Lady Cougars Win 6-3 Over Santa Monica

By Jesse Muñoz/COC Sports Information Director

After back-to-back rain outs, College of the Canyons was back on the courts to claim a 6-3 conference victory over visiting Santa Monica College on Thursday, Feb. 7.

Canyons (1-1) won the event 6-3 after sweeping all three doubles matches. The Lady Cougars also went 3-3 in singles matches.

Freshmen Una Stanisavljevic (6-1, 6-2), Celeste Hernandez (6-0, 6-0) and Seleste Sakato (6-0, 6-1) each registered singles victories for head coach Patty LaBat.

Later in the day, the duos of Stanisavljevic/Sakato, Maria Wambolt/Nicole Villarta and Calista Lian/Hernandez each won their doubles pairings.

Full match results are listed below: 

Singles

1. Una Stanisavljevic (COC) defeats Fanny Harling (SMC) — 6-1, 6-2

2. Marisa Wambolt (COC) lost to Eva Zass (SMC) — 6-2, 6-0

3. Nicole Villarta (COC) lost to Iren Feher (SMC) — 6-2, 6-2

4. Celeste Hernandez (COC) defeats Dolores Padilla (SMC) — 6-0, 6-0

5. Seleste Sakato (COC) defeats Tatiana Stukolova (SMC) — 6-0, 6-1

6. Calista Lian (COC) lost to Sophia Abbinante (SMC) — 6-3, 6-0

Doubles

1. Stanisavljevic/Sakato (COC) defeats Zass/Harling (SMC) — 9-7

2. Wambolt/Villarta (COC) defeats Feher/Padilla (SMC) — 8-2

3. Lian/Hernandez (COC) defeats Stukolova/Abbinante (SMC) — 8-1

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