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Depth helps Vikings stay perfect in 2025

Pranjal Goyal won all four of her matches vs. Cabrillo and Ohlone

Pranjal Goyal won all four of her matches vs. Cabrillo and Ohlone

Ruth Herrera-Flores' singles-four win clinched West Valley's hard-fought 5-4 win at Foothill Tuesday. Coach Lauren Hickey's squad's line depth was again on display as the Vikings improved to 5-0, 3-0 in the Coast, on the season.

With a full roster filling all nine lines, the Vikings captured Owl defaults in D3, S5 and S6. Foothill was up 3-2 until Hererra-Flores dispatched Mia Pistelak 6-1, 6-3 to tie it up. Foothill (0-1, 0-1) took the singles-two match, but was unable to play the S5 and S6 lines. Herrera-Flores teamed with Kristina Gazaryan to to win an 8-5 D2 match against Pistelak and Johanna Schroeder.

Up next for the Vikings is a crucial Feb. 14 home match against perennial NorCal power City College of San Francisco. First serve at the West Valley Tennis Complex is 2:00pm.

Complete WVC/Foothill scores:

D1: Lana Loviagina/Yasmin Saraydarpour (FC) defeat Faith Son/Isabella Pacini-Pinto (WVC) 8-1

D2: Kristina Gazaryan/Ruth Herrera-Flores (WVC) defeat Mia Pistelak/Johanna Schroeder (FC) 8-5

D3: WVC wins by default

(Order of finish: D1, D2)

S1: Lana Loviagina (FC) defeats Faith Son (WVC) 6-1, 6-2

S2: Yasmin Saraydarpour (FC) defeats Kristina Gazaryan (WVC) 6-4, 6-3

S3: Johanna Schroeder (FC) defeats Isabella Pacini-Pinto (WVC) 6-1, 6-1

S4: Ruth Herrera-Flores (WVC) defeats Mia Pistelak (FC) 6-1, 6-3

S5: WVC wins by default

S6: WVC wins by default

(Order of finish: S1, S3, S4, S2)

The Vikings opened Coast Conference competition at Cabrillo Feb. 7 and at Ohlone Feb. 8 and came away with a pair of decisive victories.

Complete WVC/Cabrillo scores:

D1: Tiana Smith/Nikka Besch (CAB) defeat Faith Son/Isabella Pacini-Pinto (WVC) 9-7

D2: Kristina Gazaryan/Ruth Herrera-Flores (WVC) defeat Stella Davidsdottir/Lexi Bare (CAB) 8-0

D3: Bailey Sylva/Pranjal Goyal (WVC) defeat Daria Malysleva/Valerie Personeni (CAB) 8-0

S1: Tiana Smith (CAB) defeats Faith Son (WVC) 2-6, 6-4, 10-8

S2: Kristina Gazaryan (WVC) defeats Nikka Besch (CAB) 2-6, 6-0, 10-5

S3: Stella Davidsdottir (CAB) defeats Isabella Pacini-Pinto (WVC) 6-2, 6-1

S4: Ruth Herrera-Flores (WVC) defeats Lexi Bare (CAB) 6-0, 6-0

S5: Bailey Sylva (WVC) defeats Daria Malysleva (CAB) 6-1, 6-3

S6: Pranjal Goyal (WVC) defeats Valerie Personeni (CAB) 6-3, 6-1

Complete WVC/Ohlone scores: