The Bakersfield College men and women’s tennis teams entered into the Western State Conference tournament with a chance to advance to the Southern California Regionals tournament with a win in the quarterfinals round.

For the men, BC had two players in singles, and three teams competing in doubles. In singles, Nick Jacobs and James Griffin advanced to the qualifying round but were defeated by players from Ventura.

As for the doubles teams, Griffin competed with teammate Matt Booth to advance to the qualifying round.

The duo faced off against Royce Pasiliao and Patrick Massey from L.A. Pierce and advanced to Regionals with the scores of 7-5, 6-4.

The teams of Ryan Grisso and Robby Jennings, and Jacobs and Chris Sides didn’t qualify for Regionals, losing in the qualifying round.

The women also had mixed results. Katja Thacker, Stevi Lincoln and Jaylin Chan competed in singles matches, with two of the three advancing to the qualifying round. Lincoln beat Alex Tzvetnaova of Glendale, Thacker beat Brianna Hayes of Glendale, and Chan defeated Mayra Alvarez, also of Glendale. But in the next round, Thacker and Lincoln advanced with wins, while Chan was defeated by Hallie Sellers of Ventura 7-5, 6-0. In the qualifier, both Thacker and Lincoln were eliminated.

In doubles, Thacker and Emily Carnal advanced to Regionals by defeating Caroline Hofsten and Iris Berger of Santa Monica College, 6-2, 6-3.

Up next for the Renegades is the Ojai Invitational Tournament.

The players for both the men’s and women’s teams have been excited all season in anticipation of Ojai.