Men's Tennis Falls to Cal Tech

The VC men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to Cal Tech Saturday at the VC Tennis Center. Ariitea Cotti-Helme produced Ventura's lone point of the match with a win in No. 6 singles.

It was a difficult day for the Pirates as they dropped two of the three doubles matches to yield the doubles point. Yusen Sato and Victor Peyrebonne won in No. 3 doubles, 6-3, but it was not enough and the Beavers took a 1-0 lead heading to singles play.

The day did not get any easier for VC in the singles matches as Cotti-Helme was the only victor for the Pirates, claiming a 7-6, 6-3 decision on Court 6.

The Pirates next will resume Western State Conference play on Tuesday Feb. 24 hosting Bakersfield College.

Ventura 1, Cal Tech 6

Doubles
1. Caua Coimbra/Abladj Mondroha (VC) lost to Andrew Zabelo/Eric He (CIT), 6-1
2. Yanis Guerrout/Ariitea Cotti-Helme (VC) lost to Constantin Cedillo-Vayson de Pradenne/Tejas Ram (CIT), 6-4
3. Yusen Sato/Victor Peyrebonne (VC) def. Michael Gao/Jan Safrata (CIT), 6-3

Order of Finish: 

Singles
1. Coimbra (VC) lost to Cedillo (CIT), 6-1, 6-0
2. Sato (VC) lost to Zabelo (CIT), 6-4, 3-6, 10-6
3. Peyrebonne (VC) lost to Ram (CIT), 6-4, 6-2
4. Mondroha (VC) lost to He (CIT), 6-1, 6-2
5. Guerrout (VC) lost to Gao (CIT), 6-1, 6-3
6. Cotti-Helme (VC) def. Safrata  (CIT), 7-6, 6-3

Order of Finish: