Third-seeded Amy Sagraves and No. 8 Meghan Schaefer won on Saturday in the WSC Individual Women's Tennis Tournament at Ventura College to earn berths in the Southern Cal Regional at Cerritos College. The SBCC duo qualified in both singles and doubles.Sagraves won her match 6-1, 6-0 while Schaefer prevailed 6-1, 6-3. Sagraves-Schaefer, seeded fifth, won their Round of 16 doubles 6-1, 6-0 to advance along with their eighth-seeded teammates Terea Tapu-Anna Slyutova, who won 6-2, 6-1 to improve … [Read more...]

SBCC's Quentin Richelle and Tommy McNichols upset seventh-seeded Ari Cohen and Logan Feldstein of L.A. Pierce 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Round of 16 doubles on Saturday in the WSC Individual Men's Tennis Tournament at Pershing Park.Richelle-McNichols earned a spot in the Southern Cal Regional on April 29-May 1 at Cal State Northridge, along with their second-seeded teammates, Nikolay Ivanov and Regis Fastrez, who won a 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-5 thriller over Gabriel Vlahos and Pedro Ayala of … [Read more...]

Nikolay Ivanov, Regis Fastrez and Zach Scott all won second-round matches on Friday at Pershing Park to move into the Round of 16 in the WSC Individual Men's Tennis Tournament.Ivanov, the No. 2 seed, had a bye in the first round, then beat Dinusha Wijesurija of Glendale 6-4, 6-1. Ivanov. a freshman from Bulgaria, will take on Pedro Arteaga of Ventura at 9 a.m. Saturday with the winner advancing to the Southern Cal Regional on April 29-May 1 at Cal St. Northridge.Fastrez and Scott also … [Read more...]

Five SBCC players moved into the Round of 16 on Friday in the WSC Individual Women's Tennis Championships at Ventura College.Amy Sagraves, the third seed, rallied for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 win over Alix Thomas of Santa Monica. Other second-round winners for the Vaqueros were No. 8 seed Meghan Schaefer, Terea Tapu, Kendra Ross and Meike van Hoogenhuijze. Those five need one win on Saturday to advance to the Southern Cal Regional at Cerritos College.In doubles, Ross and Van Hoogenhuijze, playing … [Read more...]

SBCC gave Irvine Valley a battle before falling 5-2 in a Southern California Team Duals women's tennis quarterfinal on Tuesday in Irvine. The Vaqueros, seeded fifth, end the team season with a 10-3 record while the fourth-seeded Lasers improve to 11-3.It was the first playoff appearance in nine years fo Santa Barbara, which got wins from Terea Tapu and Anna Sluytova in singles. Slyutova is 12-1 this year. Amy Sagraves suffered a close 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 loss at No. 1 and Kendra Ross dropped a … [Read more...]

SBCC was seeded fifth for the eight-team Southern Cal Dual Team women's tennis playoffs and will travel to No. 4 Irvine Valley on Tuesday at 2 p.m.The Vaqueros (10-2) are making their first playoff appearance since 2001 when they captured the state title. They finished second in the Western State Conference with an 8-2 record, losing twice to conference champion Santa Monica. Irvine Valley (10-3) tied for second in the Orange Empire Conference at 5-3.Santa Monica is seeded No. 2 and will … [Read more...]

Zack Scott and Alex Zazove picked up the only point for SBCC on Thursday in an 8-1 WSC men's tennis loss at Ventura.The Vaqueros (7-6, 6-2) finished second in conference behind the unbeaten Pirates (14-0, 8-0). They'll find out if they make the Southern Cal Team playoffs on Sunday. … [Read more...]

SBCC needed three doubles wins to pull out a victory in Tuesday's WSC first-place women's tennis showdown with Santa Monica but only got one and dropped a 6-3 decision at Pershing Park.Terea Tapu and Lindsay Penner earned singles points on a day when Anna Slyutova, a freshman from Dos Pueblos High, suffered her first loss in 12 singles matches. Slyutova and Tapu improved to 8-0 with an 8-5 doubles victory for the Vaqueros (10-2, 8-2 WSC), who finished second in conference behind the Corsairs … [Read more...]

Nikolay Ivanov and Regis Fastrez secured the match-winning doubles point with an 8-5 victory on Tuesday, leading SBCC past L.A. Pierce 5-4 in a WSC men's tennis match at Woodland Hills.The rematch was much closer than the first round when the Vaqueros (7-5, 6-1) downed Pierce 8-1. Ivanov, Alex Zazove, Kyle Lewis and Zack Scott posted singles wins on Tuesday."They kind of snuck up on us," said coach Ryan Heinberg, whose team was playing its first match in two weeks. "I don't know if it … [Read more...]

Terea Tapu had a perfect day on Thursday at Pershing Park as SBCC blanked Hancock 9-0 in a WSC women's tennis match. Tapu, a freshman from Hagatna, Guam, didn't lose a game, winning 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 singles and teaming with Anna Slyutova for an 8-0 doubles win.The second-place Vaqueros (10-1, 8-1) won for the fourth straight time to set up a first-place showdown with unbeaten Santa Monica in the regular-season finale on April 6 at home. SBCC is 5-0 at Pershing Park this year.Amy … [Read more...]

Amy Sagraves rallied for a dramatic three-set women's tennis victory on Tuesday and Meike van Hoogenhuijze pulled out a win at No. 6 singles as SBCC rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat Ventura 5-4 on the road.Anna Slyutova earned the other singles wins and teamed with Terea Tapu for an 8-0 doubles set win. Lindsay Penner and Kendra Ross secured the other doubles point for the Vaqueros (9-1, 7-1), who stayed in second place in the WSC.Sagraves won for the fifth time in six matches, thanks … [Read more...]

SBCC and Ventura squared off in a battle of men's tennis unbeatens on Tuesday at Pershing Park and the Pirates came away with a 7-2 victory. The Vaqueros fell to 6-5 on the season and 5-1 in WSC play.Nikolay Ivanov rallied for a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 12-10 (12-point tiebreaker) win at No. 1 singles and also earned the Vaqueros' other point in doubles with Regis Fastrez."Ventura is the best team in the league and it's good to see how we stack up against them," said coach Ryan Heinberg. "I think … [Read more...]