Women's Tennis Earns Conference Win Over Victor Valley

The MSJC women's tennis team defeated visiting Victor Valley College on Thursday, March 2nd, by a final score of 8-1.  The decisive victory raised the Eagles' conference record to 1-2 and 3-4 overall.

MSJC's #2 doubles team of Sophia Lopez and Therese Sherwood routed their VVC opponents 8-0 giving the Eagles an early one-point lead.  The Eagles #3 doubles combo of Addysen Walls and Lynsie Arnold trailed 3-4 in their set but rallied from behind to win 9-7.  In the third and final doubles set, the #1 duo of Lindsay Lemus and Izabella Gosiengfiao fell behind early and faced a five-game deficit at 2-7.  However, the MSJC tandem clawed their way back and won an impressive seven consecutive games taking the set by a score of 9-7 giving the Eagles a 3-0 advantage going into singles play. 

Four of the Eagles' six singles matches were won in straight sets.  In the #4 singles matchup, Melany Raya (VVC) dominated the first set by a 6-1 margin.  MSJC's Gosiengfiao stormed back to win the second set, 6-2.  And in the third set super tiebreaker, the Eagle freshman played solid defense on her way to a 10-6 final set win.

SINGLES

1. Lindsay Lemus (MSJC) def. Nysaa Salone (VVC) 6-0, 6-0

2. Addysen Walls (MSJC) def. Khloe Burfield (VVC) 6-4, 6-0

3. Sophia Lopez (MSJC) def. Emily Manning (VVC) 6-0, 6-2

4. Izabella Gosiengfiao (MSJC) def. Melany Raya (VVC) 1-6, 6-2, 10-6

5. Therese Sherwood (MSJC) def. Ryder Kauffman (VVC) 6-1, 6-0

6. Kaydence Langley (VVC) def. Tiahnni Flowers (MSJC) 6-2, 6-1

DOUBLES

1. Lemus/Gosiengfiao (MSJC) def. Burfield/Manning (VVC) 9-7

2. Lopez/Sherwood (MSJC) def. Kauffman/Raya (VVC) 8-0

3. Walls/Arnold (MSJC) def. Salone/Langley (VVC) 9-7