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. Anna Slyutova overcame a 5-1 first-set deficit to win 7-5, 6-2 and Meghan Schaeffer rallied from 5-2 down in the first to capture the No. 6 singles 7-5, 6-0. Schaeffer, who also won a doubles point with Amy Sagraves, claimed the last 11 games of the match.
The Vaqueros play host to Ventura on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
SBCC 6, Glendale 3. Singles–Megan Pate-Raphael, B, def. Amy Sagraves 6-4, 6-1; Jessica Burrow, B, def. Lindsay Penner 6-3, 6-1; Kendra Ross, SB, def. Emily Carnal 6-2, 6-0; Anna Slyutova, SB, def. Katja Thacker 7-5, 6-2; Terea Tapu, SB, def. Jaylin Chan 6-1, 6-3; Meghan Schaeffer, SB, def. Stevi Lincoln 7-5, 6-0. Doubles–Pate-Raphael/Burrow, B, def. Penner-Ross 9-7; Sagraves-Schaeffer, SB, def. Carnal-Thacker 8-5; Slyutova-Meike van Hoogenhuijze, SB, def. Chan-Lincoln 8-4. Records–SBCC 4-0, 2-0 WSC.
