Nicci Yvanovich and Amy Sagraves turned in a solid display of tennis on Friday in the 111th Ojai Tournament. SBCC’s No. 1 duo won two doubles matches to reach the quarterfinals of the Women’s Community College division.
“They’re one amazing team,” said coach Debbie Ekola. “They played excellent. I’ve never seen them play better than they did in their first match.”
Yvanovich, a sophomore from Santa Cruz, and Sagraves, a sophomore from Dos Pueblos High, breezed past Nadia Blackburn-Gabie Fortunato of San Diego Mesa 6-1, 6-0 in the Round of 32 and then downed Tori Bohart-Tori Vande Vegte of Palomar 7-5, 6-0 at Ventura College.
They’ll take on Alex McDonald-Nicole Simone of Reedley in a Saturday quarterfinal at the Ojai Athletic Club, starting at 3:30 p.m.
Betsy Sauer and Kendra Ross, another doubles team from SBCC, fell to Sabrina Emery-Jourdan Jefferson of Mt. SAC 6-0, 6-2 in the Round of 32.
In Round of 32 singles matches, Yvanovich lost to top-seeded Katerina Mozolyuk of Santa Monica 6-3, 6-1 and Sauer was eliminated by Tiffany Shaik of Fullerton 6-3, 6-2.
