Pirates Love Win Over Santa Monica

The VC women's tennis team claimed an 8-1 victory over Santa Monica Tuesday at the VC Tennis Center. The Pirates swept two doubles matches and four singles matches without giving up a game in easily defeating the Corsairs. Alexis Schmidt, Belladora Moga and Elizabeth Nguyen all were double winners for Ventura (3-3), all holding their opponents to "love" on the scoreboard.

Ventura took a commanding 3-0 lead in doubles play. Schmidt and Nguyen blanked their opponents 8-0 in No. 2 doubles and Moga and Marcie McTigue did the same at the No. 3 slot. Meanwhile, Talia Lieb and Nell Elaerts were engaged in a close match at No. 1 doubles. The Pirates' pair finally earned the 9-8 win to put VC ahead 3-0 headed to singles play.

The Pirates quickly pulled away in singles play. Schmidt (No. 3 singles), Moga (No. 4 singles), Nguyen (No. 5 singles) and Laura Rubio (No. 6 singles) all won their singles matches love and love to clinch the team victory. Schmidt pulled in the final point with a love and one win in no. 2 singles. Lieb gave it a solid run for the VC sweep, falling in No. 1 singles, 7-6, 7-5.

The Pirates next will travel to Mt. San Antonio on Friday Feb. 24.

Ventura 8, Santa Monica 1

Doubles
1. Lieb/Elaerts (VC) def. West/Ogebee (SMC), 9-8
2. Schmidt/Nguyen (VC) def. Bennett/Eicholz (SMC), 8-0
3. Marcie McTigue/Moga(VC) def. Matsuura/Abouzeid (SMC), 8-0

Singles
1. Talia Lieb (VC) lost to Nicole West (SMC), 7-6, 7-5
2. Nell Elaerts (VC) def. Mia Ogebee (SMC), 6-0, 6-1
3. Alexis Schmidt (VC) def. Fumi Matsuura (SMC), 6-0, 6-0
4. Belladora Moga (VC) def. Isabella Bennett (SMC), 6-0, 6-0
5. Elizabeth Nguyen (VC) def. Silke Eicholz (SMC), 6-0, 6-0
6. Laura Rubio (VC) def. Rania Abouzeid (SMC), 6-0, 6-0