With their
second
consecutive
South Coast
Conference
championship
staring them
in the face,
the Cerritos
College
women’s
tennis team
moved a step
closer with
a 5-2 win
over Long
Beach City
College on
Tuesday. The
Falcons
(11-3
overall, 6-0
SCC) have
added a
non-conference
match at
Ventura
College next
Tuesday.
As they
continue to
win,
Cerritos
also
continues to
move up in
the Southern
California
rankings, as
they now sit
#8, with all
three of
their losses
coming at
teams ranked
higher than
they are. In
fact, two of
the three
losses were
by a 5-4
count.
In the
win over
Long Beach
City, two of
the top
singles
players in
SoCal
squared off,
with the
Vikings
Courtney
Petero (#6)
defeating
Falcon
sophomore
Annika You
(John
Marshall
HS/Cal Poly
Pomona),
who is
ranked #8,
by a score
of 6-4,
6-4. In
doubles
play, You
and freshman
Gabriela
Diaz
teamed up
for the
first time
and were
defeated,
8-5. They
were paired
together
because the
team was
without
sophomore
Sonia
Gutierrez
(Norwalk
HS), who
is currently
ranked #4 in
doubles with
You.
Picking
up wins in
singles play
were
sophomore
Steffanie
Mendez (Bellflower
HS), who
moved up to
the #2
position and
posted a
6-1, 3-2 win
after Kim
Stern had to
retire due
to an
injury. The
trio of
freshmen
Cristina
Sanchez
(La
Mirada HS),
Shamariah
DeRojas
(La
Mirada HS)
and
Tania Garcia
(Huntington
Park HS)
all posted
straight set
wins.
Singles
Courtney
Petero (LBCC)
def. Annika
You (CERR),
6-4, 6-4
Steffanie
Mendez (CERR)
def. Kim
Stern (LBCC),
6-1, 3-2
ret.
(injury)
Elida Gudiel (LBCC)
def. Joanna
Gonzalez (CERR),
6-0, 6-2
Cristina
Sanchez (CERR)
def. Lauren
Camacho (LBCC),
6-2, 6-2
Shamariah
DeRojas (CERR)
def. Karen
Florez (LBCC),
6-4, 6-4
Tania Garcia
(CERR) def.
Mary Soeur (LBCC),
6-0, 6-1
Doubles
Courtney
Petero/Kim
Stern (LBCC)
def. Annika
You/Gabriela
Diaz (CERR),
8-5
Joanna
Gonzalez/Shamariah
DeRojas (CERR)
def. Elida
Gudiel/Lauren
Camacho (LBCC), 8-6
Steffanie
Mendez/Cristina
Sanchez (CERR)
def. Karen
Florez/Mary
Soeur (LBCC),
8-2