Women's Tennis Drops Close Decision at Glendale

The VC women's tennis team dropped a close 5-4 decision at Glendale Tuesday afternoon. Isabella DeRosa led the effort with a win at No. 4 singles after a narrow defeat with Dulce Contreras in the No. 2 doubles match.

The Pirates earned a point in doubles by default before Contreras and DeRosa fell by a 9-7 score in the No. 2 match. The Pirates trailed 2-1 heading to singles play.

Glendale was short on players in singles as well, defaulting points to Ventura in the Nos. 5 and 6 contests. After Kira Branson fell on Court 1, DeRosa came back with a love and one win in the No. 4 contest to put VC ahead 4-3. Contreras had a setback in the No. 2 match before Chandra Padua fell in a three-set thriller in the No. 2 slot, yielding the decision to the Vaqueros.

Ventura returns home on Thursday Feb. 26 hosting College of the Canyons at 2:00 pm at the VC Tennis Center.

Ventura 4, Glendale 5

Doubles
1. Kira Branson/Chandra Padua (VC) lost to Bernadette Hovhanasian/Skylar Sabetta (GCC), 8-2
2. Dulce Contreras/Isabella DeRosa (VC) def. Jamielyn Diaz/Eve Kim-Brody (GCC), 9-7
3. Isabella Avila/Ella Morgan (VC) def. (GCC), default

Order of Finish:  3, 1, 2

Singles
1. Branson (VC) lost to Hovhanasian (GCC), 6-3, 6-2
2. Padua (VC) lost to Diaz (GCC), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
3. Contreras (VC) lost to Sabetta (GCC), 6-3, 6-0
4. DeRosa (VC) def. Kim-Brody (GCC), 6-0, 6-1
5. Avila (VC) def. (GCC), default
6. Adrianna Padilla (VC) def. (GCC), default

Order of Finish: 6, 5, 1, 4, 3, 2