El Camino Falls to East Los Angeles

TORRANCE, Calif. – El Camino College was within striking distance with two doubles matches remaining but East Los Angeles pulled out a pair of victories to seal a 14-7 win over the Warriors Friday afternoon at the ECC North Gym.

The teams were tied at six matches apiece after the singles portion of the match but the Huskies were able to take four of the five doubles matches to score the win. The Warriors dropped to 1-3 on the season while the Huskies improved to 3-1 overall.

El Camino College will return to the courts on March 17 on the road at ECC Compton Center, a team the Warriors defeated 18-3 on Feb. 24.

SINGLES

No. 1 - Ivy Tolentino (ECC) lost to Jean Buenaflor (ELAC) 22-24, 7-21; lost to Quan Zhang 20-22, 13-21

No. 2 – Samoeon Kong (ECC) lost to Buenaflor (ELAC) 21-15, 10-21, 12-21; lost to Zhang 11-21, 11-21

No. 3 – Oanh Le (ECC) def. Yong Xian Liang (ELAC) 21-8, 21-9; lost to Liting Wu (ELAC) 16-21, 14-21

No. 4 – Phoebe Torres (ECC) def. Liang 21-10, 21-18; lost to Wu 15-21, 8-21

No. 5 – Amanda Lee (ECC) def. Haixia Wang (ELAC) 21-4, 21-10; def. Chinh Chu Lai (ELAC) 21-8, 21-5

No. 6 – Pia Torres (ECC) def. Wang 21-6, 21-12; def. Lai 21-15, 21-4

DOUBLES

No. 1 – Tolentino/Kong (ECC) lost to Buenaflor/Lai 16-21, 14-21; lost to Zhang/Wu 10-21, 13-21

No. 2 – Ph. Torres/A. Lee (ECC) lost to Buenaflor/Lai 10-21, 12-21; lost to Zhang/Wu 17-21, 13-21

No. 3 – Pi. Torres/Le (ECC) def. Wang/Liang 21-12, 21-6