Bakersfield College

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — With their last match of the year in front of the them, the Lady Vaqueros of the Glendale Community College women’s volleyball team certainly didn’t come out Tuesday evening like a team winless in conference play. They didn’t end it like one, either. But, inevitably, that was the case, as a spirited effort by the Vaqueros fell short against second-place Bakersfield College in a Western State Conference match at Glendale college, as the Renegades rallied for a 25-30, 30-26, 30-21, 30-23 win. “No, I wasn’t surprised,” said Bakersfield Coach Carl Ferreira of how the Vaqueros came out. “[Glendale college Coach]

GLENDALE — Running the gauntlet of one ranked, stacked opponent after another from week to week has begun to play out like a recurring bad dream for the Glendale Community College, but it’s simply the reality of playing in the Northern Conference National Division. The Vaqueros (3-3) have suffered two tough, close losses so far in conference play and have their work cut out once again today when arguably their strongest opponent so far, Bakersfield College, visits Sartoris Field for a 6 p.m. kickoff.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — They’ve just passed the halfway point in the regular season, meaning it’s time for the Glendale Community College men’s tennis players to make their move. The Vaqueros began arguably their busiest week of the season, which will feature two Western State Conference Southern Division matches and a two-day tournament in Fresno. All of their final five remaining divisional matches will be the determining factor if they qualify for the Southern California Regionals in April.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — The members of the Glendale Community College men’s tennis team won’t be participating in the Southern California Regionals, but there’s still the Western State Conference Tournament at hand. The Vaqueros used their final regular-season match to tune up for that event by picking up five singles victories en route to a 7-2 conference home win against Bakersfield College on Tuesday afternoon. Joey Tresierras, Emanuel Haug, Dinusha Wijesuriya, Garn Sangsuriyakul and Chaz Hall each won their respective singles sets for Glendale college, which will next participate in the conference tournament April 16-17 in Santa Barbara.

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD Glendale Community College in Southern California finals: The 3,000-meter steeplechase proved to be GCC's bread and butter during Saturday's final at Bakersfield College. On the men's side, Patrick O'Neill won the Southern California title in the event in 9 minutes 36.13 seconds, marking the fifth time that a Vaquero athlete had won the event in the So-Cal finals. Teammate Humberto Espino finished third in the 3,000 steeplechase in 9:39.

WOMEN'S TENNIS Glendale Community College 8, Rio Hondo College 1: The Vaqueros improved to 2-1 with a convincing nonconference home win Thursday. Sofia Tavitian recorded a 6-0, 6-0 win for Glendale College, which received a 6-1, 6-2 win from Sevana Zargarian and a 6-1, 6-2 victory from Samantha Sismundo. Katherine Akmakji picked up a 6-1, 6-2 victory for the Vaqueros, who received a 6-2, 6-2 win from Zar Chavdarian. Zargarian and Sismundo teamed up for an 8-1 doubles victory for the Vaqueros, who got an 8-2 win from Akmakji and Tavitian and an 8-2 victory from Brianna Hayes and Chavdarian.

SOFTBALL Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 3, Louisville 0: The visiting Tologs kept their bid for a playoff appearance alive after posting a Mission League win Monday. Junior pitcher Jessica Ferri, an all-league second-team member last season, struck out 11 to pace the Tologs (11-9, 4-5 in league). Ferri (10-7) has struck out 219 this season. Ferri and Amy Leos each had run-scoring singles in the first to stake Flintridge Sacred Heart to a 2-0 lead. The Tologs made it 3-0 when Mary Knauf was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth.

After advancing five singles players and a pair of doubles teams into the Western State Conference Tournament, the Glendale Community College men's tennis team saw first hand just how tough the event gets in the second day of competition Saturday. When all was said and done, Gaspar Macalutas was the only Vaqueros singles player to definitively push on toward the Southern California Regional Tournament, which is set for April 25-28 as part of the Ojai Invitational, at Ventura College.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - Maybe things were just too good to be true in the first half for the Glendale Community College men's basketball team Saturday. Whatever the reason, the Vaqueros saw a 19-point halftime lead disappear at home with Bakersfield College rallying for a 75-73 Western State Conference victory. “It just fell apart,” Glendale Coach Brian Beauchemin said. “We missed shots, they got to the line and that was it. We got in foul trouble again and that's it.” Glendale (8-9, 0-2 in conference)

While no one from the Glendale Community College women's tennis team was able to keep hope of a Western State Conference Tournament title alive Saturday, each managed to qualify for the Southern California Regionals. Vaquero singles players Sofia Tavitian and Alexandra Amor punched their ticket by reaching the second day of the conference tournament at Ventura College, while Sydney Farzadkish and Ashley Sumudio, a newly formed GCC doubles team, kept their seasons alive with a victory Saturday.

After advancing five singles players and a pair of doubles teams into the Western State Conference Tournament, the Glendale Community College men's tennis team saw first hand just how tough the event gets in the second day of competition Saturday. When all was said and done, Gaspar Macalutas was the only Vaqueros singles player to definitively push on toward the Southern California Regional Tournament, which is set for April 25-28 as part of the Ojai Invitational, at Ventura College.

BOYS' GOLF Flintridge Prep 236, Temple City 257: Nearly two weeks after announcing that he would retire as coach of the Flintridge Prep golf team, Bob Loughrie picked up his 300th career victory with the program Tuesday. Jack Bouchard carded a four-over-par 39 and Jordan Sachs had a 41 to lead the host Rebels in a nonleague match at Altadena Golf Course. Loughrie took over the Rebels in 1987 and turned into one of the elite local programs. “What does it mean and what should I do?

Since Bob MacKay took over as coach of the Glendale Community College men's tennis team in 2003, he's never fielded an all-freshman squad. That will change this season, and it's left MacKay eagerly examining the program's prospects of players, who hail from Glendale to Latin America to Asia. “We are excited because of all the different challenges that we face,” said MacKay, whose team will begin its season at 2 p.m. Friday with a nonconference home match against Mount San Antonio College.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE - Forcing turnovers allowed the Glendale Community College women's basketball team to climb back into Saturday night's home game against Bakersfield College. However, it was two late turnovers committed by the Vaqueros that dashed those comeback attempts in a 58-52 loss to the Renegades in a Western State Conference game. “They were ready to go in the second half and that's what I asked of them, to come back and battle,” Glendale Coach Carrie Miller said.

CYPRESS - As bitter as the ending was, the Glendale Community College softball team couldn't help but see its season as sweet. This year marked the first time the Vaqueros had ever reached the California Community College Athletic Assn.'s Southern California Super Regionals and Glendale nearly took it a step farther, as it came nine outs short from advancing to the Super Regional championship round before it was eliminated by Mt. San Antonio College,...

GIRLS' SWIMMING Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy 77, Saddleback Valley Christian 22: The Tologs capped off a perfect 10-0 season with a nonleague victory at home Thursday. Sacred Heart won all 11 events with seven swimmers taking home individual victories. Emily Balog, a junior, was the lone double winner individually, as she won the 100-yard butterfly in 1 minute 2.04 seconds and the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.01, which was good for a CIF Southern Section Division I consideration time.

COLLEGE BASEBALL Glendale Community College 14, West L.A. 0: Glendale college ran roughshod over West L.A. on the road in Tuesday's Western State Conference South Division game. GCC (19-8, 10-4 in conference) got a gem from starter Cory Popham, who threw a one-hit shutout with 14 strikeouts and no walks. Offensively, Ruben Padilla had a grand slam, while Robert DeSantiago had two hits and a RBI. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Glendale Community College 9-3, Bakersfield College 0-2: Jennifer Nguyen hit a grand slam and Jena Kazer hit a solo home run to lead the visiting Vaqueros to a victory in the first game of a Western State Conference Blue Division doubleheader.

BOYS' TENNIS Crescenta Valley 14, Flintridge Prep 4: The host Falcons (2-5) got a sweep from their top doubles team of Tim Chong and Patrick Meserkhani (6-0, 6-1, 6-0) in a nonleague match Monday. Crescenta Valley also received a 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 singles victory from Albert Chtchyan. Albert Lee of Flintridge Prep won two singles sets (6-2, 6-1). MEN'S GOLF Vaqueros take second in North-South Tournament: Glendale college shot a two-round score of 749 in the eight-team tournament Monday at Hunter Ranch Country Club in Paso Robles.