SMC Tennis Travels to Ventura, Wins 5-4

SMC Tennis Travels to Ventura, Wins 5-4
Posted: Mar 17, 2022

Santa Monica Wins Final Road Match of Season at Ventura, 5-4

 

SMC Tennis wins final road match of the season with a 5-4 win over Ventura.

 

Nicole West and Kai Nikchevich scored the 1st doubles point with an 8-1 win at the no. 1 position.  Veronica Gerlach and Juyan Pollack picked up the second doubles point with an 8-4 win a at no. 2 doubles.   Yasna Yaghoubi and Nadima Shirzad lost at no. 3 doubles.  Going into singles the Corsairs led 2-1. 

 

Nikchevich (no. 2 singles) posted the first Corsair singles points with a 6-0, 6-2 win and West (no. 1 singles) West (no. 1 singles) followed suit with 6-0, 6-0 win to put the Corsairs ahead 4-1.  Ventura roared back picking up the next three points at no. 6, no. 5 and no. 4 singles to tie the match at 4-4.   

 

This left the deciding match at no. 4 singles match where the Corsairs seemed to be on the verge of losing a fifth 5-4 match of the season as no. 4 singles after Veronica Gerlach lost the first set 7-5.  Gerlach, however, dug deep and won the second set 6-4 and then shifted her game into overdrive and broke the tie with a spectacular, 6-0 third set, giving the Corsairs a 5-4 win.

 

Santa Monica 5, Ventura 4

 

Doubles
  1. Nicole West/Kai Nikchevich (Santa Monica College) defeated Hanna Dever/Victoria Zegers (VC)

8-1
  1.  Juyan Pollack/Veronica Gerlach (Santa Monica College) defeated Iskra Volic/Tanya Thompson (VC)

8-4
  1. Yasna Yaghoubi/Nadima Shirzad (Santa Monica College) lost to Alyssa McClain/Elizabeth Nguyen (VC)

8-0

Singles
  1. Nicole West (Santa Monica College) defeated Hannah Dever (VC)

6-0, 6-0
  1. Kai Nikchevich (Santa Monica College) defeated Victoria Zegers (VC)

6-0, 6-2
  1. Veronica Gerlach (Santa Monica College) defeated Iskra Volic (VC)

5-7, 6-4, 6-0
  1. Yasna Yaghoubi (Santa Monica College) lost to Elizabeth Nguyen (VC)

6-2, 6-2
  1. Juyan Pollack (Santa Monica College) lost to Alyssa McClain (VC)

6-2, 6-3
  1. Nadima Shirzad (Santa Monica College) lost to Tanya Thompson (VC)

6-0, 6-0

 

 

NOTES:

 

West and Nikchevich remain undefeated both at no. 1 doubles and at their respective no. 1 and no. 2 singles positions. 

West is 10-0 at No. 1 singles an Nikchevich is 10-0 at No. 2 singles. 

West and Nikchevich raised their record at no. 1 doubles to 10-0.

 

NEXT UP:

 
The Corsairs host Los Angeles Mission College on March 22, 2022 (1:00pm start) at Ocean View Park in Santa Monica.