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 three doubles were tight matches.”
Lindsay Penner and Kendra Ross secured the victory by getting the fifth point with an 8-4 doubles victory. Meghan Schaeffer-Amy Sagraves worked overtime for their 9-7 win while Anna Slyutova and Terea Tapu also prevailed 8-5.
There were a trio of three-set singles matches and SBCC won two with Ross coming through at No. 3 and Sagraves prevailing at No. 4.
Santa Barbara travels to Hancock on Thursday.SBCC 7, Ventura 2. Singles–Tatya Welborn, V, def. Meghan Schaeffer 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; Ariel Bertghold, V, def. Lindsay Penner 7-5, 6-2; Kendra Ross, SB, def. Marie Gray 6-3, 1-6, 6-0; Amy Sagraves, SB, def. Hallie Sellers 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Anna Slyutova, SB, def. Shauna Arguello 6-3, 6-2; Terea Tapu, SB, def. Chelsea Doyle 6-3, 6-3. Doubles–Penner-Ross, SB, def. Welborn-Bertghold 8-4; Schaeffer-Sagraves, SB, def. Gray-Sellers 9-7; Slyutova-Tapu, SB, def. Arguello-Doyle 8-5. Records–SBCC 5-0, 3-0 WSC.
