Vaqueros beat Bakersfield 7-2 to move into second

Sasha Hedberg improved to 5-1 in singles and 4-1 in doubles with a pair of wins on Thursday. (Photo by J.C. Corliss)
Sasha Hedberg improved to 5-1 in singles and 4-1 in doubles with a pair of wins on Thursday. (Photo by J.C. Corliss)

Sasha Hedberg, Emerson Sekban, Ryan Chung and Andrew Tufenkian were double winners in men's tennis on Thursday as SBCC cruised past Bakersfield 7-2 for a WSC road win.

Hedberg swept Sammy Ramirez 6-2, 6-3, then teamed up with Chung for an 8-5 win in the No. 2 doubles set. Hedberg, a sophomore from Oxnard High, reached the state semifinals in 2011 while playing for Ventura College.

Sekban beat Andrew Schwartz 6-2, 6-4 and won the No. 1 doubles 8-3 with Tufenkian.

The Vaqueros (5-6, 5-2) took sole possession of second in the WSC. The third-place Renegades fell to 9-9 and 4-3.

SBCC wraps up the regular season by hosting Glendale on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Singles
1. Sasha Hedberg, SBCC, def. Sammy Ramirez 6-2, 6-3
2. Emerson Sekban, SBCC, def. Andrew Schwartz 6-2, 6-4
3. Ryan Chung, SBCC, def. Austin Lee 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
4. Andrew Tufenkian, SBCC, def. Andrew Berdan 6-2, 6-0
5. Willem Decker, SBCC, def. Christian Curutchague 6-2, 6-0
6. Matt Wells, BC, def. Shane Carmody 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Sekban/Tufenkian, SBCC, def. Ramirez/Lee 8-3
2. Hedberg/Chung, SBCC, def. Schwartz/Brian Yanez 8-5
3. Curutchague/Wells, BC, def. Decker/Carmody 9-7