Women's Tennis Falls to Santa Monica

The Pirates' women's tennis team fell to visiting Santa Monica College Thursday at the VC Tennis Center, 7-2.  Candace Nito earned a point for VC in No. 5 singles while Katy Scheck and Jia Wiebe won in No. 2 doubles.

Scheck took her No. 4 singles match to a decisive third set, and Chelsea Peterson lost in a tiebreaker in the third set at No. 6 singles.

Ventura will next host Bakersfield on Tuesday March 3 at 2:00 pm.

Ventura 2, Santa Monica 7 - Thursday 2-26-15

Singles
1. Yannick Garcia (VC) lost to Mayra Jovic (SMC) 6-2, 6-0
2. Jia Wiebe (VC) lost to Izabel Nazdracheva (SMC) 6-1, 6-2
3. Bailey Sindle (VC) lost to Lauren Voiers (SMC) 6-0, 6-3
4. Katy Scheck (VC) lost to Shawntel Petterson (SMC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
5. Candace Nito (VC) def. Elin Nyberg (SMC) 6-1, 6-1
6. Chelsea Peterson (VC) lost to Sammie Xiao (SMC) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4)

Doubles
1. Garcia/Sindle (VC) lost to Jovic/Nazdracheva (SMC) 8-3
2. Wiebe/Scheck (VC) def. Voiers/Nyberg (SMC) 8-0
3. Nito/Peterson (VC) lost to Patterson/Xiao (SMC) 8-5

VC Season Record: 4-4 (1-3)