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An All-OCC Final!

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Orange Coast College sophomores Stephanie Chang and Veronica Sommer

stunned Orange Empire Conference women’s tennis circles Thursday at

Orange Coast, each knocking off a highly regarded Saddleback College foe

in the quarterfinals, then bursting into today’s finals with semifinal

victories, as well.

Chang stopped Lena Bowen of Saddleback in the quarters, 6-2, 6-4, then

knocked off the No. 1 seed, Riverside’s Alicia Brown, 6-4, 6-4.

Sommer came up with a stunner in the quarters, posting a 7-6 (7-4),

3-6, 6-1 victory over Saddleback’s Sara Jex, then completed a marathon

day with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (7-4), 6-2 triumph over Fullerton’s Kelly

Favin.

As a result the two Pirates will vie for individual honors today at 1

p.m. on the OCC courts.

In doubles play, Irvine Valley’s Noor-Ezerins combination eliminated

Jenea Gudvangen and Ashley Nelson of Orange Coast, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (11-9).

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