Women’s tennis: Keijzer, Goode advances in OEC tournament

RIVERSIDE - Lori Keijzer and Erica Goode both advanced to the third

round Tuesday in the Orange Empire Conference women’s tennis tournament

at Riverside College.

After first round byes, Keijzer swept Fokah Pham of Fullerton, 6-2, 6-1,

while Goode blew by Fullerton’s Edna Castellanos, 6-1, 6-4, in second

round matches.

OCC’s Merin Yoshida, Shannon Gibson and Jessica Andrus all won first

round matches and lost in the second. The doubles squad of Andrus and

Gibson moved on to the third round by default. The third round starts

Thursday, at 2 p.m.

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Singles

First round

Yoshida (OCC) def. Mahjoub (IVC), 6-2, 6-0; Gibson (OCC) def. Collins

(Sad), 6-1, 6-1; Andrus (OCC) def. Watannabe (SA), 6-0, 6-2.

Second round

Keijzer (OCC) def. Pham (Ful), 6-2, 6-1; Goode (OCC) def. Castellanos,

6-1, 6-4; Yoshida (OCC) lost to Amos (S), 3-6, 2-6; Gibson (OCC) lost to

Angeloni (Ful), 1-6, 1-6; McNamara (OCC) lost to Jex (Sad), 2-6, 5-7;

Andrus (OCC) lost to Bradford (Riv), 0-6, 7-6 (8-6), 1-6.