A pair of road games for the Oakdale High School girls tennis team resulted in a pair of difficult losses for the Lady Mustangs.

On Tuesday, Oct. 2 Oakdale traveled to Modesto to take on Central Catholic where the Raiders won 7-2. A bright spot in the rotation came in the form of a pair of singles competitors. Lijian Bacud and Mackenzie Brown earned wins for Oakdale. Bacud won 6-1, 6-4; and Brown earned her victory in a three set thriller.

On Thursday, Oct. 4 the girls went to Manteca to face Sierra. In a competitive outing, Oakdale fell short 5-4 to the Timberwolves. Brown won her third straight match when she defeated Melanie Nguyen in straight sets. Alyossa Jingco won her first singles match with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Yarsha Bala.

In doubles action Tanna Borba and Katelyn Signorelli earned a team win over their opponents and the team of Savanna Gustafson took three sets but came out on top with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win.

“It was a tough week for wins but it is pretty neat to see the way the girls are hanging in there,” said head coach Grant Miller. “It would be easy to mail it in, but these young women are working hard and getting better each day.”

Oakdale has two games left in the regular season and both are at home. On Tuesday, Oct. 9, following The Leader’s press time Oakdale was scheduled to host Manteca and on Thursday, Oct. 11 Oakdale hosts Weston Ranch in their regular season finale.

Sierra High School in Manteca is the site for this year’s Valley Oak League tennis tournament. On Tuesday, Oct. 16 the singles tournament takes place starting at 9 a.m. and on Thursday, Oct. 18 the doubles teams take the court, also at 9 a.m.