Chargers Dominate Saddleback

Cypress takes down Gauchos in OEC play.

Theresa Roque

Mission Viejo, Calif. - College women's tennis team ran its 2012 record to 3-4 on the year after pulling off a  7-2 Orange Empire Conference victory over Saddleback College. 

Against the Gauchos, Cypress only lost the first singles match, before coming back to win the final five singles matches of the day to take a commanding 5-1 lead after singles play was through. 

The Chargers took control at the No.2 doubles spot, as sophomore Theresa Roque, and freshman Nadine Baquiran won their match 8-1. 

The No.1 team finished soon after as freshmen Christine Lee and Nikki Thornburg won an outstanding match 8-5.

The Chargers next match is against power house Orange Coast College on March 6 in Coast Mesa.

	Cypress	7		Saddleback	2
Singles:
No. 1:	Jeanette Losaria	(SAD)	def.	Christine Lee	(Cyp)	6-1, 6-0
No. 2:	Nikki Thornburg	(Cyp)	def.	Lauren Fetter	(SAD)	6-3, 6-2
No. 3:	Therea Roque	(Cyp)	def.	Heather Brandriff	(SAD)	6-2, 6-2
No. 4 :	Nadine Baquiran	(Cyp)	def.	Annaliisa McCrea	(SAD)	6-2, 6-1
No. 5:	Breanna Posvar	(Cyp)	def.	Cameron Craig	(SAD)	7-6, 6-3
No. 6:	Sharnen Chorn	(Cyp)	def.	Nelly Monjazeb	(SAD)	7-6. 6-2
Doubles:
No. 1:	N.Thornburg/C.Lee	(Cyp)	def.	J.Losaria/L.Fetter	(SAD)	8-5
No. 2:	T.Roque/N.Baquiran	(Cyp)	def.	H.Brandriff/A.McCrea	(SAD)	8-1
No. 3:	S.Chorn/B.Posvar	(SAD)	def.	C.Craig/Elysia Gamo	(Cyp)	Def. (Ret.)

Tigers Top Chargers.

Nadine Baquiran

Chargers fall to Riverside at home.


Cypress, Calif. - The Cypress College women’s tennis team lost its second Orange Empire Conference match of the year to Riverside Community College. 

No. 3 singles player Nikki Thornburg was unable to win her match after she pulled a muscle in the first set of a two set loss. The Tigers won at every singles position, but failed to sweep the Chargers after Theresa Roque and Nadine Baquiran took their match 8-3 at the No. 2 doubles spot.
 
The Chargers will head to Mission Viejo on March 1 to face Saddleback College in their next OEC match of 2012. 

	Riverside	8		Cypress	1
Singles:
No. 1:	Brooke Vorhees	(RCC)	def.	Christine Lee	(Cyp)	6-3, 6-4
No. 2:	Camille Requistas	(RCC)	def.	Nikki Thornburg	(Cyp)	6-2, 6-3
No. 3:	AJ Borja	(RCC)	def.	Theresa Roque	(Cyp)	7-6, 4-6, 7-6
No. 4 :	Prisilla Cobian	(RCC)	def.	Nadine Baquiran	(Cyp)	6-4, 6-1
No. 5:	Alecs Comanig	(RCC)	def.	Breanna Posvar	(Cyp)	6-0, 6-0
No. 6:	Natalie Tomlin	(RCC)	def.	Sharnen Chorn	(Cyp)	6-0, 6-1
Doubles:
No. 1:	B. Vorhees/ A. Borja	(RCC)	def.	N.Thornburg/C.Lee	(Cyp)	Def. (Inj.)
No. 2:	T.Roque/N.Baquiran	(Cyp)	def.	C. Requiestas/ N.Tomlin	(RCC)	8-3
No. 3:	P.Cobian/ Lexi Bevins	(RCC)	def.	S.Chorn/B.Posvar	(Cyp)	8-2

Chargers Fall to Host Ventura College

Women's tennis battled to stay alive against the Pirates in a 5-0 loss on the road.

Ventura, Calif. - Cypress was looking for a way to stay alive in singles play, but fell in straight sets, 5-0, after losing in the No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 positions.

The Chargers only real hope at getting a point against a solid Ventura squad rested on the shoulders of Sharnen Chorn at the No.  5 singles spot. After falling behind early 1-0 in the match, Chorn rallied back to win the second set 6-1 and send it to a tiebreaker. Chorn nearly pulled off a victory after taking a 9-8 lead in the super 10-point tiebreaker to clinch the set ,when the No. 6 match gave Ventura College the deciding victory it needed to secure the win.

The No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 singles ended before Chorn's match was through, and the deciding match at the No. 6 spot between Cypress' Breanna Posvar and Ventura's Grace Hanamoto ended in a Pirate victory,  6-4, 6-1.

The Chargers begin their Orange Empire Conference 2012 schedule with a match against Irvine Valley College at home on Thursday Feb. 23.

Ventura College def. Cypress College, 5-0

1. Julianne Bacalar (VC) def. Christine Lee (CYP) 6-2, 6-0

2. Jessica Worring (VC) def. Nikki Thornburg (CYP) 7-5, 7-5

3:.Layne Gallimore (VC) def. Therea Roque (CYP) 6-3, 6-4

4. Sonia Landeros (VC) def. Nadine Baquiran (CYP)  6-0, 7-0

5. Breanna Posvar (CYP) vs. Grace Hanamoto (VC) DNF

6. Grace Hanamoto (VC) def. Breanna Posvar (CYP) 6-4, 6-1

Chargers Cruise to 6-1 Win Over Fresno City t

Cypress dominates Fresno in team play for a 6-3 victory on Friday.

Nadine Baquiran

Ventura, Calif. - The Cypress College women's tennis team had no trouble dispatching Fresno City College 6-1 in team play on Friday afternoon.

The Chargers swept all three doubles matches, to take a 3-0 lead heading into singles play. The Rams defaulted at the No. 6 singles slot, and Theresa Roque fell at the No. 3 singles position, 6-2, 6-0, to make the match 4-1 with the Chargers ahead. 

 

Breanna Posvar played an impressive match in the No. 5 spot to win 6-1, 6-3. The Chargers No. 4 singles player, Nadine Baquiran, was the only player to win both of her matches in singles and doubles competition. 

The Chargers lost at No. 1, 2 and 3 in singles play to give them 6-3 victory in team match play against Fresno City.

 

It was a good time for the Chargers to get their first victory of the season after a rough start to the their 2012 campaign. Despite playing against some tough opponents already this season, this year's group of Chargers, assembled by head coach Michelle Esquivel, looks like its starting  to come together just a few matches into the season. With only one returning player from last year's team, Cypress will need to stay healthy at every position. The Chargers currently have six girls on the team to fill the six spots needed to compete in every match.

The Chargers will face off against Ventura College at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Cypress College def. Fresno City College, 6-3

Singles:

#1: Maddie Loomis (FC) def. Christine Lee (CYP) 3-6, 6-2, 10-4

#2: Kate Abston (FC) def. Nikki Thornburg (CYP). 7-5, 7-5

#3: Regina Leyba (FC) def. Therea Roque (CYP) 6-2, 6-0

#4: Nadine Baquiran (CYP) def. Betsy Laurtizon (FCC) 6-3, 7-5

#5: Breanna Posvar (CYP) def. Meghan Woods (FCC) 6-1, 6-3

#6: Sharnen Chorn (CYP) won by default

Doubles:

#1: N.Thornburg/C.Lee (CYP) def. M.Loomis/K.Abston (FCC) 8-6

#2: T.Roque/N.Baquiran (CYP) def. R.Leybon/M.Woods (FCC) 8-1

#3: S.Chorn/B.Posvar (CYP) won by default 

Women's Tennis Falls Short to El camino College

The Chargers were only a doubles win away from taking the match.

 

Cypress, Calif. - The Chargers started strong against El Camino, with straight-set victories in the No. 2, 3 and 4 singles spots. The Chargers dropped their matches in the No. 1, 5 and 6 spots to tie the match at 3-3 heading into doubles play.

Cypress fell 8-3 in the No. 1 doubles match, but the No. 2 team of Theresa Roque and Nadine Baquiran answered back with an 8-6 victory in their.
 

With the game tied at 4-4,  it was all up to the No. 3 doubles team to win it, or lose it for Cypress College. Sharnen Chorn and Breanna Posvar blew a 6-4 lead in that match, and would go on to lose 8-6, and give El Camino (3-0) a 5-4 non-conference victory.

Cypress heads up to Northern California this weekend for a match on Friday against Fresno City College, and a match against host Ventura on Saturday morning.

El Camino College def. Cypress College, 5-4

Singles:

1.  Chie Young Shin (El Cam) def. Therea Roque (CYP), 6-3, 6-0

2.  Christine Lee (CYP) def. Lindsay Guardado (El Cam), 6-1, 6-0

3.  Nikki Thornburg (CYP) def. Karin Endo (El Cam), 6-2, 6-3

4.  Nadine Baquiran (CYP) def. Zoey Pudova (El Cam), 7-5, 6-3

5.  Fiat Tapaneeyakorn (El Cam) def. Breanna Posvar (CYP), 7-5, 6-4

6.  Jill Dineros (El Cam) def. Sharnen Chorn (CYP), 6-3, 6-2

Doubles:

1.  C.Young Shin/L.Guardado (El Cam) def. N.Thornburg/C.Lee (CYP), 8-3

2.  T.Roque/N.Baquiran (CYPp) def. K.Endo/A.Guerrero (El Cam), 8-6

3.  J.Castle/S.Carranza (El Cam) def. S.Chorn/B.Posvar (CYP)