Women’s badminton: Orange Coast loses second match

COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College women’s badminton team

remains searching for its first win in its inaugural season.

The Pirates dropped a 17-4 decision to visiting Irvine Valley in

Orange Empire Conference action Wednesday.

OCC’s Cynthia Tran won both of her singles matches and is now 4-0 this

season. She teamed with Hoaimi Nguyen to earn a 15-8, 15-7 win over

Jacqueline Myers and Lisa Apel of IVC (2-0, 2-0 in conference).

The Pirates (0-2, 0-2) will play at San Diego City, Friday at 6 p.m.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Irvine Valley 17, Orange Coast 4

Singles - Tran (OCC) def. Apel, 11-9, 11-4; Myers (IVC) def. Huynh,

11-3, 11-0; Wong Yee (IVC) def. Duszynski, 11-7, 11-8; Chan (IVC) def.

Nielsen, 11-3, 11-0; Kuwana (IVC) def. Hamman, 11-4, 11-3; Williams (IVC)

def. Marinos, 11-4, 11-2.

Doubles - Chan-Wong Yee (IVC) def. Tran-Nguyen, 15-10, 15-13;

Myers-Apel (IVC), def. Tina Nguyen-Duszynski, 15-1, 15-7; Williams-Kuwana

(IVC) def. Lake-Overby, 15-2, 15-6.

Singles - Tran (OCC) def. Myers, 11-9, 11-4; Apel (IVC) def. Huynh,

11-0, 11-0; Chan (IVC) def. Rana Duszynski, 11-1, 11-0; Wong Yee (IVC)

def. Nielsen, 11-3, 11-0; Williams (IVC) def. Hamman, 11-1, 11-2; Kuwana

(IVC) def. Thalia Marinos, 11-3, 11-2.

Doubles - Tran-Nguyen (OCC) def. Myers-Apel, 15-8; 15-7; Chan-Wong Yee

(IVC) def. Tina Nguyen-Duszynski, 15-1, 15-1.