By WESLEY WONG
Sports Editor
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The Lancers proved that they are bang, demolishing Los Angeles
capable, as they faced Cerritos in a Harbor 9-0.
match that was postponed a total of On Tuesday, the team hosted El
four times because of rain. Cerritos Camino and was slightly edged out
may have fared better in the rain as losing 5-4. However, the score didn't
the Lancers crushed them 8-1. The reflect the outcome. The number
one double's team of Bev-
As the season begins to fade
away, the hopes are still high on the
PCC Women's Tennis Team. After
getting off to a good start,
winning a fair share of
games, the Lancers fell into
a five game skid in conference play. With a rain spell
as a nuisance throughout
league play, the Lancers
showed signs of overcoming the plague.
With one game remaining in the regular
season, the team is setting
high hopes for the Ojai
Tournament which will be
held next week in Ventura
County. The South Coast
Conference Tournament
follows the week after. Immediately after that are the
Southern California Championships and then the
State Championships at
Northwestern College.
As the team begins to
peak to its potential, Head
Coach Ann Davis hopes
that her players will rise to the Photo by James Ojeda / COURIER
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occasion at the championship Number one seed Beverly Martin serves against
tournaments. Cerritos in 8-1 victory for the Women Lancers.
"We're taking one tourna- ; ; [
ment at a time," said Davis. ?
;.".
erly Martin and Kimberly
Lew won in three sets. Lew
also won her single's match
by default as she was leading her opponent Number
four seed Jennifer Lind-
strom won 6-1,6-3, but the
match that decided the
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overall outcome was the
one with fifth seed Helen
Montero. Montero, ailing
the enure week because of
the flu, still managed to play
despite having a slight fever. Hanging strong through
the entire match, Montero
took her opponent to the final
Our top four girls that we are
sending will be going against stiff
competition. It is a single elimination tournament and it would be nice
for them to make it to the higher
rounds.
team swept all three double's matches
along with winning six of seven
single's matches.
Before dominating in the Cerritos match, the team snapped out of
their five game losing streak with a
set , before finally losing 7-
5
"This was an inexperienced team coming into the
season," said Davis. "They
definitely improved over the
season. I'm very pleased with
them w
A native of Washington,
Davis previously coached at
Washington State University,
Issaquh (also in Washington),
and several private clubs.
With her first year at PCC almost
tucked away under her belt, Davis
added: * 'Vm hoping that some of the
girls will return next season. I had
a great year and I * m looking forward
to next year.'*
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