Depth helps Vikings stay perfect in 2025
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: