Women's badminton team tops Fullerton
Apr 24, 2009
The Irvine Valley women's badminton team finished out the regular season with another easy victory.
The Lasers defeated Fullerton, 21-0, at home in an Orange Empire Conference match on Friday.
The win also moved Irvine Valley on to the Southern California Regional Team Final.
The Lasers will play Pasadena City in the Regional Team Final next Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Irvine Valley. The winner of that advances on to the state final the following week.
Irvine Valley had little trouble in beating Fullerton on Friday.
Vimla Phongasavithas, Shannon Hsu, Anoma Phongasavithas and Stephanie Le each won their two singles contests in straight sets.
IVC received forfeit wins at the No. 5 and No. 6 singles positions.
And in doubles, the teams of Vimla Phongasavithas and Rose Gong, Shannon Hsu and Helen Tung each won their two doubles contests. Hsu and Tung defeated Janki Shaw and Krishna Shaw in three sets.
IVC got a forfeit victory at No. 3 doubles.
The win improved Irvine Valley's record to 8-0 overall.