Shorthanded Cougars Lose 8-1 to Bakersfield
Canyons finishes the regular season, just the second in program history, with a 9-7 overall record to rank third in the WSC.
Story and photos by Jesse Muñoz/COC Sports Information Director
College of the Canyons was forced to close out the regular season in shorthanded fashion with the Lady Cougars suffering an 8-1 loss to visiting Bakersfield College on Thursday.
Canyons lost all four of its singles matches and was forced to forfeit two more after injuries prevented COC from fielding a complete lineup.
Those still able to compete were forced to play up in the lineup, with usual No. 4 player Celeste Hernandez playing in the No. 2 spot vs. Bakersfield. Same for usual No. 5 Seleste Sakato and No. 6 Calista Lian who moved up to play in the No. 3 and No. 4 spots, respectively, vs. the Renegades.
The loss was the second in as many matches for COC which also fell 0-9 to Glendale College on Tuesday, largely the result of those same injuries that limited the Cougars on Thursday. Canyons had previously defeated Glendale 5-4 earlier in the season.
On Thursday, it was the doubles combination of Una Stanisavljevic and Sakato that managed to secure a match point and prevent the shutout with an 8-2 doubles victory.
Canyons finishes the 2019 regular season, just the second in program history, with a 9-7 overall record. COC finished the Western State Conference (WSC) portion of its schedule at 9-5 to place third among the eight competing programs.
By comparison, COC completed its inagural season in 2018 with a 4-12 record to finish sixth in the conference.
COC will next compete in the WSC Singles & Doubles Championships hosted by Ventura College April 5-6.
Full match results are listed below:
Singles
1. Una Stanisavljevic (COC) loses to Kayleen Sanchez (BC) — 3-6, 3-6
2. Celeste Hernandez (COC) loses to Paige Darstein (BC) —1-6, 1-6
3. Seleste Sakato (COC) loses to Katelyn Wernhart (BC) — 0-6, 0-6
4. Calista Lian (COC) loses to Jacqlyn Zavala (BC) —3-6, 1-6
5. COC loses to BC — Forfeit
6. COC loses to BC — Forfeit
Doubles
1. Stanisavljevic/Sakato (COC) defeats Sanchez/Leslie Pineda(BC) — 8-2
2. Hernandez/Lian (COC) loses to Zoe Butter/Ashlyne Aguilar (BC) — 4-8
3. COC loses to BC — Forfeit
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