The Cerritos College women's tennis team concluded their South Coast Conference regular season with an 8-1 loss to El Camino College and wound up 3-6 on the year. The Falcons (8-12 overall) will now travel to Victor Valley College on Tuesday for a 1:00 p.m. non-conference match before closing out their regular season by hosting Palomar College on Friday.
In the loss to the Warriors, Cerritos played with only five players, which resulted in forfeit losses in one of the singles and doubles matches. The lone win came in the#2 doubles match, as sophomore Cyd Dionson (Western HS) and freshman Natali Perez (Lakewood HS) posted an 8-1 win. The other doubles team of freshmen Samantha Judan (Bishop Montgomery HS) and Rianne Ilagan (Bellflower HS) were handed an 8-6 loss.
Both Judan and Dionson played a tough first set in singles play, but were defeated, 6-4 in the top two positions. The each lost the second set by 6-1 scores. They were the only two players to win more than three games in a set.
SINGLES
Chung Young Shin (ECC) def. Samantha Judan (CERR), 6-4, 6-1
Kia Cho (ECC) def. Cyd Dionson (CERR), 6-4, 6-1
Karin Endo (ECC) def. Rianne Ilagan (CERR), 6-1, 6-1
Ashley Guerrero (ECC) def. Jessica Alcayde (CERR), 6-0, 6-0
Shenae Shampine (ECC) def. Natali Perez (CERR), 6-1, 3-6
El Camino win by forfeit
DOUBLES
Karin Endo/Heather Shambrey (ECC) def. Samantha Judan/Rianne Ilagan (CERR), 8-6
Cyd Dionson/Natali Perez (CERR) def. Danya Assef/Jessica Castile (ECC), 8-1
El Camino win by forfeit
Photo by Daryl Peterson