By Zach DeMarcus       
March 20, 2018
 
(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) Westmont Tennis took both men's and women's matches from Hope International this past Saturday. The men (4-5, 1-2 GSAC) edged out the Royals (4-7, 0-3 GSAC) by a score of 5-4 and the women (6-5, 2-1 GSAC) swept Hope International (0-10, 0-3 GSAC) 9-0.
 
Hope International's women's team only had four players on their roster. This meant there were a few lineup changes for the Warriors.
 
In doubles play, Cade Person and Taylor Cheung-Damonte defeated Jovana Milosevic and Matea Ancheta 8-1. Westmont's remaining two doubles teams won by default.
 
In singles play, Zarina Huber made quick work of Jasmine Hyacinth 6-0, 6-0 in the threes position for the Warriors. At twos, Cheung-Damonte triumphed over Ancheta 6-0, 6-2. Tatum Phillips won a three-match thriller over Milosevic 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5) for Westmont. Isabel Lee, Pierson, and Delaney Roche all won by default – giving Westmont the 9-0 victory.
 
The men started their match with doubles play. Westmont's John T. Joens and Miles Hale took down Gabriel Bazertti and Jayke Ancheta 8-2 in the two position. At threes, Jordan Strandness and Corey Stephens pulled out an 8-5 victory over Sergio Romero and Antoine Voisin by a score of 8-5. Hope International's Kyle Rae and Aleks Trifunovic defeated Luke Whalen and Christian Mathis 8-6 at ones. Westmont carried a 2-1 lead heading into singles play.
 
Joens kicked off singles with a Warrior victory as he took down Romero 6-1, 6-1. Strandness followed with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Bazertti to give Westmont the 4-1 overall advantage. Stephens won the match-deciding fifth point for the Warriors with his 6-4, 6-0 win over Ancheta at the six position.
 
The Royals would take the final three matches from the Warriors. At twos, Rae defeated Mathis 6-3, 6-1. In the four position, Voisin edged Hale 6-1, 6-7 (7-9), 1-0 (10-1). To round out the day, it took Hope International's Trifunovic three sets to triumph over Whalen at the one position with the score 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7).
 
Westmont Men's Tennis head coach Mark Basham said, "I was concerned that this could be a tough match for us given the fact that Hope has a couple very good players and they are also stronger throughout the lineup. I was relatively happy with our doubles and very happy with how John, Jordan, and Corey performed in singles. We will need to play even better against Hope next Saturday."
 
Both the men and the women will head to Fullerton this Saturday to face Hope International again in another Golden State Athletic Conference matchup. The women will start at 11:00 a.m. and the men at 1:00 p.m.