The Cerritos College women's tennis team spent the morning travelling to San Luis Obispo to face Cuesta College in the first round of the Southern California Regional Team Playoffs. The Falcons, champions of the South Coast Conference, were seeded #7, while the Western State Conference champion Cougars (16-0) were seeded #2 and undefeated on the season. Before they could compete in doubles play, Cuesta had won five of the six singles matches to clinch the victory, which eliminated the Falcons (15-5) from team tournament play. Next up for the team will be the Ojai Tournament, which takes place Thursday through Sunday.
The lone winner for Cerritos was sophomore Annika You (John Marshall HS/Cal Poly Pomona), the team's top singles player. You, ranked #8 in Southern California, posted a 6-4, 6-1 win over #3-ranked Chloe Redman. That would be the only winner for the Falcons, who were swept in the other five singles matches. The teams did play three exhibition doubles matches, with Cerritos winning two of the three.
Singles
Annika You (CERR) d. Chloe Redman (CUE); 6-4, 6-1
Devin Merigold (CUE) d. Sonia Gutierrez (CERR); 6-1, 6-3
Jamie Burden (CUE) d. Steffanie Mendez (CERR); 6-0, 6-2
Whitney Whiting (CUE) d. Joanna Gonzalez (CERR); 6-0, 6-0
Ali Efremsky (CUE) d. Shamaraih DeRojas (CERR); 6-0, 6-4
Hannah Crampton (CUE) d. Tania Garcia (CERR); 6-2, 6-2
