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Manteca tennis match suspended, Sierra drops 1st water polo playoff
Tracy-Manteca girls tennis
Shreya Raman picked up one of Manteca’s three early wins Wednesday before play was suspended because of rain in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II quarterfinal at Mountain House. - photo by Wayne Thallander
JONAMAR JACINTO
The Bulletin
Published: Nov 3, 2022, 8:18 AM

The Manteca girls tennis team’s Sac-Joaquin Section Division II quarterfinal at No. 3-seeded Mountain House is to be continued.

Play was suspended because of rain Wednesday. Four of the nine matches had been completed, with the visiting Buffaloes taking 3-1 lead. The start of the contest was already delayed by nearly an hour, and darkness would have been a concern had play resumed some time after the second downpour.

With the SJS Division II Individual Tournament taking place today and Friday in Roseville, sixth-seeded Manteca will return to Mountain House on Saturday to pick up where they left off starting at 2 p.m.

Manteca No. 1 singles player Katie Kim will be defending her individual Section title in Roseville. She tuned up with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep of Anisha Pandey.

No. 3 Emma Ngo defeated Lizzie Su, 7-5, 6-0. Shreya Raman had just locked up her win at No. 5 against Akoukor Sai 6-4, 6-1 a few minutes before it rained.

Mountain House took the No. 5 match, as Akweleuy Sai defeated Jenna Poncini, 6-0, 6-2.

At No. 2 singles, Chloe Marquis staved off match point and was poised to take the lead up 40-30 with the second set score knotted at 5-5 against Malkiva Seth. Christina Nguyen was trailing Ananya Reddy, 3-6, 1-2 (15-30) at No. 6 singles.

All three doubles matches were in the opening sets when the action was halted.

 

BOYS WATER POLO

Buhach Colony 18, Sierra 5

David Breitenbucher coached his final game for the Timberwolves (9-8), who made their postseason debut in Atwater.

Sixth-seeded Buhach Colony (15-13) was able to gain separation after taking a 2-0 lead into the second quarter and padded the cushion with a 7-2 spurt in the fourth. The Thunder struck for the game’s first six goals, and Mitch Van Zwaluwenburg was able to break through for the Timberwolves with a goal late in the second quarter.

Erian Ballew led the T’wolves with two goals. Moises Alvarado and Sammy Perez added one each.

Drew Palumbo paced Buhach with seven goals, netting four of them in the fourth. Andrew Wendel added four, and Joaquin Barragan scored three.