Coast women sparkle in early rounds

FULLERTON - Orange Coast College sophomore Sondra McNamara stunned

Riverside’s Regina Bradford in the second round of the Orange Empire

Conference women’s tennis finals Tuesday at Fullerton College, as she led

OCC on to Thursday’s third round at Saddleback College.

McNamara eliminated Bradford, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

First-round singles

Sommer (OCC) bye; Sheets (Full) def. Yoshida (OCC), 6-3, 6-2; McNamara

(OCC) def. Keidel (Sad), 6-0, 6-1; Chang (OCC) bye; Mai (OCC) def.

Boricha (Full), 6-1, 6-0; Lawson (OCC) def. Lee (IV), 6-1, 7-5.

Second-round singles

Sommer (OCC) def. Chen (IV), 6-2, 6-2; McNamara (OCC) def. Bradford

(RCC), 1-6, 6-2, 6-3; Chang (OCC) def. Salhashour (Sad), 6-1, 6-3; Mai

(OCC) def. Mukhopadhyay (Sad), 6-2, 6-2; Duncan (RCC) def. Lawson (OCC),

6-2, 6-1.

First-round doubles

Sommer-Chang (OCC) bye; Bowen-Suthisamphat (Sad) def.

Yoshida-McNamara, 6-3, 6-4; Mai-Lawson (OCC) def. Fouret-Salahshour

(Sad), 7-5, 6-4.