A pair of wins from Arlene Quinones help WVC to a 5-4 win over Chabot
Posted: Mar 10, 2021
One year ago today, March 10, 2020, the West Valley tennis team defeated highly-ranked Chabot to earn the program's biggest win since coach Lauren Hickey's Vikings returned to action after a three-decade absence in 2019.
(The following match recap was originally published on the West Valley College Athletics website on March 10, 2020.)
In its most important match to date, the West Valley women's tennis team knocked off Chabot 5-4 Tuesday in Saratoga.
The Vikings (5-5, 3-4 Coast) conquered the Gladiators (8-4, 5-2) behind a pair of wins from Jane Liddle, Olivia Ocher and Arlenne Quinones.
In what turned out to be the key match of the day, Liddle teamed with Katie Watts to take the #1 doubles match over Claire Keesham/Angelina Battur 8-6 and give the Vikings a 2-1 lead heading into singles.
Earlier, Ocher and Quinones topped Lalia Thompson/Elizabeth Covarribus 8-4 in their #2 doubles match, while Abigail Salazar/Sovanny Thach dropped an intense 9-7 #3 doubles contest to Chabot's Clara Martinez/Thu Nguyen.
Liddle defeated Battur 6-2, 6-0 in #1 singles, and Ocher held off Martinez 6-1, 6-4 in the 3's. Quinones took care of Nguyen 6-1, 6-2 in the 6's to clinch the match.
The Vikings look to continue their playoff surge Friday (3/13) at Monterey Peninsula (4-3, 3-3), starting at 2pm.