SBCC posted one of the biggest women’s tennis wins in years on Thursday when the Vaqueros beat Santa Monica 6-3 in their WSC opener on the road.
Santa Monica won the state championships last year with a 17-0 record. The Corsairs have captured the last two WSC titles with a perfect 20-0 record. Santa Barbara finished second each time with an 8-2 record.
The Vaqueros improved to 6-0 despite missing their top player, Sophie Angner, who has an injury.
“For us to be able to win without our No. 1 player, that shows the depth of our team,” said coach Debbie Ekola. “We had to move everyone up a spot. I’m very happy with our performance.”
Megan Thomas, Hannah Erickson, Lindsay Penner and Stephanie Conliffe all won in straight sets in singles. The Vaqueros are 17-1 in doubles after dropping their first set of the year.
SBCC will host Ventura on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
At Santa Monica
SBCC 6, Santa Monica 3. Singles–Criss Rodriguez, SM, def. Talia Hudson 6-2, 6-2; Juliana Nelkin, SM, def. Henrietta Spetz 6-1, 6-3; Megan Thomas, SB, def. Courtney Gulihur 6-1, 6-1; Hannah Erickson, SB, def. Karla Hernandez 6-2, 6-4; Lindsay Penner, SB, def. Guadalupe Vega 6-3, 6-0; Stephanie Conliffe, SB, def. Beatrice Valenzuela 6-3, 6-4. Doubles–Rodriguez-Nelkin, SM, def. Hudson-Conliffe 8-2; Spetz-Thomas, SB, def. Gulihur-Hernandez 8-0; Erickson-Penner, SB, def. Vega-Valenzuela 8-1.
