With a swing of a racket the
season has started for the Warrior
men’s and women’s tennis teams.
For the Warrior women’s team,
“The sky is the limit,” coach Steven
Van Kanegan said.
“Our goal for the season is to
win the state championship,” Ashley
Guerrero, sophomore, said.
These goals are right on track
with the way the women’s tennis
team has played so far. They are
currently undefeated and have
been winning with ease.
The men’s team has less experience
because many players
that were leaders last season have
transferred. The result is now a
completely new team.
Van Kanegan is confident that
the men’s team will be competitive.
ng. They have a really positive
attitude, great team rapport and
good work ethic,” Van Kanegan
said.K ia Choi, one of the leaders on
the women’s team, was confident
with how the team is playing but
also said that that she would like
to see the players grow together as
a team.
The men’s team is completely
new and lacks the experience the
women have. This has proven to
be difficult for the doubles teams,
as they have not had sufficient
time to get to know each other and
learn each other’s skills.
Eric Sanders, freshman, had
some positive reinforcement for
the men’s tennis team.
“Our goals for the season are to
have a positive record and to have
some fun out here,” Saunders said.
“Also, to try my best as well and
just try to help the team in any
way I can.”
The way the matches are
scored is there is a total of nine
matches: six singles matches and
three doubles matches. To win the
overall match as a team, the winning
team needs to win at least
five total matches out of the nine.
The women’s team so far has
an impressive record of 4-0 with
wins of: 7-2 against Orange Coast
College, 9-0 against Irvine Val ley
College, 5-4 against Fullerton
College, 9-0 against Rio Hondo
College, and in their latest match,
they won 9-0 against Long Beach
City College.
The men have been doing fairly
well, considering their inexperience.
They have started 1-1. They
started with a 0-9 loss against
Irvine Valley College, and had a
win, 5-4, against L.A. Pierce College.
Their latest match on Feb. 15
was postponed due to rain.
