Release: #0106 May
10, 2001
Contact: David Eadie
Phone: 916.444.1699
News Release
For Immediate Release
College of the Desert Men and
Santa Barbara City College Women Crowned at Hyundai California Community
College
Tennis Championships Presented by Wilson
Sacramento, CA . . . College
of the Desert captured it’s fourth consecutive team championship as it defeated
Fresno City College by a 5-0 score this morning in the Hyundai California
Community College Men’s Tennis Team Championship at American River
College. Santa Barbara City College
captured the Women’s title with a 5-0 defeat of Santa Rosa Junior College.
With College
of the Desert leading 4-0, No. 1 Singles player Rodrigo Grilli defeated
Fresno’s Hector Almada 6-1 and 6-4 to seal the victory. The College of the Desert men have won seven
of the last ten California Community College Tennis championships.
The Women’s Team Championship wrapped-up in similar fashion,
as Santa Barbara’s No. 1 Singles player Kinsley Carnahan defeated Tarrin
Dougery 3-6, 6-4 and 6-4 to clinch a 5-0 victory for the Vaqueros. It is the first state championship in Santa
Barbara City College history.
Individual singles and doubles first round action will begin
tomorrow, May 11th at 9:00 a.m. at the Broadstone Racquet Club in
Folsom, CA. The singles and doubles
championship will be held at the Broadstone on Saturday May 12th at
11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., respectively.
For more
information on the Hyundai California Community College Tennis Championships
presented by Wilson, as well as news and updates of all 23 COA sanctioned
sports, visit www.coasports.org.
Men’s Team Championship
College of the Desert 5, Fresno City College 0
Rodrigo Grilli (COD) def. Hector Almada, 6-1, 6-4
Carlos
Palencia (COD) vs. Alonzo Medina, Discontinued
Kuniyoshi
Minato (COD) def. Raael Martins, 6-2, 6-1
Fabio
Minozi (COD) def. Brandon Pound, 6-1, 6-2
Jamie
Maxwell (COD) def. J.R. Cagle, 6-0, 6-1
Alfredo
Barreto (Desert) def. Nick Klaisung, 6-1, 6-2
Women’s Team Championship
Santa Barbara City College 5,
Santa Rosa Junior College 0
Kinsley Carnahan (SBCC) def. Tarrin
Dougery, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Juri Otsuka (SBCC) vs. Stephanie
Commisto, Discontinued
Gabriela Marcato (SBCC) def. Lauren
Weber, 6-2, 6-5
Sonja
Woerle (SBCC) def. Jenny Rogers, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Jenny
May (SBCC) def. Santa Rava, 6-0, 6-0
Kelsey
Roberts (SBCC) def. Stephanie Kovar, 6-0, 6-2
COA
