they occupied half of the remaining duos in doubles play.
VC's top seed, No. 2 Philemon Jabin had a bye in the round of 32 before producing a love, love win in the round of 16 against an opponent from Santa Barbara.
No. 4 Brodie Sodersten also took care of business with a one and love win over an opponent from Glendale before prevailing one and love again over a player from Bakersfield to move to the round of eight.
No. 7 Yuya Koide blanked his first round opponent from Bakersfield, 6-0, 6-0, and triumphed 6-0, 6-1 over a competitor from Santa Barbara in the round of 16.
Unseeded Jinsei Tajima was a love, love winner against Glendale in the round of 32 before upsetting the No. 5-seeded player from Glendale 6-0, 6-0 to move on.
Sam Ashbrook advanced in the first match of the day 6-0, 6-1 against Glendale before defeating the No. 6-seed in the draw from Santa Barbara, 6-4, 6-0.
Meanwhile, Santino Serralonga won against Santa Barbara 6-1, 6-2 before defeating the No. 8 seed from Glendale 6-3, 6-3.
Finally, Ryan Lam defeated an opponent from Glendale 6-0, 6-1 before upsetting the No. 3-seed from Bakersfield, 6-4, 6-1.
In doubles play, VC's top-seeded team of Ashbrook and Sodersten received a bye to Saturday's quarterfinals while No. 3 Koide and Lam recorded an 8-1 victory over a team from Santa Barbara. No. 6 Jabin and Tajima prevailed 8-0 over Bakersfield while unseeded Regnar Madarang and Serralonga triumphed 8-1 over the No. 7 seed in the draw.
Play in the tournament will resume on Saturday April 2. Singles quarterfinals will begin at 11:30 am featuring Koide against the No. 1-seed from Glendale, Tajima versus No. 4 Sodersten, Lam against Ashbrook and Serralonga taking on No. 2 Jabin.
Doubles quarterfinals will be played at 4:00 pm featuring a Pirate duo in each of the four matches.