The Oakdale High School girls tennis team played in one match this past week. On Tuesday, Sept. 25 Oakdale hosted East Union and earned an 8-1 victory.

To start the day off strong, Oakdale’s singles took five out of six from the visiting Lancers. Oakdale’s number one Tayla Barry defeated Isabel Moreno 6-2, 6-3. Kendra Branch defeated Nadia Cardona 6-0, 6-1. Winning with the same score as Branch was Lijian Bacud over Sara Gloeckler. Mackenzie Brown took her match in straight sets over Karina Stembeck 6-0, 6-1 as well. Senior Shannen Yang won her match against Savanna Hudson 6-3, 6-1. Oakdale’s lone defeat of the afternoon came when Jessica Garcia fell to Jenny Garcia in three sets. Oakdale’s Garcia lost the first set 5-7 but tied the series with a 6-7 victory. In the third set she fell 5-7.

In doubles it was a clean sweep for Oakdale. All three Oakdale teams won in straight sets. Alyossa Jingco and Paige Morgan defeated Chloe Alveda and Mena Guevara 6-1, 6-1. Jessica Jericoff and Tanna Barba blanked the duo of Maribel Carranza and Arianna Pacheco 6-0, 6-0. Rounding out the day was Katelyn Signorelli and Savanna Gustafson with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Alisha Costa and Reema Gill. With the win, Oakdale has won two of their last three games after starting the season off 0-6.

Following The Leader’s press time, Oakdale traveled to Modesto to play Central Catholic. This Thursday Oakdale will travel to Manteca to take on Sierra at 3:30 p.m.

Oakdale closes out the season with a pair of home games against Manteca on Tuesday, Oct. 9 and the season finale will be held against Weston Ranch on Thursday, Oct. 11. Both matches are scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. start at Oakdale High School.