With their 6-3 win over visiting El Camino College on Thursday, the Cerritos College women's tennis team has taken over sole possession of second place in the South Coast Conference. The Falcons (7-3, 3-1) handed the Warriors (6-2-1, 2-1-1) their first conference loss. On Friday, the team will host San Diego Mesa College in a 2:00 p.m. non-conference match.
The teams were tied 3-3 at the conclusion of singles play, but Cerritos earned wins in all three doubles matches to pull out the team victory. Two of the three doubles matches were solid wins for the Falcons, as freshmen Taylor Heath (Cerritos HS) and Mariia Yatsenko (School 328, Ukraine) recorded an 8-3 win in the #1 position. Sophomore Stef Flores (Golden Valley Charter HS) and freshman Anastasia Khomyachenko (Sochi, Russia) posted an 8-2 decision in the #2 doubles match.
In singles play, Khomyachenko (6-2, 6-2), Yatsenko (6-2, 4-6, 6-2) and Flores (6-2, 6-2) all earned wins, which gave Cerritos the team victory.
SINGLES
Rosa (Panitnart) Sgolsutyatorn (ECC) def. Taylor Heath (CERR), 6-3, 6-3
Anastasia Khomyachenko (CERR) def. Serina Rowland (ECC), 6-2, 6-2
Mariia Yatsenko (CERR) def. Shenae Shampine (ECC), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Stef Flores (CERR) def. Jade Shugars (ECC), 6-2, 6-2
Donya Assef (ECC) def. Katia Brambila (CERR), 6-1, 6-1
Chihiro Yamada (ECC) def. Merli Alcasid (CERR), 6-3, 6-2
DOUBLES
Taylor Heath/Mariia Yatsenko (CERR) def. Rosa (Panitnart) Sgolsutyatorn/Serina Rowland (ECC), 8-3
Anastiasia Khomyachenko/Stef Flores (CERR) def. Shenae Shampine/Donya Assef (ECC), 8-2
Katia Brambila/Merli Alcasid (CERR) def. Jade Shugars/Chihiro Yamada (ECC), 8-6
Photos by Daryl Peterson
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