Community college women’s tennis: OCC advances to semis in regional

playoffs

OCEANSIDE - The Orange Coast College women’s tennis team maintained

its momentum from a conference title season with a 5-1 win over

Southwestern at Mira Costa College in the Southern California Regional

Playoffs Tuesday.

Coach Janice Maran’s Pirates, Orange Empire Conference champions and

the Southern region’s No. 4 seed, advanced to the semifinals Tuesday,

against No. 1 seed Santa Barbara.

OCC freshmen Veronica Sommer, Vanessa Mai, Kristen Lawson and

sophomores Sondra McNamara and Merin Yoshida earned sinlges victories.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL PLAYOFFS

Singles - Sommer (OCC) def. Altamirano, 7-6, 7-4, 6-4; Menzel (SW)

def. Chang, 6-1, 6-3; Mai (OCC) def. Sepulveda, 6-0, 6-0; McNamara (OCC)

def. Villegas, 6-0, 6-1; Lawson (OCC) def. Torres, 7-6, 7-3, 6-0; Yoshida

(OCC) def. David, 6-2, 7-5.