Cañada College Women’s Tennis Team: Northern California Regional Champions!

 

Our Women’s Tennis Team are Northern California Regional Champions. One more win away from the State Championship!

NorCal Regional Dual Team Championship Match

Cañada (3) at Chabot (1)

The Co-Coast Conference Champions set up a third, tie breaking match after both dominated in the earlier rounds of the NorCal Regional bracket. Chabot earned the higher seed by beating the Colts in their most recent meeting, tying in the regular season at 11-1.

In this third meeting of the '22 season, the Co-Champs had more than just a tie-break; there were bragging rights in the Coast Conference, a NorCal Regional Team Title, and a spot in the season-finale State Championship in Bakersfield.

The match started quickly, loudly, and with waves of energy as the doubles matches got underway. Early on, all three Cañada teams took the lead at 2-1. After an hour of battle, the Colts flipped the doubles result from the previous two meetings, going into the singles matches up, 2-1.

The Colts knew they needed to take advantage of this lead, and grab their wins, quickly. 

The Cañada 3, Josie Thompson, made short work of her opponent, beating her 6-0, 6-0, followed by a Chabot win at line 4 with the same score. Up 3-2, the Colts' stampede began to struggle at certain lines, with Chabot picking up the next win at singles 1.

With three remaining matches, clinch player, Michaela Llewelyn brought the energy back to the Cañada bench, securing a 7-5, 6-4 victory in her third meeting against Chabot's Julie Santiago.

After hearing the resounding, "Let's go!" from Llewelyn at Court 2, Cañada's 5 (Cori Mehring) and 6 (Claudia Westrum) stepped up in a race to the finish.

As she did in the Regional Semifinal, Cori Mehring clinched her match with a 6-3, 7-5 win, earning her team a NorCal Championship, and sending the Colts the State Championship match, scheduled for this Saturday (4/23/22) at Bakersfield Racquet Club.

Doubles:

1.     Zoe Olmos/Julia Santiago (Cha) def. Zuzia Dziewieçka/Josie Thompson (Cañ), 8-4

2.     Michaela Llewelyn/Lauren Denenberg (Cañ) def. Sandy Morizawa/Alma Hwang (Cha), 8-6

3.     Susan Kettering/Claudia Westrum (Cañ) def. Mi Qi/Ronnette Tolentino (Cha), 9-7

Singles:

1.      Z. Olmos (Ch) def. Z. Dziewieçka (Ca), 6-0, 6-1

2.     M. Llewelyn (Ca) def. J. Santiago (Ch), 7-5, 6-4

3.     J. Thompson (Ca) def. S. Cornelio (Ch), 6-0, 6-0

4.     S. Morozawa (Ch) def. L. Denenberg (Ca), 6-0, 6-0

5.     C. Mehring (Ca) def. G. Madison (Ch), 6-3, 7-5

6.     C. Westrum (Ca) v. Mi Qi (Ch) --- Match stopped

Cañada def. Chabot, 5-3; Wins Northern California Championship, and is set to play in State Championship against (TBD).

 

Women’s Tennis Team: 2022 Coast Conference Champions

 

The Colts are 2022 Coast Conference Champions!

 

The Cañada College Women’s Tennis Team looked to finish their season with their match against the Vikings of West Valley College with a Conference Title to their name.

In the final Dual Team match of the regular season, the Colts started on the attack early, looking to upend the Vikings in the Doubles. The Colts #1 Doubles Team of Zuzia Dziewieçka and Josie Thompson brought the energy quickly with their win over WVC's Seraphina Vossen and Abby Prokter. The trend was quickly followed by Susan Kettering's and Claudia Westrum's win at #3 Doubles.

Going into the Singles Matches, the Colts felt confident with a 2-1 lead over the Vikings, and Cañada's respective #1 (Zuzia Dziewieçka) and #6 (Cori Mehring) secured a 4-2 lead, bringing the Colts within 1 line of a Conference Title.

At Line 5, Lauren Denenberg came in clutch and secured a 6-0, 7-5 victory over WVC's Natasha Sackx, bringing the Coast Conference Championship back to the Campus on the Hill.

The Colts now look to the Coast Conference Individual Championship Tournament and Regional Playoffs.

Results: 

West Valley College (8-3) at Cañada College (10-1)

Doubles

1. Zuzia Dziewieçka/Josie Thompson (Cañ) def. Seraphina Vossen/Abby Prokter (WVC), 8-3
2. Z. Aynaci/Sonya Hu (WVC) def. Lauren Denenberg/Michaela Llewelyn (Cañ), 8-5
3. Susan Kettering/Claudia Westrum (Cañ) def. Natasha Sackx/Brynn McKenzie (WVC), 8-2

Singles

1. Z. Dziewieçka (C) def. S. Vossen (W), 6-2, 6-1
2. A. Prokter (W) def. M. Llewelyn (C), 6-3, 6-3
3. J. Thompson (C) def. Z. Aynaci (W), 7-6(5), 6-2
4. S. Hu (W) def. S. Kettering (C), 6-1, 6-0
5. L. Denenberg (C) def. N. Sackx (W), 6-0, 7-5
6. C. Mehring (C) def. B. McKenzie (W), 6-1, 6-2

Cañada def. West Valley, 6-3

*Cañada College Women's Tennis Team clinches Coast Conference Championship and ITA Regional Playoff Berth

In addition, the San Mateo Daily Journal wrote a story about the team and you can read the story here.

Go Colts!

Colt Athletics Spring Update

The Men’s Basketball, newly reinstated, Women’s Tennis and Baseball Programs are competing this week and throughout the spring semester.

The Basketball team has lost four of five starters due to injury and has grinded their way to 3^rd place, (9-9, 2-3) in the toughest conference in the State. The Colts battled the #1 Ranked CCSF Rams and lost a nail bitter, 84-79.  The Colts then ended Las Positas College’s 10-Game Winning streak, 80-73. Next Wednesday, the team will host Skyline College at 7 p.m. Coach Reynoso, Hardee and Litvinchuk are to be complimented for keeping the team together and focused with such a role reversal for all players due to season-ending injuries.

The Women’s Tennis program is back from hiatus and will open this Saturday at Home versus American River College.  The Colts will play Non-Conference matches thru February then compete in the always tough Coast Conference to qualify for the State Playoffs in May. Come down to our BEAUTIFUL courts and watch these ladies represent Cañada in a “first class” manner with Coach Rick Velasquez and Assistant Coach Garth Haynes.

The Baseball team will open their season at home today versus Solano College at 2 p.m.  The Colts will again make a push for the State Tournament which they have qualified for 7 of the last 9 years. This year’s group has veteran leadership across the board and will once again play the best Non-Conference opponents to prepare for 20 Coast Conference games starting in March.

Please take the time this spring semester to go out and support the student-athletes in your classes as they represent the College locally and Statewide! All programs have rosters and schedules on their websites for your enjoyment.

Go Colts!