The VC men's tennis team rolled to three victories Saturday and Sunday in the North-South Shootout in Bakersfield. VC opened with an 8-0 win over Foothill Saturday before defeating Chabot 7-0 and North No. 1-ranked American River 8-1 on Sunday. Sam Ashbrook and Yuya Koide and both earned six points in the two matches for the Pirates (15-0, 6-0).
Ventura 8, Foothill 0
In Saturday's match, the Pirates easily disposed of the Foothill Owls, 8-0.
Koide and Ryan Lam posted a 6-1 win in No. 2 doubles while Philemon Jabin and Jinsei Tajima won their No. 3 doubles match, 6-2. Brodie Sodersten and Ashbrook secured the 3-0 VC advantage with a 6-3 win in No. 1 doubles.
In singles, Ventura did not drop a game in Nos. 2 through 6, posting 6-0, 6-0 wins in each, Sodersten in No. 2, Koide in No. 3, Ashbrook in No. 4, Tajima in No. 5 and Santino Serralonga in No. 6.
Ventura 7, Chabot 0
VC took on Chabot in Sunday's opener, winning 7-0 over the Gladiators, who did not submit a players in No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles, resulting in two VC wins by default.
Koide and Lam easily win in No. 2 doubles and Sodersten and Ashbrook won in No. 1 doubles, 8-5.
Tajima and Ashbrook won love and love in Nos. 5 and 4 singles, respectively. Koide, meanwhile clinched the match with a 6-3, 6-2 win in the No. 3 slot.
Ventura 8, American River 1
The Pirates closed out the North-South Shootout win a match-up against Northern California No. 1-ranked American River, 8-1.
Sodersten and Ashbrook opened the scoring with an 8-2 win in No. 1 doubles against the Beavers, followed by Jabin and Tajima in No. 3 doubles, who also produced an 8-2 result. Koide and Lam put the Pirates in the driver's seat with their 8-5 win in No. 3 doubles.
Serralonga and Sodersten clinched the match for Ventura with identical 6-2, 2-1 results in Nos. 6 and 2 singles, respectively. Tajima won in No. 5 singles, 6-3, 6-2, and Ashbrook prevailed in the No. 4 slot, 6-2, 6-2. Koide won VC's final point of the weekend with a 6-4, 5-7, 10-6 victory in No. 3 singles.
Ventura will close the 2022 regular season on Tuesday March 22 at home against Orange Coast. Doubles play is set to begin at 2:00 pm at the VC Tennis Center.
Ventura 8, Foothill 0
Doubles
1. Sodersten/Ashbrook (VC) def. Fang/Engelmann (FC) 6-3
2. Koide/Ryan Lam (VC) def. Reiisieh/Viray (FC) 6-1
3. Jabin/Tajima (VC) def. Tu/Nishiya (FC), 6-2
Singles
1. Philemon Jabin (VC) vs. Andy Fang (FC), 4-6, DNF
2. Brodie Sodersten (VC) def. Marius Engelmann (FC), 6-0, 6-0
3. Yuya Koide (VC) def Shaya Reiisieh (FC), 6-0, 6-0
4. Sam Ashbrook (VC) def. Ethan Viray (FC) 6-0, 6-0
5. Jinsei Tajima (VC) def. Christopher Tu (FC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Santino Serralonga (VC) def. Naoki Nishiya (FC) 6-0, 6-0
Ventura 7, Chabot 0
Doubles
1. Sodersten/Ashbrook (VC) def. Waghray/Linette (CC) 8-5
2. Koide/Ryan Lam (VC) def. Lin Jones /Barletta (CC) 8-1
3. Jabin/Tajima (VC) win by Default
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles
1. Philemon Jabin (VC) vs. Arav Waghray (CC), 6-3, 3-4, DNF
2. Brodie Sodersten (VC) vs. Adam Linette (CC), 7-6, 2-0, DNF
3. Yuya Koide (VC) def Ben Deriquito (CC), 6-3, 6-2
4. Sam Ashbrook (VC) def. Spenser Lin Jones (CC) 6-0, 6-0
5. Jinsei Tajima (VC) def. Vincent Barletta (CC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Santino Serralonga (VC) win by Default
Order of Finish: 6, 5, 4, 3
Ventura 8, American River 1
Doubles
1. Sodersten/Ashbrook (VC) def. Erwin/Nelson (ARC) 8-2
2. Koide/Ryan Lam (VC) def. Lin Prince/Sharma (ARC) 8-5
3. Jabin/Tajima (VC) def. Justin Le/Sobrepena (ARC), 8-2
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles
1. Philemon Jabin (VC) lost to Ravi Nelson (ARC), 6-4, 6-3
2. Brodie Sodersten (VC) def. Robin Sharma (ARC), 6-2, 6-1
3. Yuya Koide (VC) def Zachary Prince (ARC), 6-4, 5-7, 10-6
4. Sam Ashbrook (VC) def. Micah Erwin (ARC) 6-2, 6-2
5. Jinsei Tajima (VC) def. Parker Perdue (ARC) 6-2, 6-3
6. Santino Serralonga (VC) DJ Sobrepena (ARC) 6-2, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 2, 5, 4, 1, 3