Grossmont College women's tennis claims record 11th state
championship
 Defeat
Chabot, 5-3; First team title since 2002-04
Courtesy,
EastCountySports.com
LONG BEACH (5-11-08) -- The Grossmont College women's tennis team
won their first team state title since 2004 -- and its state-record
11th in school history -- after the Griffins defeated Chabot
College, 5-3, in the California Community College Athletic
Association team championship at El Dorado Tennis Center.
Ranked No. 3 in Southern California, the Griffins defeated
top-ranked Orange Coast College in the Southern California finals to
advance to the state championships and face Northern California 's
top-rated Gladiators (19-2).
In the match, Grossmont (18-1) pulled off several upsets to come
away with the victory.
In singles play alone, No. 9-ranked
VANESA REIBSTEIN defeated Chabot's No. 3-ranked Megan Kummer,
6-0, 6-4, while unranked BRIANNA
McCLINTOCK posted a three-set win over 15th-ranked Ana Wilson in
the No. 4 position.
After splitting the six singles matches, the biggest upset of
them all was a 6-2, 6-4 triumph by No. 11-ranked Reibstein and
McClintock over top-ranked Kummer and Amber Marsden, who won the
Northern California doubles championship. The Griffin duo won the
Ojai Tournament doubles championship the previous week.
The match was clinched when the doubles team of
DANIELLE BRYAN and
JOANNA MOYA defeated No. 6-ranked Colean
Tang and Wilson, 7-5, 6-3.
The title was the Griffins first since capturing three straight
crowns from 2002-04.
Singles
1. Vanesa Reibstein (GC) d. Megan Kummer (CHA), 6-0, 6-4
2. Colean Tang (CHA) d. Danielle Bryan (GC), 6-4, 6-2
3. Amber Marsden (CHA) d. Joanna Moya (GC), 6-4, 6-0
4. Brianna McClintock (GC) d. Ana Wilson (CHA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
5. JUSTINE GORDON (GC) d. Yuki Matsuoka (CHA), 6-2, 7-5
6. Pearl Leung (CHA) d. NICOLE TOSCHES (GC), 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
1. Reibstein/McClintock1 (GC) d. Kummer/Marsden (CHA), 6-2, 6-4
2. Moya/Bryan (GC) d. Tang/Wilson (CHA), 7-5, 6-3 (clinched match)
3. NICHOLS/Gordon (GC) v. Medalle/Reykalin (CHA) DNF |
2006 Mid-season report
(3/20) Coach Megan Haber's Griffins have had a
near-perfect season thus far in 2006. With six regular season
matches remaining, Grossmont has yet to lose to a community college
opponent while compiling a record of 10-1; 7-0.
Their lone loss this year was to a NCAA Division I foe, the Friars of
Providence College. The Griffins lost that match back on March 8th
by the narrowest of margins, 4-5. In the contest, Grossmont's number
one and two doubles teams posted strong wins over the Friars. The
number-one pair of Yui Shimizu and
Alyse Tyson, and number-two duo
Anne-Maria Leistikow and
Brianna McClintock each registered
8-6 triumphs.
The balanced Griffins hope to capture their fourth state championship in
five years, after claiming three straight titles in 2002, 2003, and
2004.
Each member of Grossmont's squad has won a singles or doubles match this
season. Number one singles player Shimizu is undefeated in
conference play this season, as is number-two Tyson, and
number-three Leistikow. Angela Viets,
Bree Rangel and
Renee Malcuit also have not lost a
league match.
After the Griffins close out the regular season by hosting Orange Coast
on April 13th, things will start to heat up with an array of
post-season tournaments. The
Pacific Coast
Conference tournament runs from April 20-22, then the Ojai
Valley Tournament a week later from April 27-30. The Southern
California regionals begin on May 4th at the Barnes Tennis center
and run until the May 6th. In the SoCal region, Grossmont is seen as
a front-runner along with strong squads from Orange Coast College,
and Saddleback. The Griffins defeated Saddleback in the season's
first contest, winning narrowly 5-4 on February 9th. In that match
Shimizu and Tyson each won in two sets. |
Grossmont's Shimizu is Athlete of the Week
Yui Shimizu, a freshman from Hokkaido, Japan, by way of
Saddlebrook Prep in Tampa, Fla., remained unbeaten on the season by
sweeping Palomar’s Jenny Sharpe 6-0, 6-0 in No. 1 singles in the
undefeated Griffins’ 6-3 win over the Comets. She teamed with Alyse
Tyson to win 8-2 in No. 1 doubles.
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