VC Tennis Has Difficult Weekend Against 4-Year Schools

The Pirates' men's tennis team played up again over the weekend, falling to Occidental College on Saturday before dropping a decision to NCAA Division III No. 4-ranked Case Western Reserve on Sunday. Cody Ray Emery provided two points for Ventura, defeating Occidental in doubles with Rafael Matias and winning his singles match on Saturday against the Tigers.

Ventura 1, Occidental 8

Doubles
1. Cody Ray Emery/ Rafael Matias (VC) lost to Ronald Chen/ Ace Andres (Oxy), 8-6
2. Julian Tellez/Edgar Ploquin (VC) lost to Mason Hart/Quentin Kemna (Oxy), 8-6
3. Robinson Pelluault/Nathan Kapella (VC) lost to Brett Miller/Dhruv Verma (Oxy), 8-4

Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles
1. Emery (VC) lost to Chen (Oxy), 6-4, 6-4
2. Matias (VC) lost to Andres (Oxy), 6-4, 2-6, 10-5
3. Tellez (VC) def. Kemna (Oxy), 6-2, 7-5
4. Pelluault (VC) lost to Miller (Oxy), 6-4, 6-4
5. Ploquin (VC) lost to Benjamin Burrows (Oxy), 6-3, 6-0
6. Kapella (VC) lost to Dennis Isak (Oxy), 6-1, 6-2

Order of Finish: 3, 5, 4, 2, 1, 6

Ventura 0, Case Western Reserve 9

Doubles
1. Cody Ray Emery/Rafael Matias (VC) lost to Vishwa Aduru/Diego Maza (CWR), 8-1
2. Edgar Ploquin/Julian Tellez (VC) lost to Daniel French/Yuvraj Narang (CWR), 8-1
3. Robinson Pelluault/Cooper Rowlands (VC) lost to Sahil Dayal/Michael Sutanto (CWR), 8-4

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles
1. Emery (VC) lost to Aduru (CWR), 6-4, 6-2
2. Matias (VC) lost to Sutanto, Michael (CWR), 6-1, 6-1
3. Tellez (VC) lost to Ajay Mahenthiran (CWR), 6-1, 6-4
4. Pelluault (VC) lost to Ansh Shah (CWR), 6-1, 6-0
5. Ploquin (VC) lost to Casey Hishinuma (CWR), 6-3, 6-1
6. Rowlands (VC) lost to Maza (CWR), 6-1, 6-0

Order of Finish: 2, 4, 5, 3, 1, 6