WOMEN'S TENNIS BOUNCES BACK TO BEAT PORTERVILLE
Although the Marauders suffered a tough defeat at the hands of College of the Sequoias 1-8 on Friday, they rebounded with an 8-1 victory over Porterville College on Saturday.
Although the Marauders suffered a tough defeat at the hands of College of the Sequoias 1-8 on Friday, they rebounded with an 8-1 victory over Porterville College on Saturday.
In doubles play, #1 Sydney Bush and Nicole Padilla won 8-1, #2 Jocelyn Ortega and Kaelin Vasquez were down 4-3, then ran off 5 straight wins to take the match 8-4, and #3 Ari Avina and Emily Lopez won 8-0.
In singles play, the Marauders continued their strong outing. At #1, Bush won 6-1,6-0, and at #2, Padilla won 6-0, 6-1. #3 Ortega fought valiantly but lost the first set 5-7, then had to retire due to injury. #4 Kaelin Vasquez won 6-3, 6-0, #5 Avina split the first two sets 6-2,2-6, then won the match 10-7 in a third set tiebreak, and #6 Lopez rounded out the victory, winning 6-3, 6-1. #7 Genesis Vasquez was also victorious 6-0, 6-0 in a non-scoring match.
Coach Webb stated, " I was very impressed with Jocelyn's fight even though she was unable to continue due to injury. This is something that will serve her well when she is back to full health. We demonstrated our ability to be resilient as a team and rebound from yesterday's loss. I was very impressed with the way we didn't allow what had happened previously to impact what we needed to do to be successful today. Moving forward, our ability to stay focused and fight through adversity will benefit us greatly."
The Marauders return to the court on Tuesday, January 30th, with another home match vs. Riverside City College at 2 pm.
