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Tennis teams send six to regionals

In the South Coast Conference tennis tournament, Kacy Turner made it to the final match and Kristle Davis lost in the quarterfinal in single competition.
Double’s team Davis and Turner lost in the semifinal and the team of Eunice Nau and Tatiana Steward lost in the quarterfinal for the women.
For the men, Keith Boggero and Tsuyoshi Nagaoka each lost in the single’s quarterfinal.
The team of Boggero and Nagaoka lost in the quarterfinal of double’s competition.
In the Ojai tournament, Keith Boggero defeated the No. 12 seed Rony Yeghnzary 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in the round of 64 and would defeat Stanislav Magarchenko 6-2, 6-4 in the round of 32 before losing to the No. 5 seed Adam Hopkins 1-6, 1-6 in the round of 16.
Tsuyoshi Nagaoko defeated Greg Eckstedt 6-3, 6-2 in the round of 64, before losing to the No. 2 seed Sam Tozer 6-3, 5-7, 4-6 in the round of 32 in single’s competition.
In men’s double’s competition, Boggero and Nagaoko defeated Eric Gardner and Baldet Saghera 7-5, 6-0 in the round of 64, before losing to Taavi Himmist and Troy Kellenberger 4-6, 5-7 in round of 32.
Davis defeated Sarah Aguilar 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in the round of 64, before defaulting to Alex Farrar due to injury in the round of 32.
Diane Lutran defeated Turner 2-6, 2-6 in the round of 128 in single’s competition.
Up next for the Warriors is the Southern California Regional Tournament.
The men will be at Long Beach City College and the women will play at Saddleback College. All matches take place today and run through Saturday
The Warriors who qualified for the Southern California Regional were Boggero, Nagaoka, Turner, Davis, Nau and Tatiana Steward.
Coach Steve Van Kanegan will prepare those competing by getting them mentally ready for the regional.
The Warriors going to regionals are happy to be going there this weekend.
“(The opposition) are all good players and it’s a good experience for you,” Nau said.
“In Ojai, you face familiar people and in regionals, you face new people that you never faced before,” Turner said.
With the regular season now over, players go on their own and represent the team leaving Van Kanegan able to think about next season.
“We always have high expectations. There are a few eligible for next season, but I don’t know if they are returning or not,” Van Kanegan said.
So far, none of the men or women have announced if they will be returning next season.
“At this point, there are a lot of players coming back, but you never know,” Van Kanegan said.
While some Warriors are competing in the regionals this weekend, other players can rest for next season and improve on their skills.
“Individually, each player needs to improve on their stroke,” Van Kanegan said.
“They need to be more consistent and practice more to be mentally ready for next season.”

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