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 to a 7-3 tiebreaker win in the third set.
“Amy played out of her mind, especially in the third set,” said coach Debbie Ekola. “It was a real battle. It was the last singles and if we’d lost, we would have been down 4-2 going into doubles instead of tied 3-3.
“And we’ve got to give credit to Meike. She fought really hard for an important win.”
SBCC hosts Hancock on Thursday at 2 p.m.
SBCC 5, VENTURA 4
Singles–Amy Sagraves, SB, def. Katya Welborn 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3); Ariel Bertghold, V, def. Meghan Schaeffer 7-6, 6-4; Hallie Sellers, V, def. Kendra Ross 6-3, 6-3; Marie Gray, V, def. Terea Tapu 6-4, 6-2; Anna Slyutova, SB, def. Chelsea Doyle 6-0, 6-4; Meike van Hoogenhuijze, SB, def. Shana Arguello 7-6, 6-2. Doubles–Bertghold-Gray, V, def. Sagraves-Schaeffer 9-8 (2); Ross-Lindsay Penner, SB, def. Welborn-Sellers 8-3; Tapu-Slyutova, SB, def. Doyle-J. Hernandez 8-0. Records–SBCC 9-1, 7-1 WSC.
