Women’s tennis: OCC bounces back

COSTA MESA - The Orange Coast College women’s tennis team rebounded

from a disappointing loss to Santa Ana Monday to top visiting Fullerton,

5-4, in an Orange Empire Conference match Tuesday.

OCC’s Erica Goode, Sondra McNamara and Merin Yoshida all won singles

matches, while McNamara and Yoshida teamed up to win their singles match.

“It was Goode’s first conference win,” said OCC Coach Janice Maran, who

noted Fullerton trounced Santa Ana, 8-1, last week.

“Sondra was behind in each of her sets, before coming through at the end

(7-5, 6-4). She’s so mentally tough and such a competitor.”

Maran also had praise for Yoshida, a 6-0, 6-4 singles winner, whom Maran

termed a dynamo.

OCC improved to 5-4, 3-3 in conference.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Orange Coast 5, Fullerton 4

Singles - Ohanesian (F) def. Keijzer, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Goode (OCC) def.

Angeloni, 7-6, 6-1; McNamara (OCC) def. Castellanes, 7-5, 6-4; Yoshida

(OCC) def. Baker, 6-0, 6-4; Pham (F) def. Andrews, 6-3, 2-0 retired;

Sheets (F) def. Nagashima, 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles - Keizjer-Goode (OCC) def. Sheets-Oharisian, 6-2, 6-3;

McNamara-Yoshida (OCC) def. Angeloni-Baker, 6-2, 6-2; Pham-Castellanos

(F) def. Nagashima-Gibson, 6-1, 7-5.