Ventura, CA – As one of the most storied championships across all college tennis, the CCCAA Men’s and Women’s Team State Championships took place on Tuesday at Ventura College.
Bringing together the best teams and players from across the California Community College Athletic Association’s member conferences, the final day of team competition from the CCCAA Tournament featured (1) American River College vs. (2) Ventura College on the men’s side, and (1) American River College vs. (1) Orange Coast College on the women’s side.
In the Men’s matchup, it was Ventura College who took home the 2024 CCCAA Team Championship. In front of their home crowd, Ventura College would sweep American River for the title, 5-0.
In the Final, Ventura College would win all three doubles points to jump out to an early advantage. Then in singles, the Pirates would take court 2 (6-0 6-0) and then court 4 (6-2 6-0)
In the Women’s Team Championship, A 2023 title rematch between American River and Orange Coast finished off the day. American River capped their perfect season with a win against Orange Coast, 5-0. This Championship gives the Beavers back-to-back titles, with last year marking their first ever State Title.
In the match, the Beavers took a strong lead by sweeping doubles. In singles, American River would see 4 courts within a game of finishing, before Court 1 and Court 3 would provide the final two points, 6-0 6-0 and 6-2 6-3, respectively
For full results from the entire CCCAA Men’s and Women’s Championships read below.
CCCAA Men’s Team State Championship
Ventura 5, American River 0
Doubles
1. Cody Ray Emery/Lucas Abreu (VC) def. Enrique Silveira/Gavin Sonntag (ARC), 8-6
2. Rafael Matias /Julian Tellez (VC) def. Spencer Hill/Arjun Sivakumar (ARC), 8-4
3. Robinson Pelluault/Edgar Ploquin (VC) def. Tarang Sharma/Shane Timmons (ARC), 8-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles
1. Emery (VC) vs. Sonntag (ARC), 6-2, 2-2, DNF
2. Matias (VC) def. Silveira (ARC), 6-0, 6-0
3. Abreau (VC) vs. Sivakumar (ARC), 6-1, 3-2, DNF
4. Tellez (VC) def. Hill (ARC), 6-2, 6-0
5. Pelluault (VC) vs. Sharma (ARC), 6-2, 3-0, DNF
6. Ploquin (VC) vs. Timmons (ARC), 6-3, 2-3, DNF
Order of Finish: 2, 4
CCCAA WOMEN’S Team State Championship
American River 5, Orange Coast 0
Doubles
Nahreen Cheam/Bella Hernandez (ARC) def. Tori Varela/Olivia Sipiora (OCC), 8-3
Mandi Pinkerton/Janne Spitters (ARC) def. Rhea Gagnepain/Leanne Pascua (OCC), 8-2
Maiah White/Kaitlyn Nicholsky (ARC) def. Camila Nelson/Merrit Dubourdieu (OCC), 8-4
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles
Cheam (ARC) def. Nelson (OCC), 6-0, 6-0
White (ARC) vs. Varela (OCC), 6-1, 5-1, DNF
Spitters (ARC) def. Sipiora (OCC), 6-2, 6-3
Nicholsky (ARC) vs. Gagnepain (OCC), 5-5, DNF
Hernandez (ARC) vs. Dubourdieu (OCC), 6-0, 5-4, DNF
Laney Reddick (ARC) vs. Pascua (OCC), 4-6, 1-1
Order of Finish: 1, 3
