College tennis: Vanguard men, women’s eliminated

COSTA MESA

- The Vanguard University men’s and women’s tennis teams were

eliminated in the semifinals of the NAIA Region II championships

Wednesday at the Costa Mesa Tennis Club and TeWinkle Park.

The men lost, 5-2, to Point Loma Nazarene, while the women were

bested, 5-3, by Azusa Pacific.

Point Loma, ranked No. 21 in the NAIA, upset 19th-ranked Vanguard,

avenging two regular-season losses.

Sophomore Vilja Zilmer won the only singles match for Vanguard and

combined with freshman Carl Holmgren to with the No. 2 doubles match.

The loss breaks a string of seven consecutive years the Vanguard men

have appeared at the NAIA tournament.

The 24th-ranked Vanguard women, led, 2-1, after doubles victories by

Silina Yohner and Sara Bradley, as well as Lindsay Doyal and Megan

Godfrey. Yohner, a sophomore and Vanguard’s No. 1 singles player, won her

singles match, 6-4, 6-2.

The Lions split their two regular-season matches with the 16th-ranked

Cougars.

The Vanguard men end the season 12-9, 5-2 in the Golden State Athletic

Conference, while the women finish their season 10-9, 4-6.

NAIA Region II Tournament

Men’s semifinal

Point Loma 5, Vanguard 2

Singles - Suarez (PL) def. Skrzeczynski, 6-2, 6-1; Zilmer (VU) def.

Markum, 6-3, 6-2; Combs (PL) def. Taylor, 6-1, 6-2; Dames (PL) def. Tran,

6-0, 6-0.

Doubles - Suarez-Markum (PL) def. Skrzeczynski-Taylor, 8-2;

Zilmer-Holmgren (VU) def. Larimore-Dames, 9-8; Dixon-Combs (PL) def.

Lepner-Tran, 8-6.

Women’s semifinal

Azusa Pacific 5, Vanguard 3

Singles - Yohner (VU) def. Dvorakova, 6-4, 6-2; Hansen (APU) def.

Doyal, 6-2, 6-1; Sato (APU) def. Bradley, 7-6, 6-2; Guinto (APU) def.

Godfrey, 6-1, 6-0; Hahn (APU) def. Hoffman, 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles - Yohner-Bradley (VU) def. Hahn-Hansen, 8-0; Doyal-Godfrey

(VU) def. Guinto-Dvorakova, 8-6; Sato-Nguyen (APU) def. Hoffman-Martinez,

8-6.