Women’s tennis: OCC players fall in finals

SAN DIEGO - Five Orange Coast College players reached the finals of

the Southwestern Tournament Saturday afternoon in various flights, but

none were able to pull out victories.

Veronica Sommer (6-3, 6-2), Stephanie Chang (6-4, 3-6, 7-6) and

Raphaela Boehm (by default), as well as the doubles team of Kristen

Lawson and Sondra McNamara advanced to finals competition before being

eliminated.

The Pirates will resume team competition on Monday when they host

Saddleback, beginning at 2 p.m.

SOUTHWESTERN TOURNAMENT

Singles semifinals - Sommer (OCC) def. Prado (Cerritos), 6-3, 6-2;

Chang (OCC) def. Solgetova (Grossmont), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6; Mariscal

(Cerritos) def. Mai (OCC), 6-1, 6-1; Boehm (OCC) by default.

Singles finals - Tanaka (College of the Desert) def. Sommer (OCC),

6-3, 6-1; Altamirano (Southwestern) def. Chang (OCC), 6-1, 3-0 (retire); Salahshour (Saddleback) def. Boehm (OCC), 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles finals - Magat-Toby (Grossmont) def. Lawson-McNamara (OCC),

7-6, 6-3.