Reynolds and Patton Reach Round of 16 at Ojai; Tigers Season Ends
OJAI -- With one doubles pair winning two matches to reach the "round of 16" at The 116th Ojai Invitational / California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) State Individual Championships, the Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers women's tennis team has had its season come to an end for the 2016 campaign.
Seeded No. 10, RCC sophomore Kelli Reynolds (San Bernardino / Cajon HS) -- who is pictured -- and sophomore Lacy Patton (Riverside / Poly HS) opened Ojai play with a "round of 64" win over Balingit / Doyle (college unknown), 6-0, 6-1. Reynolods / Patton then posted a "round of 32" win over No. 6-seed Besirovic / Lencesova (college unknown), 6-1, 6-2, before losing a "round of 16" match to No. 2-seeded Goerzize / Yamada (college unknown), 6-1, 7-5.
Elsewhere in Ojai action involving RCC student-athletes, Reynolds lost, 6-0, 6-4, to No. 13 seed Polina Gorshenina (college unknown) in a "roundof 64" singles match. Additionally, the RCC doubles duo of sophomore Tiffany Cheek (Visalia / [homeschooled]) and sophomore Venezia Moyano (Riverside / Arlington HS) lost a "round of 32" match to No. 4-seeded Gharabogi / Viktoriya Shumakova (college unknown), 6-1, 6-0.
In the final regular season poll of the Oracle/ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Southern California Women's Rankings (April 21, 2016), Riverside City is ranked ninth. In singles, Reynolds is ranked 21st and frosh Gabrielle Ante (Riverside / Poly HS) is ranked 22nd. In doubles, Reynolds / Patton is ranked tenth.
Riverside City finished at 9-8 overall, 2-6 (fourth place) in Orange Empire Conference (OEC) play.
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Oracle/ITA CCCAA Southern California Women's Rankings |
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Rank |
Team |
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1 |
Cerritos College |
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2 |
College of the Desert |
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3 |
Glendale College |
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4 |
Mt. San Antonio College |
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5 |
Orange Coast College |
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6 |
Irvine Valley College |
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7 |
Santa Barbara City College |
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8 |
Saddleback College |
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9 |
Riverside City College |
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10 |
El Camino College |
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Rank |
Player |
Team |
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1 |
Danielle Garrido |
San Diego Mesa |
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2 |
Mariko Sagara |
Ventura College |
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3 |
Clarisa Colling |
Orange Coast |
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4 |
Linda Guerzize |
College of the Desert |
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5 |
Taylor Heath |
Cerritos College |
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6 |
Connie Aranguiz |
Mt. San Antonio |
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7 |
Sarah Mae Garcia |
Irvine Valley |
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8 |
Rachael Eshilionu |
El Camino |
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9 |
Stacey Klink |
Mt. San Jacinto |
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10 |
Viktoriya Shumakova |
Glendale College |
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11 |
Anastasia Khomyachenko |
Cerritos College |
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12 |
Matilda Doufiesne |
Grossmont |
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13 |
Maddie Seeds |
Santa Barbara City |
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14 |
Diana Dao |
Cypress College |
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15 |
Ashley Glick |
Saddleback College |
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16 |
Tsukimi Ono |
Glendale College |
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17 |
Yu Yamada |
College of the Desert |
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18 |
Valentina Polonyi |
Cerritos College |
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19 |
Kristin Russo |
Mt. San Antonio |
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20 |
Violet Simpson |
El Camino |
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21 |
Kelli Reynolds |
Riverside City College |
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22 |
Gaby Ante |
Riverside City College |
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23 |
Jade Shugars |
El Camino |
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24 |
Judy Ung |
Mt. San Antonio |
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25 |
Grace Booth |
San Diego Mesa |
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Rank |
Doubles Team |
School |
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1 |
Clarissa Colling/Karen Trinh |
Orange Coast |
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2 |
Linda Guerzize/Yu Yamada |
College of the Desert |
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3 |
Danielle Garrido/Lauren Smith |
San Diego Mesa |
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4 |
Viktoriya Shumakova/Meredy Gharaegi |
Glendale College |
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5 |
Sarah Mae Garcia/Samantha Schwartz |
Irvine Valley College |
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6 |
Connie Aranguiz/Judy Ung |
Mt. San Antonio |
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7 |
Taylor Heath/Anastasia Khomyachenko |
Cerritos College |
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8 |
Ashley Glick/Dominique Willette |
Saddleback College |
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9 |
Diana Dao/Kalie Laubie |
Cypress College |
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10 |
Kelli Reynolds/Lacy Patton |
Riverside City College |
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11 |
Rachael Eshilionu/Violet Simpson |
El Camino |
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12 |
Matilda Doufresne/Erica Corvera |
Grossmont |
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13 |
Mariko Sagara/Jessica Powell |
Ventura |
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14 |
Maddie Seeds/Leslie Zapata |
Santa Barbara City |
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15 |
Kristin Russo/Amberley Huang |
Mt. San Antonio |
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