Vaqueros rout Bakersfield 8-1 for first home win

SBCC won the first five singles matches on Thursday to secure its first men's tennis home win with an 8-1 decision over Bakersfield at the Pershing Park courts.

Sasha Hedberg, Emerson Sekban, Ryan Chung, Derek Lipanski and Parker Turek all won in straight sets. The Vaqueros also went 3-0 in three close doubles sets.

Hedberg, the Vaqueros' No. 1 player, is 3-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles with Parker Turek.

Santa Barbara improved to 2-5 on the season and 2-1 in conference. Bakersfield is 5-5 and 2-1.

The Vaqueros travel to Glendale on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Singles
1. Sasha Hedberg, SBCC, def. Sammy Ramirez 6-0, 6-1
2. Emerson Sekban, SBCC, def. Andrew Schwartz 6-1, 6-1
3. Austin Lee, BC, def. Andrew Tufenkian 6-7 (2), 7-5 (11-9, 10-pt tiebreaker)
4. Ryan Chung, SBCC, def. Brian Yanez 6-1, 6-1
5. Derek Lipanski, SBCC, def. Andrew Berdan 6-1, 6-1
6. Parker Turek, SBCC, def. Christian Curutchague 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
1. Sekban/Tufenkian, SBCC, def. Ramirez/Lee 8-6
2. Hedberg/Turek, SBCC, def. Schwartz/Yanez 9-7
3. Chung/Lipanski, SBCC, def. Berdan/Matt Wells 8-5