The Bakersfield College men’s tennis team defeated Santa Barbara 8-1 on March 17, sweeping the singles matches and improving to 6-5 overall and 4-4 in the conference.
Freshman Bryan Branch, who lost in three sets his last time out against the Vaqueros, did a 180 and won his match in three sets this time around at Santa Barbara.
The victory came amid a tough stretch of home games where BC lost to Ventura 7-2 on March 15 and fell to Glendale on March 10.
“Glendale is probably the third best team in the state right now,” said BC coach Rob Slaybaugh.
BC’s last dual team home match will be Thursday at home against Los Angeles Pierce.
In women’s tennis, Christina Audelo defeated Kim Burchmore in Bakersfield College’s match at Ventura on March 11.
Burchmore was previously undefeated before suffering her first loss of the season at the hands of Audelo. Liz Carnal lost her first set of the year in the sixth match.
In their matchup at Cuesta on March 16, BC lost a close one 5-4. The lone highlight from the match came in the first doubles match where the Renegades won in a tiebreaker and Sarah Ramirez remained undefeated.
BC swept Santa Barbara at home 9-0 on March 17 to improve to 6-4 overall and 6-3 in the Western State Conference.
Their home match against Cuesta on March 22 was rained out and has been rescheduled for April 5.