Santa Ana falls to Pasadena City College in women’s badminton

Pasadena City College swept the second round of singles en route to beating Santa Ana College, 13-8, in women’s badminton on Wednesday at Santa Ana. The Lady Dons led 7-5 at the intermission but the Lancers proved too strong down the stretch.

Vy Doan (Bolsa Grande H.S.) and Khanh Nguyen (Rancho Alamitos H.S.) led the way for Santa Ana—splitting their singles matches and teaming up to win twice in doubles. Doan and Nguyen defeated Pasadena’s #1 singles team of Carmen Smith and Annie Tang, 6-11, 11-6, 11-5 to win the most heated doubles match of the day after making quick work of Cindy Ton and Elaine Liang, 11-6, 11-3 in the first round.

Pasadena improves to 10-3 overall and 8-1 in South Coast Conference (SCC) play with the win. Santa Ana falls to 5-8 overall and 3-6 in SCC play with the loss.

Santa Ana women’s badminton will play again on Friday at Compton College at 3:00 p.m. Santa Ana defeated Compton in their previous meeting, 19-2, for its first-ever victory in women’s badminton on March 7.

4/23/03