Pirates outlast El Camino, 5-4
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College women's tennis team needed the entire roster to pull out a 5-4 nonconference win over visiting El Camino College on Thursday afternoon on the OCC tennis courts.
The Pirates (3-0) trailed 3-0 after the first three singles matches, but managed to tie the contest at 3-3 after singles, thanks to straight-set wins by Mai Hashimoto, Sydney Farzadkish and Anh Pham.
In doubles, the team of Haley Dickson and Nikki Thornburg shook off their individual singles setbacks to post a convincing 8-3 win over the team of Rose Sgolsutyatorn and Shayla Fulton.
El Camino (3-1) evened things with a win at No. 2 doubles, but at No. 3, Hashimoto and Yuri Cho doubled-up Chihiro Yamada and Jessica DeLaTorre, 8-4 to give the Pirates the victory.
Coast will take a week off before opening up Orange Empire Conference play at home against Riverside on Thursday, beginning at 2 p.m.
NONCONFERENCE
Orange Coast 5, El Camino 4
SINGLES
1. Rose Sgolsutyatorn (ECC) def. Hali Dickson (OCC) 6-2, 6-2
2. Shayla Fulton (ECC) def. Nikki Thornburg (OCC) 6-1, 6-4
3. Apurva Sharma (ECC) def. Nadine Baquiran (OCC) 6-3, 6-0
4. Mai Hashimoto (OCC) def. Kala James (ECC) 6-0, 6-0
5. Sydney Farzadkish (OCC) def. Chihiro Yamada (ECC) 6-3, 6-0
6. Anh Pham (OCC) def. Jessica DeLaTorre (ECC) 6-0, 6-1
DOUBLES
1. Dickson/Thornburg (OCC) def. Sgolsutyatorn/Fulton (ECC) 8-3
2. Sharma/James (ECC) def. Baquiran/Farzadkish (OCC) 8-5
3. Hashimoto/Yuri Choi (OCC) def. Yamada/DeLaTorre (ECC) 8-4
