Golden West Defeats Ventura in Men’s Tennis

J.C. Arzaga swept Ventura’s Sami Benkahla at No. 1 singles, 6-4, 6-3 to start Golden West’s 8-1 romp over Ventura in nonconference men’s tennis Thursday.

Jason Kasner, Takashi Sakai, Tony Pascoe and Kyle Powers also swept their singles opponents for Golden West.

In another nonconference match:

Orange Coast 6, Cerritos 3--Johan Ekstrom won his No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-0, and teamed with Freddy Billimora to win in No. 1 doubles, 9-7.

In nonconference men’s golf:

Orange Coast College 414, El Camino 435--Brett Adams and John Pirano were medalists for Orange Coast by shooting nine-over 81 on the Los Lagos course in Costa Mesa.