SBCC was tied 4-4 with Ventura on Thursday at Pershing Park and it all came down to the No. 3 doubles.
Hanna Pesniak, a freshman from Belarus, and Maddie Mitchell, a freshman from Houston, Texas, outlasted Keressa Garland/Tricia McClain 8-6 to secure the Vaqueros' third straight women's tennis victory. SBCC is 3-1 overall and 2-0 in the WSC.
Katelyn Peyvandi, Pia Valtierra and Pesniak won singles points and the teams went into the doubles tied at 3-3. The Pirates took the No. 1 doubles and Josephine Pulver/Valtierra won an 8-4 decision at No. 2 to tie it at 4-all.
The Vaqueros will play at Bakersfield on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Singles
1. Katelyn Peyvandi, SBCC, def. Lea Meschke 6-3, 6-4
2. Alyssa Powell, VC, def. Gabrielle Goss 6-4, 6-4
3. Allie DeMarco, VC, def. Josephine Pulver 6-2, 6-3
4. Pia Valtierra, SBCC, def. Julie Lauinger 6-4, 6-0
5. Hanna Pesniak, SBCC, def. Keressa Garland 6-3, 6-0
6. Tricia McClain, VC, def. Maddie Mitchell 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
1. Powell/DeMarco, VC, def. Peyvandi/Goss 8-2
2. Pulver/Valtierra, SBCC, def. Meschke/Lauinger 8-4
3. Pesniak/Mitchell, SBCC, def. Garland/McClain 8-6
