Vikings march past Saints 7-2

Sonya Hu posted doubles and singles wins at Mission (file photo)
Sonya Hu posted doubles and singles wins at Mission (file photo)

The West Valley tennis team continued its march to the postseason with a 7-2 win at intra-division rival Mission Friday. The victory moved the Vikings to 9-4 overall, 7-3 in the Coast Conference, and gave WVC a season sweep of the Saints (4-6, 0-6).

The Vikings held a 2-1 lead after doubles, as Seraphina Vossen and Abigail Prokter defeated Fran Campagna/Lara Norman-Stowers in D1, while Zeynep Aynaci and Sonya Hu held off Patti Bamford/Tina Chen 8-5 in D2. Natasha Sackx and Brynn McKenzie lost a hard-fought D3 match to Ginni Dhindsa 8-6.

Five Vikings won their singles matches:

S1: Seraphina Vossen (WVC) defeats Fran Campagna (M): 6-0, 6-3

S2: Abigail Prokter (WVC) defeats Tina Chen (M): 6-2, 6-1

S3: Zeynep Aynaci (WVC) defeats Lara Norman-Stowers (M): 6-2, 6-4

S4: Sonya Hu (WVC) defeats Becky McCarthy (M): 6-1, 6-2

S5: Ginni Dhindsa (M) defeats Natasha Sackx (WVC): 6-1, 6-1

S6: Brynn McKenzie (WVC) defeats Julia Scott (M): 6-2, 6-2

West Valley hosts Highway 17 rival Cabrillo (2-7, 2-5) March 25 and then wraps up the regular season March 29 at Cañada (8-1, 8-1). First serve for both matches is 2:00pm.