Playing in the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage during spring break, the Westmont women’s tennis team was edged out by Mesa State of Colorado by a score of 5-4. The Warriors won three singles matches, but dropped two of the three doubles.
At No. 1 singles, senior Ilissa Mathews cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Kelleen Sera while at number two, Tara Yekrang defeated Victoria Sargent 7-5, 6-2. The Warriors’ Jenna Nelson earned the third singles win, defeating Kate Lowder 3-6, 6-4 and 10-5 in a superbreaker.
Mathew and Yekrang picked up the lone doubles point for the Warriors (1-9) with an 8-4 victory over Lowder and Sargent on the number one court.
