Pirates edge out Gauchos, 5-4
COSTA MESA -- In a hard-fought battle to the end, the Orange Coast College women's tennis team pulled out a 5-4 Orange Empire Conference win over visiting Saddleback College on Thursday.
Coast (11-1, 7-1 in OEC) grabbed a 4-2 lead after singles play, led by the remarkable comeback by Nadine Baquiran, who overcame an 0-6 loss in the first set to rally past Kelsey Markle, 7-6, 6-1. Haley Dickson made quick work in her 6-0, 6-0 win, while Anh Pham followed Baquiran's script with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win.
In doubles, Saddleback made it 4-3 with a 9-8 doubles win, but the OCC team of Baquiran and Mai Hashimoto pulled out an 8-3 win to clinch the win for the Pirates.
Coast returns to action on Tuesday at Irvine Valley College, beginning at 2 p.m.
ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE
Orange Coast 5, Saddleback 4
SINGLES
- Haley Dickson (OCC) def. M.Parker (SB) 6-0, 6-0
- K.Hein (SB) def. Nikki Thornburg (OCC) 7-5, 6-2
- Nadine Baquiran (OCC) def. K.Markle 0-6,7-6, 6-1
- K. O'Neil def. Mai Hashimoto (OCC) 6-4, 6-3
- Sydney Farzadkish (OCC) def. A. Monteilh 7-5, 6-0
- Anh Pham (OCC) def. L.Ostrander 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
DOUBLES
- Hein/Markle def. Dickson/Thornburg (OCC) 9-8
- Baquiran/Hashimoto (OCC) def. Parker/Monteilh 8-3
- O'Neil/Ostrander def. Farzadkish/Yuri Choi (OCC) 8-1
