Women’s Tennis: Roadrunners can’t keep up with Cerritos in SCC opener

The Rio Hondo College women's tennis team opened up South Coast Conference play with a tough 9-0 loss at Cerritos College on Thursday.

The loss snapped the Roadrunners' three-match winning streak and dropped Rio Hondo to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play.

The Roadrunners were overwhelmed against Cerritos' team of international all-stars and totaled just seven points in the match. Roxanne Valverde posted Rio Hondo's best chance at a win, but fell 6-3, 6-2 to Mary Navalta at No. 6 singles.

Complete results below:

Cerritos 9, Rio Hondo 0
Singles
#1: Lisa Suzuki (CERR) def. Jane Quach (RHC), 6-0, 6-0
#2: Petra Such (CERR) def. Jacqueline Azpeitia Flores (RHC), 6-0, 6-0
#3: Kseniia Prokopchuk (CERR) def. Ruth Arciniega Torres (RHC), 6-0, 6-0
#4: Moa Lindstrom (CERR) def. Raquel Rice (RHC), 6-0, 6-0
#5: Diviana Bravo (CERR) def. Cindy Lai (RHC), 6-1, 6-0
#6: Mary Navalta (CERR) def. Roxanne Valverde (RHC), 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
#1: Lisa Suzuki/Kseniia Prokopchuk (CERR) def. Jane Quach/Jacqueline Azpeitia Flores (RHC), 8-0
#2: Petra Such/Moa Lindstrom (CERR) def. Ruth Arciniega Torres/Roxanne Valverde (RHC), 8-0
#3: Diviana Bravo/Itzi Torres (CERR) def. Raquel Rice/Cindy Lai (RHC), 8-1

Rio Hondo returns to action on Tuesday (Feb. 27) when the Roadrunners travel to San Diego City College for a non-conference match.