Vaqueros barely edged in first loss

SBCC won the last three singles on Tuesday to pull even at 3-3 but Santa Monica took two of three doubles sets to hand the visiting Vaqueros their first women’s tennis loss of the year, 5-4. Santa Barbara is 6-1 overall and 4-1 after one round of WSC play.
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SBCC move to 3-0 in WSC

SBCC swept all six singles on Tuesday at Pershing Park en route to an 8-1 men’s tennis victory over Los Angeles Pierce.
Nikolay Ivanov, Alex Zazove and Regis Fastrez won their matches in straight sets at 1, 2 and 3 for the Vaqueros (4-3), who remained perfect in WSC play with a 3-0 record. It was [...]

SBCC puts up a clean sheet at Hancock

SBCC claimed every set on Thursday and stayed perfect with a 9-0 women’s tennis win over Hancock in Santa Maria. The Vaqueros improved to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the Western State Conference.
Terea Tapu, Meghan Schaeffer and Carolina Jaramilla-Loya, the 4-5-6 players, won their matches by a combined 36-3 with Schaeffer winning 6-0, 6-0. Amy [...]

SBCC keeps an unbeaten line

SBCC captured the last five singles and all three doubles points on Tuesday at Pershing Park and remained unbeaten with a 7-2 women’s tennis triumph over Ventura.
“It was a close match,” said coach Debbie Ekola, whose team is 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the Western State Conference. “We were up 4-2 after singles and all [...]

SBCC shows strength from bottom up

SBCC showed its depth on Thursday and stayed perfect with a 6-3 WSC women’s tennis triumph at Bakersfield.
“I’ll say it again — we have a deep lineup and we’re winning at the bottom,” said coach Debbie Ekola.
The Vaqueros (4-0, 2-0 WSC) went 4-0 in the last four singles and 2-0 in the final two doubles. [...]

SBCC finishes strong to close out Bakersfield

The last three singles and final two doubles teams posted victories on Thursday, leading the SBCC men’s tennis team past Bakersfield 6-3 at Pershing Park.
Nikolay Ivanov breezed at No. 1 singles 6-0, 6-1 for Santa Barbara (3-3, 2-0 WSC). Cameron DeAragon blanked his opponent 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 with Kyle Lewis and Zack Scott [...]

Unbeaten Vaqueros pounce on Glendale

SBCC swept the last four singles and all three doubles on Tuesday in a 7-2 WSC-opening women’s tennis victory over Glendale at Pershing Park.
Kendra Ross, Amy Sagraves, Anna Slyutova and Terea Tapu all scored singles wins in straight sets for the unbeaten Vaqueros (3-0, 1-0). The doubles teams of Ross/Lindsay Penner, Sagraves/Meghan Schaefer and Van [...]

SBCC downs big fish in WSC opener

SBCC captured five of six singles points in Tuesday’s WSC men’s tennis opener at Glendale and went on to post a 7-2 upset of the ninth-ranked team in Southern California.
Nikolay Ivanov beat his second straight ranked player at No. 1 singles, knocking off No. 5 Joe Tresierras 6-0, 6-3. Alex Zazove, Cameron DeAragon, Kyle Lewis [...]

SBCC netters win close one over Grossmont

The second half of SBCC’s lineup posted a perfect 5-0 record on Friday, leading the Vaqueros to a 5-4 women’s tennis victory over Grossmont in El Cajon.

The 4, 5 and 6 singles players — Anna Slyutova, Terea Tapu and Meghan Schaefer — all won in straight sets. The doubles teams of Schaefer-Amy Sagraves and [...]

Ivanov, SBCC state down No. 7 San Diego Mesa

Nikolay Ivanov rallied for a 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 win over Dane Thomson on Thursday, leading the SBCC men’s tennis squad to a 7-2 upset of San Diego Mesa in its home debut at Pershing Park. Mesa was ranked No. 7 in Southern California and Thomson was No. 9 in singles.
Alex Zazove, Cameron DeAragon and Zack [...]